penn ed !! (2022-2023)

[pastel geyser]

LMAOOO

honestly so cool tho

man

at my school i just feel sad sometimes cause istg everyone disses american unis

[lone dagger]

Wtf really??

[pastel geyser]

yeah

[harsh crypt]

i cant work on my RDs with a whole heart till the 16th

[pastel geyser]

its annoying asf

[barren snow]

Me too

[lone dagger]

Relatable

[barren snow]

That’s why I did ppe

[pastel geyser]

this girl got a full scholarship to harvard last year and everyone was just like

imagine paying 80k a year

💀

[lone dagger]

😭😭😭😭

[pastel geyser]

its just annoying

[pastel geyser]

same

[lone dagger]

I guess I’m different there

Like out of my class of 80 people

40 EDed somewhere

5 to penn

[pastel geyser]

thats honestly nice

[harsh crypt]

no one from my school has gone to ivy's

[pastel geyser]

i feel demotivated

[lone dagger]

Wow

[harsh crypt]

im the only ED to penn from my school

[lone dagger]

Well you’ll be the first!!!

[pastel geyser]

theres a few people here applying to the US but

[barren snow]

Damn

[pastel geyser]

they're mainly stem nerds

[harsh crypt]

hopefully

[pastel geyser]

😮

first first FIRST

[barren snow]

We better make a upenn 27 gc when we all get in

[pastel geyser]

YESSIR

[lone dagger]

Wait that’s so cool finally someone else who applied to huntsman from Canada

[pastel geyser]

ikr LMAO

[lone dagger]

Literally everyone I’ve talked to is American or int

[pastel geyser]

true

[lone dagger]

What did you do throughout hs? I feel like I didn’t take the traditional huntsman route of mun and debate

[pastel geyser]

uhh

[pastel geyser]

oh i definitely did not either

MUN didn't work out for me

like

i didnt even really get an opportunity to participate because of COVID??? and there was so much confusion around the club and everything

so i just ended up doing something else

uhhh

[lone dagger]

Ohh I see

[pastel geyser]

hmm

do u want me to just list like

my top 5 ecs?

[harsh crypt]

are any of you guys private school/feeder school kids?

[pastel geyser]

no

i go to a gifted school

[lone dagger]

What’s the most interesting one ig or one that you’re prid of

[pastel geyser]

but not a private one

[lone dagger]

Lowkey a feeder

[pastel geyser]

oh

[lone dagger]

Wtf😭😭😭😭😭

I’m not getting in

[barren snow]

Myst>>>>

[pastel geyser]

noooo

its about the essays bro

[barren snow]

U can too!

[pastel geyser]

:(((((((((((

nooo

im sorry

😦

my other ECs arent that good

[lone dagger]

I feel like as long as you have 1-2 that are outstanding

That’s def enough

[barren snow]

I bet everyone has rly good lor’s too

[empty mist]

r we saying our top 5 ecs

[pastel geyser]

nah just the ecs we're most proud of

[empty mist]

ohhh

[pastel geyser]

im sure you do too

honestly, don't compare urself!

sometimes things are just titles

and i honestly feel that way with my ECs

[harsh crypt]

!penn

[rain egret]

University of Pennsylvania Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1671148800> in your local time
4 days, 3 hours and 53 minutes until the decision date

[empty mist]

I’m most proud of my top 3 which is my tiktok acc, FBLA national recognition, speech and debate national recognition, and then my internships

[barren snow]

My big things are primarily work, leadership, debate and my Quora space

[pastel geyser]

those all sound really good 🙂

:)) *

[lone dagger]

Is it a red flag if I’ve won original oratory tournaments but am not involved in the speech and debate club at my school😭

[pastel geyser]

i really dislike that emoji

scary asf

[barren snow]

No

[empty mist]

no not at all! if you’ve won tournaments ur good

[barren snow]

Lots of people do it independently

[empty mist]

I’m a bit worried that I put my tiktok as my #1 but

[pastel geyser]

pov no idea what yall are talking about

[empty mist]

i feel like it’s somewhat suitable

[pastel geyser]

should be fine

as long as u talk about it in ur essays

[empty mist]

lolol original oratory is a speech event

[pastel geyser]

and make it more than "tiktok"

[empty mist]

yes my common app essay was ab JT

it

[pastel geyser]

😮

[harsh crypt]

its so random too, like I think I have really good ECs and essays but who knows people get rejeted from their safeties so its all about luck

[pastel geyser]

i feel like we'rea ll worrying for no reason

we're all *

[empty mist]

so I made it like a whole business thing too

yess

[pastel geyser]

😮

[barren snow]

Tbh I bet I’ve seen it on TikTok at some point

[empty mist]

oh

oops

[solid jasper]

you guys are all so impressive :0

[barren snow]

Last post in 2021?

[empty mist]

i bet u r too!

