upenn (2022-2023)

[misty quest]

We'll make it 🤞. I was able to copy and paste another essay almost entirely for the meaningful to you essay

The roommate essay is easy to do okayish and damn near impossible to do well I feel like

[oblique jasper]

not me >:(

i'm writing about a hydrangea plant 😂

[misty quest]

That's perfect lmao

[oblique jasper]

LOL

[misty quest]

I wrote about poll working

Should have written about my cacti tho

Oh well too late

[oblique jasper]

hahaha

yeah i'm like 90 words in 🙏

[native rivet]

stanford?

[misty quest]

Yeah mb wrong thread

[native rivet]

ah ok

[fallow mulch]

M&T here

Just applied for RD

[native rivet]

ahh nice

i applied huntsman

for kicks

just one extra essay

[fallow mulch]

Nice, it was just one or the other, right?

Like you couldn't do both M&T and Huntsman

[native rivet]

yeah

what'd you choose as your 2nd choice school

mine was wharton lol

[fallow mulch]

I did Applied CS in SEAS

[fallow mulch]

Nice

[native rivet]

ah nice

i was initially gonna do M&T

but it had 2 essayd

[flat inlet]

had my upenn intervieew today

that was fun

[native rivet]

and plus no one gets M&T from india in RD lmfao

[native rivet]

ayy nice

which school?

[flat inlet]

Wharton

[native rivet]

oh noice

[fallow mulch]

Yeah, it was painful. I copied a lot from Berkeley MET

[native rivet]

what kinda stuff did they ask

just the generic why wharton and why business stuff?

[flat inlet]

yup

[fallow mulch]

Congrats!

[flat inlet]

why upenn

thank you guys!

[native rivet]

oh lol yeah i would have done MET but they would make me do engineering and shit which i cant handle 💀

[native rivet]

gg

was it in person?

[oblique jasper]

🥳

keep it going guys

ONE HOUR LEFT

FOR EAST COAST PEOPLE

[fallow mulch]

Nice! What'd you apply for?

[oblique jasper]

wharton

hoping to study individualized

[native rivet]

wharton ganggg

[oblique jasper]

time to start the supplementals

and i'm pacific time before anyone starts 🙇‍♂️

[fallow mulch]

gl!

[oblique jasper]

me totally not writing my essays today 💪

if i get in y'all... imma seriously be embarrassed

[native rivet]

[fallow mulch]

I don’t deserve to get in

I applied as a joke more or less

[native rivet]

i put in some real effort

[fallow mulch]

I put in a decent amount of effort but just me applying was a joke based on my stats

[misty quest]

I was gonna do m&t just to get two looks at my application and it's a cool program but I bailed after I saw the extra essays

Just Wharton 😎

[native rivet]

ah

[quiet cave]

Did yall put "Dear..." to the front and "Sincerely..." to the back on the Thank you letter essay?

[west swift]

i did

[quiet cave]

okk thx

[native rivet]

I put dear in the beginning

But not sincerely in the end

imo sincerely becomes too formal

[quiet cave]

Would "Love, (my name)" looks ok if my letter is for my teacher?

[native rivet]

🥶

i would personally not put love

altho idk maybe i'm j too paranoid

[oblique jasper]

hey everyone

[quiet cave]

okk lol I just wanted to make sure cuz Im not used to write letter in English since its my second language😭

hii

[oblique jasper]

I went direct on that one

[quiet cave]

Ok thank you!

[wild orchid]

ok im going to cry

there was a typo in my essay

fffffff

[void kiln]

she stole my image

[native rivet]

it’s alright

[void kiln]

cricket !?!?!?!

[native rivet]

won’t make a difference really

[void kiln]

gm

[native rivet]

hello

[void kiln]

@shrewd snow come back

[native rivet]

I’m too active on A2C now

[void kiln]

the golden trio is back

[wild orchid]

there were just two question marks at the end

[native rivet]

Been on these 12 threads for ages

[shrewd snow]

shanye im BUSY !

[void kiln]

nooo

wee are back together

[native rivet]

😹

[shrewd snow]

i need to start brown (it's due in 1.5 hours)

[native rivet]

LMAO that’s fine

[void kiln]

she is busy finishing her final 6/240 apps

[shrewd snow]

well technically til 4am mayb

[native rivet]

They’ll probably think you’re emphasising it

[shrewd snow]

yes exactly

[native rivet]

Chad

[void kiln]

btw brown will extend

all the unis are

[shrewd snow]

hmmmmmm!

