eastcoastplanner Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 9:39 AM, eastcoastplanner said: Hi everyone! Excited to wait for results with y'all. I'm an older student making a career change. I didn't go to college after graduating from high school in 2006. Instead, I went into retail management for many years. I started working towards my associate degree at a local community college in 2016 while working full-time, and I ended up quitting my job and transferring to a top-5 public university to study planning in Spring 2020. My undergrad school has a 1-year urban planning master's program that I'm eligible for direct admission to, which is most likely what I'll end up doing. However, I also decided to apply to a few Ivy League schools just to see what happens. Age/Gender/Citizenship 33/M/US Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated Bachelor of Urban Planning / top-5 public university / 2022 (first-generation student) Associate Degree, Social Sciences / Local Community College / 2019 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.9 (bachelor) / 3.9 (associate) / no GRE Work Experience: 6 months at a planning & engineering consulting firm (currently employed); 1.5 years with an economic development organization; 8+ years in retail management. I also volunteer with a local refugee resettlement nonprofit as a public transportation trainer. Research experience: I worked with the chair of the planning department as part of an independent study course on the Federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program. Letter of recommendations: (from whom) Three letters from professors. I've taken at least two classes with each of them. I work with one of the professors at my internship, and one of the other professors is the Assistant Dean of Students. Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard, Columbia, UVA In: UVA with $7500 scholarship Out: Harvard Wait-list: Awaiting: MIT, Columbia Out at Harvard (no surprise there), in at UVA with $7500 scholarship! planningapplicant and nush19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oatmilklatte12 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) On 2/28/2022 at 8:10 AM, oatmilklatte12 said: Just waiting for MIT now! It's my top choice so I'm really crossing my fingers haha In: UPenn Michigan UC-Berkeley Cornell UNC Tufts Georgia Tech UVA Waiting: MIT Out: Harvard Edited March 1, 2022 by oatmilklatte12 planningapplicant, eastcoastplanner, Reverseosmosisjones and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy_Taft_Coolidge Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) On 2/17/2022 at 4:20 PM, Quincy_Taft_Coolidge said: Age/Gender/Citizenship 24/M/USA Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BS in Finance; Biology minor / Top 10 Christian University / 2021 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.618 cumulative Work Experience: Finance internship at nonprofit that works with Asian American immigrants to obtain citizenship, English courses, housing, and social services. ASB Vice President. Letter of recommendations: (from whom) Academic Advisor, Dean of my department, student government supervisor/public policy advisor Schools applied to: Cal Poly SLO, University of Arizona, University of Utah, USC, UCLA, Portland State, UT Austin In: Cal Poly SLO, University of Arizona, Portland State Out: University of Utah Wait-list: Awaiting: University of Arizona, USC, UCLA, UT Austin Final Result: In at Portland State. No financial aid yet but TA/GA/RA positions won't be provided due to budget cuts. Edited March 1, 2022 by Quincy_Taft_Coolidge eastcoastplanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacohhhhh Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just heard from Portland State! I now have absolutely no idea what to do haha. Still waiting for UCLA and MIT Quincy_Taft_Coolidge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban_geographer_planner Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Waitlist at Harvard for me! eastcoastplanner, planningapplicant and plannerboi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacohhhhh Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) On 2/10/2022 at 9:07 PM, nacohhhhh said: Age/Gender/Citizenship 22 / M / US Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated B.A. Economics / top-15 liberal arts college / 2022 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.92 - No GRE Work Experience: Tenant union organizer/researcher Political advertising lab — machine learning research assistant Environmental lobbying org internship Volunteer planner on public space redevelopment project 1 year teaching English abroad Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 2 professors/advisors, 1 lab supervisor Schools applied to: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UNC, Portland State, Pratt, UPenn, UT Austin, MIT In: UT Austin (awaiting funding), UNC, UPenn, Portland State Out: UC Berkeley Wait-list: Awaiting: UCLA, Pratt, MIT Results: Edited March 1, 2022 by nacohhhhh eastcoastplanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkableWilly69 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Rejected from Harvard ? planningapplicant, stop making sense, jade888 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomorrowsParties Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 10:31 AM, TomorrowsParties said: Hey everyone, thanks for getting this started! Age/Gender/Citizenship 21/M/US Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BS Urban Studies, minor in Architecture + 1 year study abroad / Expected May 2022 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.76 cumulative / 4.00 major + 4.00 UD / GRE: 159V, 162Q, 4.0AWA (:/) Work Experience: Construction management internship - land use, site evaluation, community engagement, and stakeholder analysis. Other work involves starting a musical instrument repair business and being a medical/surgical assistant. Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 3 advisors/professors within the field of the built environment: affordable housing economist, graduate director of architecture, and urban designer. Schools applied to: Columbia, Harvard, Pratt, U Calgary, UI Chicago In: Out: Harvard Wait-list: Awaiting: Columbia, Pratt, U Calgary, UI Chicago Results: Good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospect_planner Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 1/17/2022 at 8:41 PM, prospect_planner said: Super excited/nervous for this admissions cycle, best of luck to all! Age/Gender/Citizenship 20 / F / US Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated B.S. Geography / top-20(?) public university / 2022 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.7 / no GRE Work Experience: 1 year GIS Job at State Government Agency 1 year public space research assistantship Assorted extracurricular activities centered on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 3 geography professors Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard, Penn, FSU, USC, G Tech, UCLA, Berkeley In: Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: MIT, Harvard, Penn, FSU, USC, G Tech, UCLA, Berkeley Results: Updates: In at USC, Berkeley, Penn, FSU and G Tech Out from Harvard, just waiting on MIT and UCLA. eastcoastplanner, Reverseosmosisjones, GreenCities0311 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stop making