[Results and Decisions] Should I try again?
Absolutely crushed by my decisions. Had applied to over 15 universities with this profile:
2023 CS Grad ( Tier 2/3) - 9.31 / 10
Working at an unicorn startup for over a year
Have total 3 years of experience ( Worked at total 3 companies so far )
GRE: 320 (167Q, 153V)
TOEFL: 106/120
Have 2 undergrad papers published
1 paper I recently published
LoRs:
2 LoRs from my professors
1 LoR from my senior who actually submitted it through his current work email as he doesnt work there anymore.
My decisions:
USC MSCS - Admit
UMass Amherst - Admit
UIUC MCS - Pending
UCSD MSCS - Pending
UCLA MSCS - Pending
TAMU MCS - PendinG
UT AUSTIN MSCS - Pending
Purdue MSCS - Reject
Gatech MSCS (Computing Systems) - Reject
UWM PMP MSCS - Reject
Stanford - Reject ( No surprise)
CMU MSIN - Reject
CMU MCDS - Reject
CMU MSCS - Reject
I would genuinely love to understand where I failed. I took GRE two times to meet Gatech’s GRE requirement. I do understand that this process can be random, but it still hurts to have spent all of my efforts go in vain. Should I try again with my current workplace’s LOR. I genuinely dont know how would that even help.
I can share my SOP over dm if someone thinks that maybe my SOP was shabby