Reflections on My 2025 Fall Application Season
This post comes rather late — mostly because I procrastinated, partly because I needed distance to understand it all. Looking back, 2025’s application season was a strangely emotional yet enlightening ride. Background and Outcome I work on video world models, with previous experience in LLMs, agents, and interpretability. I did my undergrad in Computer Science (IEEE Honor Class) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and applied to both PhD and Master’s programs. ...