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- airwrecka
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Someone who is applying for the Toll scholarship, please tell me you're just answering the video question like an interview and not doing some weird "creative" video. I feel bad because it specifically says to be creative and not just read a script, but I have NO idea how to make a creative 2 minute video that addresses such a specific question. Yes, I know it's due tomorrow so even if I could think of something creative, I don't have time to do it between now and then, but I have been thinking about this for weeks and nothing has come to me 

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Hello! I am also just doing the video like an interview, no worries....or, if there is something to be worried about, you are at least not alone!airwrecka wrote:Someone who is applying for the Toll scholarship, please tell me you're just answering the video question like an interview and not doing some weird "creative" video. I feel bad because it specifically says to be creative and not just read a script, but I have NO idea how to make a creative 2 minute video that addresses such a specific question. Yes, I know it's due tomorrow so even if I could think of something creative, I don't have time to do it between now and then, but I have been thinking about this for weeks and nothing has come to me
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I'm sure 1.5 mins of quality footage is more than sufficient!lsa16 wrote:Not to be neurotic but if my 2 min Toll video is less than 1.5 min do you guys think that is acceptable or do I need to get closer to hitting that mark?
Did anyone receive a confirmation after submitting their app materials? I feel a bit unsettled after submitting because of the strange format of the survey page

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Same. My video is SO awkward.lsa16 wrote:Hello! I am also just doing the video like an interview, no worries....or, if there is something to be worried about, you are at least not alone!airwrecka wrote:Someone who is applying for the Toll scholarship, please tell me you're just answering the video question like an interview and not doing some weird "creative" video. I feel bad because it specifically says to be creative and not just read a script, but I have NO idea how to make a creative 2 minute video that addresses such a specific question. Yes, I know it's due tomorrow so even if I could think of something creative, I don't have time to do it between now and then, but I have been thinking about this for weeks and nothing has come to me
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Re: Penn Law c/o 2020 Applicants - Pending is better than a Penn ding
I figure that trying to do something creative with 0 experience and failing miserably is worse than just doing it like an interview, so I'm right there with y'all.lawlawland16 wrote:Same. My video is SO awkward.lsa16 wrote:Hello! I am also just doing the video like an interview, no worries....or, if there is something to be worried about, you are at least not alone!airwrecka wrote:Someone who is applying for the Toll scholarship, please tell me you're just answering the video question like an interview and not doing some weird "creative" video. I feel bad because it specifically says to be creative and not just read a script, but I have NO idea how to make a creative 2 minute video that addresses such a specific question. Yes, I know it's due tomorrow so even if I could think of something creative, I don't have time to do it between now and then, but I have been thinking about this for weeks and nothing has come to me
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Thank goodness - even just doing it interview style I feel like mine is cringeworthy. Flashbacks to Cornell's automated processlawlawland16 wrote:Same. My video is SO awkward.lsa16 wrote:Hello! I am also just doing the video like an interview, no worries....or, if there is something to be worried about, you are at least not alone!airwrecka wrote:Someone who is applying for the Toll scholarship, please tell me you're just answering the video question like an interview and not doing some weird "creative" video. I feel bad because it specifically says to be creative and not just read a script, but I have NO idea how to make a creative 2 minute video that addresses such a specific question. Yes, I know it's due tomorrow so even if I could think of something creative, I don't have time to do it between now and then, but I have been thinking about this for weeks and nothing has come to me
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Thank you all for showing me I am not alone!
I uploaded the video an hour ago and am finishing the questions quick now. I labeled my video as my name and LSAC number, but missed the part on the upload page that said to include your name & LSAC number in the description box as well...I added it while the video was uploading but I don't know if that information saved
do you think I should email Penn just to double check they can find it?


