I am honestly shocked to get this decision because of two things: 1. I have good amount of work experience in reputed companies and tons of extracurricular. 2. The people who got in have less GPA and almost no work experience and no GRE. I noticed that the people who got in are the people who also applied to Co-Op but got rejected. So, it could be that? I don't know. I will never know. Congrats to all the successful applicants :)

This semester we received a large number of applications for entry into our graduate program. Most of these applicants are well qualified for study and research at the graduate level. However, because of our limited instructional and research facilities we are not able to admit all qualified applicants. We regret to inform you that on the basis of the recommendation of the Graduate Admissions Committee, we are not able to offer you admission to our graduate program. We trust that you will find an alternative path to achieve your academic goals.

Haven't heard anything for 6 months and both Barry and my PI have been silent the whole time. I assume I'm on a waitlist cause I see rejections here but I honestly don't know what the deal is since no one communicates with me. I am accepting my backup and forgetting about this.

No GRE, no interns

No interview, rejected by email

Email to check application portal

Got an interview with PI and lab members on Feb 12th/13th and everything went fine. Haven't receive decision update yet and I assume I am waitlisted. Kindly, if you have a better offer please please please decline UPenn PhD offer as this is my last hope. Good luck to everyone with their endeavors.