Penn c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle) Forum

[thestillpoint]

Anyone else nominated for a named merit scholarship? They mention writing a "short essay" on one of three questions... any rule of thumb on how long that would be?

+1, I have the same question. I'm thinking 1 - 2 pages double spaced? But I really have no idea since they don't impose any limit.

[hypothalamus]

yeah it was a nice touch. Still a rejection, but the courtesy was nice.

So did they comment on the things they liked? I wonder if they do this to all rejections... I will almost definitely get a WL, but now I kinda want them to reject me to see what they have to say

haha me too! looking forward to my rejection so I can see what they gonna say!

Fingers crossed for your rejections, fingerscrossed haha ))

[Elendil]

Anyone else nominated for a named merit scholarship? They mention writing a "short essay" on one of three questions... any rule of thumb on how long that would be?

+1, I have the same question. I'm thinking 1 - 2 pages double spaced? But I really have no idea since they don't impose any limit.

Yeah, I figured that would be a safe length since that's generally what they want for a personal statement.

[maxpower430]

Anyone else nominated for a named merit scholarship? They mention writing a "short essay" on one of three questions... any rule of thumb on how long that would be?

+1, I have the same question. I'm thinking 1 - 2 pages double spaced? But I really have no idea since they don't impose any limit.

Yeah, I figured that would be a safe length since that's generally what they want for a personal statement.

I posted something about this earlier and had the same question. So the consensus is 1-2 pages double spaced? "Brief" says around a page to me but i'll probably flesh mine out to a page and a half or so, but we'll see.

[fingerscrossedxx]

yeah it was a nice touch. Still a rejection, but the courtesy was nice.

So did they comment on the things they liked? I wonder if they do this to all rejections... I will almost definitely get a WL, but now I kinda want them to reject me to see what they have to say

haha me too! looking forward to my rejection so I can see what they gonna say!

Fingers crossed for your rejections, fingerscrossed haha ))

Haha fingers crossed indeed! seems rather backwards :p

[Mr. Somebody]

I hope us 2/3 people hear on Wednesday!

[cogitoergosum]

I hope us 2/3 people hear on Wednesday!

Yeah, and me and avamango (2/1)

[Corrupty]

I hope us 2/3 people hear on Wednesday!

+1

[captainwasabi09]

I hope us 2/3 people hear on Wednesday!

+1

And me, at 1/26.

^^WHYYYYYYYYY

[lawhopeful2012]

i think a page is probably sufficient for these essays. they are looking for the same writing skills as the personal statement - concise and efficient writing.

[meredy171]

still 1/12... starting to think they've forgotten about me....

[skaterboyroland]

Has anybody who replied to stay on the wait list received a confirmation email? I sent my response on Saturday and expected at least an email saying that they would keep me on the wait list today, but haven't got anything yet.

[tjddk]

Has anybody who replied to stay on the wait list received a confirmation email? I sent my response on Saturday and expected at least an email saying that they would keep me on the wait list today, but haven't got anything yet.

I got a confirmation 5 days after sending my reply.

[hookem12]

Just got a call from a PA number. "Hello, this is John from Political Opinions of America..."


dsjfhksdhjgkjd. I don't even think Penn does phone calls, but I was hopeful.

[KevinP]

I think that's the right call, Kevinp. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing so. Are you planning to submit any additional materials?

Pulling for you!

Thanks, man. I'm going to submit all of the suggested materials. I'm also going to try to do my best to visit.

Where have you gotten in so far KevinP? I remember your numbers were great. Best of luck to you man.

Thanks. PMed.

[cogitoergosum]

Just got a call from a PA number. "Hello, this is John from Political Opinions of America..."


dsjfhksdhjgkjd. I don't even think Penn does phone calls, but I was hopeful.

Penn DOES do phone calls (which makes those calls even worse!).

[justicefishy]

Just got a call from a PA number. "Hello, this is John from Political Opinions of America..."


dsjfhksdhjgkjd. I don't even think Penn does phone calls, but I was hopeful.

Penn DOES do phone calls (which makes those calls even worse!).

