Penn c/o 2019 Applicants (2015-2016) Forum

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:59 pm

theugg wrote:Yay for Penn fee waiver!

cantorb · Post by **cantorb** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:23 pm

gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:47 pm

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threatlevelmidnight · Post by **threatlevelmidnight** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:03 pm

Was I supposed to receive an email after my application was completed? It says complete on LSAC, but haven't heard from the university at all. Just happened yesterday, but still...

gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:08 pm

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threatlevelmidnight · Post by **threatlevelmidnight** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:03 pm

Spoke to soon haha. Just got an email from them.

LittleGiants16 · Post by **LittleGiants16** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:50 pm

Ended up applying. The biglaw numbers are just too good!

gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:35 am

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Biglaw1990 · Post by **Biglaw1990** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:49 am

dony_tanza · Post by **dony_tanza** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:21 am

Checking in! Just applied

gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:22 pm

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cak3893 · Post by **cak3893** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:30 pm

Checking in!

wittywitless · Post by **wittywitless** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:35 am

Checking in, too. Sometimes I wonder if they judge at all what time of day these damn things were submitted ...

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:28 pm

Gotta say Penn has one of the best viewbooks out there.

I'm just below their median GPA but above their 75th LSAT. Unfortunately, it looks like they care about GPA a lot more than the LSAT.

steakout319 · Post by **steakout319** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:58 pm

Any correlation between fee waivers/solicitation for application and acceptance?

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:01 pm

steakout319 wrote:Any correlation between fee waivers/solicitation for application and acceptance?

I think Michigan is the only school where there is any real correlation

bsk5116 · Post by **bsk5116** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:37 pm

Quick question,

So I applied to Penn early September but haven't yet written one of the optional essays. After reading through this forum, it seems like the general consensus is that Penn actually does care about these optional essays. Is it too late to submit one at this point? Would submitting an essay this late in the game be viewed as negatively from an admissions standpoint?

gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:45 pm

bsk5116 wrote:Quick question,

So I applied to Penn early September but haven't yet written one of the optional essays. After reading through this forum, it seems like the general consensus is that Penn actually does care about these optional essays. Is it too late to submit one at this point? Would submitting an essay this late in the game be viewed as negatively from an admissions standpoint?

Penn does value the optional essays and the core values prompt generally allows you to write a Why Penn. Others may disagree but I feel like the window of opportunity was missed since you submit those essays along with your application. However, Penn probably would take it if you submitted it late--it may be awkward having to explain why you didn't submit it with your app.

threatlevelmidnight · Post by **threatlevelmidnight** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:56 pm

gobears!! wrote:
bsk5116 wrote:Quick question,

So I applied to Penn early September but haven't yet written one of the optional essays. After reading through this forum, it seems like the general consensus is that Penn actually does care about these optional essays. Is it too late to submit one at this point? Would submitting an essay this late in the game be viewed as negatively from an admissions standpoint?
Penn does value the optional essays and the core values prompt generally allows you to write a Why Penn. Others may disagree but I feel like the window of opportunity was missed since you submit those essays along with your application. However, Penn probably would take it if you submitted it late--it may be awkward having to explain why you didn't submit it with your app.

I kind of agree, but I think you could spin it as "I want to reiterate my interest in Upenn here's an essay of why I want to go here." Like you would do for the waitlist. It may not have the same effect as if you submitted it with the rest of your app, but if you really want to submit now, this could be how you do it.

gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:10 pm

threatlevelmidnight wrote:
gobears!! wrote:
bsk5116 wrote:Quick question,

So I applied to Penn early September but haven't yet written one of the optional essays. After reading through this forum, it seems like the general consensus is that Penn actually does care about these optional essays. Is it too late to submit one at this point? Would submitting an essay this late in the game be viewed as negatively from an admissions standpoint?
Penn does value the optional essays and the core values prompt generally allows you to write a Why Penn. Others may disagree but I feel like the window of opportunity was missed since you submit those essays along with your application. However, Penn probably would take it if you submitted it late--it may be awkward having to explain why you didn't submit it with your app.

I kind of agree, but I think you could spin it as "I want to reiterate my interest in Upenn here's an essay of why I want to go here." Like you would do for the waitlist. It may not have the same effect as if you submitted it with the rest of your app, but if you really want to submit now, this could be how you do it.

The only thing is it is pretty early for a letter of continued interest. I'd take the approach that the rest of my application was complete and I was eager to submit. However, I really wanted to make sure that my optional essay received thoughtful attention.

Clearly · Post by **Clearly** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:27 am

threatlevelmidnight wrote:
gobears!! wrote:
bsk5116 wrote:Quick question,

So I applied to Penn early September but haven't yet written one of the optional essays. After reading through this forum, it seems like the general consensus is that Penn actually does care about these optional essays. Is it too late to submit one at this point? Would submitting an essay this late in the game be viewed as negatively from an admissions standpoint?
Penn does value the optional essays and the core values prompt generally allows you to write a Why Penn. Others may disagree but I feel like the window of opportunity was missed since you submit those essays along with your application. However, Penn probably would take it if you submitted it late--it may be awkward having to explain why you didn't submit it with your app.

I kind of agree, but I think you could spin it as "I want to reiterate my interest in Upenn here's an essay of why I want to go here." Like you would do for the waitlist. It may not have the same effect as if you submitted it with the rest of your app, but if you really want to submit now, this could be how you do it.

Do this one.

nahmjun · Post by **nahmjun** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:58 am

So here's the weird thing:

(I already applied last month)

When I finished writing my essays for Penn and clicked submit, I realized that my application fee had been waived, which was weird, cuz, well, I didn't remember receiving a fee-waiver mail.

I scavenged through my inbox and discovered Penn's fee waiver for the 2014-2015 admission cycle when I was still in college.

So apparently a year-old fee waiver was still valid.

Anyone else experience this?

mynameiskevin · Post by **mynameiskevin** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:05 am

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linguafranca90 · Post by **linguafranca90** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:09 am

Has anyone seen any movement on their status checkers beyond Complete? It looks like Penn sends out first acceptances in mid-December, and if there's a UR period then you'd think they would have moved into it by now. Unless they don't do UR on the checker, in which case this is completely irrelevant and sorry for wasting everyone's time.

pittsburghpirates · Post by **pittsburghpirates** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:12 am

linguafranca90 wrote:Has anyone seen any movement on their status checkers beyond Complete? It looks like Penn sends out first acceptances in mid-December, and if there's a UR period then you'd think they would have moved into it by now. Unless they don't do UR on the checker, in which case this is completely irrelevant and sorry for wasting everyone's time.

Also curious about this