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I was rejected last year, but I am glad to be admitted this year. Hard work paid off!

I’m not at Penn GSE (as I mentioned before I’m a business major student from undergrad till now) but I know abundant amount of people at Penn GSE tho??

Honestly, there’s no difference between my current school (UPenn, I’m doing a masters) and Harvard, but the Harvard brand is just so strong and compelling to me (some people would get confused between UPenn and penn state... but no offense to Penn state tho)... I think I will take more additional courses at Penn to delay my graduation to next year as I need my full-time international student status to be continued, and reapply to HGSE. Professionally, I will continue to do consulting. I hope next year the number of applications could be lowered a little bit? although I know it’s very selfish to say it...

I’m rejected but relieved, and it seems this year there are so many rejections at HGSE.... I think I will reapply - who’s onboard?

@joyt99Did you apply and get accepted to Stanford? They have an IEPA program but I got a fat rejection?

I’m also an EPA applicant! Do you mind sharing your basic stats? My stats are on page 2.

Nice to have you onboard! Which program did you apply to?

This means you can tell if you are admitted or not even before you open the official letter...... if there’s no enrollment response form then it means you are either rejected or waitlisted.

No. The changes will be on the page shows the status of your application materials (xxx received). Basically on that page there will be a link stating “admission decision” for everyone; if you are admitted, beside the “admission decision” link, there will be another link stating “respond to enrollment...”.

Thank you! I hope we all can meet in Cambridge this fall with our passion and love! What program did you apply for at HGSE?

Don’t agree with your statement on no respectable school would release decisions on a Thursday hahahahaha... I think your statement was respectable schools would release on Fridays... but actually many reputable schools such as Harvard Divinity School released its decisions on this Monday... also, it is just our psychological compulsion to keep refreshing the portals and hope the decisions would come asap??

Most of the graduate schools in the United States stick to this trick... to be honest, this makes me feel more nervous when logging into the application portal?

I can assure you that you won’t see your results in the email. Once you are in the portal, before you click the link to the official letter, if you see there’s a link beside the link to the official letter stating “respond to enrollment...” it means you are admitted; if not, then the decision is going to be either a rejection or a waitlist.

But that’s for Stanford only and I think that’s an exception (Stanford people are interesting sometimes). Still hoping HGSE can release the decisions ASAP... it is really driving me crazy... more than two months of waiting...

It is even more interesting to me as I am having a 13 hour difference from EST and 16 hour difference from California time... it’s more torturing and tricky to me... basically I can’t sleep during midnight (bc it’s afternoon in america) and now daytime as well lol...

Midnight sounded bizarre before, until the time I received the rejection letter from Stanford GSE at 11pm California time more than a week ago.... so it literally can come any second??

Hi Oden, i think most of the info you provided was accurate, except the admissions rate. The 36% admissions rate includes master’s as well as doctoral programs. For Ed.M. only, the admissions rate is 54%. This is a public record according to Peterson’s.

Wow you are definitely going to get into HGSE as you have been admitted to Stanford... which program are you applying at HGSE?

The thing that I see in SGSE’s thread is that people don’t talk about stats at all... and peterson’s indicates that it’s acceptance rate is less than 30% which should be a lot higher than many Ed schools right?

idk how the heck I got into Stern honestly, and to be fair, I think NYU changed my life entirely. The culture and people at NYU are just amazing, and fit me absolutely well.... and I really missed the times that I had to grab the food at the dining cars outside of Tisch Hall (Stern Undergrad building) and went straight to classes... one of my current Penn professors was actually my professor at stern too... For now I don’t really know because I have already been rejected by Stanford GSE and I can’t stop thinking that SGSE is only ranked 3rd while HGSE is ranked 1st although I know Stanford admits less students... have you ever applied to SGSE or do you have any insights about the admissions at SGSE?

So we are alum! I graduated from NYU last year for undergrad as well. ?

I am at Penn (although I was also a Columbia admit?) for masters in a business-related field. Why do I keep thinking that you graduated from NYU for undergrad? Perhaps because of your NYC Teacher title as well as your academic backgrounds (Columbia which is in NYC, and top 30 undergrad which makes NYU in the list as well.) Lastly, would you think my gpa of the last two years at college as well as my current path at Penn could compensate a little bit for my low gpa in the sophomore year? I can’t stop thinking about this to be honest.

I’m a consulting guy so I plan to be an education policy consultant... so my purpose is not becoming a teacher but a consultant that can help promote education equality and the importance of education, which were the main focuses in my sop. The thing I am really worried about is my extremely low gpa in my sophomore year, and perhaps lack of relevant professional experiences in education although I have had several consulting internships and stuff. Would you mind take a look at my stats on page 2, and then give me your truthful thoughts? I don’t really know what does a top education school look for... some people say they don’t care that much about high gpa (except Stanford GSE) but it seems like many people have like 3.7-3.8 ish gpa?

I think your academic preparations as well as professional experiences are stunning! Don’t worry about it too much about the sop because I think it would be fine for you to mention all of your professional achievements, and the committee should be able to understand that it might be a little bit hard for you to organize all of these... I think, if not all, most of all applicants are super competitive, and I don’t really know what’s my chance of getting in, and I don’t really know what kind of students the Ed school would prefer as my background is not related to education at all except several volunteering experiences.....

I also applied to EPA. Would you mind sharing your basic stats?