subzerok Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Hello everyone, I am planning to apply MILA Research Master program together with Universite de Montreal and I thought we can discuss related topics under this thread. I want to start the discussion with couple of questions & concerns considering admissions process. Profile: Computer Engineering student in Turkey, 3.52 /4.0 cGPA. Research experiences at University of Edinburgh (UK), University College London (UK) and KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) + Industrial Experience, 2 times ICPC European Regional Finals in addition to various 1st place in algorithm contests. AI related graduate courses during Bachelor's. 1. My biggest concern is having no paper published yet although we are trying hard to publish a workshop paper out of my studies in internship. Do you think it is a red-flag reason for research labs? Let me share an observation lastly. I study Deep Generative Models, Representation Learning and Optimization. After an extensive search for supervisors studying these fields at MILA, I realized they have very few Master students. Obviously this makes admission process much more competitive. Edited October 19, 2022 by subzerok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palm_directions Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 12:51 PM, subzerok said: Hello everyone, I am planning to apply MILA Research Master program together with Universite de Montreal and I thought we can discuss related topics under this thread. I want to start the discussion with couple of questions & concerns considering admissions process. Profile: Computer Engineering student in Turkey, 3.52 /4.0 cGPA. Research experiences at University of Edinburgh (UK), University College London (UK) and KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) + Industrial Experience, 2 times ICPC European Regional Finals in addition to various 1st place in algorithm contests. AI related graduate courses during Bachelor's. 1. My biggest concern is having no paper published yet although we are trying hard to publish a workshop paper out of my studies in internship. Do you think it is a red-flag reason for research labs? Let me share an observation lastly. I study Deep Generative Models, Representation Learning and Optimization. After an extensive search for supervisors studying these fields at MILA, I realized they have very few Master students. Obviously this makes admission process much more competitive. Has anyone else's status on the application page changed since they've submitted? Mine now says "STATUS: Review completed" and I'm eally hoping that's just the intial review stage and I haven't been rejected outright without an interview lol subzerok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subzerok Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 46 minutes ago, palm_directions said: Has anyone else's status on the application page changed since they've submitted? Mine now says "STATUS: Review completed" and I'm eally hoping that's just the intial review stage and I haven't been rejected outright without an interview lol My status is also updated to Review completed. palm_directions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Janson Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 My status is also changed to Review Completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palm_directions Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Have upcoming interview btw and the status is still at "Review Completed" so clearly it doesn't mean much ? . Has anyone else had an interview so far and what was it like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Janson Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 @palm_directions Haven't received any interview invitation yet. I think it mostly be generic interview questions. Did professors contact you or did you receive invite from MILA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palm_directions Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Paul Janson said: @palm_directions Haven't received any interview invitation yet. I think it mostly be generic interview questions. Did professors contact you or did you receive invite from MILA. My first choice supervisor emailed me subzerok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Janson Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Received invite for interviews from first choice professor. Any body who had the interview would like to share the experience? subzerok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subzerok Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Congrats 6 minutes ago, Paul Janson said: Received invite for interviews from first choice professor. Any body who had the interview would like to share the experience? Congrats! When is your interview scheduled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Janson Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 47 minutes ago, subzerok said: Congrats Congrats! When is your interview scheduled? Early Feb. But not finalized the date yet. subzerok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palm_directions Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Paul Janson said: Received invite for interviews from first choice professor. Any body who had the interview would like to share the experience? Sure had mine last week it was a just a brief chat about my background and research interests / ideas I outlined in my SOP. Good luck! Edited January 17, 2023 by palm_directions Paul Janson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivian78 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Do we still need to apply for the school that the professor is affiliated with? I only applied for MILA and I'm not sure since I don't receive any interview yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZCL Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 5 hours ago, Vivian78 said: Do we still need to apply for the school that the professor is affiliated with? I only applied for MILA and I'm not sure since I don't receive any interview yet. UdeM has a soft deadline, so if your POIs are affiliated with UdeM, you may apply after they have made their decisions. Good luck with your application! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rand0m_grad Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) On 1/17/2023 at 6:42 PM, Paul Janson said: Received invite for interviews from first choice professor. Any body who had the interview would like to share the experience? Congrats! Would you mind telling me from which uni did you receive the call from? I had mentioned 2 profs from McGill and 1 from UdeM and am yet to receive a response. Edited February 1, 2023 by rand0m_grad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subzerok Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) Is there anyone here who got invited to a research master interview by a professor affiliated with University of Montreal? Edited February 6, 2023 by subzerok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaroo Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Hi subzerok, I am in the same situation as you at the moment and was wondering the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subzerok Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 It is probably gg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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