U Penn 2010 Forum

[MahaloMontana]

178/3.95,

Any suggestions???

Go to H/Y/S.

Yeah, did you notice the second half of my post about my significant other waiting to hear back about a PhD program AT UPENN? For a few of us out there the whole school decision thing is about more than just automatically going to the very highest ranked school we can get into. And no, it's not a super fun situation actually.

Can you write a quick 5-year plan essay and send it to them? I had been under review for a long time (2+ months) after only submitting one additional essay. I decided to write the 5-year plan to show them I was still interested. I got the acceptance call about 2 weeks later. Don't know if the latter was necessarily because of the former, but it won't hurt you, and it will let them know you're still interested.

[lawschools2424]

178/3.95,

Any suggestions???

Go to H/Y/S.

Yeah, did you notice the second half of my post about my significant other waiting to hear back about a PhD program AT UPENN? For a few of us out there the whole school decision thing is about more than just automatically going to the very highest ranked school we can get into. And no, it's not a super fun situation actually.

Can you write a quick 5-year plan essay and send it to them? I had been under review for a long time (2+ months) after only submitting one additional essay. I decided to write the 5-year plan to show them I was still interested. I got the acceptance call about 2 weeks later. Don't know if the latter was necessarily because of the former, but it won't hurt you, and it will let them know you're still interested.

Hi MahaloMontana, thanks so much, that's a great suggestion and I'm so glad it worked (or something worked) for you! Did you send your extra essay by email or hard copy or some other way?

[MahaloMontana]

Hi MahaloMontana, thanks so much, that's a great suggestion and I'm so glad it worked (or something worked) for you! Did you send your extra essay by email or hard copy or some other way?

I sent it via email as a PDF and asked if they could add to my application. I always send Word docs as PDFs for formatting reasons. (If you have a Mac, you can select print, and from the bottom left corner select "save as PDF".) Good luck!

[jl2032]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH. In at UPENN!!!!

Just missed a call and listened to the voicemail... Super excited!!!

UCR 2/18 -> UCR 3/15

In today, but my status checker hasn't updated yet!!

[worldwithoutend]

Waitlisted. Disappointed.

[Shlonster]

*

[Lmao Zedong]

waitlisted today!

this completes the MVBP YP sweep!!!

probably the most epic achievement of my cycle

[lawschools2424]

Hi MahaloMontana, thanks so much, that's a great suggestion and I'm so glad it worked (or something worked) for you! Did you send your extra essay by email or hard copy or some other way?

I sent it via email as a PDF and asked if they could add to my application. I always send Word docs as PDFs for formatting reasons. (If you have a Mac, you can select print, and from the bottom left corner select "save as PDF".) Good luck!

And in this afternoon with a nice call Maybe the "I'm still really interested, when do I get to hear back?" email I sent on Monday that they never responded to did the trick? Thanks for the encouragement and good advice!

[mh7777]

waitlisted today!

this completes the MVBP YP sweep!!!

probably the most epic achievement of my cycle

Ditto.

[los blancos]

Hooray Penn WL.

[cyh]

Hooray Penn WL.

+1

right along with Michigan

[los blancos]

Hooray Penn WL.

+1

right along with Michigan

Have you completed the MVP trifecta?

I'm still waiting for Michigan to WL me. Screw MVP.

[cyh]

Hooray Penn WL.

+1

right along with Michigan

Have you completed the MVP trifecta?

I'm still waiting for Michigan to WL me. Screw MVP.

Didn't apply to V... and from the looks of this year's cycle, I'm glad I didn't.
They're handing out WL/Rejections to anyone who didn't ED.

[worldwithoutend]

3.6 175 earned me the WL trifecta. Sigh. Duke likes me though, and they offered me a little
money. So I've got that going for me, which is nice.

[MahaloMontana]

Hi MahaloMontana, thanks so much, that's a great suggestion and I'm so glad it worked (or something worked) for you! Did you send your extra essay by email or hard copy or some other way?

I sent it via email as a PDF and asked if they could add to my application. I always send Word docs as PDFs for formatting reasons. (If you have a Mac, you can select print, and from the bottom left corner select "save as PDF".) Good luck!