sense Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 Also took the L at Harvard haha, looks like I’m in good company. TomorrowsParties, GreenCities0311, oatmilklatte12 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stop making sense Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) On 12/14/2021 at 2:30 PM, stop making sense said: Age/Gender/Citizenship 22/F/US Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BA in Urban Policy / top 40 LAC / Expected May 2022 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.75 cumulative / 3.93 major / 3.96 upper division, no GRE Work Experience: 1 year as a research assistant in a multi-university urban planning study; 1 year as a student researcher doing original research for senior thesis; 2 research internships with community organizations; 2 internships with local government agencies; 2 years doing paid work on local campaigns; and 4 years of experience as a housing justice organizer Letter of recommendations: (from whom) Research advisor, academic advisor (and chair of department's research institute), and another former professor; all in urban planning/design. Schools applied to: UCLA, Columbia, The New School, Cal, Harvard In: Out: Cal, Harvard Wait-list: Awaiting: UCLA, Columbia, The New School Results: Edited March 1, 2022 by stop making sense eastcoastplanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planningapplicant Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Wow lots of results coming in today! Congrats to everyone getting accepted ? Still haven't heard a single thing from any school and my eyes are glued to my email. I even put my phone on sound which I never do, just so I can hear the emails coming in in case I take my eyes off it for a second ? Awaiting: U of Alberta U of Manitoba Queen's Waterloo Dalhousie keyboardranger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Making other plans Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 12 minutes ago, planningapplicant said: Wow lots of results coming in today! Congrats to everyone getting accepted ? Still haven't heard a single thing from any school and my eyes are glued to my email. I even put my phone on sound which I never do, just so I can hear the emails coming in in case I take my eyes off it for a second ? Awaiting: U of Alberta U of Manitoba Queen's Waterloo Dalhousie Heard Queen's 1st round offers will be this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlplanner Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 11:36 AM, atlplanner said: Age/Gender/Citizenship 27/F/USA Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BS in Business / top STEM public school / 2018 GPA - GRE - TOEFL 3.81 GPA, no GRE Work Experience: 2.5 years working in analytics at 2 Fortune 500 companies and 1 non-profit Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 2 - undergrad profs 1 - boss from my non-profit experience 1 - senior colleague from my non-profit experience Schools applied to: Master in Planning at MIT, Penn, Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill, GT In: GT (fully funded through TA-ship), UNC (fully funded through TA-ship), Penn (awaiting funding), Michigan (awaiting funding), MIT (awaiting funding) Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: Results: Just got a call that I'm into MIT! plannerboi, jade888 and Chinchinchilla 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoastplanner Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, atlplanner said: Just got a call that I'm into MIT! Amazing, congrats! Sounds like they've been calling accepted applicants over the past couple of days. Interesting that they're not doing it all at once. atlplanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz0474 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 1 hour ago, atlplanner said: Just got a call that I'm into MIT! Congrats!! May I ask which Program Group did you apply for? urban_geographer_planner and cmb15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterlemon Booming Tiger Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Well done GSD? C_Li 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz0474 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Does everyone who gets into MIT receive a phone call?? ? Making other plans and C_Li 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlplanner Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 54 minutes ago, lz0474 said: Congrats!! May I ask which Program Group did you apply for? Thank you! I applied for Housing, Community, and Economic Development urban_geographer_planner and C_Li 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYY666 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 hours ago, atlplanner said: Just got a call that I'm into MIT! Congrats!! I am an international student and have not received any news so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboardranger Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, planningapplicant said: Wow lots of results coming in today! Congrats to everyone getting accepted ? Still haven't heard a single thing from any school and my eyes are glued to my email. I even put my phone on sound which I never do, just so I can hear the emails coming in in case I take my eyes off it for a second ? Awaiting: U of Alberta U of Manitoba Queen's Waterloo Dalhousie Same. I also yet heard anything from UBC and UofT. The suspense...... Hope we can all hear some good news soon!! Edited March 2, 2022 by keyboardranger TheTreePrince 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planningapplicant Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, keyboardranger said: Same. I also yet heard anything from UBC and UofT. The suspense...... Hope we can all hear some good news soon!! It was March 4 for interview requests from UBC last year FYI! Edit: made a typo with the date! Edited March 2, 2022 by planningapplicant keyboardranger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nush19 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Out at Harvard. I was heartbroken for like a minute ha TomorrowsParties and oatmilklatte12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodyyyyhh Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Waterlemon Booming Tiger said: Well done GSD? Lmao?shortest rejection I ever seen, admission sometimes could be weird, take it as a motivation, remember, Harvard rejected Jack Ma ten times! oatmilklatte12 and nush19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nush19 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 12:26 PM, nush19 said: I've been silently following this thread for a while now. Might as well jump in ha Age/Gender/Citizenship 24/F/Int'l Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BArch / Top 20 in my country / 2020 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 8.45/10 - NA - 117/120 Work Experience: 1+ yr experience in participatory planning and community-led design projects 6 month internship at the same firm where I work Letter of recommendations: (from whom) Principal of undergrad, Thesis guide and mentor, 2 employers (one is an alumni of Columbia) Schools applied to: TU Delft, KTH Sweden, MIT (MCP and SMArchS), UPenn, GSD, Berkeley, Columbia MSAUD In: UPenn Out: Berkeley, GSD Wait-list: Awaiting: TU Delft, KTH Sweden, MIT, Columbia MSAUD Final Result: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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