[void kiln]

everyone is extending

[native rivet]

All unis have extended except Harvard right

[wild orchid]

why are all the schools extending

[native rivet]

Or mit im not sure

[void kiln]

coz. they want lower AR

[wild orchid]

bruhhh

[shrewd snow]

u are probably right but i do not want to rely on said extension

my essays gon be the same quality whether i write them in a week or in 1 hour

[wild orchid]

cornell's extension is apparently until like feb like tf

[native rivet]

bruh💀

[void kiln]

yes feb 15

[native rivet]

Wasn’t Bikram yoga

The Bikram dude

Who was the sexual Assaulter

[wild orchid]

um wtf

[shrewd snow]

Bikram Yoga. ??

[wild orchid]

i could have gone my whole life not knowing that

[void kiln]

Bikram Yoga. ??

[native rivet]

💀

[shrewd snow]

. ??

[void kiln]

fr. ??

[native rivet]

Should have read up about bikram yoga

[void kiln]

its my new punctuation

[shrewd snow]

no

i literally called it

[wild orchid]

no but im not supporting the dude my guy

[void kiln]

is he really a sex offender. ??

[native rivet]

yeah yeah true lol

Just saying

[wild orchid]

im just supporting yoga in hot conditions

doesn't mean anything

[native rivet]

yeh

[void kiln]

wow

[native rivet]

True you’re fine

[void kiln]

thats brazy

ok char u shud go work on brown bye

[shrewd snow]

bye ttyl

[void kiln]

cricket give me more threads to join

[native rivet]

I should study for my exams from Monday

[native rivet]

I just joined my unis threads

[void kiln]

😴 lame boring dumb stupid

[native rivet]

Come to northwestern Stanford and shit

[void kiln]

but ig u need th emidyear report

sad

[native rivet]

no I’m screwed

[native rivet]

Exactly

[wild orchid]

is this the holy trio

[native rivet]

Ffs

yessir

[void kiln]

no

duo

[void kiln]

char is useless and stupid

[shrewd snow]

Ok

[native rivet]

oof

[void kiln]

who invited my blud to upenn u alrd been rejected

[native rivet]

😭

my guy shanye

Violating

[shrewd snow]

just to warn ppl about how STUPID upenn is !!!!!

[void kiln]

maybe u are athe stupid one

[shrewd snow]

hey u wanna see my drawing of kanye west

[void kiln]

yh

[native rivet]

Damn wtf

[shrewd snow]

isnt it good

[native rivet]

Did you fr sketch that

[shrewd snow]

yes all me

[native rivet]

yeh it’s damn good

[shrewd snow]

thanks ! im an artist

[native rivet]

dayum

[shrewd snow]

shanye any thoughts

[native rivet]

should have submitted to unis

or you did I guess

[shrewd snow]

did i scare shanye

it's his drawing

i gathered as blackmail for when he called me stupid

2.5 seconds

to find

fr

[native rivet]

@void kiln doxxed

[void kiln]

WTF

[shrewd snow]

LMFAO

[void kiln]

THATS MY FUCKING IMAGE

[native rivet]

😹😹

[void kiln]

HOW

THIS IS NOT NORMAL

[native rivet]

accept it my guy

[shrewd snow]

im girly giggling

[void kiln]

thats also such a good image

[native rivet]

shanye doxxed

[void kiln]

also my real name isnt my reddit accountname so idc

[shrewd snow]

shanye i tried to find your full name but i couldnt

thru crest

[native rivet]

i found it😳

[shrewd snow]

i didnt try too hard tbf

[void kiln]

thru crest!?!?!?!??

HOW DO U KNOW ABOUT MY REDDIT

[native rivet]

Shanye’s real name is

[void kiln]

blud i gave it to u

[shrewd snow]

jus fuckin around

[void kiln]

char i didnt know u were so jobless!!!

[shrewd snow]

lucky guess !

[void kiln]

i wasnt prepared for this

[native rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/kanye-guess-kanye-west-we-never-know-gif-5417590

[native rivet]

💀

[void kiln]

kanye is so osome

[shrewd snow]

i did it in the 5 seconds between u calling me stupid and asking u if u wanted to see my knaye drawing

[void kiln]

yes but still how did u find my profile

[native rivet]

Nah but this gives me goosebumps fr
With gangsta’s paradise playing in the bg

[void kiln]

kanye music good awesome

i doxxed crickets entire life

[native rivet]

pitbull music awesome

[shrewd snow]

you linked it somewhere in a2c

[native rivet]

cap

[void kiln]

i know

[native rivet]

i doxxed it myself💀

[shrewd snow]

then why u asking

bitch

!

