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Nope, I'm an undergrad at another school. I just applied normally, submitting my application on the due date (12/1). I was very surprised by their response time, but they do advertise that they have rolling admissions. I'm still waiting on responses from the 10 other schools I applied to though, haha.

Accepted into Columbia PhD program in mid-December with RA funding

620 isn't a bad score at all, especially considering you will be primarily competing with people for whom English is a foreign language. They basically won't consider it at all unless it's really bad, from what I understand.

Thanks - I just wasn't clear on whether you meant that IF they reimbursed you then that was what they did, or if in fact your experience was that they all reimbursed you.

So did all the schools that accepted you reimburse a campus visit or what?

Nope, applying for fall. This school has rolling admissions. It's top 25, not top 10 though.

Well, I was accepted to do research under a specific faculty member. I guess I could try asking him about it if I get some other acceptances and can say I am trying to decide between them. Thanks! Other input/experiences regarding campus visits is welcome

A couple weeks I was accepted into a CS PhD program with a research assistantship, but there was no mention of a campus visit. I was wondering how typical it is for CS PhD programs to offer to reimburse campus visits. Also, is it something I should consider inquiring about if it wasn't mentioned, or should I just assumed the fact that they didn't offer means they won't do it? I honestly think a beautiful campus (which I have heard that this school does have) could influence my decision, as I'll be looking at it for the next 6 years (not to mention I'd love a free trip...). Thanks

Still waiting on one of my three references to come in... I talked to him in person three hours ago and he assured me he'd get it in but I'm worried as hell. Does anyone know when the reference submission module closes? Is it at midnight eastern time or something like that? Thanks.