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WeiJia Li
10:17
Hi Will. I have applied for PhD in ESE and been interviewed by a POI in late December. Do I still need to be interviewed by the committee? Thanks.
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:32
Weijia, good day. I don't believe there is usually more than one interview. However, this is ultimately up to the programs - we don't have a formal interview structure for the ESE PhD program.
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Wu
10:18
Hello. What if my recommendation letters arrive after the application deadline?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:32
Wu, then it is up to the program if they still want to accept the application or not.
Palas Tiwade
10:18
Thanks Will, there is one more question. When will the decisions for PhD for Dept of Chemical and biomolecular engineerng will be made?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:32
Palas, like all of our other PhD programs, decisions are released on a rolling basis. There is no specific deadline.
Marc
10:18
Hi, can I apply to more than one MSc program at the same time?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:33
Marc, you can. However, you need to submit one application before you start the next.
Chin
10:18
Will everyone who is admitted to the Bioengineering PhD program go through the interview process or do some people recieve acceptance without interview?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:34
Chin, to my knowledge, they will interview most, if not all applicants they plan to accept.
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Guest
10:19
Hello, I applied for the Bioengineering PhD program. if I have not been in contact with any faculty, do I still have an equal chance of being admitted? In other words, is the faculty recommendation portion of the review process integral for admittance?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:34
Guest, all applicants have a chance of being accepted until they receive a decision stating otherwise.
Huang
10:20
Hi, I have applied my Ph. D in ESE, I was wondering when you can give me a decision.
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:35
Huang, decisions are released on a rolling basis, there is no definite release date.
Ermyntrude Adjei
10:21
How many Bioengineering PhD applications were received both last and this year? How many were accepted last year? Is there anything we can do now to increase our chances of being selected?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:36
Ermyntrude, last year we received 466 applications and admitted 63. This year we admitted 513. At this point there is nothing that you can do but wait. Good luck.
Amy
10:22
Hi Will, Can I submit two applications for both bioengineering Ph.D. and master?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:36
Amy, yes you can.
Prasheel
10:22
Hii Will, I wanted to know how MEAM PhD application flows within the department. Like from committee, listed potential advisors. Basically who plays what role in the procedure?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:36
Prasheel, both the faculty review committee and individual faculty review the applications. That's all I can really say.
Ramesh
10:26
Thanks Will. How many have applied for the Computer and Information Science PhD this year?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:37
Ramesh, we had 924 applications this year.
SD
10:26 
Hi Will. Could you tell me how many applicants applied to the CIS PhD program?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:37
SD, we had 924 applicants this year.
Jonathan
10:28
Hi Will, I was wondering if the graduate students in the MEAM department are unionized, and if so, where I could find information about them. Thanks!
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:37
Hi Jonathan, our PhD graduate students do not have a union on campus at this time.
Michael Shah
10:30
Hi Will, thanks for doing this! Quick question. I am interested in working with a second professor outside the department. How does Mat. Sc. handle collaborations with other departments and professors.
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:38
Hi Michael, these are handled on an individual basis, and you'd work with the program and your faculty about this question. You can also contact the Program Coordinator, Irene Clements, at ipc@lrsm.upenn.edu.
Suraj
10:31
Hi Will,

I have applied to the CS PhD program. I wanted to know the percentage of PhD admissions offered to the MS students of UPenn because of their familiarity with Profs. of UPenn.
PS: I am wondering what are my chances as I don't know Profs through any other connection.

Thanks and Regards,
Suraj
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:39
Suraj, I can't give you the % of internal master's students that were admitted. I'm sorry, but we don't release that information.
Guest
10:32
Hello. I have submitted more than one gre scores. However, I can not recognize which score is received on the application portal. How can I know if the last score is received?(However, I submitted the score after the deadline)(ESE PhD, I submitted a score before the ddl and submitted another score after the ddl around 12.25 (sorry,I took the exam on 12.13 and sent the score around 12.25)
Guest
10:32
Has Bioengineering started sending out PhD admits/ interview requests?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:40
Guest, I've already responded to your first question. To the 2nd, yes, the program has begun to put out interview invites.
Kaus
10:32
Hi Will, could you share stats about how many students applied to the Material Science Phd Program last year and how many were accepted? Also, how many applied this year to the PhD program?
Thanks
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:40
Kaus, last year 235 students applied and 36 were admitted. This year we had 222 applicants.
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:33
Have you received decisions from other schools?
Yes (15.4% | 4 votes)
 
No (80.8% | 21 votes)
 
I've received some decisions, but not all (3.8% | 1 vote)
 
I've been waitlisted (0% | 0 votes)
 
Total Votes: 26
Yug
10:36
Hello Will. Thank you hosting this chat every week. You mentioned that PhD decisions are released on a rolling basis. But, I wanted to know if the CBE dept aims to send out all the decisions by a specific date like April 2020? Secondly, can we expect to receive a decision 4-6 weeks after we application was submitted or since the application status changed to "Under Review"?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:42
Yug, we do our best to have all of our PhD programs send out decisions by the April 15 national deadline, but we can't guarantee it. And you can't expect to receive it on any specific timeline, unfortunately. All we can do is tell you that you will receive a decision.
Olivia Turk
10:37
Hi Will, I applied to the PhD Bioengineering program. If I haven't gotten a notification about an interview yet, should I assume I did not get in?
AvatarWill Fenton, Enrollment Specialist
10:43
Olivia, all applicants will receive a decision, so if you haven't received a decision yet it means there's a chance you've been admitted.
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