[Temple University]

Congrats everyone =) anyone heard about funding?

[Temple University]

Got the "University Acceptance" label on my online application. Does this mean what I hope it does???

[U Penn GSE application status?]

Hi~

My application for admission to PhD Program in GSE U Penn was complete on Dec. 8, 2010, but I have not reveived any news about my application result.

Today I checked my application status online and found that besides the submission status I have finished before, there is another " Application for Admission 2" showing the submission status is not submitted. Strange~! I'm sure this is added recently. Is there other necessary application I should add? Why it shows "2"??

Hope those ever applied for GSE @U Penn could explain this for me~Thx a lot~!

My ApplyYourself page has this too. Did you interview with Penn GSE?

[All day Interviews, NEED HELP!]

Email and ask admissions what the typical attire is for interviews - in my experience they have pushed for business casual because they know all-day events like this are tiring and they want you to be comfortable. Don't bring a boyfriend to planned events. For the interviews, have a list of several questions ready just in case there are gaps in your conversation. I would have at least 2 specific questions about the particular research they have done - it shows you cared enough to look into what they are doing.

[Temple University]

I applied to the same program. I haven't heard anything back.

[Fall 2011]

Fuzzy,

What was your interview at Penn like? I will be interviewing there in a little over a week and any insights would be appreciated!

Schools I was interviewed by: UPenn, Brown, UCSC.

Schools that accepted me without an interview: UMass, MIT, UCLA, NYU, Rutgers.

The three schools that did interview me were the ones that were really not a good fit for my research interests, and I think that was the reason for the interviews. Talking to PIs at all three schools (2-3 profs per schools) made me realize that I would not be happy in those programs so I ended up withdrawing my application from all three, which means I declined the invite to Brown's open house and I have no idea if there were any further steps after the first round interviews and before the adcoms at those schools decided who would be accepted. For four of the other five schools, I got a "congratulations!" email without having any contact between submitting the app and the decision. MIT notifies via phone, not email, but again no prior contact.

Congrats!!

It's too early to be worrying about not hearing back from schools, don't worry about UMass.