ventiicedamericano Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Is there anyone who applied for PhD degree in Urban Planning? I think it would be great if we can share some information.
jlc816 Posted February 15, 2020 Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) I applied to 5 UP Phd programs -- USC, UBC, UCLA, UPenn, and MIT. Awaiting info from UCLA and getting really nervous! Has anyone heard from them at all? I've only seen one waitlist and someone had posted that all admissions have been notified... maybe i should just assume it's a rejection? Ahh! Hope everyone hears some positive news in the coming weeks. Edited February 15, 2020 by jlc816
ventiicedamericano Posted February 16, 2020 Author Posted February 16, 2020 Hi, I applied for UCB UCLA USC UCDavis PDX Rutgers Georgia Tech I heard back from USC and UC Davis, but haven't heard back from UCB and UCLA. Seeing that a couple of results came out from those schools, I guess its an implicit rejection. LOL Glad that I have to options at this point.
jlc816 Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, ventiicedamericano said: Hi, I applied for UCB UCLA USC UCDavis PDX Rutgers Georgia Tech I heard back from USC and UC Davis, but haven't heard back from UCB and UCLA. Seeing that a couple of results came out from those schools, I guess its an implicit rejection. LOL Glad that I have to options at this point. will you be heading to the admit day at USC next week? I am assuming the same for UCLA, although so far only seeing a waitlist so... i'm holding out hope... (I've been wavering between feeling dejected and hopeful this weekend, lol, since UCLA is my top choice!)
ventiicedamericano Posted February 17, 2020 Author Posted February 17, 2020 Yes I will be there at USC next week. How about you? Would I see you from there? haha
apps20mesh Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 7:37 AM, jlc816 said: I applied to 5 UP Phd programs -- USC, UBC, UCLA, UPenn, and MIT. Awaiting info from UCLA and getting really nervous! Has anyone heard from them at all? I've only seen one waitlist and someone had posted that all admissions have been notified... maybe i should just assume it's a rejection? Ahh! Hope everyone hears some positive news in the coming weeks. Do you know if MIT does interviews?
jlc816 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 12:15 PM, ventiicedamericano said: Yes I will be there at USC next week. How about you? Would I see you from there? haha @ventiicedamericano yep i'll be there 46 minutes ago, apps20mesh said: Do you know if MIT does interviews? @apps20mesh i read they don't do interviews. but I've heard they met a few weeks ago to narrow down the applicant pool already.
lispenard Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) On 2/16/2020 at 5:42 PM, ventiicedamericano said: Hi, I applied for UCB UCLA USC UCDavis PDX Rutgers Georgia Tech I heard back from USC and UC Davis, but haven't heard back from UCB and UCLA. Seeing that a couple of results came out from those schools, I guess its an implicit rejection. LOL Glad that I have to options at this point. Do you know anything about what the Rutgers program is like? I'm curious since it's one of the few non-west coast schools on your list. I applied and haven't heard back yet but wondering what it's general reputation is. Thanks! Edited February 19, 2020 by lispenard
ventiicedamericano Posted February 19, 2020 Author Posted February 19, 2020 9 hours ago, lispenard said: Do you know anything about what the Rutgers program is like? I'm curious since it's one of the few non-west coast schools on your list. I applied and haven't heard back yet but wondering what it's general reputation is. Thanks! Hi, Actually, I got my masters from Rutgers. I don't know if you interested in the master program or the PhD, but for the Masters, they have really great program. Like you mentioned, being one of a couple schools located in the East coast, it has geographical advantages and our alums are doing great. For the PhD, it is a good school too. We have excellent faculty members, great researches. I heard back from Rutgers yesterday, and got into their program. So now, I don't know what to do haha
lispenard Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, ventiicedamericano said: Hi, Actually, I got my masters from Rutgers. I don't know if you interested in the master program or the PhD, but for the Masters, they have really great program. Like you mentioned, being one of a couple schools located in the East coast, it has geographical advantages and our alums are doing great. For the PhD, it is a good school too. We have excellent faculty members, great researches. I heard back from Rutgers yesterday, and got into their program. So now, I don't know what to do haha Thanks for responding! I meant to mention that it was for the Planning/Policy PhD program at Rutgers Bloustein (not sure what the diff is)-- did you get into the same?
