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chuckles

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  1. The prof talked about how Penn was just on a different level than Wisconsin. Some of the faculty at Penn can call up the HUD Secretary and get him to listen. This prof also used to teach planning at Temple (also in Philadelphia) and came to be familiar with Penn. The prof talked about joking with colleagues about at Temple that they were focused on planning in South Philadelphia and at Penn, they were planning Bogota. I haven't visited each one. I visited Wisconsin and will visit Minnesota in a few weeks. I'm thinking that the costs (both $ and carbon) of travelling to Penn and Cornell aren't justified by the insights I would gain. So I am thinking of just trying a few phone calls.
  2. I bought the guide two years ago, more to help me with whether or not apply at all. I used it to guide my decision making process for grouping schools into my safety, reach and good match schools. Having the size of schools in one convenient place was also helpful to me. Wasn't too elucidating, but when I looked at last year's admits to Harvard GSD, it seemed like no one was aware that Harvard is more selective than any other school.
  3. What factors are you taking into account into making your decisions? Are you visiting everywhere? Are you setting up phone conversations? Something else? What have you learned? I got into Penn, Cornell, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and as of today, I have no direction on where to go. All seem like great academic programs and offer flexibility in taking classes across the universities. Funding is completely different at each institution, but so are the career prospects after graduating. I visited Wisconsin a few weeks ago and a prof there told me I should probably go to Penn instead of Wisconsin!
  4. Anyone use the Planetizen guide to Grad schools to help them consider programs?
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