Penn C/O 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 Cycle) Forum

[bluecouch]

Anyone else sitting at UCR1 1/17? I keep seeing all these posts of folks going UCR2 after a UCR1 1/17, and it makes me feel like a WL or ding is inevitable...

i'm stil UCR 1/17

i went UCR1 around 1/17 then UCR2 1/28, but nothing since then. I think im on the ding boat. hold fast though.

Nice to know that I'm not alone... and that Penn may get to me... eventually.

[bfigsan]

If it makes you guys feel better I'm still UCR2 12/12.

[Crowing]

If it makes you guys feel better I'm still UCR2 12/12.

Me too, but that was my hold date

[elterrible78]

If it makes you guys feel better I'm still UCR2 12/12.

I'll see your UCR2 12/12 and raise you a UCR2 12/1.

[djwjddl]

Does anyone know if Penn actually waits until mid-May to review WL applicants?

+1

[LRGhost]

Anyone else sitting at UCR1 1/17? I keep seeing all these posts of folks going UCR2 after a UCR1 1/17, and it makes me feel like a WL or ding is inevitable...

i'm stil UCR 1/17

Same. But I figured I'll be WLed anyway.

[anela00]

Just got a Levy invite...wow. Admitted on 1/16.

[bernaldiaz]

Just got a Levy invite...wow. Admitted on 1/16.

Same.

[shntn]

Just got a Levy invite...wow. Admitted on 1/16.

Well poo, I was hoping I might have the chance to go back to Penn. Oh well.

[jym_dawg]

Wilson invite... it's not Levy, but hey, I'm not complaining (too much).

[shntn]

Wilson invite... it's not Levy, but hey, I'm not complaining (too much).

<-- is complaining

[JamesDean1955]

If you don't get a Wilson invite, does that mean there is no way you will get a $20,000 or more scholarship to Penn? Or is that just a specific merit scholarship, and unnamed merit awards can be in any amount?

[shntn]

If you don't get a Wilson invite, does that mean there is no way you will get a $20,000 or more scholarship to Penn? Or is that just a specific merit scholarship, and unnamed merit awards can be in any amount?

https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/fi ... rships.php

Looks like they can do whatever they please for the Dean's Scholarship, though it reads as though it's on a one-year (at worst) or year-by-year (at best) basis. So that's fun.

[SportsFan]

If you don't get a Wilson invite, does that mean there is no way you will get a $20,000 or more scholarship to Penn? Or is that just a specific merit scholarship, and unnamed merit awards can be in any amount?

https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/fi ... rships.php

Looks like they can do whatever they please for the Dean's Scholarship, though it reads as though it's on a one-year (at worst) or year-by-year (at best) basis. So that's fun.

I only have limited knowledge about Penn's scholarships, but AFAIK the Dean's will only go up to $20k a year, and they give it to you for all 3 years.

[JamesDean1955]

If you don't get a Wilson invite, does that mean there is no way you will get a $20,000 or more scholarship to Penn? Or is that just a specific merit scholarship, and unnamed merit awards can be in any amount?

https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/fi ... rships.php

Looks like they can do whatever they please for the Dean's Scholarship, though it reads as though it's on a one-year (at worst) or year-by-year (at best) basis. So that's fun.

I only have limited knowledge about Penn's scholarships, but AFAIK the Dean's will only go up to $20k a year, and they give it to you for all 3 years.

Good to know, thanks guys. I also noticed on the admitted students website, it says 80% of students receive some aid, and, more importantly, there is language there about sending them your scholarship offers from peer schools, and they seem pretty amenable to negotiation.

[kuddlykoala]

also 1/17 UCR. feel like im headed to WL or something

[ninetails]

If you don't get a Wilson invite, does that mean there is no way you will get a $20,000 or more scholarship to Penn? Or is that just a specific merit scholarship, and unnamed merit awards can be in any amount?

https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/fi ... rships.php

Looks like they can do whatever they please for the Dean's Scholarship, though it reads as though it's on a one-year (at worst) or year-by-year (at best) basis. So that's fun.

I only have limited knowledge about Penn's scholarships, but AFAIK the Dean's will only go up to $20k a year, and they give it to you for all 3 years.

Good to know, thanks guys. I also noticed on the admitted students website, it says 80% of students receive some aid, and, more importantly, there is language there about sending them your scholarship offers from peer schools, and they seem pretty amenable to negotiation.

when schools say some form of aid though, that usually includes loans

[JamesDean1955]

^ Yeah I figured that, unfortunately :/. But the main point I wanted to make with that post is they definitely seem open to negotiating.

[02889]

The LSAC data (which I believe includes the classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014) states that, of 803 students, 351 or 43.7% receive grants of any kind, and the majority of those students (278 or 79%) received grants for less than 1/2 tuition.

I think Penn will be more generous this year, though. I just can't see how they can afford not to be. NYU even invented a new full-tuition scholarship (it had previously been a named scholarship for LLM students) to give to people, presumably just to be more competitive this year.

[Jpreece59]

Submitted 1/7, finally UR1 today

[sd1234]

Submitted 1/7, finally UR1 today

+1, submitted 1/2, complete 1/16

[bananapudding88]

Submitted 1/7, finally UR1 today

WTF? I've been complete since 12/19 and still not UR!! I'm worried they lost my application At what point is it okay to contact them?

[battlerifle13]

Complete 1/10
UCR1 1/28
UCR2 2/5

Getting pretty anxious.

[UMich11]

Is it a call if admitted, email if WL/rejected? what's the deal?

[sd1234]

Is it a call if admitted, email if WL/rejected? what's the deal?

And is it the same for international applicants?

Also, is UCR 2 a necessary condition for admission?

Sorry for the twenty questions...