GATE CS 2026 Score 476 (Gen) – No Offer till COAP Round 4, Any Realistic Chances Left?

Hi everyone,

I am a General category candidate with GATE CS 2026 score 476 and no COAP offers till Round 4.

My profile:

• B.Tech CSE, CGPA 9.3
• GATE CS 2026 Score: 476
• Software Engineer with industry experience
• Multiple MS Research interview calls

Current status:

Rejected / Not Selected:

• IIT Bombay MSR (CS, DSAI, Digital Health)
• IIT Delhi MSR (CSE, SIT, SICPSE, Bharti School)
• IIT Kanpur MSR (IS, CGS, Cyber Security)
• IIT Hyderabad (NIS, CSE)
• IIT Madras (CS, DSAI, MST, Applied Mechanics)

Pending:

• IIT Guwahati MS(R) Energy Science & Engineering (Interview completed)
• IIT Madras MS(R) Computational Engineering (Interview completed on 14 May, no result yet)

Pending COAP Programs:

• IIT Bombay: ET, TD, CMS, GNR, EE1, EE2, IO
• IIT Kharagpur: Industrial Engineering, Reliability, Manufacturing, AI, CSE
• IIT Roorkee: Mathematics & Scientific Computing, Data Science
• IIT Jodhpur: Data & Computational Sciences, CPS
• IIT Indore: MTech(R) CSE
• IIT Guwahati: Robotics & AI, Data Science

I am no longer expecting core CSE/AI programs. At this point, I would be happy with any IIT seat in a reasonable interdisciplinary program.

For people who have gone through COAP/MS Research admissions:

1. Are Round 5–7 usually where interdisciplinary programs move significantly?
2. Has anyone with a similar score (~450–500) received offers in later rounds?
3. Which of my remaining options look realistic?

Any honest opinions would be appreciated.