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Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:09 pm

amw342 wrote:Coming back from a C-ville visit....I'm 100% sure I'll be attending Penn this fall.

Interesting, not a fan of UVA?

amw342 · Post by **amw342** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:26 pm

Mack.Hambleton wrote:
amw342 wrote:Coming back from a C-ville visit....I'm 100% sure I'll be attending Penn this fall.
Interesting, not a fan of UVA?

I've been living in Philly for 5 years now and going down there was really shocking for me. Lol I thought I would like a change of scenery, but I definetly like the city environment better. Plus Penn and UVA gave me identical scholarships....so yea. Lol

Clearly · Post by **Clearly** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:50 am

NotASpecialSnowflake wrote:
UCLABruins2015 wrote:Any of you guys chose to stay with a law student for ASW? I did but I haven't heard from anyone lol.
Yes but I've heard nothing. Maybe I'll get picked as an alternate for this too?

chill...

Skool · Post by **Skool** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:38 pm

Have folks who haven't received James Wilsons and Levys received any sort of Merit determination?

Have folks who received James Wilsons received any additional need based aid?

Just wondering to the extent there is non JW/Levy merit and to what extent need aid exists separate and apart from merit at Penn.

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:51 pm

A lot of named schollies in general say they don't give additional aid but I'm not 100% sure for penn

R. Jeeves · Post by **R. Jeeves** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:55 pm

Skool wrote:Have folks who haven't received James Wilsons and Levys received any sort of Merit determination?

Have folks who received James Wilsons received any additional need based aid?

Just wondering to the extent there is non JW/Levy merit and to what extent need aid exists separate and apart from merit at Penn.

you can get a dean's scholarship that amounts to something between $4500-$60,000 over 3 years. You can get need based aid on top of it too.

amw342 · Post by **amw342** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:30 am

Skool wrote:Have folks who haven't received James Wilsons and Levys received any sort of Merit determination?

Have folks who received James Wilsons received any additional need based aid?

Just wondering to the extent there is non JW/Levy merit and to what extent need aid exists separate and apart from merit at Penn.

I got James Wilson, but have yet to recieve any need-based aid.

XYL42 · Post by **XYL42** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:52 am

Accepted last week and still haven't recevied any merit aid information. Should I send out a scholarship negotiation email now? Or is it too early? Thanks!

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:12 am

XYL42 wrote:Accepted last week and still haven't recevied any merit aid information. Should I send out a scholarship negotiation email now? Or is it too early? Thanks!

Wait until you get an offer to negotiate

ms2014 · Post by **ms2014** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:25 am

Skool wrote:Have folks who haven't received James Wilsons and Levys received any sort of Merit determination?

Have folks who received James Wilsons received any additional need based aid?

Just wondering to the extent there is non JW/Levy merit and to what extent need aid exists separate and apart from merit at Penn.

I received a James Wilson scholarship and got another email from financial aid saying that because I had the merit scholarship, I didn't qualify for any additional need based aid.

ChemEng1642 · Post by **ChemEng1642** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:38 pm

ms2014 wrote:
Skool wrote:Have folks who haven't received James Wilsons and Levys received any sort of Merit determination?

Have folks who received James Wilsons received any additional need based aid?

Just wondering to the extent there is non JW/Levy merit and to what extent need aid exists separate and apart from merit at Penn.
I received a James Wilson scholarship and got another email from financial aid saying that because I had the merit scholarship, I didn't qualify for any additional need based aid.

I got this as well

lester · Post by **lester** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:50 pm

If I have not received an invitation to apply for named merit scholarships and was admitted a while back (I think 1/16), is TCR that I won't be at a later point? Just trying to see if I should withdraw now or hold out for an invitation later.

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:25 pm

lester wrote:If I have not received an invitation to apply for named merit scholarships and was admitted a while back (I think 1/16), is TCR that I won't be at a later point? Just trying to see if I should withdraw now or hold out for an invitation later.

If you haven't received anything and were accepted a while a go I'd call fin aid and talk to them

NotASpecialSnowflake · Post by **NotASpecialSnowflake** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:57 pm

Who else is heading up to Philly today?

unperroandaluz · Post by **unperroandaluz** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:55 am

Skool wrote:
Have folks who received James Wilsons received any additional need based aid?

RubyRod · Post by **RubyRod** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:38 am

Just jumping in here, I guess you all missed it but you get to go to school with Emma Thompson. She chose Penn for graduate work. I'm from the Philly area and lived in UCity for awhile if anyone has questions about it or any part of the city really PM me.

I'm not attending Penn because I've been in this place for way too long, aka my whole life, but have tons of insights on the city.

FYI the best cheesesteaks are not from Pat's or Geno's,

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 2:07 am

http://time.com/3758278/emma-watson-pen ... hool-fake/

sirlancealot · Post by **sirlancealot** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:46 pm

Any thoughts after ASW?

NotASpecialSnowflake · Post by **NotASpecialSnowflake** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:25 am

sirlancealot wrote:Any thoughts after ASW?

I loved it. Penn moved up a couple spots for me. ASW was pretty well planned, but the panels got old quick

Clemenceau · Post by **Clemenceau** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:38 am

NotASpecialSnowflake wrote:
sirlancealot wrote:Any thoughts after ASW?
I loved it. Penn moved up a couple spots for me. ASW was pretty well planned, but the panels got old quick

I went to Duke's asd. It was a great experience but I think I'm all but set on Penn at this point

Just trying to negotiate some more/seeing if cls will give me any substantial money

DiniMae · Post by **DiniMae** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:18 pm

sirlancealot wrote:Any thoughts after ASW?

Out of all my options I'm sold on Penn. No word from S or H, but I'm quite happy to make Penn my home regardless. I really liked the school and students.

bingo90 · Post by **bingo90** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:42 pm

NotASpecialSnowflake wrote:
sirlancealot wrote:Any thoughts after ASW?
I loved it. Penn moved up a couple spots for me. ASW was pretty well planned, but the panels got old quick

I totally agree. Every session I attended had a panel, and was primarily based on these students' subjective experiences. I was hoping for more substantive information. It was very well organized, but I feel like I walked away not having learned much about the school.

I also got the sense that 1Ls spend more time studying here compared to the other schools where I've attended ASWs. Obviously 1L is very intense everywhere, but at other schools it sounded like there are some extracurricular opportunities that students get involved with, but at Penn everyone I heard from said they exclusively study, with the exception of going to bar review.

NotASpecialSnowflake · Post by **NotASpecialSnowflake** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:52 pm

DiniMae wrote:
sirlancealot wrote:Any thoughts after ASW?
Out of all my options I'm sold on Penn. No word from S or H, but I'm quite happy to make Penn my home regardless. I really liked the school and students.

I got this vibe too. It feels like a very supportive place.

strugglebus · Post by **strugglebus** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:54 pm

Any Levy alternates heard anything yet? $0 is not going to cut it, Penn.

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:59 pm

strugglebus wrote:Any Levy alternates heard anything yet? $0 is not going to cut it, Penn.

will probably hear after the deadline (april 15th)

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