notperry Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 I looked up previous posts about MIT EECS PhD applications. It seems in previous years MIT asked applicants to choose a specific area, i.e. Area II: AI etc. This year seems to be different: MIT asks applicants to choose 3 areas. I personally chose Theory and ML. Does anyone know about the selectivity and competition among these areas? I'm applying to do a theory-flavored ML so I'm not sure which applicants I'm competing with. I heard Machine Learning is the most competitive area at this moment: it'd be very tough to get into MIT, Berkeley or Stanford without a first-author NIPS or ICML paper. Is that true? liyu 1
Icydubloon Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 On 12/15/2015 at 11:33 PM, notperry said: Machine Learning is the most competitive area at this moment: it'd be very tough to get into MIT, Berkeley or Stanford without a first-author NIPS or ICML paper. Is that true? Expand Unfortunately, yes. There are way too many people applying to artificial intelligence and machine learning these days. liyu 1
csphdcandidate Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Has anybody heard anything from them? The waiting is so difficult.
csphdcandidate Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Will we hear something from MIT EECS some time this week?
Edotdl Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 On 2/1/2016 at 8:35 PM, csphdcandidate said: Will we hear something from MIT EECS some time this week? Expand Based on previous years, that's what I'm expecting. Getting kinda nervous.
aksiksi Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 So if we don't hear anything this week, assume a rejection? That's what happened last year it seems.
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/2/2016 at 4:27 PM, aksiksi said: So if we don't hear anything this week, assume a rejection? That's what happened last year it seems. Expand Well you need to first hear somebody else hear it. Based on last year if you hear a massive amount of people accepted then I think it is a rejection.
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 12/17/2015 at 6:21 AM, Icydubloon said: Unfortunately, yes. There are way too many people applying to artificial intelligence and machine learning these days. Expand And many of them have conference papers.
csphdcandidate Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 When are we going to hear anything from MIT? Today? Tomorrow? Already got rejected by Stanford.
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 3:00 PM, csphdcandidate said: When are we going to hear anything from MIT? Today? Tomorrow? Already got rejected by Stanford. Expand Last year was Feb 4th Wednesday. So technically we should hear yesterday :). But the year before is much much later.
ender wiggin Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 I've been seeing a few acceptances today... Getting a bit nervous.
aksiksi Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 6:23 PM, ender wiggin said: I've been seeing a few acceptances today... Getting a bit nervous. Expand Me too...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 6:23 PM, ender wiggin said: I've been seeing a few acceptances today... Getting a bit nervous. Expand People start to panic.
ChrisT123 Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 I wonder if they send all emails at the same time. If it is the case, I guess I was not offered an admission.
voices Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 If we have a look at the results from previous years, then I think that it's safe to assume that all of us who haven't been offered an admission have been rejected.
ChrisT123 Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 7:57 PM, voices said: If we have a look at the results from previous years, then I think that it's safe to assume that all of us who haven't been offered an admission have been rejected. Expand It looks like some people got an email on the 4th and some people on the 5th last year.
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 How many do they recruit every year? Based on the amount of admission posted it starts to feel like that was it.
aksiksi Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 8:12 PM, ChrisT123 said: I believe about 700 postgraduates? I am not sure where I read this Expand 700 total, right? No just EECS.
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 8:14 PM, aksiksi said: 700 total, right? No just EECS. Expand 700 just EECS is crazy. However, I know they give acceptance first and then decide on fundings. And I heard stories that someone eventually could not go because did not get funding. Is it normal?
voices Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 8:08 PM, ChrisT123 said: It looks like some people got an email on the 4th and some people on the 5th last year. Expand Sorry, I meant to say "most of us"...
csphdapplicant123 Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 8:19 PM, Yav Friendly said: 700 just EECS is crazy. However, I know they give acceptance first and then decide on fundings. And I heard stories that someone eventually could not go because did not get funding. Is it normal? Expand This is guy compiled some admission stats for all the universities. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-admission-statistics-for-top-schools-in-computer-science-information-science-and-computer-engineering
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 8:41 PM, voices said: On 2/4/2016 at 8:47 PM, csphdapplicant123 said: This is guy compiled some admission stats for all the universities. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-admission-statistics-for-top-schools-in-computer-science-information-science-and-computer-engineering Expand Sorry, I meant to say "most of us"... Expand OK, 180 is already very large number to me. But do they all get funding eventually?
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 8:47 PM, csphdapplicant123 said: This is guy compiled some admission stats for all the universities. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-admission-statistics-for-top-schools-in-computer-science-information-science-and-computer-engineering Expand And if you think about it, the concept of rate does not even make sense. They do not determine how many to recruit based on how large is the pool, they determine by funding. So if one year only a few people applied, you will think MIT's accept rate is very high. Am I right?
svent Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Slightly OT (not about MIT), but based on the link: I think last year someone posted an email from UCSB saying their Master's program admitted 144/900 = 16%. UCLA (for Master's) admitted 212/1722 ~ 12% (similar rate for PhD). Much lower than the 22% that that page claims. Penn was around 12% for Master's last year. As for UCSD, Quote Acceptance Rate for MS: For fall 2015, 900 MS applicants, acceptance rate of 7.5%, Acceptance Rate for PhD: 375 PhD applicants with an admission percentage of 19% Expand Does anyone know a source for this? 900 MS applicants seems very low when UCLA had 1700+ and even UCSB had 900. I find Georgia Tech's number of around 20-30% a little surprising, but I believe it. UCSD's page says they admit slightly less than 10%. Their admissions page says they get > 2700 applications each year (I assume MS + PhD). I assume this number is rising and wouldn't be surprised if it were to hit 3000. Edited February 4, 2016 by svent
George123 Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Anyone accepted at the Theory of Computation group?
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