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Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:54

Guest, the decision can be made by individual faculty and/or the review committee. You can contact individual faculty, however at this point it may be unlikely that you'll hear back from someone if you have not been in touch with them previously.

Leo

10:54

Hi Will, I am an applicant to the CS Ph.D. program. One of my letter writers was late in submitting his recommendation. I wanted to know if a late recommendation submission has any effect in the review of my application?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:54

Leo, unless you received a rejection decision for an incomplete application, you application is being reviewed.

Guest

10:54

As a follow up to Al's question, have any BE interview requests gone out?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:54

Guest, they have not gone out yet.

Jun Zeng

10:54

Hello, I would like to know for MEAM PhD admission, the committee will make the decision together or it will be interviews sequentially to determine them?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:55

Jun, I do not know the inner workings of the review committee, my apologies.

Prajakta

10:55

Hello Mr. Fenton, I have applied for MS in Electrical at UPenn. I would like to know if you offer RA/TA or any other kind of financial aid to MS students? If so, what is the criteria and is there a separate process ?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:56

Prajakta, some programs do have RA/TA positions, but you need to complete one semester in good standing before you can apply.

Guest

10:56

Hello Will, Can I ask if department of ME has started to send offers. Thank you.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:56

Guest, if you mean the Mechanical Engineering dept, no, they have not yet done so.

Guest

10:56

Hi Will, Another question, have you started informing the decisions for the ChemEng PhD applications?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:56

Guest, yes CBE PhD decisions have begun to go out.

Sushi

10:56

Hello Will, I just check my GRE status in the checklist, it shows "Received-Official", but I have sent two GRE attempts score, so I how can I know both GRE attempts score are all received successfully?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:57

Sushi, you'd have to send an email to gradstudies@seas.upenn.edu and we can check for you. However, if you sent them officially through ETS at least two weeks ago, we should have them.

Steven

10:57

How many interviews has been given for ESE PhD in the first cycle?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:57

Steven, this is controlled by the dept, so I don't know.

Nik

10:57

Hi Will! I just want to know if the department has started releasing the decisions for the PhD program in MEAM.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:57

Nik, not at this point.

Nik

10:57

Also, will there be 4 interview weekends for the MEAM PhD program as well?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:57

Nik, no there will not be.

Lasya

10:57

Hi Will, Good morning I hope you are doing well! I applied for the Bioengineering PhD this cycle. I am wondering if Penn sends invites for interviews prior to admission, and if so when would these be?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:58

Lasya, yes they do - the department handles these decisions, so I don't know when they'll be sent out.

Guest

10:58

Hi Will, I have heard some international students receiving PhD offer from CBE. Is there chances that I will receive offer?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:58

Guest, all applicants will receive a decision - CBE PhD has begun to send out their decisions.

Aria

10:58

Hello Mr. Fenton. I Have submitted my application and relavent materials for the BioE MS program from my end. However, one of my professors is lagging in sending his letter of rec. Would you still consider my application valid if his letter is late? Thanks

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:59

Aria, as long as it is in by Feb 1, along with the rest of your application, it will be reviewed.

Jun

10:59

Dear Fenton1. I already submitted my application to the MSE department. I wonder when I can know the decisions roughly

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:59

Jun, you'll get it on April 5.

Zheng

10:59

Hello, what is the estimate fee for MS Robotics? Thanks.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:59

Zheng, I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean.

Jun

10:59

By the way, did the MEAM PhD application review process begin? Never heard any information until now, neither did my friends. I noticed that there are decisions made in the early Feb in the previous years.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:59

Jun, yes, the review process began on Dec 15.

Sabrina Zhang

10:59

Dear officer, I have some questions: 1) I am a product manager in Beijing, and I have applied M:IPD degree, please let me know the acceptance rate? 2) my portfolio did not include personal programs, they are my working programs, does this detail influence my application.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:00

Sabrina, I can't say if that will influence the decision or not. As for the acceptance rate last year, it was 34%

Prajakta

11:00

I am a core electronics student . I was told that Robotics needs a Mech or Mechatronics background.Can i choose Robotics as specialisation without Mech background?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:00

You can, but this is only one of many areas that will be reviewed for the application.

Zheng

11:01

Hello Will, what's the estimate cost of MS Robotics at UPenn?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:01

Zheng, you can find current costs here: https://gradadm.seas.upenn.edu/paying-for-your-education/

Nay

11:01

Good Morning Will ! For SE MSE, are some of the decisions sent out ? Thanks for your help !

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