Ph.D weekend

This weekend was a busy weekend for some of the top PH.D applicants from the various programs at GSE. These 35 applicants were flew in, or drove in some cases, to a chilly but sunny Philadelphia’s University City. They stayed at the luxurious Inn at Penn, of which several of the applicants divulged to me the loveliness of the king size bed with numerous pillows. The applicants had a very busy schedule. They meet with professors and chairs of their programs, the dean and vice dean, admissions and financial aid, current students and alumni. The potential student’s who represented states from all over the country such as Florida, Michigan and Vermont, also meet individually with at least two members of their program in a “conversation”. The PH.D weekend wasn’t strictly business for the prospects, there were many opportunity for mingling with one another and current students, they were also given a trolley tour of the city of Brotherly Love, and many of them ventured out to explore Philly’s night life.
I truly hope, and am pretty confident, many of the applicants walked away with a great feeling about Penn, their individual programs, but more importantly, a genuinely welcomed feeling.