I'm just glad that my school (Philly based) is 610 so I know it's them calling for money rather than Penn

[KevinP]

From the TLS Penn Law profile:

The law school also admits a significant number of waitlisted applicants each year: 30 to 40 out of a pool of several hundred. Waitlist review begins in May, and candidates are sometimes accepted late into the summer. The committee invites waitlisted candidates to remain in contact and even submit additional materials, including extra letters of recommendation, new grades, and updated resumes.

Awesome news! Another potentially significant event that may cause some serious waitlist movement is NYU's acceptance pattern. It is possible that Penn hasn't experienced a noticeable decline in applicants in spite of the nationwide decline, but NYU's higher acceptance rate of Penn's "golden" applicants (170, 3.8+) may sway some of these applicants to choose NYU over Penn.

(2010-2011)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

(2011-2012)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

[Mr. Somebody]

From the TLS Penn Law profile:

The law school also admits a significant number of waitlisted applicants each year: 30 to 40 out of a pool of several hundred. Waitlist review begins in May, and candidates are sometimes accepted late into the summer. The committee invites waitlisted candidates to remain in contact and even submit additional materials, including extra letters of recommendation, new grades, and updated resumes.

Awesome news! Another potentially significant event that may cause some serious waitlist movement is NYU's acceptance pattern. It is possible that Penn hasn't experienced a noticeable decline in applicants in spite of the nationwide decline, but NYU's higher acceptance rate of Penn's "golden" applicants (170, 3.8+) may sway some of these applicants to choose NYU over Penn.

(2010-2011)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

(2011-2012)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

So this means NYU should let me in so Kev can get into Penn

[cogitoergosum]

From the TLS Penn Law profile:

The law school also admits a significant number of waitlisted applicants each year: 30 to 40 out of a pool of several hundred. Waitlist review begins in May, and candidates are sometimes accepted late into the summer. The committee invites waitlisted candidates to remain in contact and even submit additional materials, including extra letters of recommendation, new grades, and updated resumes.

Awesome news! Another potentially significant event that may cause some serious waitlist movement is NYU's acceptance pattern. It is possible that Penn hasn't experienced a noticeable decline in applicants in spite of the nationwide decline, but NYU's higher acceptance rate of Penn's "golden" applicants (170, 3.8+) may sway some of these applicants to choose NYU over Penn.

(2010-2011)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

(2011-2012)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

Wow, yeah. Also, it looks like their GPA "floor" moved down a good .05 points.

[justicefishy]

From the TLS Penn Law profile:

The law school also admits a significant number of waitlisted applicants each year: 30 to 40 out of a pool of several hundred. Waitlist review begins in May, and candidates are sometimes accepted late into the summer. The committee invites waitlisted candidates to remain in contact and even submit additional materials, including extra letters of recommendation, new grades, and updated resumes.

Awesome news! Another potentially significant event that may cause some serious waitlist movement is NYU's acceptance pattern. It is possible that Penn hasn't experienced a noticeable decline in applicants in spite of the nationwide decline, but NYU's higher acceptance rate of Penn's "golden" applicants (170, 3.8+) may sway some of these applicants to choose NYU over Penn.

(2010-2011)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

(2011-2012)
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/applica ... ,8&type=jd

Wow, yeah. Also, it looks like their GPA "floor" moved down a good .05 points.

Lawl, I'm seeing an NYU rejection in my future

[KevinP]

^
Who needs NYU when you'll get into Penn soon enough?

So this means NYU should let me in so Kev can get into Penn

This is exactly what it means!

On a side note: Because NYU's endowment is one of the lowest in the T14 and because its class size is one of the largest, it may not have the option to reduce its class size significantly. Therefore, your high LSAT will make you a commodity to NYU.

[cogitoergosum]

Rescuing my favorite thread from page 2. Hoping for some good news for lots of us this week.

[aperfectmap]

Anyone else nominated for a named merit scholarship? They mention writing a "short essay" on one of three questions... any rule of thumb on how long that would be?

+1, I have the same question. I'm thinking 1 - 2 pages double spaced? But I really have no idea since they don't impose any limit.

Submitted my Levy essay last night. It wound up being two pages double spaced.

[SFLawSchooler]

still 1/12... starting to think they've forgotten about me....

+1