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*If you want a quicker reply, be more proactive and call (probably less feasible if you're overseas) Example: UPenn told me that they will post all Masters decisions by end of next week.

Send them an e-mail right away. What do you have to lose?

I still haven't gotten results yet. But at this point I've almost given up all hope on Michigan. As an undergrad, it's almost awkward to step into the computer science building here...

It's somewhere on the forum. I made a chance post. I go to UMich as an undergrad ... have a 3.65 overall gpa and a 3.4 major gpa.

I have no idea. I haven't been admitted yet. Most of my profs have said that I have a very good chance (one said "95% chance" ... another said that he "would be surprised to see Michigan reject me" ... One told me that my situation was dicey, so... I honestly don't see Penn admitting me, and I'm pretty sure I won't go to Brown if they admit me because they're kinda expensive.

Of course they sent me a cut-and-paste response.... Got rejected ...

Brown hasn't replied yet. Cornell gave me a templated/cut-and-paste reply saying that they would be done by the end of the week. Helpful ... considering the end of the week is tomorrow...

Will they answer questions on the status of individual applications?

Tell me about it. I still have yet to hear back from 4 other schools...

Update on Michigan: They are still reviewing MS CS applications but they are slowly releasing decisions in the next 2 weeks.

If it's any comfort, I'm also waiting to hear back from multiple schools: Michigan, Penn, Cornell, and Brown. It's tough. I did see that on the survey that someone indicated that 1,300+ people applied to Michigan's CSE grad program. I feel like I have no chance at Cornell anymore, though...

Well ... there are other issues, like housing. Sometimes it's difficult to find good housing so late in the year. However, there are too many people applying to grad school. It might have something to do with the economy.

Update: Spoke to the UMich grad office. They expect to finish review of MS applications by next Friday. They said that e-mails should go out the week after that.

Well, I have an admit to a safety school (USC's MSCS program) so I have that to go to if all the other schools, including Michigan, where I go right now for undergrad, reject me. If I choose not to go to USC (it's expensive), I'll probably do my summer internship that I committed to last November, take a couple months off, then look for a FT position.

@tkmkt: I have not heard of a waitlist for PhDs. All I know is they have given out most acceptances for PhDs. I don't think they've released Masters decisions yet; professors have been busy with PhDs up until now ... I do think they will release MS decisions very soon.