[empty mist]

nooo hahaha

[harsh crypt]

thats huge! 1.3m followers is crazy

[pastel geyser]

woahh

[solid jasper]

i would digress 🥲 but thqq

[barren snow]

Bro why am I not seeing it

[empty mist]

ahh tysm I hope they like it

[harsh crypt]

very very unique

def a huge EC

[barren snow]

OH NVM FOUND IT

1.3 MILLION

HOLY

I THOUGHR MY 50k was good 😭

[empty mist]

LOL yes yes

noooo omg that’s so good too

esp on quora

[harsh crypt]

i have 24 followers on tiktok guys

[empty mist]

it’s hard to get followers and stuff on there

[pastel geyser]

~~i dont even have tiktok 💀 ~~

[harsh crypt]

💪

[empty mist]

Omg influenced

Influencer

[barren snow]

So hard

[solid jasper]

THIS IS REALLY RANDOM BUT I HAVE THE SAME LAMP

[empty mist]

If any of us get rejected we can blame it on these ppl

[empty mist]

omg it’s the best right

[lone dagger]

How important of LOCs? I think mine are really good but apparently they’re not considered as much because penn understands that some students have a harder time establishing relationships with their teachers

[barren snow]

@empty mist

Dude ur account is so impressive

[solid jasper]

yesss

[pastel geyser]

i think its just like a

[barren snow]

U BETTER get in

[pastel geyser]

as long as ur not a psychopath

[harsh crypt]

@empty mist its super smart too because they have a much better opportunity to understand you by watching your videos

[pastel geyser]

ur good

[empty mist]

aww thank u so much

[empty mist]

ahh I wonder if they ever watched any

that would be crazy

[harsh crypt]

if your application went to committee then i would assume yes

[lone dagger]

What do they do during committee

[empty mist]

i guess we’ll find out in like 100 hrs 😭😭😭

[pastel geyser]

damn

when u put it like that

😭

[lone dagger]

Bro😭

[pastel geyser]

LITERALLY 100 HOURS

[lone dagger]

Fr😭

[solid jasper]

discuss whether or not to admit u i think

[barren snow]

😭

[solid jasper]

and vote?

[barren snow]

Yeah

[empty mist]

i heard there’s like 4 categories and they rate u 1-9 and if u get a 9 in any category then u get auto admit but it’s rly hard to like for example in the community service category if u get a 9 that’s like u being Greta thunberg

[barren snow]

A few read essays and bring it to board

[pastel geyser]

oh fr?

1-9

interesting

[barren snow]

How much do they consider work experience

[pastel geyser]

harvard is 1-6 right

[barren snow]

If u know

[lone dagger]

Omg wait how do you know

[empty mist]

my friend goes there and requested his file

[lone dagger]

Ohhh

[pastel geyser]

:OOOO O

so cool

[empty mist]

it’s on a couple Reddit threads too

[empty mist]

i think that goes into like another category

not sure which one

But it def counts for something

[pastel geyser]

if i get into penn im probably going to have imposter syndrome for the first few months

ngl

[barren snow]

Bet

Bc I work more than I go to school lmao

Not literally

[empty mist]

me too but after I have like 3 days of living in a complete dream

[pastel geyser]

yeah 😦

[empty mist]

I’m convinced it’ll make me the happiest person on earth

[pastel geyser]

but after we get over it

it'll be like

super cool

the people will be so cool

honestly

[empty mist]

like I’ll bring donuts for my whole ap lit class and buy all my friends Starbucks

[pastel geyser]

😮

[empty mist]

like u have no idea how amazing I will feel

[pastel geyser]

fr bro

HAHA

i think ill feel a similar way

ive been romanticizing college life forever

💀 LMAO

living beside ur besties and being able to study on campus

and go to upenns food hall

sounds really good

[empty mist]

guys we have officially entered the double digits

[harsh crypt]

!penn

[rain egret]

University of Pennsylvania Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1671148800> in your local time
4 days, 3 hours and 40 minutes until the decision date

[barren snow]

Stopppp

[pastel geyser]

AHHh

[solid jasper]

ANSDFASDF

[barren snow]

How many kids applied Ed?

[empty mist]

This

[harsh crypt]

i assume ~8000 this year

for like 1200 spots

[barren snow]

Oh no

[empty mist]

It would be so convenient I live 2 hours away and I already know a few people who go there

[solid jasper]

i can't tell if i want the 15th to come quicker or slower 🥲

[empty mist]

I want penn so bad

[barren snow]

I thought 6,000

[harsh crypt]

last year was high 7000s

[pastel geyser]

man i just wanna get it over with

[barren snow]

15% is p good tho

[pastel geyser]

frrr mannnn 😦

ah

it is what it is

[empty mist]

85% deferred/rejected 😭

[pastel geyser]

if ur deferred, theres like a 16% chance of u getting in rD tho

which isn't bad

[empty mist]

that’s true but tbh I’d be really upset if I got deferred like it would sting as much as a rejection

[pastel geyser]

true

i want a good christmas

[empty mist]

I’m just so tired and I can’t bring myself to do all my other apps

[pastel geyser]

😦

[harsh crypt]

this tbh

[empty mist]

so getting into this school would just be so good for me

[barren snow]

I want to go to either penn or Villanova

[harsh crypt]

i cant do them with my full efforts

[solid jasper]

me rn like i worked on other apps but like

🥲

[barren snow]

I love Philly too much

[empty mist]

i literally barely haven’t

i submitted one RD

17 more to go 🙏🏼💔

[barren snow]

17 more?

Nope

You’re going to penn

[empty mist]

No that’s so true

[solid jasper]

nope you're getting it, trust 🙏🏼

power of the awesome lamp

[empty mist]

Those 17 will remain untouched 🙏🏼

[empty mist]

our lamps unite 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[solid jasper]

🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼

[empty mist]

Desperate times call for desperate measures

Two weeks ago I was an atheist

Now? I love god.

