Planning Admissions 2022

[nush19]

12 hours ago, sumedh.gangurde said:

Any view on this, need some advice...

choosing NYIT's ms in architecture, computation and technologies (55k usd and 2 year course) or going for march in australian uni mainly UTS, UQ, UNSW with 2 year course and 40k usd tution???

my key interest is computational architecture, NYIT provides that course. but the uni is not as big as the likes of UCLA UPENN ETC and its in ny too. i wanted to know whether getting into the mentioned AUS unis would be beneficial w.r.t salary or taking the us route? UQ had given avg salary as 55k aud for architect

Maybe try putting this up on archinect? I think you will get more insights there. 

[keyboardranger]

18 minutes ago, planningapplicant said:

It was March 4 for interview requests from UBC last year FYI! Edit: made a typo with the date! 

Thanks for letting me know!
Finger crossed for all of us here...

[Dasen]

On 2/28/2022 at 8:10 AM, oatmilklatte12 said:

In:

UPenn

Michigan

UC-Berkeley

Cornell

UNC

Tufts

Waiting:

Harvard

MIT

Georgia Tech

UVA

Out:

Hi, Can I ask which track did you choose when you apply to UNC.

[Dasen]

On 2/23/2022 at 3:15 PM, oatmilklatte12 said:

Got into Berkeley about two weeks ago and just got a full ride with insurance and a stipend at UNC! I saw some people were hearing back from GT and Tufts, so I wonder when those will be coming out.

Hi, Can I ask which track did you choose when you apply to UNC?

[Cinnamoncu]

Congrats! May I ask if you received an interview request from Cornell?

[TheTreePrince]

Checked the Rutgers portal and saw a decision was made!

"Admission will be offered after submission of the following document(s): Financial Documentation"

Still no email decision or information on funding.

[plannerboi]

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 (10K Funding), MIT

Out: Harvard GSD

Wait-list:

Awaiting:

Results:

out at GSD, but 10k fellowship from Cal! just need to get financial info from MIT, and my journey here will end! good luck everyone, and congrats! 

[YYY666]

4 minutes ago, plannerboi said:

out at GSD, but 10k fellowship from Cal! just need to get financial info from MIT, and my journey here will end! good luck everyone, and congrats! 

Congrats!! I am an international student and have not received any news from MIT so far.

[plannerboi]

19 hours ago, cbirdsey said:

Congrats - are you applying for M. Arch I? 

thanks! i applied to the Joint Program in City Design and Development (CDD), so i'll definitely be bopping around architecture classes if i go!

[Mid City 1991]

Age/Gender/Citizenship

28/F/USA

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

BS in Political Science / southern state school / 2016

GPA - GRE  - TOEFL 

3.8

Work Experience:

1 year policy experience in DC

1 year disaster response

3.5 years at CDC nonprofit, now Director of Community Development

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

1 - undergrad advisor

1 - boss, mentor throughout career

1 - Mayor-President of our medium-sized city

Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard GSD

In: GSD and MIT

Out: 

Wait-list:

Awaiting:

Results:

[Mid City 1991]

Just now, Mid City 1991 said:

Age/Gender/Citizenship

28/F/USA

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

BS in Political Science / southern state school / 2016

GPA - GRE  - TOEFL 

3.8

Work Experience:

1 year policy experience in DC

1 year disaster response

3.5 years at CDC nonprofit, now Director of Community Development

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

1 - undergrad advisor

1 - boss, mentor throughout career

1 - Mayor-President of our medium-sized city

Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard GSD

In: GSD and MIT

Out: 

Wait-list:

Awaiting:

Results:

Got the call from a MIT professor yesterday! Over the moon!

[Waterlemon Booming Tiger]

10 hours ago, nobodyyyyhh said:

Lmao?shortest rejection I ever seen, admission sometimes could be weird, take it as a motivation, remember, Harvard rejected Jack Ma ten times!

THX bro! I was like a sad bird for a whole day. 

As an international applicant, here is some information for reference.

Age: 23 GPA: 3.94 GRE: 335 Toefl: 111

Top 4 architecutre school in my country

Some international competition awards.

Some internships.

Some individual reasearch and relating publications, and strategies adopted by local governments.

3 Letter of recommendations from my instructors, boss and the dean of the college.

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Waterlemon Booming Tiger

[eastcoastplanner]

3 minutes ago, Waterlemon Booming Tiger said:

THX bro! I was like a sad bird for a whole day. 

As an international applicant, here is some information for reference.

Age: 23 GPA: 3.94 GRE: 335 Toefl: 111

Top 4 architecutre school in my country

Some international competition awards.

Some internships.

Some individual reasearch and relating publications, and strategies adopted by local governments.

3 Letter of recommendations from my instructors, boss and the dean of the college.

 

There are so many well-qualified applicants in this thread, the competition for GSD this year must have been insane!

[takeitorleaveit97]

Hi all! Congrats to everyone who has had good news so far. 

