Been watching this thread for a while, so finally jumping in now that I have some results to share! Also shoutout to everyone else who feels emotionally exhausted by this process of waiting to hear back. I'm cranky and I'm breaking out and I can't wait until it's over
Age/Gender/Citizenship
29 / M / USA
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
BA in History / Mid-Tier Public School / 2014
GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students)
3.88 - No GRE (tgod)
Work Experience:
- 3 years working for a transportation sustainability and equity nonprofit
- 3 years working for a transportation technology company
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
1 academic/undergrad thesis advisor
1 manager from previous role
1 department head/executive from current role
Schools applied to: NYU, Harvard, MIT, Penn, Rutgers, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC
In: NYU, Harvard, Penn, Rutgers, USC
Out: MIT
Wait-list: UC Berkeley
Awaiting: UCLA (will we ever hear from them??? are they okay??)
Final Result: