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On 1/12/2022 at 9:39 AM, eastcoastplanner said:
Hi everyone! Excited to wait for results with y'all.
I'm an older student making a career change. I didn't go to college after graduating from high school in 2006. Instead, I went into retail management for many years. I started working towards my associate degree at a local community college in 2016 while working full-time, and I ended up quitting my job and transferring to a top-5 public university to study planning in Spring 2020. My undergrad school has a 1-year urban planning master's program that I'm eligible for direct admission to, which is most likely what I'll end up doing. However, I also decided to apply to a few Ivy League schools just to see what happens.
Age/Gender/Citizenship
33/M/US
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
Bachelor of Urban Planning / top-5 public university / 2022 (first-generation student)
Associate Degree, Social Sciences / Local Community College / 2019
GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students)
3.9 (bachelor) / 3.9 (associate) / no GRE
Work Experience:
6 months at a planning & engineering consulting firm (currently employed); 1.5 years with an economic development organization; 8+ years in retail management. I also volunteer with a local refugee resettlement nonprofit as a public transportation trainer. Research experience: I worked with the chair of the planning department as part of an independent study course on the Federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program.
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
Three letters from professors. I've taken at least two classes with each of them. I work with one of the professors at my internship, and one of the other professors is the Assistant Dean of Students.
Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard, Columbia, UVA
In: Columbia (no funding), UVA ($7500 merit scholarship)
Out: MIT, Harvard
Time to make a difficult decision. I'd love to live in NYC for a couple of years and get my master's from an Ivy League school, but UVA is offering me a partial scholarship and it would only be a year-long program since I did my undergrad there.
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In at Columbia! No email, I just happened to check the portal. No funding, sadly.
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10 minutes ago, LLL666 said:
Anyone heard from Columbia？Got an inteview last week and heard nothing since then.
Nope, but based on last year's admissions cycle I expect to hear from them tomorrow. Was your interview for the Masters or PhD program?
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Out at MIT - just got a nicely worded, generic rejection email. Didn’t expect to get it in at all but it still stings a bit. Congrats to everyone who made it.
- atlplanner and colime
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12 minutes ago, oatmilklatte12 said:
IN AT MIT WITH TUITION REMISSION AND AN ASSISTANTSHIP. IN SHOCK!!!!!!
Wow, that's incredible! Congrats! I'm assuming you got a phone call?
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3 minutes ago, Waterlemon Booming Tiger said:
THX bro! I was like a sad bird for a whole day.
As an international applicant, here is some information for reference.
Age: 23 GPA: 3.94 GRE: 335 Toefl: 111
Top 4 architecutre school in my country
Some international competition awards.
Some internships.
Some individual reasearch and relating publications, and strategies adopted by local governments.
3 Letter of recommendations from my instructors, boss and the dean of the college.
There are so many well-qualified applicants in this thread, the competition for GSD this year must have been insane!
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9 minutes ago, atlplanner said:
Just got a call that I'm into MIT!
Amazing, congrats!
Sounds like they've been calling accepted applicants over the past couple of days. Interesting that they're not doing it all at once.
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On 1/12/2022 at 9:39 AM, eastcoastplanner said:
Hi everyone! Excited to wait for results with y'all.
I'm an older student making a career change. I didn't go to college after graduating from high school in 2006. Instead, I went into retail management for many years. I started working towards my associate degree at a local community college in 2016 while working full-time, and I ended up quitting my job and transferring to a top-5 public university to study planning in Spring 2020. My undergrad school has a 1-year urban planning master's program that I'm eligible for direct admission to, which is most likely what I'll end up doing. However, I also decided to apply to a few Ivy League schools just to see what happens.
Age/Gender/Citizenship
33/M/US
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
Bachelor of Urban Planning / top-5 public university / 2022 (first-generation student)
Associate Degree, Social Sciences / Local Community College / 2019
GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students)
3.9 (bachelor) / 3.9 (associate) / no GRE
Work Experience:
6 months at a planning & engineering consulting firm (currently employed); 1.5 years with an economic development organization; 8+ years in retail management. I also volunteer with a local refugee resettlement nonprofit as a public transportation trainer. Research experience: I worked with the chair of the planning department as part of an independent study course on the Federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program.
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
Three letters from professors. I've taken at least two classes with each of them. I work with one of the professors at my internship, and one of the other professors is the Assistant Dean of Students.
Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard, Columbia, UVA
In: UVA with $7500 scholarship
Out: Harvard
Wait-list:
Awaiting: MIT, Columbia
Out at Harvard (no surprise there), in at UVA with $7500 scholarship!
- nush19 and planningapplicant
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8 minutes ago, jade888 said:
Anyone know when UCLA is supposed to come out or when it usually has in past years?
Looks like they notified everyone on March 11th for Fall 2021 admissions:
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59 minutes ago, stop making sense said:
The waiting game is starting to drive me crazy, especially since we probably won't hear back from most masters programs in planning until late February/early March. How are y'all holding up?
Feeling the same. I really need to stop checking the portals every day!
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5 hours ago, HHSSHH said:
Do you guys submit Columbia's optional essay?
I don't remember there being an optional essay. I think I just submitted the personal statement.
- HHSSHH and TomorrowsParties
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I submitted my MIT application last week! It would be an absolute dream to attend, but I have zero expectations. Good luck to anyone else who applied!
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Hi everyone! Excited to wait for results with y'all.
I'm an older student making a career change. I didn't go to college after graduating from high school in 2006. Instead, I went into retail management for many years. I started working towards my associate degree at a local community college in 2016 while working full-time, and I ended up quitting my job and transferring to a top-5 public university to study planning in Spring 2020. My undergrad school has a 1-year urban planning master's program that I'm eligible for direct admission to, which is most likely what I'll end up doing. However, I also decided to apply to a few Ivy League schools just to see what happens.
Age/Gender/Citizenship
33/M/US
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
Bachelor of Urban Planning / top-5 public university / 2022 (first-generation student)
Associate Degree, Social Sciences / Local Community College / 2019
GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students)
3.9 (bachelor) / 3.9 (associate) / no GRE
Work Experience:
6 months at a planning & engineering consulting firm (currently employed); 1.5 years with an economic development organization; 8+ years in retail management. I also volunteer with a local refugee resettlement nonprofit as a public transportation trainer. Research experience: I worked with the chair of the planning department as part of an independent study course on the Federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program.
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
Three letters from professors. I've taken at least two classes with each of them. I work with one of the professors at my internship, and one of the other professors is the Assistant Dean of Students.
Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard, Columbia, undergrad alma mater (direct admission)
In: Undergrad alma mater (direct admission)
Out:
Wait-list:
Awaiting: MIT, Harvard, Columbia
Results:
Planning Admissions 2022
in Architecture and Planning Forum
Posted
Decided to decline my Columbia offer - the cost just isn’t worth it to me. Hope it frees up a spot for someone on the waitlist!
That’s the end of my journey here. Good luck to everyone!