Interviewed by the PI at the beginning of January. She informed me that I will receieve the official offer at the end of January. They will be admitting 2 more times, at the end of February and at the end of March. Get in touch with professors of interest as they make recommendations about candidates to the admissons committee. Might be helpful for those who are waiting.

Had an interview last week and got an official admission letter today

Had few email exchanges with my advisor. He said the department will be rolling out admits (first set of admits) in the first week of Feb.

TTPB who got a PhD admit, congratulations! Can you share your application date and interview details? Thanks!

People that have received preview day invites and/or other emails, does your application status say "submitted" or "processed" in the application portal?

I'd say the expected value lies somewhere between 0.37 and 0.42 with a confidence level of 95%.

Anyone know my chances of being accepted after getting invited to the visit week?

No interviews. No information about financial support at the admission letter.

To the poster below. Can you share your profile and supervisor research area etc? or can email me [email protected]

Among the people who got acceptance mails, is there any international applicant who received the mail?

Ttpb: thats what i used to believe, decisions based on merit. May be thats true for all other schools and programs. But if you look into previous years result in gradcafe for penn state ME program you will find that there is no post of "I" or "U" decision in mid January. Not a single one. All accepted posts on mid January are "A". I know everyone doesn't post in gradcafe, but at least few of them should be there in previous years. I am not sure though. But I think thats how it works with psu me program.

There is no such thing as admissions decisions for International students being made seperately or after American students. The only thing is that usually the students who are getting in get their admission decisions first, and then based on their responses other people get offers and finally everyone else is rejected. Has nothing to do with country, everything to do with merit.

To the posts below: That is a relief to know that the international decisions are not out yet. I hope the same is the case with other places too.

ttpb: I'm a domestic student. I didn't contact anyone beforehand. My area of interest is additive manufacturing

Ttpb: inquiring about if the accepted student is domestic or international. I believe penn state me dept has released decision only for domestic students so far. I am an international student still waiting for the decision. I emailed the dept about status and they replied that I am not likely to get decision until February. God! This waiting is killing me checking gradcafe every now and then. Anyway congrats to those who have been accepted and best of luck who are waiting for decision.

Had an informal interview/research discussion at the beginning of January, email notification from the Director of Graduate Studies on 1/25; formal offer should be from the university in 1-2 weeks