Re:90% of those who apply are probably from India. (Score 1)

> They accept those who apply. That's not true when I applied for a PhD program in CS a few years back my entry was denied because I didn't have all the points in the GRE (like 600 - 600 - and whatever). Interestingly the same year association administering the tests pulled out of India and China because there was some cheating. Any correlation? The next year I lost my job and started working in the lab of an Indian professor -- I applied again for the program but after three months of not getting paid I found a paying job outside the lab. Interestingly I never got an acceptance letter nor a rejection letter. So when the program was about to start I inquired about my status and was told no decision had been made yet. The next day I got a rejection letter. I learned later that this was due to me abandoning the lab because I actually couldn't work longer for free. However the industry partner I worked with during this time was pretty mad at the department that they didn't accept me because my work was PhD quality (and I think consequently pulled funding). The school is one of the Top 10 computer science programs in the US (it's an excellent school!) and my wife was enrolled in an MD/PhD program at the same school so another school was not really an option (unlike you enjoy distance relationships:-) Ok, to be honest, I am pretty happy with my job... so it was probably ok for me not to attend the program but it leaves a bad after taste...