Graduate School Admission Results

Email from PIs. Official letter from website on March 6th.

Did astrophysics for undergrad @ UC Berkeley, strong LORs (one from the Astronomy dept. chair), multicultural background, self supporting student, transfer student from a California community college. No publications, but did over a year of research in cosmology/data science through a postdoctoral fellow working for DESI at the LBNL, and have plenty of extracurriculars under my belt.

Undergraduate GPA not formally calculated but would be 3.55 total, 3.50 in math

Berkeley Undergrad in MechE, with 3.29 GPA, 5 YoE in Tech as a robotics engineer in the Bay Area.

Expected. No predoc, low gre quant, unknown undergrad.

4 years relevant work/internship experience.

This was the one of the seven major international relations/public policy program I didn't get into. I fortunately got into Yale's fully funded program, so I'm not too let down. Five years of work experience post-grad and advanced fluency in three foreign languages. Those who were accepted or waitlisted got their notification on Tuesday, March 11 while the rest got it a day later. It's the only school I applied for that does that. I wish they would reconsider how they release the decisions separately and leave most people on edge for 24 hours. Just rip the Band-aid off, Princeton!

Email notification to check my portal.

Will keep my hopes up! If someone accepted is going to reject their offer please do it soon!!

Email to check portal. What I have realized that SPIA's MPA is for early career professional, not for those having 7-10 years of experience.

Received an email at 9:46 am EST notifying my application had an update and to log into the website.

Tech background with several years of full-time experience in tech policy at a renowned international organization, deeply committed to public affairs. Princeton has always been my dream, but I have to face reality. Feeling really disappointed, but congratulations to those who got in.

Was the dream, but it didn't work out; informed via portal. 1a/0w/7r/4p

Thank you for applying to Princeton University’s Graduate School for the 2025-26 academic year. While I assure you that the materials you submitted were carefully reviewed by the faculty in the Department of Bioengineering, I regret to inform you the department did not recommend your admission for the upcoming academic year. The number of admission offers available at Princeton for entering graduate students is extremely limited, and we cannot offer admission to all applicants who are well qualified. Indeed, many departments have applicants who could be admitted if it were possible to accommodate additional students. Our decisions take into account not only the applicants’ merits but also the suitability of the programs to the candidates’ expressed interests. Our goal is to achieve a sound match between the strengths of our programs and the interests of the relatively small number of outstanding students that can be accommodated. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications which we receive, it is not possible for the department or the Graduate School to go back and review applications to justify the denial or offer advice on fortifying a future application. I wish you success in your plans for graduate study and thank you for considering Princeton University.