我問了我孩子（非cs牛校，ML方向)，her professor

admitted 3 this year (only 2 took offer). All fresh new graduates with papers. A phd student was offered master graduate exit due to performance. It is tough world out there.  Some undergraduates are quite good. They are free to professors.

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top conference list.