[void kiln]

i am ordering from ur bookstore rn

[shrewd snow]

. ??

[native rivet]

gfi

Shanye visit my website

[void kiln]

no

it was all a ploy for college apps

[shrewd snow]

im too embarrassed to share my website anywhere

[native rivet]

Why

[void kiln]

and u will dox my location

[native rivet]

No come visit

[shrewd snow]

can i visit

[void kiln]

share it

[native rivet]

no tf

[shrewd snow]

no

it is personal

[native rivet]

How will i dox ur location

[shrewd snow]

has my poetry etc

[void kiln]

u can see who joined thee site

[shrewd snow]

circket

[void kiln]

we wanna read it

can usend us a coool. poem

[native rivet]

ill be able to see ur online

[shrewd snow]

ipgrabber

[native rivet]

But not location bro

[shrewd snow]

no they are all sad

[void kiln]

oh wix shows the whole location

[void kiln]

we want to read it

the upenn thread members do aswell

[shrewd snow]

they r mid

[void kiln]

and so r u

[shrewd snow]

MID !

real

[native rivet]

alright alright I lied

[void kiln]

but we both still appreciate u

[native rivet]

I’d be able to get ur Ip

I’m an IP grabber

[shrewd snow]

lier

[void kiln]

i dont care i dont eevene live where i am rn

[void kiln]

no lie

cricket is a lier

not mee

[shrewd snow]

lier

it's for fgli students only u wouldnt get it.

[void kiln]

. ??

[shrewd snow]

🙄

[void kiln]

im fglilgbtq+

[shrewd snow]

omg Lil Gbtq+ i love your music

[void kiln]

kanye has better music

btw that was a good drawing right

[shrewd snow]

yeah i know that's why i drew him

[void kiln]

plagiarism

[shrewd snow]

umm ya when i was doing it it was kinda mid tho but i trusted the process

[void kiln]

i hate u sm

[shrewd snow]

i draw too

[clever palm]

Finished 🖊️

🥳

[shrewd snow]

YAY !. ??

[void kiln]

YAY !. ??

[native rivet]

why are u applying to upenn

[clever palm]

lowering their yield rate if i get in

🥳

[shrewd snow]

i hate pointillism

[void kiln]

i hate life

[shrewd snow]

i hate you

[void kiln]

cricket love me

[fallow mulch]

mood

[shrewd snow]

cricket lied to your face about being able to get ur ip... you call that love . ??

[native rivet]

only because I need to find my love

shanye

❤️

[shrewd snow]

im vomiting

[native rivet]

wtf

are u fr or trolling

[shrewd snow]

trolling

when have i ever been fr

[shrewd snow]

except when is aid this

[native rivet]

idk man

charley very sus

charley you live in the US right

[shrewd snow]

do you like KitKat

yes

[steep geyser]

you called me?

[native rivet]

yes

[shrewd snow]

I LOVE TEXAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[native rivet]

hi

[native rivet]

oh wow

[shrewd snow]

GO COWBOYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(i hate texas)

[native rivet]

thank god

Was about to disown you fr

[shrewd snow]

i am not your CHILD . !!

[void kiln]

u live in texas. ??

[shrewd snow]

yes

[void kiln]

i love texas

[native rivet]

you don’t know it
but you are

😳

[shrewd snow]

Momy

[void kiln]

on another note a beloved teacher in my school just died

so i am very sad

[native rivet]

why

[shrewd snow]

oh

im sorry

[native rivet]

oh bruh take care

[void kiln]

big and cool

[void kiln]

no i know u are cackling rn u monster

[void kiln]

thanks beb

[shrewd snow]

im giggling and swinging my feet

[native rivet]

char when is that 234 becoming a 240

[shrewd snow]

never

[native rivet]

smh

[shrewd snow]

my life is so hard as a conventionally attractive white female i just cant be botherred to complete them all

[tired sable]

does penn allow u to submit a resume on common app?

