To the Penn acceptance below: please decline your offer as soon as you know. The departments wants to enroll 12 new students but the graduate school does not allow them to make more than 12 offers at a time. You need to turn down your offer before it goes to someone else. (Most departments accept more students than they plan to enroll assuming that many will turn down the offer, but Penn is not allowed to do that anymore. It will be a long exhausting trickle down game until all spots are filled.)

emailed me that I could check the decision on the website. With $5000.

Most probably will not accept the offer.

From a top 10 undergrad school, but UPenn AI is top notch as advised by my profs. Decision made within 2 days of me completing the application. What can I say? Marvelous efficiency!!!

Checked the website and there it was. I didn't want to live in PA anyway... but good luck to those who got in!

LORs from close lecturers (not Prof.s), 2 years working experience in child language center, data entry for a lecturer, student council on most-hated-job (IT Liaison), banal/last minute statement of purpose, no publications.

Same email to check the website as others have reported.

Rejected via email.

As expected.

Email directing me to check my application decision on the website. No surprise at this point, congrats to everyone who made it :)

0/5 with 7 to go

email pointing to website. *sigh*

E-mail sending me to the website. 1/5 with 8 remaining.

Email from the Associate Director of Admissions informing me that a decision had been reached and that I could access my letter online. Wasn't too surprised by the results, as I received no invite to the interview weekend/no additional correspondence with my POI. Oh well! Good luck to everyone else.

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