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UCSD has its visit day on March 10 and 11, so I assume most of the admits would have been sent by this date. I got the admit email from the chair of the admission committee almost a week back but I don't think it was a mass email. So they might still be sending offers. Good luck!

Well, I hate to say this, but seems like they are done admitting. I've heard that they have a small waitlist, but I'm not sure how it works (MIT also has one, but apparently only a couple from ~60 gets picked). If you are in it, there might still be hope. From what I heard from a source, this year the competition was extremely intense - they had ~3200 applications and admitted approximately 4%.

You were looking at the wrong place. You should have looked at graduate school rankings - UC Berkeley's graduate program in CS is ranked #1 (along with CMU, MIT and Stanford). http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings Having said that, for a PhD, what you should be looking at is the research work, and compatibility with your advisor rather than rankings.

UCSD - March 10, 11

I believe MIT's "take out the trash" day is today going by last year's trend...

It was an email from the graduate admissions chair.

Does anyone know when UMass has its visit days? My admit email doesn't say anything about this.

Yes, I had two.

I don't know if all admits have been sent, but the admission email I received was from the committee chair. I'm not sure if Berkeley has a waitlist. You could definitely contact your interviewer. If you explain your situation politely, I'm sure you'll get a response.

Awesome! congrats! According to some insider information at MIT, they had record number of applications this year (some 3000). I don't understand why they keep us waiting to send the rejects.. it's so brutal!

Congrats to you Azazel! :-) So MIT, Stanford and UC Berkeley... awesome !

Seems like this was a mass mailing as in the case of MIT. I got one.

Wow excellent! Congrats!!

Seems like the MIT chapter is closed. The admission committee meeting happened on 4th according to the calendar, and there are no more rounds: http://eecscal.mit.edu/Pages/CalendarViews/MonthView.aspx?RoomId=3&Date=2/10/2011+12:00:00+AM

Oh sorry to hear that Lanchka. But I'm sure you'll have an offer from Berkeley

Congrats Azazel and others who got into MIT!

Hmm... looking at the result search, seems like Berkeley decisions are right around the corner. Lanchka, was that you?

Which area did you apply to? To my knowledge, CSD has sent out all the admits. The open house is on Feb 25-26.

The info I gathered from some of the people who got calls was that it lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour.

Thanks for the info! Best of luck to you!

Azazel, you had interviews with 2 professors? How did it go? Did they know that you are being interviewed by the other?

If they follow last year's pattern, I guess the admit emails will be sent out in a day or two. All the best to everyone waiting to hear back from UC Berkeley!

Don't know if it's necessarily ominous. There has been instances where people have been admitted without being interviewed. Best of luck

@Azazel and Lanchka, good luck! I think Berkeley is following the same pattern as last year - Feb 10 admit emails, and then a week later mass rejects

Cool! How did the interview go?