And in this afternoon with a nice call Maybe the "I'm still really interested, when do I get to hear back?" email I sent on Monday that they never responded to did the trick? Thanks for the encouragement and good advice!

congrats! and lucky you to not have to write that 5-year plan!

[democrattotheend]

Waitlisted today via status checker. A little surprised, since I got into NYU and Columbia, and UVA just offered me a ton of money. But my numbers are not high enough for YP, and I wrote the 5-year "why Penn" essay. I also discussed my ties to Philadelphia in my personal statement. I guess maybe because I wrote about wanting to do PI in my application, and Penn is a little more corporate focused.

I think I am going to withdraw. At this point, with my other offers, I doubt I would have picked Penn anyway.

[r6_philly]

Waitlisted today via status checker. A little surprised, since I got into NYU and Columbia, and UVA just offered me a ton of money. But my numbers are not high enough for YP, and I wrote the 5-year "why Penn" essay. I also discussed my ties to Philadelphia in my personal statement. I guess maybe because I wrote about wanting to do PI in my application, and Penn is a little more corporate focused.

I think I am going to withdraw. At this point, with my other offers, I doubt I would have picked Penn anyway.

Thats interesting. I was waitlisted with a why Penn essay and as strong desire to attend as possible as well as years of living here. But I did write about PI and my career interests that may not agree with Penn's focus and strength. Perhaps my goals and interests are not super compatible with them, as are yours.

[tm912]

Hi guys-- my status checker updated to UCR a second time with today's date instead of the original 3/15...i feel like people may have speculated about this in the past but I am having a hard time finding related posts. Anyone know if it means anything for the UCR date to change like this? Thanks. And congrats again to all those accepted Friday.

[Jericwithers]

Has Penn moved on to anyone they previously held yet?

[floppymex]

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[Flanker1067]

I have been UCR since 3/3. Thought I would throw that out there because I am anxious as hell, not because anyone cares.

[underachiever]

Waitlisted today via status checker. A little surprised, since I got into NYU and Columbia, and UVA just offered me a ton of money. But my numbers are not high enough for YP, and I wrote the 5-year "why Penn" essay. I also discussed my ties to Philadelphia in my personal statement. I guess maybe because I wrote about wanting to do PI in my application, and Penn is a little more corporate focused.

I think I am going to withdraw. At this point, with my other offers, I doubt I would have picked Penn anyway.

Thats interesting. I was waitlisted with a why Penn essay and as strong desire to attend as possible as well as years of living here. But I did write about PI and my career interests that may not agree with Penn's focus and strength. Perhaps my goals and interests are not super compatible with them, as are yours.

I got in last year with 75th percentile numbers and PI focused writing sample and "Why Penn"....it really has to do with filling a "class" per se and not all numbers, b/c every year there are students with high numbers at all T14s who got rejected/waitlisted at lower schools just b/c they didn't fit into the "class" dynamic that a school was trying to build for that year. I have friends who got rejected at Gtown or Michigan and got into NYU and Columbia, its not always an exact science.....Anyway, good luck to both of you, ur in at great schools!

[jl2032]

Hi guys-- my status checker updated to UCR a second time with today's date instead of the original 3/15...i feel like people may have speculated about this in the past but I am having a hard time finding related posts. Anyone know if it means anything for the UCR date to change like this? Thanks. And congrats again to all those accepted Friday.

I think it means a second person is reviewing the file.

FWIW, I went UCR 2/18 and then it changed again to UCR 3/15 before I got my acceptance 3/19.

[holborn]

i went UCR on 2/4, then again on 2/26, and nothing since then. i just want an answer!

[342848386278]

Hi guys-- my status checker updated to UCR a second time with today's date instead of the original 3/15...i feel like people may have speculated about this in the past but I am having a hard time finding related posts. Anyone know if it means anything for the UCR date to change like this? Thanks. And congrats again to all those accepted Friday.

+1 UCR 3/15 + 3/22... hoping this means somebody will call me on Friday and give me the best news I've ever recieved my life