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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, UPenn, GSD, Berkeley, Columbia MSAUD

In

Out: Berkeley

Wait-list:

Awaiting: TU Delft, KTH Sweden, MIT, UPenn, GSD, Columbia MSAUD

Final Result: 

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On 2/12/2022 at 4:10 PM, 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: MCP UC Berkeley, MCP UPenn, MRP Cornell, MCP MIT

In: UC Berkeley, Cornell, Penn

Out:

Wait-list:

Awaiting: MIT

Results:

In at Penn as well. Only one left for me. Good luck for all of us!!!

Posted
10 hours ago, ericplans said:

anyone apply to University of Maryland or Virginia Tech?  I'm hoping to hear very soon, but nothing so far...

I’m waiting for Virginia Tech too. I applied in the second week of January. Haven’t heard anything so far. 
 

Other universities I’m waiting for: USC, Virginia Tech, ASU, Pratt

The ones I got into: University of Sydney, University of Melbourne and UW Milwaukee (this one’s my safety school) 

I’m so anxiously waiting for the decisions.

Posted
6 hours ago, raykiddo97 said:

In at Penn as well. Only one left for me. Good luck for all of us!!!

Cool!!! Congrats! where are u from?

Posted
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 (awaiting funding), UNC Chapel Hill (TA assistantship w/ stipend), Penn (awaiting funding), Michigan (awaiting funding)

Out:

Wait-list:

Awaiting: MIT

Results:

jk @urban_geographer_planner- I figured out how to view it. thanks for the tip!

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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, UPenn, GSD, Berkeley, Columbia MSAUD

In: UPenn

Out: Berkeley

Wait-list:

Awaiting: TU Delft, KTH Sweden, MIT, GSD, Columbia MSAUD

Final Result: 

Received an early notification from Penn a few days ago too. I got the same weirdly punctuated email. I feel so relieved considering how sad I was after Berkeley. The anxiety for GSD and MIT is killing me. Congratulations to everyone!

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3 hours ago, jade888 said:

Just heard from GA tech! Anyone know how funding works for them (if it would have been in the admissions offer or if you hear later on) ?

I didn't get any funding info either. I'm assuming we'll hear later on. They also didn't give me a date that I need to decide by. The email I got just said "Let us know ASAP", which I thought was not very helpful lol.

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ok, so I'm going nuts. Nothing much at all coming out of the two schools I applied to.  Anyone have any sources besides TGC that you recommend checking for signs or signals of movement from specific schools? Applying for PhD here.

Posted
On 2/20/2022 at 5:55 PM, plannerboi said:

Just discovered this site/thread this week, and wanted to post as I am an applicant with an unusually low GPA, as a result of personal struggles in undergrad

Age/Gender/Citizenship

28/M/USA

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

BS in Environmental Planning / mediocre mid-Atlantic state-school / 2016

GPA - GRE  - TOEFL 

<2.6 GPA, no GRE

Work Experience:

1 year college planning internship @ a local nonprofit  
6 years government planning work, 3 in lead/project management roles

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

1 - undergrad advisor/prof in 3 classes

1 - boss, mentor throughout govt career

1 - senior colleague

1 - agency director

Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard GSD, Cal Berkeley 

In: Cal, MIT

Out:

Wait-list:

Awaiting: Harvard GSD

Results:

just got a call from MIT - accepted! 2/2, just waiting for my last reply //  still shaking in disbelief 

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