I know I am extremely late, but I have been obsessively checking this thread for the past few weeks so I figured I would post my intro! Thank you all for the information and updates, it has been very helpful and comforting at times.
Age/Gender/Citizenship
24 / F / USA
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
BA in Geography- Urban Planning track / Public School / 2021
GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students)
3.98 - No GRE
Work Experience:
-Working as a GIS Analyst at a large corp since graduation in Spring 2021
-6 months in school working as a GIS analyst for a state park
-Yearlong thesis around housing equity using GIS, in peer review for publication
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
2 thesis advisors
1 supervisor from univeristy role
Schools applied to: Portland State, CU Denver, MIT, Rutgers, Hunter College (CUNY), UCLA
In: Portland State (no funding), CU Denver (small annual funding), Rutgers, Hunter
Out: MIT
Awaiting: UCLA (Can't stop refreshing)
Final Result: