JotCast | Prospective Graduate Student Chat Jan 30, 2019

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Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:49

As for that number I don't know off the top of my head, but you can find it in our Career Services survey results, here: https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/surveys.php#GradStudent

Neel Kachalia

10:49

I will be taking the second GRE prior to the application deadline for the MCIT. However, I was considering submitting the application now with my initial GRE score. In that case, would I be able to report this updated score after application submission? Or would it be recommended I submit the application only after taking the second GRE?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:50

Neel, you would be able to submit the second GRE score for consideration. However, we do consider all applications final upon submission, so there is no guarantee that the 2nd score would be considered in the final application review.

Shreyas Ramachandran Srinivasan

10:50

The most I know about Philly is that M.Knight lives there and he is one of my favorite directors, but I did meet few people from Philly when I went and presented papers at International Conferences outside my country

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:51

Shreyas, that is terrific! He is quite an interesting person and always makes a point of shooting his films in Philadelphia. It is quite a good time to be in the city, as we also have a lot of industry development that is happening, especially as part of the Pennovation Center, https://www.pennovation.upenn.edu/

Tori

10:51

Thank you!

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:51

You're welcome, Tori!

Neel Kachalia

10:51

Excellent. Thank you very much for the information Will.

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:51

You're welcome, Neel.

Benjamin Eu

10:51

Thank you for your response Will. If I wanted to attempt pursuing the degree in a year (fall, winter, summer) or over 3 full semesters, might that be possible?

Additionally, regarding research with a professor, will my academic advisor be the professor I will work with for my thesis as well?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:53

Benjamin, yes, it is possible. You would coordinate this with your program, because it can be a tad tricky depending on which courses are available each semester. As for the Thesis question, this ultimately depends on the area of interest for your thesis and specific research matter.

10:54

Have you been to UPenn or Philadelphia

Yes, I live here (50% | 2 votes)

yes, both (0% | 0 votes)

Philadelphia, but not UPenn (0% | 0 votes)

The US, but not Philadelphia (0% | 0 votes)

I've never been to the US (50% | 2 votes)

Total Votes: 4

Xiya Wei

10:54

Hello Will, I'm applying for MSE in Data Science for submatric. I wonder whether there is an acceptance rate difference between submatriculation and the normal Data Science Program?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:54

Xiya, yes, there is a difference, as the rate is much higher. However, please note we haven't had many submatric applicants because the program only started full-time a year ago.

yogeshgudi

10:54

I don't have transcript and it takes a month or so to reach me can i apply for MS in EMBS?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:55

Yogeshgudi, we need at least unofficial transcripts as part of the application. Are you able to provide those?

yogeshgudi

10:57

consolidated marksheets?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:57

Yes, if they show scores for all of the courses you have taken, they would be acceptable.

Xiya Wei

10:58

Thank you. Could you also comment on the application statistics like acceptance rate for Data Science submatriculation last year?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:58

Xiya, I don't have those specific numbers available at this time.

yogeshgudi

10:58

i have individual semester marksheets but not transcripts

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

10:58

Yogeshgudi, as long as they show the scores/grades for each of your courses, that would be acceptable.

Benjamin Eu

10:58

As the application requests for me to name 2 advisors I am interested in working with, I wonder if the admissions process requires the professor to have sufficient spots in their lab group to take me in, or are students admitted before they are assigned an academic advisor to oversee the program? As I will draft my SOP differently in each of those scenarios. Thank you.

Shreyas Ramachandran Srinivasan

10:59

Great Mr. Fenton. My main research interest is autonomy especially autonomous cars..but when I asked Charity Payne, they said that no research is being made on autonomous cars , as of now. But I did find that Dr. Pratik Chaudhari who is joining UPenn in July 2019 , his research is mainly on self-driving cars from his research statement(https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/people/pratik-chaudhari). I am just curious about self-driving cars research at UPENN after he joins

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:00

Benjamin, naming a professor or two can be a good strategy, but we usually only recommend it if you know that you specifically want to work only with that professor and/or have a specific connection to that professor. As to the other question, you are assigned an academic advisor after you have been admitted.

11:01

Shreyas, that is great that you've already reached out to Charity. Yes, we do believe that there will be more research in this area once Dr. Chaudhari begins his work here, but I can't comment any more than that at this time.

Xiya Wei

11:01

I find that the deadline is Feb 1. Does it mean that we can still submit it on Feb 1? Or we must finish it by Jan 31?

Will Fenton, Asst Dir

11:01

You can submit your application and all materials until 11:59PM EST on February 1.

11:02

Ok, that's all folks, thanks for chatting. We will be running an all day chat on this Friday, February 1, from 8AM EST-4PM EST to answer any last minute questions you may have. Best of luck to you all!

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