thedonbas Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 On 3/4/2019 at 4:44 PM, extravaganzta said: Hello! I applied to 7 programs (for future lurkers, 7 programs is A LOT -- try to whittle down the list a bit): - MIT: Accepted -- waiting on mail for financial info (was called on Thursday of last week.. been 3 business days so far and nothing in my mailbox) - UNC: Accepted - no funding - UCLA: Under Review/Awaiting response - Harvard: Rejected - Georgia Tech: Accepted - awaiting financial information - USC(Southern California): Accepted: Dean's Merit Full Tuition Scholarship - Cornell: Accepted: TAship and 1/3rd tuition merit scholarship With a full ride to USC, I don't know how much money I'd be willing to pay for anywhere else. Anyone know anything about the USC program in relation to the rest I listed above? I'm eagerly awaiting the MIT letter that has potential financial award information. Please, Mr. Postman... extra, I'm in the same position with regards to USC - full tuition from the Dean's Merit Scholarship. Don't know much about the school except that all the students I talked to seem happy enough. I also got into Cornell with the same funding and I'm waiting on UCLA.
extravaganzta Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 2 hours ago, thedonbas said: extra, I'm in the same position with regards to USC - full tuition from the Dean's Merit Scholarship. Don't know much about the school except that all the students I talked to seem happy enough. I also got into Cornell with the same funding and I'm waiting on UCLA. Right on! Will you be at the open house for USC? To the poster who asked - I applied for the CDD group. I received my letter today with funding information.
pawp Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 3 hours ago, extravaganzta said: Right on! Will you be at the open house for USC? To the poster who asked - I applied for the CDD group. I received my letter today with funding information. Congrats! How's the funding result if you don't mind me asking?
internal armadillo Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Waitlisted @ MIT (the only place where I applied.) To the person asking, I applied to CDD, background is non traditional (eg. not design, not architecture) Edited March 8, 2019 by internal armadillo
jay_siah Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 Some updates on my end (I applied to waaaay too many programs) which might be helpful: 1) National University of Singapore (Accepted 2-28) No financial aid 2) Hong Kong University (Under Review) 3) UT Austin (Accepted 2-18) No update on financial aid 4) Mcgill (Under Review) 5) Stockholm University (Under Review) 6) Texas A&M (Accepted 3-4) $1,000 + In-state tuition Really bummed about Singapore. Would have been a wonderful experience, but 100k debt staring me in the face after all is said and done....
mikecrophone Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Accepted: Cornell, NYU, Michigan, UNC, Penn, and Virginia Rejected: Harvard Still awaiting decision: Columbia, MIT, and Berkeley Is anyone else still waiting on MIT and Berkeley? Some people have received decisions for MIT over a week ago, and for Berkeley over three weeks ago. It's one thing to be rejected or waitlisted, but another to not receive a decision at all Edited March 8, 2019 by mikecrophone
jessieg Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 7 hours ago, mikecrophone said: Accepted: Cornell, NYU, Michigan, UNC, Penn, and Virginia Rejected: Harvard Still awaiting decision: Columbia, MIT, and Berkeley Is anyone else still waiting on MIT and Berkeley? Some people have received decisions for MIT over a week ago, and for Berkeley over three weeks ago. It's one thing to be rejected or waitlisted, but another to not receive a decision at all I'm still waiting on MIT. I'm guessing it's just because my mail is very slow...
CiaraMeow Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 I was accepted into UBC today! Still nothing from U of T, but UBC was my first choice.
muellerm32 Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) Im on the MIT waitlist bucket - painful as it’s the only school I applied to. Applied to EPP do people get off waitlist? Edited March 9, 2019 by muellerm32
Heyin Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 2 hours ago, muellerm32 said: Im on the MIT waitlist bucket - painful as it’s the only school I applied to. Applied to EPP do people get off waitlist? Hey, would you mind sharing your background to EPP? Are you an international applicant? Thanks!
tangocc Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 On 2/23/2019 at 7:12 AM, bra_996 said: Hello everyone! Heres' my list so far University of Calgary (Got accepted on Feb 21) University of Toronto (Under Review) Dalhousie University (Under Review) Queens University (Under Review) University of Alberta (Under Review) Good luck everyone! Man ug or pg ??
tangocc Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 I want to apply Meng in chemical at Calgary do u still think i have i chance if i apply now ??
artyperim Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 9 hours ago, CiaraMeow said: I was accepted into UBC today! Still nothing from U of T, but UBC was my first choice. Congratulations! Yes, still waiting to hear back form U of T as well! What kind of experience/background do you have?