apps20mesh Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 21 hours ago, jlc816 said: @apps20mesh i read they don't do interviews. but I've heard they met a few weeks ago to narrow down the applicant pool already. ah ok, thank you - do you know if they would've contacted the narrowed down or rejected pool?
ventiicedamericano Posted February 19, 2020 Author Posted February 19, 2020 56 minutes ago, lispenard said: Thanks for responding! I meant to mention that it was for the Planning/Policy PhD program at Rutgers Bloustein (not sure what the diff is)-- did you get into the same? Yes I got into the Planning/Policy PhD program. I got the email yesterday
jlc816 Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 4 hours ago, apps20mesh said: ah ok, thank you - do you know if they would've contacted the narrowed down or rejected pool? Not sure, but don't think so. UCLA has already sent out all their acceptances last week
lispenard Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 11 hours ago, ventiicedamericano said: Yes I got into the Planning/Policy PhD program. I got the email yesterday Congrats - I heard yesterday as well! What are your concerns? Or to put it another way, what concerns am I not noticing? ?
jlc816 Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 @ventiicedamericano have you heard anything from the UC schools?
ventiicedamericano Posted February 20, 2020 Author Posted February 20, 2020 10 hours ago, lispenard said: Congrats - I heard yesterday as well! What are your concerns? Or to put it another way, what concerns am I not noticing? ? I have offers from other schools, so I need to decide where to go
ventiicedamericano Posted February 20, 2020 Author Posted February 20, 2020 40 minutes ago, jlc816 said: @ventiicedamericano have you heard anything from the UC schools? I got rejection from Berkeley yesterday and still haven't heard back from UCLA. I know one person who got waitlisted from UCLA yesterday, so it means rejection i guess lol How about you?
lispenard Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 2 hours ago, ventiicedamericano said: I got rejection from Berkeley yesterday and still haven't heard back from UCLA. I know one person who got waitlisted from UCLA yesterday, so it means rejection i guess lol How about you? I wanted to stay in the NYC-area so only applied to schools nearby. I haven't heard back from Columbia or The New School. I'm assuming that means no to Columbia. For TNS, they said to expect to hear from them "in the next few months and at the latest" in May! Not great for their yield I would imagine?
jlc816 Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 3 hours ago, ventiicedamericano said: I got rejection from Berkeley yesterday and still haven't heard back from UCLA. I know one person who got waitlisted from UCLA yesterday, so it means rejection i guess lol How about you? Sorry to hear about Berkeley! I was waitlisted at UCLA.
ventiicedamericano Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 6 hours ago, lispenard said: I wanted to stay in the NYC-area so only applied to schools nearby. I haven't heard back from Columbia or The New School. I'm assuming that means no to Columbia. For TNS, they said to expect to hear from them "in the next few months and at the latest" in May! Not great for their yield I would imagine? Haha I hope you hear back from them soon. Fingers crossed! In the meanwhile, will you be there at Rutgers admitted students' day?
ventiicedamericano Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 4 hours ago, jlc816 said: Sorry to hear about Berkeley! I was waitlisted at UCLA. Haha I'm okay with it. When I was preparing, I didn't really know what to write for the personal statement, so I just wrote like 150 words for both UCB and UCLA. I'm not saying that I got rejected because of that, but just saying that I knew what was coming. LOL May I ask what's your research interest? I'll see you on next Monday though!
lispenard Posted February 22, 2020 Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 8:48 PM, ventiicedamericano said: Haha I hope you hear back from them soon. Fingers crossed! In the meanwhile, will you be there at Rutgers admitted students' day? Yes, you? I guess if you're already at school there Enjoy USC! The weather should be a pretty big draw
jlc816 Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 5:49 PM, ventiicedamericano said: Haha I'm okay with it. When I was preparing, I didn't really know what to write for the personal statement, so I just wrote like 150 words for both UCB and UCLA. I'm not saying that I got rejected because of that, but just saying that I knew what was coming. LOL May I ask what's your research interest? I'll see you on next Monday though! I'm looking at queerness/informal economies/urban planning -- specifically at labor organizing. How about you? KamilleL 1
jlc816 Posted February 27, 2020 Posted February 27, 2020 @apps20mesh have you heard anything from MIT?
apps20mesh Posted February 27, 2020 Posted February 27, 2020 4 hours ago, jlc816 said: @apps20mesh have you heard anything from MIT? Sadly, no. But it looks like the acceptances have gone out?
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