[pastel geyser]

LMAO

TRUE

LITERALLY ME STARTNG LAST YEAR

[empty mist]

I’ve been literally praying every night

[pastel geyser]

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[empty mist]

I WENT TO THE TEMPLE YESYERDAY 😭😭😭😭

[pastel geyser]

i told all my cool friends to pray for me

and bless me

LMAO

[barren snow]

ME

Guys

Unrelated

[solid jasper]

I SHOULD DO THAT

[barren snow]

But I saw a sign today

[empty mist]

I have the power of five religions behind me

[barren snow]

Like i dead ass did

[pastel geyser]

next thing i'm gonna be making a circle and summoning shit

[solid jasper]

make a summoning circle to summon that acceptance letter or something

[pastel geyser]

LMAO

HAHAHAHA

LITERALLY

[empty mist]

Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism 🙏🏼

[solid jasper]

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE

[pastel geyser]

YESSSSSIR

[empty mist]

This was on my fyp I hope it’s a sign

[pastel geyser]

:OOOO

[solid jasper]

I DON'T HAVE ANY PENN STUFF THO TO USE IN THE CIRCLE

[empty mist]

And yesterday guys I want to Starbucks and the barista gave me an extra drink for free because he accidentally made an extra

[barren snow]

So my grandpa died when I was kid. I turned on radio and it was his FAV song. Then a car drove by with a liscense plate of his name 87. 8+7= THE 15TH

[empty mist]

God is behind me.

[pastel geyser]

FR

[solid jasper]

I LIVE LIKE 1K+ MILES AWAY TOO TT

[pastel geyser]

I ASKED MY MOM TO BUY ME A UPENN HOODIE

AND SHE SAID NO

SHE SAID SHE'D BUY ME A HOODIE FOR MY SAFETY SCHOOL

💀

[barren snow]

IM NOT RELGIOUS BUT GUYS

[solid jasper]

MINE TOO LMAO

[pastel geyser]

(i already got into my safety, she was just joking because she knows I REALLY DONT WANT TO GO THERE)

and i have funny asf reactions 💀

[empty mist]

I have a UPenn crewneck and it was expensive asf

[pastel geyser]

LMAO

my little brother is literally trolling me too

[solid jasper]

THE UNIVERSE IS ON YOUR SIDE

[pastel geyser]

SO COOL

[barren snow]

IT BETTER BE

OR ELSE IM BLAMING THEM

[muted dawn]

curious bc we are in same area, did u have pearl 👀👀

nvm i just saw ur “old”comment😭

[thick thorn]

Lol noo I’m intl

Oml only 🙂

[dense atlas]

Bro i have every debuff stacked on

Early grad so all my hard classes dont even have grades yet

Test opt

M&T

Cali

Good pub school

[tight tiger]

I was my interviewer’s first ever interview

She was really nice and our convo only ended bc of the zoom 40-min limit and then she sent me an email apologizing for getting cut off and said she loved talking to me

I’m kinda nervous that since I was her first ever interview they’ll take less stock in her review though

[dense atlas]

Interviews don't matter

[harsh crypt]

This tbh

[dense atlas]

Unless they're really Good or bad

[harsh crypt]

For penn they don’t matter from what I understand

[tight tiger]

well since mine was good I’m hoping it helps

especially since Penn puts more emphasis on interviews than most schools

[barren snow]

It def will

I believe mine was also one of my interviewer’s firsts

[tight tiger]

yeah I think I got lucky in that she graduated last year

so she knew a lot about recent Penn stuff and it was really easy to have a nice conversation

[lusty narwhal]

!penn

[rain egret]

University of Pennsylvania Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1671148800> in your local time
4 days, 2 hours and 18 minutes until the decision date

[thick thorn]

I think mine went well - there was a lot of stuff I didn’t have a chance to mention which I was a bit upset about and it was quite short in my opinion (35 mins) but all in all I think it went well - mine graduated MBA in 2015 I think so it was quite useful

[lusty narwhal]

Mine was half an hour, he graduated from the law school in 94 and had children who went to Penn

[winged peak]

I never got an interview should i be worried 😭

[lusty narwhal]

Are you domestic

[winged peak]

Nah

[lusty narwhal]

That should be the reason why

It shouldn't hurt your application tho

[winged peak]

I hope so 💔

[empty mist]

yeah it doesn’t dw

it depends on location

they can’t hold it against you

[empty mist]

mines name was Jenny 😭

[lusty narwhal]

I got one from Moco

[empty mist]

Really

Mine was in hoco

Her kid went to centennial 😭

[lusty narwhal]

I think its by what county you go to school in

I hate the fact that I have two midterms on December 15 and another one the following day

[empty mist]

Yikes omg good luck

I have an ap stats test that day 😭

[barren snow]

Guys I don’t want to be annoying

[lusty narwhal]

I have phys 1 and lang that day

ab calc and psych on the 14

[barren snow]

But could anyone read my English paper. It’s due the day of penn so I finished it early before burnout sets in

I would be glad to do same for anyone!

[winged peak]

My friend on his ed decision day like went to school for a test then left for universal saw a sign and got accepted 😭

[barren snow]

It is abt a magical cat and communism 😏

[formal herald]

@ me if u get in im excited for yall

[pastel stream]

!upenn

oops whats the cmd

!penn

[rain egret]

University of Pennsylvania Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1671148800> in your local time
4 days, 1 hour and 46 minutes until the decision date

[empty mist]

are u qb match

[pastel stream]

soon

[barren snow]

What clubs are you in at penn?

I find that to always be interesting

[winged peak]

He's graduated i think

[formal herald]

no i ranked three other schools

and did not get matchd

and got into penn RD

[empty mist]

ohhhh ooooo

which major and school are you

[barren snow]

SICKKK

[formal herald]

CAS Econ and Gender/Sexuality studies

[pastel stream]

woah class board?

