[binarysolo]

Even better: get into the PhD program and then drop out. You have all the signalling of being selected in a fancy PhD, but it also shows that you're practical and interested in work and industry.

Anec-data: me and several other PhD folks who all dropped out of CS/Stats/ML and got plenty of offers for jobs and funding. :)

[VygmraMGVl]

How do you properly signal that you dropped out of a PhD program to distinguish yourself from someone with a Masters?

[a-saleh]

Maybe having few good papers/conference talks?