Got an acceptance email but the details like aid will appear on March 11

M.arch I

Received email similar to posters below. Will decline.

Will decline, best of luck to everyone else! 5a/2w/7r

TTPB: I understand, but as was mentioned by the CBE Head, they had over 450 applicants this year; the maximum meeting strength did't go much past 140, both departments combined and with organisers on-board (given that most of us are prospective students hungry for an admit, and not knowing the intent of the meeting, very few would skip). PS: I am simply trying to guess, and am not drawing conclusions. I gave it all to my applications like all of you wonderful people here, and I am prepared for both outcomes- admission/rejection. I wish the best for all of you.

Received an email like the poster below.

Lucky to have a strictly dominating offer. "The Economics Admissions Committee has reviewed your application and in a typical year we would have been very excited to recommend to the School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Division of the University of Pennsylvania to admit you to our Ph.D. program and waitlist you for funding. However, due to the financial impact of the Covid pandemic, we are not authorized to admit anyone with funding from the School this year. We do, however, expect to assemble a very strong incoming class consisting of individuals who will have outside funding initially and the Department will use its internal funds to support most students starting in their second or third year in the program. "

Dear Upenn Econ Dept., Thanks for your letter! I have received some offers from highly promising programs and have carefully reviewed all of them. However, I can only attend one program and regret to inform you that your program was not selected. Although I could not attend your program, I believe that you will have excellent students with external funding. Thank you again for your consideration, and we wish you success in your future plans!

Email to check application portal. Accepted with $15K scholarship

I already declined the "offer." Good luck to you all!

I guess IR at this point, the end of a very tough cycle, god bless you all

Received the email mentioned below, asking for my interest in joining the program without any funding. I am interpreting this as an acceptance as most of my other peers has not received a similar email. I have replied now that I will not be taking the offer. Good luck to anyone that is still waiting! 4a/6r/2wl/0p

Rejected from PhD, offered admission to MEd with $15k merit scholarship

The info session was more like a brief introduction of CBE and MSE. Being invited does not mean admission. The Graduate Admissions Director said there were indeed more applicants this year compared to previous years. The PhD applicants could expect to hear the decisions no later than 4/1. If I remember correctly, it was mentioned that the recording of today's info session would be uploaded to one of Penn's youtube channels in a week. I hope this helps! Good luck!