University of Pennsylvania Law School C/O 2018 Applicants Forum

[suppy183]

Checking in.

[Brady199]

Just applied

[twitterati]

FYI: solicited Penn and was told they will be conducting their first CRS query this week for merit-based waivers. Fingers crossed that they'll hit our inboxes soon!

[w0w]

FYI: solicited Penn and was told they will be conducting their first CRS query this week for merit-based waivers. Fingers crossed that they'll hit our inboxes soon!

Oh awesome! Thanks for this info. The email I got was very vague.

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[MidwestLifer]

FYI: solicited Penn and was told they will be conducting their first CRS query this week for merit-based waivers. Fingers crossed that they'll hit our inboxes soon!

I like this information. Thank you very much!

[kevin0201]

FYI: solicited Penn and was told they will be conducting their first CRS query this week for merit-based waivers. Fingers crossed that they'll hit our inboxes soon!

Awesome! Thank you

[R. Jeeves]

FYI: solicited Penn and was told they will be conducting their first CRS query this week for merit-based waivers. Fingers crossed that they'll hit our inboxes soon!

I like this information. Thank you very much!

+1

[nyanyanya]

Checking in
I'm also interested in the JD/MA program

[w0w]

Just got my Penn fee waiver!!!

[middlebear]

Fee waiverrrrrr

[twitterati]

Ask and you shall receive!

Fee waiver!

[hillz]

Whoop!

[R. Jeeves]

Yessss!! Fee Waiver!

[MtnGinger]

Waiver!!!! Woo hoo!!

[downbeat14]

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[kevin0201]

Yes waiver!!

(Found it in the spam folder)

[Dream_weaver32]

Alright so I'm in a predicament, and it probably shouldn't be. My Diversity statement is a page and a paragraph double-spaced. And Penn says the optional essays should be 1 page. Do I rewrite my DS specifically for Penn?

ETA: If I change the font to 11, it fits on one page. Is this acceptable?

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[Dream_weaver32]

Alright so I'm in a predicament, and it probably shouldn't be. My Diversity statement is a page and a paragraph double-spaced. And Penn says the optional essays should be 1 page. Do I rewrite my DS specifically for Penn?

If it's just one paragraph over the limit, you can probably restructure a few sentences and reduce wordiness in a few places to get it all on one page without changing everything.

It's been edited down from around 2 pages.

[Gray]

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[w0w]

Alright so I'm in a predicament, and it probably shouldn't be. My Diversity statement is a page and a paragraph double-spaced. And Penn says the optional essays should be 1 page. Do I rewrite my DS specifically for Penn?

ETA: If I change the font to 11, it fits on one page. Is this acceptable?

yes - all mine are in 11 pt font. Also if you are not alreay, TNR is usually smaller than other fonts.

[w0w]

Alright so I'm in a predicament, and it probably shouldn't be. My Diversity statement is a page and a paragraph double-spaced. And Penn says the optional essays should be 1 page. Do I rewrite my DS specifically for Penn?

ETA: If I change the font to 11, it fits on one page. Is this acceptable?

Also, I didn't even notice this limit and my DS is over a page...soooo idk what i'm going to do about that. 1pg double spaced is kinda a ridiculous limit IMO.

[middlebear]

Alright so I'm in a predicament, and it probably shouldn't be. My Diversity statement is a page and a paragraph double-spaced. And Penn says the optional essays should be 1 page. Do I rewrite my DS specifically for Penn?

ETA: If I change the font to 11, it fits on one page. Is this acceptable?

Also, I didn't even notice this limit and my DS is over a page...soooo idk what i'm going to do about that. 1pg double spaced is kinda a ridiculous limit IMO.

Same boat. Didn't notice, submitted. Honestly, I feel like if people ding you for going a paragraph over on a personal subject, they're not people you want to be spending 3 years with.

[R. Jeeves]

Alright so I'm in a predicament, and it probably shouldn't be. My Diversity statement is a page and a paragraph double-spaced. And Penn says the optional essays should be 1 page. Do I rewrite my DS specifically for Penn?

ETA: If I change the font to 11, it fits on one page. Is this acceptable?

Also, I didn't even notice this limit and my DS is over a page...soooo idk what i'm going to do about that. 1pg double spaced is kinda a ridiculous limit IMO.

I have my PS and my optional essay exactly 2pgs and 1pg respectively in Word 2013. When I look at the LSAC application preview PDF, the PS spills into a third page and the optional spills into a second. Should I be worried? And even if the adcomms open my attachments as word docs when they actually look at them, I'm kinda scared because one time I opened my PS and optional on my school's library computer in Word and they both spilled into an extra page even though they were fine on my comp and fine on another library comp (Apparently this can happen because of various computers' printer settings). Should I worry, or am I being dumb?