[empty mist]

oooo cool

[formal herald]

I also wanna become a tour guide next semester

[empty mist]

i know a Joseph who goes to UPenn but idk if it’s u 😭

[formal herald]

and possibly try something in the fine arts like dance

[formal herald]

yusss

[winged peak]

Did you get full ride 🥺

[formal herald]

perhaps

[barren snow]

@formal herald how do you like econ at cas? I applied as a ppe major

[formal herald]

yes and i get paid 3k a year to go

DONE

yes thats me

[empty mist]

HAHAHA I’m study fairy

[formal herald]

wait delete the name for no dox tho

LMAO

[empty mist]

I’ve dmed y on insta

[formal herald]

yaaaa

[empty mist]

yesyes

[formal herald]

yeah its cool

it's hard though 😭

harder than wharton econ

[barren snow]

No way

[pastel stream]

awesomeeee i’m head rep at my school and really wanna do student gov at college

[formal herald]

but PPE econ is perfect bc it doesn't dive in as deep as normal econ

[empty mist]

u witnessed my mental breakdown when I lost my 4.0 in jr year 😭

[barren snow]

Ayyy

[formal herald]

i honestly have never done student gov until college lmao

[barren snow]

Im so hyped for ppe

[formal herald]

when i ran on a wim

PPE is perfect

the optionality is crazy

[pastel stream]

is it a big time commitment?

[formal herald]

mm yea

[barren snow]

Wdym by that?

[formal herald]

the races are competitive too

[pastel stream]

actually i ran on a whim last year too LMAO but it’s really fun

oh wow i can imagine

[formal herald]

you can go into finance, consulting, tech, law, politics, so bascially you just have a lot of options for a career

[barren snow]

Ohh gotcha

Yep I chose ppe because I’m between business and law!

[formal herald]

@winged peak @barren snow@pastel stream did u guys ED??

[pastel stream]

yep haha

[winged peak]

Yeah i did

[empty mist]

all of us did ed in this thread I’m pre sure

[winged peak]

Do you know any viet at penn 😭

[formal herald]

yussss

omg good luck

[winged peak]

🥺 thanks

[formal herald]

Penn is so diverse

[barren snow]

Yep

[formal herald]

like im anti appreciating institutions

but it was surprisingly diverse

[winged peak]

Thats good to hear 😭😭

[barren snow]

Im v excited for that chance

[pastel stream]

good to hear!

[barren snow]

My hs is 90% rich white

So I’m kinda in a bubble

[formal herald]

eh its still really rich here but as a FGLI student i haven't found thattttt big of a barrier

depends on who u surround youself with

just know that things will work out

i ED'd brown and got deferred and ended up getting rejected

[barren snow]

Philly>island

[formal herald]

but it just did not matter bc there is literally no place more perfect for me than penn

[empty mist]

my mindset tbh

penn or nothing 🙏🏼

[pastel stream]

thats amazing

[formal herald]

and like if you don't get in early it'll feel like the world is ending. it's normal

[thick thorn]

Yeah I’ve heard of like the moncler jacket burberry scarf thing that apparently can be the vibe at penn so I was a bit worried if I end up going that it might be hard to fit that mould lol

[winged peak]

We'll meet on campus 💪

[empty mist]

i think it’ll be that vibe at any ivy tbh

[thick thorn]

literally same

[empty mist]

esp like princeton and Columbia

[formal herald]

that's just t20's

[empty mist]

those are the more pretentious ones

[formal herald]

trust tho

[barren snow]

@formal herald what are your weekends like

[thick thorn]

When I visited Harvard 🙂 tbh I just don’t think that place is right for me at allll

[formal herald]

lit as fuck

[empty mist]

Harvard is just unattainable

[formal herald]

or im doing work

[thick thorn]

What’s like frat/sorority Life like ?

[empty mist]

have u seen Noah schnapp

[thick thorn]

ik there isn’t much but like is it quite hierarchical?

[thick thorn]

U said what everyone’s thinking fr

[formal herald]

it's honestly really big--at least it feels big when you're engaged in the social scene. its my least favorite thing about penn in general

[empty mist]

LMAO

[pastel stream]

joseph do u plan to rush?

[formal herald]

still debating

[barren snow]

AYY

[pastel stream]

valid

[formal herald]

yeah its pretty hierarchal. its honestly stupid

but

there's just things about every school that isn't perfect

and some people love greek life! just dependent

[thick thorn]

That’s fair - for me I’m almost coming with a sort of American dream type thing- growing up in England and Eastern Europe I always thought sororities were something I would love to do hahah

[barren snow]

I didn’t even know that penn had a big Greek scene

That’s shocking to me

[formal herald]

its not like huge

but its definitely present and runs a lot of the social scene

[barren snow]

Interesting

[formal herald]

again just depends who ur around

[barren snow]

I saw Noah’s frat TikTok like 5min ago so that’s pretty fair

[formal herald]

but anyone can go to parties

[thick thorn]

That’s so interesting! I saw the 20% of students in Greek life number and was like yeah that’s not a lot but this is very interesting to know! Thankyou!

[empty mist]

LOL I saw that too

his life looks so lit

[barren snow]

SO jealous of that boy but very deserving

[formal herald]

of course! yeah the percent isnt like insanely high but those people in greek life are the ones usually organizing the social events

anyone can have a lit life if u come to penn

[thick thorn]

I feel bad for him tbh he just wants to be a normal kid I would guess but people r on his ass for being in ST

[pastel stream]

work hard play hard

[formal herald]

okay guys logging off!! @ me on decision day

[barren snow]

Will do

[formal herald]

it's so work hard play hard

a little too much tbh

no chill time bruh

[pastel stream]

haha must be tough adjusting at first

[formal herald]

its lit tho theres always something to do. and the accessibility to philly is perfect. and everyone is cool and nice!

