Ignore Waitlist. Has anyone heard back from the Department? Any chance of getting an admit now?

Offered admission on 4/14 via email and accepted the offer for admission.

Data Science, MSE Program: I applied by the regular decision deadline. Just received first communication today. I am happy to be accepted, but I already committed to another school because of the late date of notification. Darn. Might have considered it if it came earlier.

TTPB: You sound like a spoiled child.

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,

TTPB: ignore waitlist. I'm geometry/topology, and I'm pretty sure I got admitted due to external funding.

TTPB what field are you in?

Unofficial acceptance, official offer pending.

Declined fully funded offers (yes, Penn was funded), best of luck to those on the waitlist!

I had three "interviews" to find a fit for me. Three different labs, one technical internship(related to current research), and e-board of SWE, Engineering Education, and other engineering societies/clubs. Received 2021 NSF GRFP. No papers/abstracts. Did not submit GRE scores, but scored around the 65th percentile. A BS in ME from a state/public school. Reasons why I may have been accepted: Super solid recommendation letters(current PI, internship Supervisor, my PI/prof from my first lab in freshman year), talked about trying different research fields/labs which may have demonstrated serious interest in current research, and very involved with my department I turned down the offer because it didn't fit my research/career goals.

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.

TTPB: I got the same notification today. I don't know how to see the decision, but I can tell you this: I had asked UPenn about my status a while ago and was told that I "did not make the shortlist" and that a rejection would be coming soon.

TTPB: I received the same email and there's nothing on the portal. I emailed them yesterday. I believe that's an administrative error but I don't think I have any chance though (according to the information disclosed by previous posts). Good luck BTW.

Ignore the waitlist. I just got an email saying the decision is available on the portal. But I checked around found nothing changed. Does anyone know how to see the decision from the portal?

No scholarship.