Mechanical Engineering Graduate School Admission Results

Ttpb: There's no way that they would do that... would they? Seriously, would they have a meeting to just show the attendees what they're going to miss? If so, why not hold this earlier before any admits were announced?

For those that got accepted to ME PhD (F21), did you get interviewed?

Ttpb: I believe they have invited everyone who applied at Upenn in F21 regardless of admission status. Nothing else other than a business policy.

TTPB: Thank you for responding! Also, congrats!

TTPB: No response from PIs so far. Indicated Thermal Fluid as my research interest. One SCI publication but in a completely different field. Other stats are updated.

I'm starting to hate UPenn for this! I had high hopes when I got the email. It's just a publicity stunt?! And does anyone know for sure if the accepted folks have not received the invite for the virtual meet?

2 conference papers, 4 recommendations, gpa of 3.8. Had a good GRE score but looks like it didnt matter. Got a mail saying there were many applicants this season.

GRE was waived for this application. Mail is dated 17th Feb, but reached 2 days late to me

TTPB: Have you heard from or been in contact with a POI? Also, would you mind sharing your stats?

Received an email "An update has been posted to your application status page". Very excited and best of luck to everyone else!

No interview.

Email from Graduate School about the acceptance. No update on the Application portal till now.

Ttpb: This is just my guess. They sent the invitations to all the students who have not been admitted maybe just to invite as many people as possible to participate in their virtual event to make the activities look more lively. Since the professors I contacted didn't give me any chances of interviews, I guess it's rare for private schools to admit students without any interviews.

Will most likely decline, too expensive.

Reached out to prospective PI twice but no response. no interview

Accepted. No funding information. Undergrad from top one of the top NITs in India. MS from mid ranked US school, 2 years full-time Mechanical Design engineer experience, 1 first author conference paper in IROS (one of the best robotics conference) , 1 first author paper under review in ICRA ( one of the best conference for robotics), 1 journal ( not highly ranked) . MS GPA 3.82. contacted professor after applying. He didn't like my profile for his lab. But still got the admission. I think graduate committee decides admission here. Best of luck.

Received an email to check the status page and view my decision letter.

Admitted with funding. My financial package was updated the following week with an EDS Award. Updated again recently (2/19) with University Distinguished Fellowship.