Any PhD applicant here? Has anyone of you heard from UPenn yet? This is my dream school. Haven't heard anything from UPenn yet ? Gradcafe stat shows they usually conduct interviews these days (as per 2018). Wondering if they are doing the same thing this year. I have dual concentrations in housing + community development as well as urban analytics.
Age/Gender/Citizenship
25/F/Int'l
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
B.Eng. + B.A. from nation's top university; MUP from Ivy
GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students)
83 out of 100 for Bachelor's, V154/Q170/AW4.5, TOEFL114
Work Experience:
2+ yr full-time experience in planning, 2+ yr research experience in academic setting; internship experience in my home country centered around real estate development & consulting (private/public/non-profit)
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
One from college thesis advisor, two from master's program (one from master's thesis advisor, both of them are PhD), one from previous supervisor
Schools applied to: NYU Tandon (Civil and Urban Engineering program), USC Price, Cambridge (Land Economy), UNC Chapel Hill, Penn, Rutgers, MIT, Oxford (Public Policy in the School of Governments), Cornell, U Washington. Sorted by deadline. 10 in total. 3 of them are not traditional planning.
In: NYU Tandon
Out: USC, Cambridge
Wait-list:
Awaiting: UNC Chapel Hill, Penn, Rutgers, MIT, Oxford, Cornell, U Washington
Results: