Graduate School Admission Results

Was waitlisted. Did not expect it. Happy.

I really don't get it. They invited people to their info seminar in March to talk about campus life and all, and then they send a rejection?! Why would I care how graduate life at Penn is if I am not even allowed to attend? Do they think their campus is a National Historic Landmark? They could have aired it on National Geographic if that were the case. I could also find many students from Asia, where it would have been easily past midnight in their timezones; I am pretty certain if I was rejected, so were many of them, and they were awake for nothing. I could have easily sent my acceptance letter to some other school instead of waiting for them (everyone's hopes were high on being invited). Frankly, I was at fault for not sending in acceptance to my place of choice too. Penn is an Ivy, and while it beats the university I intend to attend in global rankings, the STEM program is probably one of the best, and beats Penn any day and everyday; what was I even thinking? I am from a mid-high tier Public uni, and if this is how Ivies conduct themselves, they have tough times ahead as far as reputation, probably their only trump card from POV of STEM aspirants, is concerned,

Will Penn State offer any admission to Fall 21 MSCS program this year? I am waiting only for PSU's results and with the whole visa slot fiasco, I am not sure how long should I wait. Is anyone desperately waiting like me? Also does PSU offer admits for freshers

Was invited to the info session but still got rejected. They should really host the info session at the start of the application season instead of when the admission decision is about to release. It did no good to anyone when the info session was hosted this late. Appreciate the initiative but I believe there's a better way to handle this. Saw applicants from other departments having the same issue... Anyways, good luck to ppl out there still waiting for the results.

finally. email to check portal

Finally

Deciding between Columbia MS CS and Penn MSE Data Science

Applied for Regular Admission (Second Round)

3 publications (1 journal)

Ignore the WL, will the joint date of Ivy admission also work for masters' degrees? Submitted application back on Jan 29th. Thanks.