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What did everyone decide on? Just curious. Unless I get any last-minute epiphanies, I think I'll take my offer from MSPPM-DA.

Hey! I have more or less decided to accept my MSPPM-DA offer over CAPP and DSPP, but I'm hoping to waive a couple of first year courses to take harder stuff in DA, CS as well as math and statistics. What you described in your post above is what I was hoping to do (though maybe a bit less extreme). Do you know what courses best to select in the CS department and to improve my math/stats? Or could you give me the contact of someone you know who did it and could tell me a little me about it? Please feel free to text me privately. The degree has so many great-sounding courses that I want to choose wisely and any help I get is much appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Amazing thanks! I just have another question regarding the size of the degree. Do you know how many people are in the MSPPM-DA? Is it small enough that you kind of get to know everyone in the two years? Is it more the spirit of a big family, is it more impersonal, or is it very competitive? (And just out of curiosity, are the other MSPPM tracks bigger/smaller than DA? And also, I saw that Heinz has like 1,500 postgraduate students. How is the spirit there? Thanks in advance!

Hey! Thanks so much for sharing so much information @woolscarves! I have offers for MSPPM-DA and the equivalent degrees at Harris, McCourts and UPenn and I'm tending towards Heinz. I was wondering whether it is common among first year graduates to live in houses off-campus? After living in my own apartment during my undergrad, I can't really see myself going back to dorms. But I'm wondering whether it would be worth it nonetheless to meet people? Are dorms cheaper than private rents? What is the quality of living in dorms? Where would I have to look for private rents? And how might I find flatmates from Heinz or any other faculty? Also, are there usually Social Media Groups for offer holders at this point? Would be a good way to find flatmates, wouldn't it? Thanks in advance!