muellerm32 Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 5 hours ago, Heyin said: Hey, would you mind sharing your background to EPP? Are you an international applicant? Thanks! Im a domestic applicant. I’ve been working at an international non profit planning organization on urban resilience for 4 years, mostly on green infrastructure projects. I don’t have a technical background
CiaraMeow Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, artyperim said: Congratulations! Yes, still waiting to hear back form U of T as well! What kind of experience/background do you have? Thank you! Honestly, not a lot of actual planning experience. I'm fairly shocked I was accepted. I have a competitive GPA (3.8 in the last 2 years) with an equally strong GPA in my major; I'm in an honours anthropology program and my thesis, which I wrote about for my statement of intent, is focused on food access and the built environment; I had three strong references who know me very well; and I did volunteer departmentally on an Indigenous remains repatriation project, on a graduate thesis about infant and child human remains and crime prosecution, and as a honours undergraduate departmental representative. Other than that, I worked throughout my degree and I'm well travelled. It's hard for me to know beyond my GPA, references, and my statement of intent what, if anything, they liked about my application. I absolutely felt/feel I lack(ed) concrete planning experience and relevant volunteer work. Edited March 9, 2019 by CiaraMeow typo
TurnerLN2019 Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 So far I've been accepted to Georgia Tech, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Minnesota, Portland State, University of Michigan, and Rutgers. I'm still waiting to hear back from Hunter College. I haven't gotten any good financial aid offers, and not sure how to get those. Is anyone planning on going to the Open House days for UNC, Georgia Tech, and/or University of Minnesota?
neek_sta Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Hi all! I was accepted to UBC this afternoon! Still waiting to hear back from UofT and York, but UBC was my first choice so I'm absolutely ecstatic. Best of luck to everyone!
extravaganzta Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 7:25 PM, TurnerLN2019 said: So far I've been accepted to Georgia Tech, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Minnesota, Portland State, University of Michigan, and Rutgers. I'm still waiting to hear back from Hunter College. I haven't gotten any good financial aid offers, and not sure how to get those. Is anyone planning on going to the Open House days for UNC, Georgia Tech, and/or University of Minnesota? Have you received any information regarding funding for Georgia Tech?
bra_996 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Just got accepted to Dalhousie today! Still waiting to hear news from Toronto, Queens and Alberta.
jackim Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 2 hours ago, bra_996 said: Just got accepted to Dalhousie today! Still waiting to hear news from Toronto, Queens and Alberta. I'm still waiting for Dal, what was your application like?
planner2234 Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Accepted to Columbia, rejected from Penn. surprised by that as I had a letter of rec from penn alumni and my undergraduate university has a great relationship with them. What’s everyone’s thoughts on Columbia?
douglab Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Rejected Berkeley Harvard MIT Accepted UNC Chapel Hill, with merit assistantship (full tuition + stipend) Awaiting UCLA, with low expectations for both admission and funding
mikecrophone Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Accepted: Columbia - no funding Cornell - $15,000 tuition reduction + assistanceship NYU - no funding Michigan - full funding + $10,000 stipend UNC - $5000 tuition reduction (in-state) Penn - $30,000 tuition reduction + work study UVA - $5000 tuition reduction Rejected: Harvard MIT Waitlisted: Berkeley (asked to be removed) Maybe you all can help. I have been losing sleep over making a decision. I did my undergrad in a college town and worked my way through school. Financially, Michigan, Cornell, and UNC all make the most sense, but I REALLY don't want to be in a college town again. Sporting events shutting down road ways, apartments rented by-the-bed. I've had my fill. I would love to be in a city, but Columbia, NYU, and Penn would all set me back tremendously. Any input would be valued. Edited March 15, 2019 by mikecrophone
extravaganzta Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 9 hours ago, mikecrophone said: Maybe you all can help. I have been losing sleep over making a decision. I did my undergrad in a college town and worked my way through school. Financially, Michigan, Cornell, and UNC all make the most sense, but I REALLY don't want to be in a college town again. Sporting events shutting down road ways, apartments rented by-the-bed. I've had my fill. I would love to be in a city, but Columbia, NYU, and Penn would all set me back tremendously. Any input would be valued. Hey Mike, My advice - don't go into debt to go to school in a city. If you are tired of being stuck in a college town, I'd vote for UNC -- you are super close to Raleigh-Durham, and you could theoretically commute to class each day (as you will be going against traffic). Also, $5k off of in-state tuition means you would be paying $6k per year for a top program? Meaning at most you would come out of debt with is 12k for a Masters? If so, that's a stellar deal, given that UNC is one of the best planning schools in the country.
poimai19 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 20 hours ago, planner2234 said: Accepted to Columbia, rejected from Penn. surprised by that as I had a letter of rec from penn alumni and my undergraduate university has a great relationship with them. What’s everyone’s thoughts on Columbia? I also got into Columbia but with no funding. Other forums I read said it's not worth the hefty price tag if you're taking out loans, but I'm curious about the overall experience as well.
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