annemc Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Age/Gender/Citizenship 26/F/USA Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BA in Environmental Policy / WWU / 2018 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.34 cumulative Work Experience: 7 months of college internship at county planning office doing low level gis work, 3 years in city planning at a small local municipality Letter of recommendations: (from whom) One from current boss (CDD Director), one from an colleague at another jurisdiction, and one from a former professor Schools applied to: UVA, UNC, UC Denver, UUtah In: Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: UVA, UNC, UC Denver, UUtah Results: stop making sense and eastcoastplanner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban_geographer_planner Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Hey all, I suppose I'll join in and post my profile: Age/Gender/Citizenship 24/F/USA Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BA in Geography & Political Science (concentration in Urban Studies) / Top 30 Liberal Arts College / 2019 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.98 cumulative Work Experience: Two years at mapping/analytics software company, one year in gov't geospatial analysis role, several internships + work as a teaching assistant during college Letter of recommendations: (from whom) My research advisor, my academic advisor, and another professor who was on my honors thesis committee (close with all three) Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard, UIC, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, UMich, UMN, plus a couple geography programs In: one of the geography programs Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: MIT, Harvard, UIC, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, UMich, UMN, the other geography program Results: Edited January 13, 2022 by urban_geographer_planner forgot to add something lol TomorrowsParties, eastcoastplanner and stop making sense 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHSSHH Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Do you guys submit Columbia's optional essay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoastplanner Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 5 hours ago, HHSSHH said: Do you guys submit Columbia's optional essay? I don't remember there being an optional essay. I think I just submitted the personal statement. HHSSHH and TomorrowsParties 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustee Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Age/Gender/Citizenship 23/M/USA Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated B.Arch. / Regional #1 / May 2022 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) CGPA 3.53 | CGPA 3.7(community college), NO GRE Work Experience: summer urban planning research at university summer internship at an architecture firm Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 3 from former professors Schools applied to: UPenn MCP, Cornell MRP, Michigan MUD, Columbia GSAPP MAUD In: Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: UPenn MCP, Cornell MRP, Michigan MUD, Columbia GSAPP MAUD Results: eastcoastplanner and stop making sense 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospect_planner Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 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: stop making sense, eastcoastplanner, Akshitasaini and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stop making sense Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 The waiting game is starting to drive me crazy, especially since we probably won't hear back from most masters programs in planning until late February/early March. How are y'all holding up? raykiddo97, planningapplicant, eastcoastplanner and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoastplanner Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 59 minutes ago, stop making sense said: The waiting game is starting to drive me crazy, especially since we probably won't hear back from most masters programs in planning until late February/early March. How are y'all holding up? Feeling the same. I really need to stop checking the portals every day! TomorrowsParties 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planningapplicant Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Ugh, I don't have the patience to wait til March ? Does anyone know if any Canadian programs admit before March? I think Dalhousie and Queen's do rolling admissions, so might find out before March? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboardranger Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I'm applying to a few Canadian universities for their planning programs as an international student. University of Toronto said their offer issuing dates are from mid-Feb till Mar. I've applied to Queen's as well, and it only says by April 1 will we hear from them...... The wait is torturing me, too. I feel ya planningapplicant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planningapplicant Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 14 hours ago, keyboardranger said: I'm applying to a few Canadian universities for their planning programs as an international student. University of Toronto said their offer issuing dates are from mid-Feb till Mar. I've applied to Queen's as well, and it only says by April 1 will we hear from them...... The wait is torturing me, too. I feel ya Ahh, good luck! keyboardranger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planningapp22 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Heard back from UMN yesterday -- first acceptance! Anyone else hear back? They aren't sending decisions on merit funding until mid-March. Info below... good luck all! Age/Gender/Citizenship 25 / F / US Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated B.S. Global Studies / top-50 public university / 2019 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.8 - 156/159/5.0 Work Experience: 3 years Marketing Americorps & Teach for America Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 1 professor / advisor, 2 former supervisors Schools applied to: MIT, UIC, UMN, UIUC, Rutgers In: UMN (awaiting funding) Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: MIT, UIC, UIUC, Rutgers Results: urban_geographer_planner and eastcoastplanner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban_geographer_planner Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 7 hours ago, planningapp22 said: Heard back from UMN yesterday -- first acceptance! Anyone else hear back? They aren't sending decisions on merit funding until mid-March. Info below... good luck all! Age/Gender/Citizenship 25 / F / US Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated B.S. Global Studies / top-50 public university / 2019 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.8 - 156/159/5.0 Work Experience: 3 years Marketing Americorps & Teach for America Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 1 professor / advisor, 2 former supervisors Schools applied to: MIT, UIC, UMN, UIUC, Rutgers In: UMN (awaiting funding) Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: MIT, UIC, UIUC, Rutgers Results: Same here! heard back from MN in the affirmative, and waiting to see about funding eastcoastplanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archyyy Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Age/Gender/Citizenship 23/F/Intl Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated Bachelor of Environmental Design / Public School / 2020 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.65 cumulative/no GRE/TOEFL waived Work Experience: 1 internship with international organization; 1 internship with consulting firm; bunch of research experiences Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 3 prof from the Uni; 2 from work; 1 alternative design mentor Schools applied to: MIT MCP; UPenn MCP In: Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: MIT MCP; UPenn MCP Results: