Omkar Poojari

congrats! what subfield? (also..the username pakora? the indian dish? XD)

Had emailed the UPenn program coordinator asking if all acceptances have been released. Got a reply stating that they understand this is a stressful time for applicants and that have begun by sending some decisions and that they would continue releasing decisions over the next two weeks. I don't know what this means. A tiny bit of hope, I guess.

Got this in my inbox from one of those who claimed a UPenn acceptance today by posting on the results page. Putting it here as it might help others get some clarity. Keeping fingers crossed for everyone. Hi, I think I've caused a lot of confusion tonight and I promise you none of this is intentional, and comes from gradcafe's odd forum structure. I'm one of the people who got a penn offer, there may be two others. I'm not trying to troll anyone or produce false info - I know how distressing that would be for applicants who are actually waiting - but in trying to be helpful I've had the opposite effect. To clarify: - when someone posts a decision on gradcafe, the decision is anonymous. People then have the option of responding to that decision in a thread below, in which case their username shows up. - I posted one decision myself, I presume someone else posted the other two decisions - to be helpful I answered people's questions in the threads across the acceptances, which is why my username showed up across different acceptances. - for whatever reason I've been unable to post in the main comms forum. Maybe I'm just being technically stupid but for the life of me I can't find anywhere to post a response or engage with this forum. To confuse things further it's given me two usernames - the commshopeful one and another one that is avm6 - when I saw the confusion start to to crop up on the forum - which again - I'm unable to post in - I decided to post in the acceptances thread to communicate with y'all. That's clearly caused more confusion and I apologize further for this. The whole point of frequenting these forums is to keep track of updates on admissions and I'm trying to provide legitimate information so you can keep track of things and have an expectation of the process. I was in the same boat earlier this week when I got my Stanford rejection - having seen people allegedly get interviews in weeks previous - I was able to open my decision with low expectations. And yes the results came out surprisingly early, but that's because admission timelines are unpredictable - again, Stanford came in 10 days later than last year. I know on some level it will be disappointing for people to see these admissions decisions from Penn, because it reduces the chances of people who are still waiting. And yes on some level there's no reason to believe someoen on an anonymous forum. But I've gone to the effort of writing this response, not because it makes a difference to your perception of me - an anonymous poster on an anonymous forum - but to try and give credibility to what is accurate information on the process, so you can adjust your expectations accordingly. And to also apologize for the confusion I've caused. Sincerely, I wish you and the others the best with your applications, and hope you end up where you wish to go, whether that's at Penn or elsewhere. Thank you.

WRT Brown, I have a feeling it should be out tomorrow or in the coming week. Historically, their decisions have come out in the last few days of January. I was told after the interview that results are expected by the second week of February- but most probably earlier than that.

Indeed that is the biggest red flag- that the author is the same person.

Based on their further replies in that thread, it seems to me that their letter mentioned that they had to let the school know if they were accepting the offer. And then this person stated that they think that the school might be rolling out decisions in batches. Personally, I see two red flags- they posted the same result thrice. Second - despite not engaging on this forum they referred to the conversation going on here in this forum. And based on what I've seen in forums of previous years (for another field), trolls posting results is quite common. Just not sure if that is the case here. Fingers crossed

I saw this comment being posted by the person claiming the UPenn acceptance. It seems a little weird to address the people of this forum in an unrelated comment on the results page? And I guess the same person has posted the acceptance three separate times. Idk what to make of it. "Also, people on the comms forum, I've never been able to post there for some reason but wishing you the best of luck! The offer letter spoke to letting them know about the decision when possible, so I think they may be doing offers in multiple batches or at least have a waitlist in mind."

Yeah, I second that. If this is a joke, it is horrible. If not, I hope that they are rolling out acceptances/rejections in batches.

Many are publishing about the notifications- are you referring to the results page or some other place too where you have come across people posting acceptances? I think all those (3) acceptances have been posted by the same person on the results page.

yeah, hopefully it is a troll. True- they release all acceptances/rejections on the same day. Based on the previous cycles, it is usually in the first/second week of February. I guess it is a bit too soon. Fingers crossed!

Both say they got their decisions through postal service- and both are international students. Seems a bit weird that they would send it via post to international students? And the results page has been spammed since last night. So, just thinking...

I see a UPenn acceptance on the results page. I wonder if it is a genuine one or a troll. Since, there have ben many troll posts since last night..

I think it would be good to write to the grad chair or the programme coordinator. If you don't mind me asking, which program? UCLA?

To those who were interviewed by Brown (preferably CP)- have you got any news or updates post the interview? Historically, Brown has released acceptances in the last week of January.

Sorry! I forgot that we had a previous interaction about this. And good luck again!!