 

Are there any phd applicants on this thread? Has anyone heard back yet?

 

I applied to: MIT, Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard. 
 

Would love to hear from folks in the same boat! 

[Chinchinchilla]

On 2/25/2022 at 9:14 AM, Chinchinchilla said:

Age/Gender/Citizenship

27/M/Int'l

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

Bachelor of Economics / a top public university/ 2017

MPP / a Midwest university / 2019

GPA - GRE  - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 

3.4 (bachelor and master), V167 Q167 AW4, TOEFL112

Work Experience:

3 yrs of work experience: 1 yr senior data analyst at a city government, 1 yr data engineer at a civic tech startup in urban science, 1 yr consultant in planning at an int'l bank 

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

One from my manager in the city government, two from master program(a professor who instructed my term paper and I was his TA, another professor I worked with in a geographical science project).

Schools applied to (PhD programs)  : UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UW, USC, ASU, Georgia Tech, UMich, Cornell, UNC Chapel Hill, Penn, Rutgers, MIT. 

In: USC, Georgia Tech

Out: UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill, UMich, UC Irvine

Wait-list: Penn

Awaiting: UC Berkeley, UW, ASU, Cornell, Rutgers, MIT

Results: USC, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill, UMich, UC Irvine, Georgia Tech, Penn

Received two emails to check portals at noon. In at Georgia Tech and wait-listed at Penn, both interviewed last week. I had a great conversation with a professor at GT and his dog. Penn's interview was not conversational and the professor just moved on to the next question after I finished speaking, which somehow made me pretty nervous...

Edited March 2, 2022 by Chinchinchilla

[ericplans]

On 2/14/2022 at 10:26 AM, ericplans said:

 

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: VT

Out:

Wait-list:

Awaiting: UMD

Results:

Officially in at VT!  No funding info yet.  Letter recommended that I reach out to my department "very soon."  Not sure if I should expect a direct email or if I should initiate...

[Urbenthusiast22]

On 2/14/2022 at 2:49 PM, Urbenthusiast22 said:

Age/Gender/Citizenship

25/F/Int'l

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

B.Eng. + B.A. from nation's top university; MUP from Ivy 

GPA - GRE  - TOEFL (for Int'l students) 

83 out of 100 for Bachelor's, V154/Q170/AW4.5, TOEFL114

Work Experience:

2+ yr full-time experience in planning, 2+ yr research experience in academic setting; internship experience in my home country centered around real estate development & consulting (private/public/non-profit)

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

One from college thesis advisor, two from master's program (one from master's thesis advisor, both of them are PhD), one from previous supervisor

Schools applied to: NYU Tandon (Civil and Urban Engineering program), USC Price, Cambridge (Land Economy), UNC Chapel Hill, Penn, Rutgers, MIT, Oxford (Public Policy in the School of Governments), Cornell, U Washington. Sorted by deadline. 10 in total. 3 of them are not traditional planning. 

In: NYU Tandon (full scholarship), Rutgers (no funding), UNC Chapel Hill (full scholarship)

Out: USC (Interviewed), Cambridge

Wait-list: Cornell (No interview, directly waitlisted)

Awaiting: Penn (Interviewed), MIT, Oxford, U Washington

Results:

Glad to see more PhD applicants joining this thread!! Agreed that LOTS of results are coming in starting March. I will probably have to hold my breath for the whole month...

3a/2r/1w/4p

[oatmilklatte12]

I just received funding from Michigan! 

Total OOS cost= 144k

My merit award= 15k 

lololol

[HHSSHH]

  geez, the waiting is killing me :<

 

Am I the only one who keeps checking mit portal?

[keyboardranger]

Just got an email from UBC for a video interview!
One step closer!!

[planningapplicant]

Just now, keyboardranger said:

Just got an email from UBC for a video interview!
One step closer!!

Ha! I just came on here to ask if anyone got one because I heard they just sent them out! CONGRATS ? If you want an idea of how it works, look up videos on UBC Sauder interviews. They use the same format at SCARP. 

[keyboardranger]

2 minutes ago, planningapplicant said:

Ha! I just came on here to ask if anyone got one because I heard they just sent them out! CONGRATS ? If you want an idea of how it works, look up videos on UBC Sauder interviews. They use the same format at SCARP. 

Thanks thanks will look that up!
Hope we'll hear from other Canadian uni soon enough, too!

[cmb15]

1 hour ago, HHSSHH said:

  geez, the waiting is killing me :<

 

Am I the only one who keeps checking mit portal?

Likewise - though it seems most people are hearing from a call 

[eastcoastplanner]

1 hour ago, HHSSHH said:

  geez, the waiting is killing me :<

 

Am I the only one who keeps checking mit portal?

Right there with you.

[urban_geographer_planner]

Just got the admissions decision email from Rutgers! Looks like we'll have to wait a couple of weeks for financial support decisions though.