TomorrowsParties and eastcoastplanner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabricio Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Hi, Has anyone heard from any of the Phd programs in urban planning that had deadlines on Dec, 1st? I mean, UCLA, UC, Berkeley, Illinois Urbana-Champaign... I'm keeping an eye on what people are posting on The Grad Cafe but not a thing so far. Fingers crossed! cityplanning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityplanning Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 1:52 AM, Fabricio said: Hi, Has anyone heard from any of the Phd programs in urban planning that had deadlines on Dec, 1st? I mean, UCLA, UC, Berkeley, Illinois Urbana-Champaign... I'm keeping an eye on what people are posting on The Grad Cafe but not a thing so far. Fingers crossed! UIUC informed me they had forwarded my application to the admissions committee and mentioned notifications would start coming out mid-January, however I haven't heard anything. I also heard Berkeley faculty reviewed groups of applications and were to report back to the admissions committee by the week of 17 January with their analyses, however haven't heard anything either. Best of luck! Fabricio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabricio Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Did you manage to get interviewed by any of these schools? I’ve talked to some faculty from UIUC back in November and they’ve also mentioned mid-January as a probable date for results. Haven’t heard from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabricio Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, cityplanning said: UIUC informed me they had forwarded my application to the admissions committee and mentioned notifications would start coming out mid-January, however I haven't heard anything. I also heard Berkeley faculty reviewed groups of applications and were to report back to the admissions committee by the week of 17 January with their analyses, however haven't heard anything either. Best of luck! Did you manage to get interviewed by any of these schools? I’ve talked to some faculty from UIUC back in November and they’ve also mentioned mid-January as a probable date for results. Haven’t heard from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityplanning Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Fabricio said: Did you manage to get interviewed by any of these schools? I’ve talked to some faculty from UIUC back in November and they’ve also mentioned mid-January as a probable date for results. Haven’t heard from them Spoke with several faculty at both schools before submitting. Didn't hear they were doing formal interviews. Fabricio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacohhhhh Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Just heard back from UT Austin! jade888, TomorrowsParties, planningapplicant and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacohhhhh Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 hour ago, nacohhhhh said: Just heard back from UT Austin! 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) Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UNC, Portland State, Pratt, UPenn, MIT Results: eastcoastplanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raykiddo97 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Age/Gender/Citizenship 25 / M / International Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated B.Sc in City and Regional Planning / Top Public School in the Country / 2019 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.80 - No GRE - iBT 105; IELTS 8.0 Work Experience: - 2+ years as project associate, working for 5+ infrastructure-transportation masterplanning projects; 10+ PPP preliminary & feasibility studies for major infrastructure projects; and 1 national-SDGs review project - 3 years as research associate, exploring social justice, access to basic infrastructure, and topics in informal urbanism - 4 years as teaching assistant for Quantitative Reasoning, GIS, Infrastructure Planning Studio, and Planning Process Studio - Internships in a major transportation company in Japan & national authority agency in Turkey - 1 year as honorary assessor for international accreditation agency Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 1 academic advisor-thesis advisor-employer for teaching, research, and project assistanships-dean of the school 1 professor & employer for teaching, research, and project assistanships 1 professor & employer (head of the office) Schools applied to: UC Berkeley, UPenn, Cornell, MIT In: UC Berkeley Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: UPenn, Cornell, MIT Results: eastcoastplanner and stop making sense 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLL666 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 17 hours ago, raykiddo97 said: Age/Gender/Citizenship 25 / M / International Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated B.Sc in City and Regional Planning / Top Public School in the Country / 2019 GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.80 - No GRE - iBT 105; IELTS 8.0 Work Experience: - 2+ years as project associate, working for 5+ infrastructure-transportation masterplanning projects; 10+ PPP preliminary & feasibility studies for major infrastructure projects; and 1 national-SDGs review project - 3 years as research associate, exploring social justice, access to basic infrastructure, and topics in informal urbanism - 4 years as teaching assistant for Quantitative Reasoning, GIS, Infrastructure Planning Studio, and Planning Process Studio - Internships in a major transportation company in Japan & national authority agency in Turkey - 1 year as honorary assessor for international accreditation agency Letter of recommendations: (from whom) 1 academic advisor-thesis advisor-employer for teaching, research, and project assistanships-dean of the school 1 professor & employer for teaching, research, and project assistanships 1 professor & employer (head of the office) Schools applied to: UC Berkeley, UPenn, Cornell, MIT In: UC Berkeley Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: UPenn, Cornell, MIT Results: Congratulations! Which concentration did you choose? I also applied to UCB but still waiting for the decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raykiddo97 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 3 hours ago, LLL666 said: Congratulations! Which concentration did you choose? I also applied to UCB but still waiting for the decision. Good luck! I hope you'll hear your good news soon! I chose the Environmental Planning and Healthy Cities (EPHC) concentration in the application Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericplans Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I'm going a little nuts waiting. Only applied to schools in my area, because I can't relocate right now! Going for a PhD in planning. Anyone have any insights on when I might hear from University of Maryland (application was due Jan 19) or Virginia Tech (application was due Feb 1)? Age/Gender/Citizenship 39/M/USA Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated BA in English Lit/International Development (undergrad, 2005); MPP and MUP from well-respected public school (2012) GPA - GRE - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 3.78 cumulative (graduate), no GRE Work Experience: 8 years in nationally respected non-profit research institution working on placed-based policy and planning issues, RPCV, Letter of recommendations: (from whom) Two from supervisors (one a former planning professor, both PhDs), one from director of my research division Schools applied to: University of Maryland (Urban and Regional Planning and Design), Virginia Tech (Planning and Global Governance, Urban and Environmental Design and Planning) In: Out: Wait-list: Awaiting: UMD, VT Results: TomorrowsParties, planningapplicant, Urbenthusiast22 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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