[thick thorn]

I love work hard play hard lol it’s basically my HS culture here too

[pastel stream]

thats amazing! totally sold on penn now… prayers for next week

[formal herald]

for sure--the first week of orientation is straight partying for everyone for 17 hours a day...

[lone dagger]

is anyone familiar with the international relations program? what course strengths is penn looking for for IR

[formal herald]

good luck!

[pastel stream]

oh gosh i heard about orientation

[thick thorn]

Thankyou so much for telling us about all of this stuff ! Xx

[formal herald]

have a couple of friends in IR here--there's really no specific trait that the department is looking for

ofcccc

probs just the usual intellectual curiosity and vitality

[lone dagger]

ooo really? so mun and debate isn't necessary?

[formal herald]

not at all lmao

[lone dagger]

oka ythats reassuring

[formal herald]

apply if u want to

[lone dagger]

and I can still get into CAS ed if I dont get into huntsman right

[formal herald]

there should be no barrier of qualifications

[formal herald]

yes

[lone dagger]

perfect

praying

[pastel stream]

thanks joseph! will def keep you updated <3

[lone dagger]

also heard that lauder is open to freshmen next year right?

[formal herald]

yesssss

[formal herald]

please do!!!

@sullen seal is also a pennie

[lone dagger]

long shot but do you know any canadians

[formal herald]

omg yes

one of my CS friends

[pastel stream]

kayak best

[lone dagger]

also how do recruits affect the ED pool? Are they counted in the regional "quota"

[lone dagger]

theres literally like 3 from Vancouver alone this year😭

[formal herald]

not sure about regional quotas

there really is no directttt set quota

for anything

yes they want a diverse class

[lone dagger]

yeah my thought was, I'd be compared with the huntsman pool and not the regional pool if that makes sense. But I could be wrong

[pastel stream]

i could be wrong but i honestly dont think there are regional quotas for dual degree since its such a small cohort

someone from m&t said that a bunch of kids in one year were all from oregon

[lone dagger]

oregon thats so random lol

[pastel stream]

ikr

[lone dagger]

I know 2 m&t from the same school same year same city in canada so😭 maybe they're right

[pastel stream]

daamn

yeah def

[barren snow]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRVM1kxk/

[lone dagger]

aww that's so sweet

I wrote mine about a kid I watch for the afterschool care program at my school😭 I feel like the more emotional ones are the parent ones

[barren snow]

They’re def getting a lot of parent and teacher ones so yours stands out!

[pastel stream]

yooo thats so sweet

[barren snow]

I did a teacher bc over the summer he had a stroke

So I was rly writing like I would never get to thank him again

[pastel stream]

i wrote about mom too LMAO i think a ton of people did

[barren snow]

Loved that dude+he was one of my rec letters

[pastel stream]

aww you should send it to him

[barren snow]

Too scared

I think my current English teacher showed it to him tho

[sullen seal]

How’s it going Joseph

Also the rest of ya how’s the wait

[formal herald]

finals argh

[sullen seal]

I only have one essay heehee

[formal herald]

...

[pastel stream]

too long!!!

[sullen seal]

4 more days u got thissss

[pastel stream]

good luck on finals

[pastel stream]

ty

[empty mist]

hi

[empty mist]

YO I SAW THIS TOO

same fyps

i wrote mine ab my next door neighbor when I was 7

i figured there would be way too many parent and grandparent and teacher ones

[sullen seal]

Hi

[round terrace]

Same I thought they would get too many teacher or parent ones

[barren snow]

Oooo

[sullen seal]

I am so jealous of y’all

Even tho I live in EH which is fine by all means

Some of my friends got mold in their rooms

[pastel stream]

oh man

[sullen seal]

Y’all r missing that quintessential penn experience of mold

[barren snow]

Don’t scare us 😭

[round terrace]

Mine was about uh

2 National coast guard members

[barren snow]

Woah

[round terrace]

Who came to rescue while our boat started to sink

[empty mist]

Aren’t u the one who was like why do u have linkdeln

[barren snow]

SICK

My fav essay was def penn community

[sullen seal]

Wdym

[barren snow]

Camp kesem ♥️

[sullen seal]

Both my penn essays were mid ngl

[round terrace]

I really liked my essays

[forest mountain]

I wrote the thank you note to my twin brother

[empty mist]

I was like I have 407 connections and u were like wtf

[sullen seal]

Ag yeah

[pastel stream]

407 wtf

[sullen seal]

Wtf r u doing

[empty mist]

Literally everyone in my county has JT

[sullen seal]

I hit 100 connects yesterday tho 🫶🏼

[empty mist]

It’s pre standard in my HS

[sullen seal]

Sad

[empty mist]

Ikr

[barren snow]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRV6vt9v/

[empty mist]

I liked my undergraduate school essay

[barren snow]

I can’t with my fyp

Torture

[empty mist]

I SAW THAT TOO

LMAO

[pastel stream]

[empty mist]

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME FYPS

[barren snow]

HELL YEAH

[pastel stream]

bed party???

what the

[empty mist]

I lowkey want one

If I got into penn

Idc I’m doing the most if I get in

[barren snow]

I wouldn’t be opposed

I have a whole plan

[pastel stream]

true

[barren snow]

Piñata and have colored candies inside

[pastel stream]

do tell

oh wow

[barren snow]

Lmao I’m gonna have fun with it

[empty mist]

I actually am gonna drive down to campus the next day probably

And take pics

#committed

[barren snow]

I’ll commit ten hr drive too absolutely

[pastel stream]

same honestly

im like <1h from penn

[empty mist]

I’m so excited to announce that I’m going D1 in absolutely nothing BUT I am going to Wharton! #committed #RollQuakers

[pastel stream]

ez drive

[empty mist]

Same im 2 hrs

[barren snow]

I’m so excited to announce that I’m going D1 in absolutely nothing BUT I am going to Wharton! Thank you so much for everyone that helped me get here!! #committed #RollQuakers

[formal herald]

omg connect w me

[sullen seal]

On it 🫡

[empty mist]

Are u a freshman too

What’s ur major

[lone dagger]

me too!!

