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Age/Gender/Citizenship

21 / M / International

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

BA in City Planning / UK / 2023

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

3.81 / no GRE / TOEFL waived

Work Experience:

Internship in transport planning institution

Research assistantship / workshop in city planning

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

professors from my undergraduate school

1 manager from the institution I interned in

Schools applied to:  Berkeley, UCLA, UPenn, UMich, Gatech, UCL

In:

Out:

Wait-list:

Awaiting: Berkeley, UCLA, UPenn, UMich, Gatech, UCL

Results:

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24/F/USA

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

BA in Political Science and Sociology / Liberal arts / 2021

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

3.93 - no GRE 

Work Experience:

Nonprofit (part time during undergrad), Paralegal (current)

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

3 professors 

Schools applied to:  UMN, U Iowa, U Oregon, UW Madison, Tufts

In: UMN, U Iowa, U Oregon

Out:

Wait-list:

Awaiting: UW Madison, Tufts

Results:

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24/M/USA & Canada

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

BA in Politics and Middle Eastern Studies / Top 3 Liberal Arts / 2020

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

3.8 GPA - no GRE

Work Experience:

Senior Planner - Watson Fellow

2 years of experience

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

professors, 1 planning supervisor

Schools applied to:  Berkeley, UCLA/Paris Sciences Po double degree, UCLA, NYU, Harvard, McGill, MIT, Columbia, Toronto, UBC, Paris Sciences Po, Paris Sciences Po/London School of Economics double degree

In:

Out:

Wait-list:

Awaiting: Berkeley, UCLA/Paris Sciences Po double degree, UCLA, NYU, Harvard, McGill, MIT, Columbia, Toronto, UBC, Paris Sciences Po, Paris Sciences Po/London School of Economics double degree

Results:

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28/F/International

Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated 

BA in Architectural Engineering / Top School in my country / 2017

MURP in Urban and Regional Planning/ Mediocre university but was through a Fulrbight/2021

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

3.6 GPA undergrad (top 10% of my class)

3.99 MURP - Didn't submit the GRE (avoided unis who wanted it)

Work Experience:

My work experience has been in academia as a TA and Lecturer (4 years)as well as some RA experience (6 months)

Letter of recommendations: (from whom)

professors from MURP, thesis advisor, Professor I worked with as RA, Professor I worked with as TA

Schools applied to:  MIT, Cornell, Michigan, OSU, UNC, UVTech, FSU, UofL, UMass, UMD

In:

Out:

Wait-list: OSU

Awaiting: MIT, Cornell, Michigan, UNC, UVTech, FSU, UofL, UMass, UMD

Results:

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Rutgers and USC results went out (according to Gradcafe). I didn't apply to them, I just wish the universities I did apply to would hurry and release results.

I know MIT for sure release results first week of March and UMD does late March. But all other universities are supposed to be in February and the wait has been painful.

 

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22 hours ago, bealice77 said:

there were two status updates about Columbia's urban planning PhD, one acceptance and one waitlist. the acceptance post says they were notified on Feb 2, which seems oddly early for GSAPP... any idea what's going on with their admissions?

i was the one who posted the first waitlist. received a portal update and email to be added to it on 14th February

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1 hour ago, smartcitydude said:

i was the one who posted the first waitlist. received a portal update and email to be added to it on 14th February

Oh I see! Best of luck! What did the portal update say?

Out of curiosity did you get interviewed for GSAPP? Did you get an email from one of the POIs? 

Do you think they have already sent out the acceptances?

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17 hours ago, smartcitydude said:

I did apply too but haven't received any invite yet

I honestly don't know if they're doing the interviews later than previous years (they usually do them late Jan, early feb). I tried emailing the department but only got (decisions will be out by beginning of March and didn't get an answer regarding interviews) 

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17 hours ago, bealice77 said:

Oh I see! Best of luck! What did the portal update say?

Out of curiosity did you get interviewed for GSAPP? Did you get an email from one of the POIs? 

Do you think they have already sent out the acceptances?

it showed an update with the waitlist letter. then a form to fill to be kept on the waitlist.

i never got interviewed  and didn't receive any contact from my POI

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9 hours ago, Lalaloveya said:

I just got a status update on UIC’s portal that says “Additional Review Required” - does anyone know what that might mean? 

Mine changed to this too, a few posts that said this means the department has recommended your app for admission and now it's being reviewed by the graduate school. There are some old posts on gradcafe where people were rejected after receiving this status. Hopefully it means they're sending out decisions soon either way and hopefully its good news! 

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10 hours ago, dejanaltz said:

Mine changed to this too, a few posts that said this means the department has recommended your app for admission and now it's being reviewed by the graduate school. There are some old posts on gradcafe where people were rejected after receiving this status. Hopefully it means they're sending out decisions soon either way and hopefully it’s good news! 

Just got an email from UIC! I’ve been admitted ($5k scholarship). Good luck to you!! 

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