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Did you follow their formatting guidelines (name/LSAC #) when you named the file before uploading? I would imagine that would be enough, but an e-mail never hurts!airwrecka wrote:Thank you all for showing me I am not alone!I uploaded the video an hour ago and am finishing the questions quick now. I labeled my video as my name and LSAC number, but missed the part on the upload page that said to include your name & LSAC number in the description box as well...I added it while the video was uploading but I don't know if that information saved
do you think I should email Penn just to double check they can find it?
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Yes, I did. But you're right--better to be safe than sorry. I'll email them just to be surelawlawland16 wrote:Did you follow their formatting guidelines (name/LSAC #) when you named the file before uploading? I would imagine that would be enough, but an e-mail never hurts!airwrecka wrote:Thank you all for showing me I am not alone!I uploaded the video an hour ago and am finishing the questions quick now. I labeled my video as my name and LSAC number, but missed the part on the upload page that said to include your name & LSAC number in the description box as well...I added it while the video was uploading but I don't know if that information saved
do you think I should email Penn just to double check they can find it?

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For those who submitted the Toll, did the form also not let you create separate paragraphs? Everything you type in those boxes just stays in one long line?
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Yup, that happened to me. I had written out my answers in a Word document ahead of time and just copied and pasted them into the form, so now it just looks like when giant run-on paragraphlsa16 wrote:For those who submitted the Toll, did the form also not let you create separate paragraphs? Everything you type in those boxes just stays in one long line?

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Thanks!airwrecka wrote:Yup, that happened to me. I had written out my answers in a Word document ahead of time and just copied and pasted them into the form, so now it just looks like when giant run-on paragraphlsa16 wrote:For those who submitted the Toll, did the form also not let you create separate paragraphs? Everything you type in those boxes just stays in one long line?Well, they can't complain because we had no choice!
Officially submitted. Best of luck everyone!
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Submitted too! So glad that video is behind me.
Good luck everyone!

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Did anyone get confirmation that their app was received?
Good luck to all who applied!
Good luck to all who applied!
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I got confirmation about 30 minutes ago!lawlawland16 wrote:Did anyone get confirmation that their app was received?
Good luck to all who applied!
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I did not get a confirmation initially, but I e-mailed them myself to check on the video and they responded saying they got the video and survey responselawlawland16 wrote:Did anyone get confirmation that their app was received?
Good luck to all who applied!

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Oh no! I did not get one yet and I applied last night. Could you PM me the e-mail address you used? TY!airwrecka wrote:I did not get a confirmation initially, but I e-mailed them myself to check on the video and they responded saying they got the video and survey responselawlawland16 wrote:Did anyone get confirmation that their app was received?
Good luck to all who applied!
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Re: Penn Law c/o 2020 Applicants - Pending is better than a Penn ding
How long are you guys making your Levy essays?
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So if we receive scholarships at Penn and have to commit by a specific date, will we have to withdraw from schools where we haven't yet gotten decisions? Eg, I'm not expecting to get into Harvard or Yale, but if I had apps still pending in mid-April would I have to withdraw to commit to a Penn scholarship? Or do you just have to withdraw from other schools you've heard back from?
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And I haven't worked on mine yet but was thinking 1-2 pages?ayylmao wrote:How long are you guys making your Levy essays?
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Same on both points. I looked at the one sentence "prompt" yesterday and was like lolnah. They said brevity so I'm leaning towards one page, esp since I haven't come up with anything good to say and I don't believe I'm actually competitive for it.lsa16 wrote:And I haven't worked on mine yet but was thinking 1-2 pages?ayylmao wrote:How long are you guys making your Levy essays?
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Re: Penn Law c/o 2020 Applicants - Pending is better than a Penn ding
Did anyone who applied for Toll get an indication of when they will be letting us know if we get an interview?
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No, noticeably absent from confirmation emailnoroomfordoubt wrote:Did anyone who applied for Toll get an indication of when they will be letting us know if we get an interview?
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Checking in. (Long time lurker)
I applied on 11/12, complete 11/17, accepted 1/24.
25<LSAT, 75<GPA
I also applied for the Toll Public Interest Scholarship. Good luck to everyone who applied!
I applied on 11/12, complete 11/17, accepted 1/24.
25<LSAT, 75<GPA
I also applied for the Toll Public Interest Scholarship. Good luck to everyone who applied!
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Any idea when we can expect another wave of decisions for admission to come out? I applied in early November and still haven't heard back.
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