[sullen seal]

Yeah

[sullen seal]

Cognitive science

And design

[barren snow]

What major is the worst at penn

What people

[empty mist]

It’s so weird cuz I was watching MCs video reaction and I saw u and I was like wait I swear I’ve spoken to him on ig @formal herald

[formal herald]

wharton

[sullen seal]

Ok Joseph I see u with the LinkedIn plus and 500 connects

[sullen seal]

Wharton

[formal herald]

LMAO

[barren snow]

LMAO

[sullen seal]

Fuck Wharton

[empty mist]

Stop I’m pro wharton

[formal herald]

yeah its bc u dont go to penn lmfao

[sullen seal]

Rethink life choices expeditiously

[pastel stream]

the way the majority of us here are wharton applicants

[sullen seal]

Stinky

CAS supremacy

[empty mist]

We are gonna make wharton better 🙏🏼

[pastel stream]

based

[sullen seal]

Mm

I feel like I’m doing penn wrong

[empty mist]

WOMEN in business!

[sullen seal]

I gotta get out my dorm more often

[formal herald]

nah dw

ive been spending so much time alone recently

[empty mist]

Have the both of u met irl

[formal herald]

and that's fine

[sullen seal]

Everytime u post I’m like

[formal herald]

STOPPPP

[sullen seal]

I don’t think we’ve ever spoken irl

But

[formal herald]

insta is an inaccurate represenationt

[sullen seal]

I have seen him

Around

He’s also like

Basically class president

His face is inescapable

[formal herald]

WHATTT AND U NEVER SAID HI

[pastel stream]

LOL

[formal herald]

what does that mean 😭 bye

[empty mist]

Okayyy slay Joseph

[sullen seal]

I’m shy 👍

[formal herald]

say hi

ill look for u

[sullen seal]

U are EVERYWHERE even the penn Instagram posts u

[barren snow]

Do you like your roomates @sullen seal @formal herald

[sullen seal]

Ehhh she’s ok

She’s not as bad as some of my friends’ roommates

[formal herald]

rooming with people is hard

try to get a single 😍 by not requesting a roomie

[pastel stream]

whats most frustrating about dorm life

[barren snow]

Why?

[formal herald]

bc having your own space is so nice

esp at penn

when you're thrown social interaction 25/7

[sullen seal]

Damn what’s the tea

[formal herald]

too much that im getting into on discord

[sullen seal]

My view is def skewed bc my parents coddled me but definitely needing to do everything by myself was weird

[empty mist]

Are club applications at penn very intense

I heard there’s multiple rounds of interviews

For certain clubs

[pastel stream]

oh yeah understandable

[sullen seal]

Depends on the club

I didn’t apply for clubs with many interviews or hazing

I got kinda lucky

[pastel stream]

hazing scary

[sullen seal]

I think I only got rejected once

Granted I didn’t cast a very wide net

I’m a designer and illustrator for the fashion magazine

[empty mist]

Ooooo

[sullen seal]

Hopefully diamy can nepotism me into the Daily Pennsylvanian

[empty mist]

Did u guys ever request ur admissions file

[barren snow]

Im afraid that making friends will be hard for some reason

Bc everyone is SO smart

[sullen seal]

I did yeah

[pastel stream]

woah fancy

[sullen seal]

Ngl I feel like penn is the same as hs

[formal herald]

yeah lmfao

[sullen seal]

Maybe book smart

But

Stupid in other ways

[empty mist]

did u get to read it yet

[sullen seal]

Yeah

[barren snow]

rly? Damn

[formal herald]

it definitely depends on what club

[empty mist]

how was it

[sullen seal]

Penn thought I was stupid basically

[pastel stream]

oh yeah are you guys mostly friends with ppl from your school/major? or is it kinda mixed

[sullen seal]

They rated my excellence of mind a 3/6

[empty mist]

is it true it’s like on a 1-9 scale

[sullen seal]

It was my lowest rating

[formal herald]

Wait I WANNA REQUEST IT NOW

[sullen seal]

Nah usually /6 or /5

[formal herald]

how @sullen seal

[empty mist]

ohhhh

[sullen seal]

FO IT

[pastel stream]

wow

[empty mist]

u still got in tho 😋

[sullen seal]

Email [email protected]

[empty mist]

what was ur highest rating

[sullen seal]

U don’t need to write a ton

Just be like

[barren snow]

Academics?

[sullen seal]

Im requesting my admissions file

[pastel stream]

wait do you know cath i think she's a part of that right

[sullen seal]

Iirc it was my match/alignment with penn’s values and my academic index

[sullen seal]

There’s two caths

I’m assuming you mean the younger one

But yeah I know both

[pastel stream]

uhh cath liu

[formal herald]

ill do it ty

[sullen seal]

I worked with her yeah

I illustrated her article

We haven’t met in person

Tho

All the socials got canceled bc of weather and shit

Sucks

[empty mist]

ooo ok

[pastel stream]

oh wow! shes a friend of my friend, small world

ah hopefully u can meet in person sometime

[empty mist]

do u get like basically auto admit if u rank perf in one category

[sullen seal]

No lol

I also didn’t have any perfect ranks

Closest to perfect was my academic index

Which I’m pretty sure was super inflated due to rigor

[formal herald]

i will def have no perfect ranks

[empty mist]

i was lied to 😭 idk why my friend who goes there told me that

[formal herald]

how long did u wait for urs to come back

[pastel stream]

oh does the academic index take rigor into account?

