zep Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Post your UC Berkeley EECS updates here! I'll go first... A Berkeley CS professor contacted me a couple of weeks ago to request a phone interview. The professor was one of the potential advisors whom I listed on my SoP. The interview went well--the professor just asked me some questions about my research, I asked him some questions about his research, and we brainstormed about potential research projects. My profile: I'm in the final semester of my CS undergrad at UIUC. 5 conference papers; 2 journal papers in review; 1 conference paper in review. Several national awards for my research, including a Best Paper Award. Three strong recommendations from faculty with whom I've conducted research. Five research internships in national labs and industry research labs. zep 1
agave87 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 How can you have such publications as an undergrad? How old are you?
zep Posted January 31, 2012 Author Posted January 31, 2012 How can you have such publications as an undergrad? How old are you? I'm 21. I've gotten fairly good at finding ways to choose class projects and internship projects that are publishable. I met my primary research advisor when he was teaching one of my classes, and he's pushed me really hard (which I like) to continue to make research contributions. I read a lot of scientific papers, which has helped me to understand the landscape of various research areas. I also enjoy writing. So, in short, it's a mixture of passion, hard work, and being fortunate to have found good mentors/advisors.
anacron Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 @zep Congrats on your profile, the admission to Urbana and the interview from Berkeley. I was contacted by a Berkeley Professor to discuss my research experience, interests and specific professors I'd like to work with. I did not list the interviewer as a potential advisor, so we did not discuss a whole lot about his research (not sure if this was good or bad). Otherwise, I'm still waiting for official admit/reject news.
agave87 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 It's really hard to have five conference being first author at 21... XD We have the next Alan Turing! Congrats
valeyard Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) wow! 5 1st-author conference papers? what area are you in? btw, just curious what happened to gre math portion? 157 seems quite weird since u have such great academia achievements... Edited January 31, 2012 by valeyard
Rebecca8 Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 I applied but not been contacted for anything... can this mean reject? Do they interview all incoming students?
anacron Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 From what my interviewer told me... All short-listed candidates were interviewed. The final decisions should be out within the next two weeks.
zep Posted February 3, 2012 Author Posted February 3, 2012 @zep Congrats on your profile, the admission to Urbana and the interview from Berkeley. Thanks! It's really hard to have five conference being first author at 21... XD We have the next Alan Turing! Congrats Thanks! wow! 5 1st-author conference papers? what area are you in? btw, just curious what happened to gre math portion? 157 seems quite weird since u have such great academia achievements... I guess this illustrates that GRE scores aren't necessarily correlated with success in computer science research. I like to dig into hard problems and to work on them for days at a time. I don't have a whole lot of practice, interest, or experience in answering rapid-fire math problems.
einstienbond Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Someone has posted that he/she has received the acceptance. Has anyone also received an acceptance ? Edited February 4, 2012 by einstienbond
noneplly Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Someone has posted that he/she has received the acceptance. Has anyone also received an acceptance ? yeah, finger crossed. Also interviewed, but no result received. DId they start sending official offer?
einstienbond Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) Looks like the first set of decisions are out... ? @ zep anacorn noneplly : did you hear from UCB.. Edited February 8, 2012 by einstienbond
noneplly Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Looks like the first set of decisions are out... ? @ zep anacorn noneplly : did you hear from UCB.. Unfortunately, still no news. But it's okay , I nearly have already make decision since I prefer to accept another top10 school's offer. The research there is more interesting to me.
zep Posted February 8, 2012 Author Posted February 8, 2012 Looks like the first set of decisions are out... ? @ zep anacorn noneplly : did you hear from UCB.. No, I haven't heard anything yet.
anacron Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Just received my admit email. Hope you guys do/did too.
einstienbond Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Received an admit email. @anacron : Congrats
zep Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 Just received my admit email. Hope you guys do/did too. Received an admit email. @anacron : Congrats Congratulations!!! I haven't heard anything yet, but I'm still hopeful. What're your stats/profiles?
anacron Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Received an admit email. @anacron : Congrats Thanks, congrats to you too. If I may ask - what are your research interests? Congratulations!!! I haven't heard anything yet, but I'm still hopeful. What're your stats/profiles? Thank you! Cumulative GPA: 3.851 GRE: {Q, V, W} = {167, 159, 4.0} Publications: 1 Journal Publication Letters: 2 well known Professors (strong) and 1 Post-Doc (strong) Reseach Experience: REU at UIUC (worked on 2 projects) and 2 years of research at undergrad. Teaching Experience: TA for a CS course and TA for an EE course. I believe research fit was the main factor. There were about 5-8 people at Berkeley who could be my advisor. I also think my research interests came across during the interview, especially when talking about my research ideas. zep 1
zep Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 I GOT IN! Just got an email from my POI saying I'm accepted! :]:]:]
R Deckard Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I GOT IN! Just got an email from my POI saying I'm accepted! :]:]:] Many congratulations! Your top choice, right?
naeemullah Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 those of us who still have not heard from Berkeley(EECS) is it good or bad for us??
rawr_ Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 those of us who still have not heard from Berkeley(EECS) is it good or bad for us?? bad unfortunately. I had an interview in early jan, but no admission email today. Assuming that means rejected. Looking at old patterns, reject emails might not come until march though.
boohoo Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 And thus ends the grad school dream. Goodbye, cruel, cruel, world.
anacron Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I GOT IN! Just got an email from my POI saying I'm accepted! :]:]:] Congrats, this great news! See you at the campus visit (top choice I assume?)
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