notperry Posted December 15, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icydubloon Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 On 12/15/2015 at 3:33 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? Unfortunately, yes. There are way too many people applying to artificial intelligence and machine learning these days. liyu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csphdcandidate Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Has anybody heard anything from them? The waiting is so difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csphdcandidate Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Will we hear something from MIT EECS some time this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edotdl Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 58 minutes ago, csphdcandidate said: Will we hear something from MIT EECS some time this week? Based on previous years, that's what I'm expecting. Getting kinda nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksiksi Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 So if we don't hear anything this week, assume a rejection? That's what happened last year it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 On 2/2/2016 at 5:27 PM, aksiksi said: So if we don't hear anything this week, assume a rejection? That's what happened last year it seems. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 On 12/17/2015 at 7:21 AM, Icydubloon said: Unfortunately, yes. There are way too many people applying to artificial intelligence and machine learning these days. And many of them have conference papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csphdcandidate Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 When are we going to hear anything from MIT? Today? Tomorrow? Already got rejected by Stanford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, csphdcandidate said: When are we going to hear anything from MIT? Today? Tomorrow? Already got rejected by Stanford. Last year was Feb 4th Wednesday. So technically we should hear yesterday :). But the year before is much much later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender wiggin Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I've been seeing a few acceptances today... Getting a bit nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksiksi Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 14 minutes ago, ender wiggin said: I've been seeing a few acceptances today... Getting a bit nervous. Me too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 55 minutes ago, ender wiggin said: I've been seeing a few acceptances today... Getting a bit nervous. People start to panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT123 Posted February 4, 2016 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voices Posted February 4, 2016 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT123 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 10 minutes ago, 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. It looks like some people got an email on the 4th and some people on the 5th last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksiksi Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 1 minute ago, ChrisT123 said: I believe about 700 postgraduates? I am not sure where I read this 700 total, right? No just EECS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, aksiksi said: 700 total, right? No just EECS. 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voices Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 31 minutes ago, ChrisT123 said: It looks like some people got an email on the 4th and some people on the 5th last year. Sorry, I meant to say "most of us"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csphdapplicant123 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 27 minutes ago, 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? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 27 minutes ago, voices said: 23 minutes ago, 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 Sorry, I meant to say "most of us"... OK, 180 is already very large number to me. But do they all get funding eventually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Friendly Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 38 minutes ago, 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 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svent Posted February 4, 2016 Share 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% 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George123 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Anyone accepted at the Theory of Computation group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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