[empty mist]

did u submit ur score

[sullen seal]

this is basically all the juicy stuff

in my admissions file

[sullen seal]

it was like 40 days 😭

[sullen seal]

ill translate this

[formal herald]

byeeeee

[pastel stream]

woah

[formal herald]

WAIT YES PLS TRANSLATE

why am i so invested

[empty mist]

1570 ok I see u

[sullen seal]

E: excellence of mind, 3/6
I: Impact in Space, 4/6
M/A: match and alignment with penn, 3/5
Indicators: First Gen, LGBTQA

oh and

AI = academic index, 234/240

[empty mist]

damn the academic index

[formal herald]

1 is best right

[sullen seal]

nah 6

or 5

depending

[pastel stream]

WAIT HUH kayak i’m so dumb i just realized you’re u/thifting

[formal herald]

oh shit really

[sullen seal]

yeah

[formal herald]

DAMN U WERE WINNINGGG

[sullen seal]

my impact and alignment is 🔥 but they said im stupid 😔

[sullen seal]

LOL

yeha

[pastel stream]

234/240 says otherwise tho

[sullen seal]

my hannah montana moment

[empty mist]

The 234/240 tho

[pastel stream]

fr my role model

[formal herald]

i feel like im gonna be like E: 1 Impact: 4 M/A: 4

we will see

[sullen seal]

my assumption is excellence of mind focuses more on gpa than academic index + my ECs werent super academic

[formal herald]

ya wtf

234/240

[sullen seal]

i highly doubt ur gpa was lower than mine

[formal herald]

i def got like a 160/240

[lone dagger]

wait did we have to send our sat scores through collegeboard or was self-reporting it fine?

[formal herald]

wanna compare

[empty mist]

Well u still got in and that’s all that matters

[formal herald]

ha

ya

[sullen seal]

at the time i applied i had a 3.6-3.7 idr

[pastel stream]

gotcha that makes sense

[empty mist]

Wait really

[pastel stream]

this gives me hope

[empty mist]

Did u take a lot of APs

[sullen seal]

0

my school had none

[empty mist]

yeah I have a 3.86 and I was really worried

[barren snow]

!penn

[rain egret]

University of Pennsylvania Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1671148800> in your local time
4 days, 49 minutes and 46 seconds until the decision date

[pastel stream]

de queen tho

[sullen seal]

also idk how much yall should model after me i was a waitlist admit

joseph over here got in before me 😔

[empty mist]

ooo

when u got waitlisted did u send a continued letter of interest or wtv

[sullen seal]

yeah

i can show yall it

[pastel stream]

getting off the waitlist is still crazy though

show

[sullen seal]

its not rlly anything u guys could copy tbh

[empty mist]

I saw someone on Reddit say their gpa was also like 3.6 and their academic index was like 232

[formal herald]

im def not like a model applicant lmao

i am curious to see my ranks tho

[lone dagger]

this is so confusing what😭

do yout hink placing top 10 in an international olympiad can compensate for meh grades

[empty mist]

Idt one thing compensates for another it’s just a holistic process

[sullen seal]

shit i didnt censor good

first part

[empty mist]

that’s a serve of a letter

[sullen seal]

ikr

my phrasing maybe isnt perfect but

i felt rlly proud of it

[empty mist]

in the end u got in

[formal herald]

you served

!!

it eats

[empty mist]

and that’s all that matters 🙏🏼

[formal herald]

better than the LOCI's i wrote

my why penn was good i woud say

[sullen seal]

my penn supps were kinda ass

[pastel stream]

wow thats super thorough

[sullen seal]

compared to my other schools/personal statement

[empty mist]

wait last year did they only have two supps

[sullen seal]

ye

[empty mist]

cuz isn’t the ty note new

[formal herald]

ya

[empty mist]

mmm ok

[pastel stream]

two long ones iirc

[sullen seal]

yee thye were longer

which was kinda a dub

[empty mist]

ya I was annoyed by the character limit

[pastel stream]

i wrote mine based off the old ones in the summer but then they changed LOL

[empty mist]

it was hard to fit everything in

[sullen seal]

i still think my columbia ED supps were 🔥 but alas

[empty mist]

Omg same did u also apply for PEEP PIF

[empty mist]

that was my dream school I was gonna ED there

[pastel stream]

ah no

[empty mist]

then had a midlife crisis end of jr year

[sullen seal]

what made u change ur mind

[empty mist]

i sort of realized the only reason why I liked the school was because it was in nyc

[sullen seal]

ah

[empty mist]

it didn’t really have a major I was super attracted to

i liked the idea of Columbia but not Columbia itself I guess

[pastel stream]

good realization to have

[sullen seal]

tbh i miss nyc so fucking much why do the fast food places close so fucjing early 😭

[empty mist]

and I don’t think I would’ve been able to live there

it would’ve been too stressful

[lone dagger]

the core too....

[sullen seal]

like its 2am wdym popeyes is closed

[empty mist]

LMAO

[sullen seal]

o ya id kashoot myself

[lusty narwhal]

@sullen seal Did you apply ed or rd

[sullen seal]

RD

[pastel stream]

i visited columbia but didnt like it as much as i thought

[sullen seal]

as a child most of my first dates were on columbia campus

[formal herald]

cant believe were gonna have more penners

[lone dagger]

I heard from my counsellor that you can only be accepted or rejected after being deferred from ED, is that true?

