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Hey Guys,
I decided to give Penn a try and got in with:
BSBA general management
Associate in CS
no GRE
GPA 4.0 (only 1 course)
They said they would keep admission to 10%, no way to know if it is true at this point, in the webinar they said to put a lot of focus on what you want to do with the degree, I really pushed the envelop there...
There is a thread on reddit ( https://www.reddit.com/r/mcitonline/comm...ring_2019/) and it seems they rejected quite a few people with much better academic credentials... not the first to say this here, put a lot of focus on your personal statement and recommendations!!
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That's awesome! Congrats!
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Nice! Congrats!
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10-08-2018, 02:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-08-2018, 02:48 PM by davewill.)
They might even have liked that you did your undergrad degree online. It should improve the chance that you'll graduate from their program.
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That's quite possible, I did speak about my experience with tesu in my essay.
Now I got a hard choice to make, the program is quite expensive and I got a new position at work that I'm not sure I can combine with a regular study schedule. Staying with a competency-based program might be a safer bet for me.
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Would your employer be willing to help with tuition?
What if you did the UPenn courses part time(1 per semester instead of 2)?
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(10-08-2018, 12:22 PM)posabsolute Wrote: Hey Guys,
I decided to give Penn a try and got in with:
BSBA general management
Associate in CS
no GRE
GPA 4.0 (only 1 course)
They said they would keep admission to 10%, no way to know if it is true at this point, in the webinar they said to put a lot of focus on what you want to do with the degree, I really pushed the envelop there...
There is a thread on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/mcitonline/comm...ring_2019/) and it seems they rejected quite a few people with much better academic credentials... not the first to say this here, put a lot of focus on your personal statement and recommendations!!
That's AWESOME!!
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Congrats! It looks like a really great program and $25k is great for an ivy league diploma!
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