JotCast | Applied Graduate Student Chat, February 14, 2019

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Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:27

Guest, I can't say. All applicants will receive a decision.

lbl

11:27

Morning Will, could you please tell tell the number of applicants for MSROBO? thx!

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:27

Lbl, I can't tell you for this year, but I can say that we had 543 last year and received more this year.

11:27

Hi Mr. Will!! Can you please give us a tentative date as to when we can expect decision on MS Mechanical applications?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:28

Rk, you'll get an answer on April 5

Marcus

11:28

Are CIS PhD students guaranteed funding for all four or five years? Or is it just the first two? Or is it none?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:28

Marcus, they are guaranteed funding for at least 5 years as long as they are making sufficient academic progress.

Jiazheng

11:28

Hi Will, what's the portion of PhD applicants in CIS has been notified or interviewed at this point?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:28

Jiazheng, it's a very small number at this point.

Feng Chen

11:28

Thank you so much Will for holding this Information Chat! Have a good day!

Guest

11:28

Hi professor, does Upenn will have a waiting list for EE master program?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:28

Guest, no we don't. All decisions will be released on April 5

Chengxu

11:29

Would there be a interview for the master IPD program applicants?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:29

Chengxu, there is not normally an IPD interview.

Arvind

11:29

Hi Will, I would like to know when interviews would be set up for Robotics Masters applicants

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:29

Arvind, we don't normally interview master's applicants.

Marcus

11:29

How many CIS PhD applications were received this year?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:29

Marcus, we don't release current application numbers.

Raj

11:29

Sir, can you please give us last year statistics of MS in Mechanical program?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:30

Raj, we had 347 applicants and admitted about 50%

James

11:30

When do the rejections for CIS PHD go out?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:30

James, these are also released on a rolling basis.

Jin Young Kim

11:30

Hi Will, I applied Bioengineering MSE program and saw that decision will be sent on April 5. Is there any chance that the decision will be available before?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:30

Jin Young Kim, no.

chengzhuo Wang

11:30

Hi Will, I have applied CS ms on November. So far I did not get any feedback. May I ask when I may get information? Thank you

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:31

Chengzhuo, you will receive an answer on May 15.

Digvijay

11:31

Hi Will, does the admissions committee consider external links on the resume such as LinkedIn or Blog posts where one has uploaded their projects?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:31

Digvijay, yes, these are usually looked at.

Gautam

11:31

By when are the decision usually out for MSc in Robotics applicants?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:31

Gautam, these will be sent out on April 5

Qianqian Che

11:31

Hi Will, thank you for hosting the chat. Can i ask what is the admission rate for past years on Robotics in MSE? And an estimated time of decision released

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:32

Qianqian, last year we admitted about 14%

Pat

11:32

Have any MEAM PhD offers been made yet?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:32

Pat, yes, some offers have been made.

Tommy

11:32

Hi Will, do all admitted CIS Ph.D. get funding for the first year?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:32

Tommy, yes, we guarantee funding for at least 5 years, as long as you are making sufficient academic progress.

Qianqian Che

11:32

Hi Will, Really appreciate you hosting the chat. Can i ask what is the admission rate for Robotics MSE in past years? And an eatimation of time the decision is released?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:33

Qianqian, we admitted about 14% last year and you'll receive a decision on April 5

Digvijay

11:33

Hi Will, I have a couple of questions. Firstly, does the admissions committee consider external links on your resume such as your LinkedIn profile and blog links where your projects have been uploaded? Secondly, is there a way to get a decision earlier than the May 15 timeline? Lastly, is there a statistic that you would have for the MSE in Data Science program at UPenn? I'm an applicant to the MSE in Data Science.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:33

Digvijay, yes, we do look at external links. There is no way to get a decision before May 15th.

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