[pastel stream]

core stinks

[sullen seal]

ikr it feels too soon

[lusty narwhal]

What else would happen

[lone dagger]

waitlist

[sullen seal]

u can still be waitlisted

it happened to me kinda

at northeastern

EA -> deferred -> waitlist -> reject

[lone dagger]

apparently penn doesnt do waitlist for ed deferrals

[lusty narwhal]

You get deferred to regular decision then they either accept, defer or waitlist

[empty mist]

i applied to PEEP PIF but got rejected. It made sense tho I wasn’t under represented and my family isn’t like completely low income. Do u guys think they would be able to see if I applied though?

[sullen seal]

feels wrong but idk tbh

wait @formal herald do u prefer joseph or ur other name

[empty mist]

us if we get rejected 🤞

[formal herald]

other name

but i go by joseph online

[sullen seal]

gotchu

[formal herald]

less doxxy u know

[sullen seal]

joey

josé

[sullen seal]

true tbh for the buildings u gotta swipe into most students will swipe u in assuming ur one of us

lowkey a safety risk but

ye

oml im craving a burrito so bad

[pastel stream]

bet heading over rn

jk

you should get one !

[sullen seal]

im debating doordashing or not

sigh

[empty mist]

u should

@sullen seal what school were u gonna prob go to if it weren’t penn

[sullen seal]

but its smmmm cheaper to walk there

but its dark and cold

[sullen seal]

williams

[empty mist]

walking is overrated on sundays

[sullen seal]

joseph actually was the one who convinced me to choose penn

[empty mist]

Sunday’s are lazy days

[sullen seal]

mm

[formal herald]

llike u should have

[pastel stream]

not worth catching a cold

[formal herald]

i kinda knew penn was it when i got in

pres tige

[sullen seal]

^^ but

sometimes

i think about it

if i ultimately do want to do law

[formal herald]

me too

[sullen seal]

williams probbaly wouldve been best

• it turns out it was more like.. 10k/yr cheaper

i have to pay for penn insurance 😭

[sullen seal]

What if we kissed under the icicle lights on locust

[pastel stream]

WOAH

so pretty

but also freezing & wet

[sullen seal]

As a #truenewyorker penn weather is not that bad imo

It’s mostly hoodie and umbrella wealthier

Weather

[jolly citrus]

My common app essay was 🔥🔥🔥 (even though I submitted it without realizing the bold wasn’t just common apps font )

I’m probably stressing about nothing

It’s so weird that it bolds it all when you copy paste from google docs

[sullen seal]

All my essays were bold lol

[jolly citrus]

That’s a relief

[sullen seal]

And had the fucked up spacing

[jolly citrus]

My spacing was ok

[sullen seal]

I didn’t think it was weird until ppl this cycle began stressing

[jolly citrus]

Hm

I didn’t realize the bold wasn’t supposed to be like that until literally a few hours ago

[pastel stream]

the spacing was so weird

but its ok

as long as they can read

[empty mist]

Yeah I also thought my common app essay was pretty good

But idk what they’ll think 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[lusty narwhal]

I have low expectations bc I don't think my average ec's will be that impressive

[empty mist]

bro u never know ik ppl with killer ECs who got rejected and ppl with mid ECs who got in

it all ends up being random

such a subjective process

[pastel stream]

fr

!penn

[rain egret]

University of Pennsylvania Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1671148800> in your local time
3 days, 23 hours and 36 minutes until the decision date

[jolly citrus]

Under four days ‼️

[lusty narwhal]

Is it bad that i've already started my edII supplement

[barren snow]

Yes

U don’t need it

Penn penn

[empty mist]

This is the type of energy we all need

[pastel stream]

theoretically yes

but no

good to get a head start

[barren snow]

True

I did some rd apps already

Ed2 is a big commitment tho

[pastel stream]

fr

[round terrace]

I had to submit UC apps already because the deadline was November 30

Rip 420 dollars if I get in

[empty mist]

I’m not doing ED2

[lusty narwhal]

Knowing that it's one of my top choices and a good school for my intended career path it wouldnt be that big a commitment

[empty mist]

If there was another ivy that offered ED2 I’d do it but nah

[barren snow]

True

What school may I ask

[barren snow]

I’m considering stern/nyu

[empty mist]

But like it’s rly bad for me if I get rejected bc ik it’ll make me so depressed snd that’ll make me not wanna start the million supps I have even more

[empty mist]

I’m doing RD there

idt id want the binding aspect

[barren snow]

Same here

But admissions boost

All of my ea schools might fail me

[dense atlas]

Im way above avg stats for nyu so i avoided ED

[lusty narwhal]

washu

[barren snow]

Unc/Michigan/Villanova/northeastern most notably

[empty mist]

@dense atlas what’re ur stats

[barren snow]

Same here but nyu is a crapshoot

[dense atlas]

Ikik

But like

[empty mist]

NYU stern tho is competitive

[dense atlas]

I don't like it enough either

[empty mist]

It’s harder than like CAS

[dense atlas]

Like id rather ED columbia or cornell

[barren snow]

I wish unc/Michigan weren’t public

[dense atlas]

Y

[barren snow]

It would be SO much easier

[empty mist]

i wish Cornell offered ED2

[dense atlas]

More aid?

[empty mist]

I would’ve taken it

[dense atlas]

Ik

Same

[empty mist]

But I don’t need to wish because