JotCast | Applied Graduate Student Chat, February 14, 2019

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Kalyan

10:07

WIll, I had applied to MCIT program on 10 Jan 2019. When will upenn roll out decisions.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:07

Kalyan, they will be released on May 15th.

River

10:07

My friend has already received his rej of MSDS hhhh

Wentao

10:07

And how about the Phd. programs?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:07

Wentao, those are on a rolling basis.

Jianjin Xu

10:07

Thank you! Is there anyway to know the decision earlier? I need to respond to an offer early than April. 1. But I don't want to miss UPenn.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:08

No, I'm sorry. Also, if it's a US based program, they cannot ask you to commit prior to April 15th, according to the Council of US Grad Schools agreement. You can find that here: https://cgsnet.org/april-15-resolution

Jayi

10:09

Hi Will,
Good morning. I have applied to the MS program for Robotics.One of my recomendation letter is yet to submit. My professor was not well. Can you please help me how to take this forward.Whether UPenn will allow few days more to submit the recomendation letter ?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:09

Jayi, you needed two letters to be submitted by the Feb 1 deadline. If you have two letters, and one is from a school associate, then you are fine. If not, I'm sorry, but we're accepting letters at this time, as it's 2 weeks past the deadline.

Guest

10:09

Hi Will. Thanks for holding the chat. What are good options for off-campus housing, if the constraints are, a) house must be a short (10-15 min) walk to campus and b) it must be a safe neighborhood?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:10

Guest, you'd most likely look in the West Philadelphia area - there's quite a bit of housing. Here's the link to the Housing office: http://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/residential-services/applicatio...

Cecilia Ferrando

10:10

Hi all! Thanks Will for hosting this. Does the admission committee ever interview CIS PhD applicants? Also, in case of admission, when would the visit days be? Thanks

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:13

Cecilia, yes, they do. The visit days this year are in March, I believe. But these are handled by the individual departments. They will contact you for an interview

Katherine Tan

10:13

Hi Will, I applied for the Bioengineering PhD Program, and was wondering when I would hear back. Will there be an interview/visit weekend? Also, are there any additional steps that need to be done on my end for now?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:13

Katherine, they will contact you about an interview. I know at this point they are scheduling visits, as this weekend is the first one.

Rod

10:13

Hi Will - as always, thank you for hosting this.

Chengzhe Wang

10:13

Thank you sir!

Han

10:13

Hi Will, I wonder is it possible to do some revise on personal statement after submission?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:14

Han, you can submit a revised statement once after you submit your application, but there's no guarantee that it will be read, as we consider all materials final upon submission.

Guest

10:14

Hi professor, I apply for EE master program. If my verbal part is lower than 150 (147) but quantitative part is 170, will it have a big impact?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:14

Guest, the score is just one part of your overall application, so It shouldn't have a HUGE impact, but it will matter.

Kalyan

10:14

Ok. Will there be any interview for MCIT?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:14

No, we don't usually do interviews for the master's programs.

Jing

10:14

I still haven't received the campus visit. Does this mean that I don't have any chance to be admitted any more??? Thank you so much.I am in Florida currently

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:15

Jing, I don't know what program you applied to, so I can't say. Each PhD program handles their own invitations.

Junhu Zhou

10:15

Hello Will，It has been more than 8 weeks after I submitted the application to Bioengineering PhD degree. When will the interview decision or the final decision send ？

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:15

Junhu, the depts handle these, so I can't say. Sorry.

Uzair Mansuri

10:15

Hi Will, when can you expect a decision if you apply before early deadline - which is March 1st for my program.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:17

Uzair, I'm sorry, are you talking about the MCIT Online program? I believe you are to receive decisions on April 15th

Archit Saxena

10:17

Does applying in earlier deadline give you a better shot at admit; Will?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:17

Archit, not for PhD, but it does for the master's programs that have an early deadline.

Wei Wabg

10:17

What about statistics of ESE PhD program?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:18

Wei, we had 307 apps last year and admitted 16%

Cecilia Ferrando

10:18

Hi all! Thank you Will for hosting this chat. Not sure if my previous message was received, I was curious to know if CIS PhD applicants are ever interviewed by the committee, and in case of an admission offer when are the visit days scheduled. Thank you!

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:18

Yes, they are, Cecilia, but this is handled by the dept, so I don't know when the invites are going out.

10:20

The visit weekend is March 22-23, I believe

Ahmed Alansari

10:20

I am an international student and applying to MCIT online but my TOEFL SCORE IS 66, is there any chance ti be accepted in the program

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:20

Ahmed, we don't have a required TOEFL score, but this is extremely low.

Hannah

10:20

If we are admitted into PhD programs, is there a set path to joining a research group? Or do we pursue the opportunities once on campus?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:21

Hannah, you are usually assigned a group to start. After that, you work with your program and your advisor in regards to potentially changing or working in multiple different groups

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