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HEY! I am incredibly late to this update, but here I am! Congratulations to everyone! Does anyone have any experience getting off a waitlist? Is that something that realistically happens? Although I know a waitlist for SMArchS is as good as a no, I still have hopes. I'm most likely going to UPenn in the Fall. Anyone who is also doing the same, I would love to connect. I'm trying to negotiate aid with UPenn. They say that the aid they've given me is one of the highest, but I really need more to actually make the masters situation work for me. Any tips?

Maybe try putting this up on archinect? I think you will get more insights there.

Out at Harvard. I was heartbroken for like a minute ha

Received an early notification from Penn a few days ago too. I got the same weirdly punctuated email. I feel so relieved considering how sad I was after Berkeley. The anxiety for GSD and MIT is killing me. Congratulations to everyone!

I've been silently following this thread for a while now. Might as well jump in ha Age/Gender/Citizenship 24/F/Int'l Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BArch / Top 20 in my country / 2020 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 8.45/10 - NA - 117/120 Work Experience: 1+ yr experience in participatory planning and community-led design projects 6 month internship at the same firm where I work Letter of recommendations: (from whom) Principal of undergrad, Thesis guide and mentor, 2 employers (one is an alumni of Columbia) Schools applied to: TU Delft, KTH Sweden, MIT, UPenn, GSD, Berkeley, Columbia MSAUD In: Out: Berkeley Wait-list: Awaiting: TU Delft, KTH Sweden, MIT, UPenn, GSD, Columbia MSAUD Final Result: