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Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:52 pm
by skippy1
Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:57 pm
by Veyron
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
Supplemental is more bester.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:09 am
by HeavenWood
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
Penn's high enough on the totem pole that they need the soft factors to distinguish between candidates with near-identical numbers.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:18 am
by Veyron
HeavenWood wrote:
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
Penn's high enough on the totem pole that they need the soft factors to distinguish between candidates with near-identical numbers.
This is true, keep in mind that Penn still rejects a much larger % of applicants at every numerical point than its peers simply because the class is so small.

P.S. HeavenWood, on a scale of 1-10, how much does it terrify you that they thought me worthy of admission based in part on my "soft factors"?

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:20 am
by HeavenWood
Veyron wrote:
HeavenWood wrote:
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
Penn's high enough on the totem pole that they need the soft factors to distinguish between candidates with near-identical numbers.
This is true, keep in mind that Penn still rejects a much larger % of applicants at ever numerical point than most peers simply because the class is so small.

P.S. HeavenWood, on a scale of 1-10, how much does it terrify you that they thought me worthy of admission based in part on my "soft factors"?
What are your soft factors?

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:22 am
by Veyron
HeavenWood wrote:
Veyron wrote:
HeavenWood wrote:
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
Penn's high enough on the totem pole that they need the soft factors to distinguish between candidates with near-identical numbers.
This is true, keep in mind that Penn still rejects a much larger % of applicants at ever numerical point than most peers simply because the class is so small.

P.S. HeavenWood, on a scale of 1-10, how much does it terrify you that they thought me worthy of admission based in part on my "soft factors"?
What are your soft factors?
A warm and tender heart.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:24 am
by HeavenWood
Veyron wrote: A warm and tender heart.
Do you have any other soft tissue to speak of?

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:26 am
by Veyron
HeavenWood wrote:
Veyron wrote: A warm and tender heart.
Do you have any other soft tissue to speak of?
In all honesty, I did have pretty baller soft factors but to speak of them would immediately out me (not like any 1L in my section couldn't figure out who I am if they cared to).

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:31 am
by r6_philly
Veyron wrote:
HeavenWood wrote:
Veyron wrote: A warm and tender heart.
Do you have any other soft tissue to speak of?
In all honesty, I did have pretty baller soft factors but to speak of them would immediately out me (not like any 1L in my section couldn't figure out who I am if they cared to).
So then why worry about being outed?

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:32 am
by Veyron
r6_philly wrote:
Veyron wrote:
HeavenWood wrote:
Veyron wrote: A warm and tender heart.
Do you have any other soft tissue to speak of?
In all honesty, I did have pretty baller soft factors but to speak of them would immediately out me (not like any 1L in my section couldn't figure out who I am if they cared to).
So then why worry about being outed?
Because I trust the people in my section more than random people on teh interwebs?

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:33 am
by canuck
C'monnnnn. We won't tell anyone about all those schools you built in Ghana.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:34 am
by HeavenWood
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Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:36 am
by Veyron
canuck wrote:C'monnnnn. We won't tell anyone about all those schools you built in Ghana.
That wouldn't even come close to outing me at Penn.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:37 am
by capitalacq
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
they read it as much as they'd read a why penn (probably pay more attention on PS since every why penn is the same)

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:40 am
by Veyron
capitalacq wrote:
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
they read it as much as they'd read a why penn (probably pay more attention on PS since every why penn is the same)
Lol at every why Penn being the same. Will you never cease commenting on the admissions processes of schools to which you did not even apply.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:46 am
by capitalacq
Veyron wrote:
capitalacq wrote:
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
they read it as much as they'd read a why penn (probably pay more attention on PS since every why penn is the same)
Lol at every why Penn being the same. Will you never cease commenting on the admissions processes of schools to which you did not even apply.
I apologize. Your "i love penn's cross-disciplinary curriculum" and "i was BORN for Penn's clinics" was unique

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:49 am
by r6_philly
Veyron wrote:
Because I trust the people in my section more than random people on teh interwebs?
Fair enough. But why would it matter if you are outed to the people on the Interwebz? Besides, how can you be outed here since we wouldn't have any contact/interactions with you other than here?

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:50 am
by r6_philly
capitalacq wrote: I apologize. Your "i love penn's cross-disciplinary curriculum" and "i was BORN for Penn's clinics" was unique
I seriously doubt anyone else's why penn is even somewhat similar to mine.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:11 am
by Veyron
capitalacq wrote:
Veyron wrote:
capitalacq wrote:
skippy1 wrote:Or would the supplemental essay have been a better way to do this? I'm not sure if they actually read the PS....
they read it as much as they'd read a why penn (probably pay more attention on PS since every why penn is the same)
Lol at every why Penn being the same. Will you never cease commenting on the admissions processes of schools to which you did not even apply.
I apologize. Your "i love penn's cross-disciplinary curriculum" and "i was BORN for Penn's clinics" was unique
Between your one dimensional writing ideas and your lousy #'s, I'm surprised you even got into uconn.
r6_philly wrote:
Veyron wrote:
Because I trust the people in my section more than random people on teh interwebs?
Fair enough. But why would it matter if you are outed to the people on the Interwebz? Besides, how can you be outed here since we wouldn't have any contact/interactions with you other than here?
Because people on teh interwebz kno hao 2 use de google.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:19 am
by r6_philly
Veyron wrote:
Because people on teh interwebz kno hao 2 use de google.
Ok, but what does it matter when someone across the country can match up Veyron with a real person via google. You don't interact with anyone on here IRL so it wouldn't matter if they knew. If that's the case I should change my username lol

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:32 am
by Veyron
r6_philly wrote:
Veyron wrote:
Because people on teh interwebz kno hao 2 use de google.
Ok, but what does it matter when someone across the country can match up Veyron with a real person via google. You don't interact with anyone on here IRL so it wouldn't matter if they knew. If that's the case I should change my username lol
I would expect someone with your WE to be wiser then this r6.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:38 am
by r6_philly
Veyron wrote:
r6_philly wrote:
Veyron wrote:
Because people on teh interwebz kno hao 2 use de google.
Ok, but what does it matter when someone across the country can match up Veyron with a real person via google. You don't interact with anyone on here IRL so it wouldn't matter if they knew. If that's the case I should change my username lol
I would expect someone with your WE to be wiser then this r6.
I am comfortable with who I was, who I am, and who I will be.

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:45 am
by Veyron
r6_philly wrote:
Veyron wrote:
r6_philly wrote:
Veyron wrote:
Because people on teh interwebz kno hao 2 use de google.
Ok, but what does it matter when someone across the country can match up Veyron with a real person via google. You don't interact with anyone on here IRL so it wouldn't matter if they knew. If that's the case I should change my username lol
I would expect someone with your WE to be wiser then this r6.
I am comfortable with who I was, who I am, and who I will be.
And I'm very proud, really, I could cry. What a marvelous, self actualized, human being. *Sniff*

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:46 am
by capitalacq
Veyron wrote:
capitalacq wrote:
Veyron wrote:
capitalacq wrote: they read it as much as they'd read a why penn (probably pay more attention on PS since every why penn is the same)
Lol at every why Penn being the same. Will you never cease commenting on the admissions processes of schools to which you did not even apply.
I apologize. Your "i love penn's cross-disciplinary curriculum" and "i was BORN for Penn's clinics" was unique
Between your one dimensional writing ideas and your lousy #'s, I'm surprised you even got into uconn.
someone still seems bitter about a mailbox full of rejections

Re: Is it ok to answer "Why Penn" within the PS?

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:58 am
by r6_philly
Veyron wrote:
And I'm very proud, really, I could cry. What a marvelous, self actualized, human being. *Sniff*
Just another speck of sand in the bottom of the ocean.