King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Spring 2015 Admissions

[ARJS]

Yes I did...

 

So did you have any interview so far?

[Eng-11]

Has anyone received the admission offer? I had both interviews and I didn't hear yet.

[pilla]

when did you had HR interview???

[pilla]

has any other applicants received any news from admission cell..
When are they(Kaust) expected to release the result

[pilla]

ARJS............what about you??

Done with the second interview

[ARJS]

No I did not have the second interview. I was told by someone well informed at kaust that this semester EE has estimated acceptance of 0.5%. I am not very hopeful and shall try my luck next semester.

[ARJS]

BTW pilla the same source told me that the admission decisions will be communicated till the third week of December.

Are you done with ur interviews? When was ur hr interview?

Thanks

[Eng-11]

I had my personal interview one week ago.

ARJS: If the professor approved you, you will be forwarded to the personal interview.

[ARJS]

Dear Eng-11 did u have ur hr interview on Skype or did u fly to the interview venue?

Which program did u apply for? Thanks

[Eng-11]

I had my interview in Turkey,Istanbul. I am applying to Computer Science.

[pilla]

Eng-11@ when was your hr interview??

when did they(kaust) tell you to  expect the decision.

[pilla]

ARJS@ dont lose hope:)

 

if your POI has recommended you, then surely you will have a HR interview.

contact you POI and find out the situation.

 

Also i think that your information is about the number of students intake in EE is not right

[pilla]

Eng-11@ how many people were their with you for HR interview.?

[ARJS]

Dear pilla, thanks for your words.

 

My application was recommended by my POI aabout a month ago and still I did not get the interview call.

 

Anyway, dears, I wish you guys all the best.

[ARJS]

BTW pilla, do you have any information about the number of student intake specially in EE?

[pilla]

Guys...............................results have been declared. i have seen some post on gradcafe forum

 

 

ARJS: I have no information about the number of intakes in EE.

[ARJS]

Rejected as expected...

 

Good luck guyz...

[pilla]

As salaam Alikum

 

Don't lose hope ARJS.  May Allah give you  the best and the deserving.

 

Since you have good GPA, i advise you to apply for IVY league colleges.

 

BTW, when did you receive the rejection email.???

Did any other friend of yours received any email from kaust???

[ARJS]

Wa'alaykum Assalam dear pilla

I'm extremely positive and not affected by this decision. Thanks for your kind words brother.

What's the benefit of IVY league colleges? I never heard of them.. Please share some details.

I received the email on 3 dec. none of my friends applied to kaust so have no further information.

Thanks

[pilla]

Rejected   )

 

No regrets.........................

[ARJS]

There should be none...

[annona]

please guys, can any one share the details of the interviews with us. I am waiti ng for mine and I am very worried because of all the rejections they made for Spring 2015. Any help 

[ARJS]

Hi annona

 

What details do you want to know? I had a technical interview for Spring 2015 intake but eventually could not make it to the personal interview. Which one are you talking about? I can share with you about the first one but no idea about the second.

 

Could you please share:

1) whether you have been invited for an interview or you are having it on Skype?

2) Who is going to take it? (professor alone or a committee)

3) How did you come to know that you have an interview? (email from KAUST / from Prof / VIP page)

 

Thank you.

[annona]

ARJS ... thank u for ur reply. I applied for Fall 2015 and my VIP page is showing registered/waitlisted. No interview is assigned to me yet.

As u know only about the technical interview, please tell us about it. who is making the interview with u? What they asked u ? And why you was rejected(if you have an idea)? Sorry for being long

[ARJS]

Don't worry about the status on your VIP page, since it's been more than a month since you submitted your application, I would recommend you to email your POI (if he/she gave you a green signal to apply and mention him/her in your application). I received an email from my POI that he wanted to have a conversation with me on Skype and we set a time for that. The conversation lasted for precisely 30 minutes. He introduced himself and his lab (obviously things which were not mentioned on the website), he mentioned what he was doing and what he'd want me to do if accepted, he asked me about what I had been doing in my research and whether that was simulation or experiments etc. The level of interview was not very technical however that was not a piece of cake as well. At least you should be able to understand the project your POI is trying to recruit you on. You should be able to comment on that and on its applications. I believe they are not expecting you to be a champion of the field but at least you should be able to understand what they are talking about and make a general sense of it. Mine interview went very well but at the end of our conversation my POI told me that competition is very fierce at KAUST, nevertheless he'd recommend my application. I do not know the exact reason for my rejection however I found it wise to apply for the Fall semester again.