[steep geyser]

yep

[tired sable]

on common app?

where

[native rivet]

Yes

It’s in the writing supplement

At the end of the supplement

I think

[tired sable]

oh shit

didn't notice

thanks

[shrewd snow]

do not submit your applpication upenn HATES cool poeople

[misty quest]

too late

I wasn't cool anyway lmao

[tired sable]

😎

[cerulean lagoon]

wtf i did it again

i submitted UPenn like 2 hours ago but submitted the writing supplement now, 21 minutes late

why the hell do they submit separately omg

[faint basin]

Did they extend?

[cerulean lagoon]

idk, it let me submit though

[fallow mulch]

I doubt they’ll dock you for 21 mins late

[cerulean lagoon]

hope not

literally had it done at 10 pm i just always forget supplements submit separately

was 1 minute late on harvard and princeton despite submitting at 6 pm lol

[oblique jasper]

wait upenn's deadline is est?

i thought it was local time zone

[cerulean lagoon]

well i am est so

i was supposed to have it in by 11:59 probably

it's 12:29 am here now

[oblique jasper]

its 9:29 for me rn

[cerulean lagoon]

so i'm probably good then too since i have the benefit of the superior timezone

[mint fossil]

Peace at last.....

[oblique jasper]

here a Yoshi for your effort

[mint fossil]

🤣

[rapid olive]

submitted

i changed from penn engineering to college of arts and sciences last min

might be a mistake since it seems engineering has marginally higher acceptance

idk

wanted primary major to be mathematics though so i hope it works out

[faint basin]

last min

uff

[native rivet]

You changed the why school essay last minute?

[rapid olive]

haha

no

i wrote it last minute

[native rivet]

LMAO

good stuff

[rapid olive]

i started upenn supps at 10 pm

finished all at 11 pm

the blazing productivity of deadlines

[oak edge]

i wrote it like a text message kinda way

cuz I thanked an online friend

ofc the context and stuff was set in place for the AO to understand it

[steep geyser]

i kinda took a diff track idk if it was cool

[cyan aspen]

Yo, I called financial aid because they didnt recieve my fafsa, and they told me to send the fafsa again. Is this allowed/correct. Not doubting their fin aid office but I just want to verify

[quiet cave]

Sounds good!

[dark coral]

sorry just saw this but I feel the "and" essay is super overused

I've seen like 5 variations of it so far

what do you guys think

[low yacht]

Yeah I’m well aware

I got waitlisted though

So I dunno

[formal trellis]

everyone and their moms write an and essay

[void kiln]

naaahhh not the and essay 💀 (idk what that is)

[low yacht]

They literally have a prompt asking for it so idk mane

It works it works

[low yacht]

Yale is big about “and”

Aka interdisciplinary studies n shit

I just used it as a cheeky way to talk about myself easily

[formal trellis]

they’re y&le on their website too

[void kiln]

tbh i would say ur why us essay

[low yacht]

Yandle

[void kiln]

it has good parts

[low yacht]

Yeah my Yale essays were definitely not my best

My Columbia essay was bomb

Tho

[void kiln]

but idk i dont like the overreliance on interdisciplinary yk

its very overdone. these days

[formal trellis]

i read a book by a yale prof that got me interested in psychology so i slapped that into my why us

he doesn’t teach at yale anymore tho 😭

[low yacht]

Yeah but idc I already finished college apps

[void kiln]

the ending was a bar btw

wait ur in college

[low yacht]

Overused or not it got me close 🤷🏽‍♀️

[void kiln]

ohhh lol

[low yacht]

Yeah lol

[void kiln]

ok nvm

[low yacht]

I’m a UPenn student

[void kiln]

i am stupid and u are smart

[low yacht]

Hence why I’m here

lol no

[void kiln]

interdisciplinary W u are W

[low yacht]

I’m not much brighter than the avg a2cer

[void kiln]

i take back all my previous statements

hows penn btw

[low yacht]

💀

[void kiln]

did u see noah schnapp

[low yacht]

It’s nice

[void kiln]

or anyone

[low yacht]

No

I met Maisy Biden

[void kiln]

does he even go to uni

[low yacht]

At her art show

[low yacht]

Yes

[void kiln]

really was she nice

[low yacht]

I mean I guess so

[void kiln]

cool

did she have a lot of security

[low yacht]

Lmfao no

They’re regular people here

[void kiln]

surprising

cool

[flint patrol]

that's very valid I started liking yale because of their children's theatre which had bucket hat merch 😭

[oak edge]

tyy!!

i dont mind sharing it with u in dms

[minor prawn]

For those who got deferred, whatd you guys do with your application?

[cerulean lagoon]

u a gamer

[rapid olive]

the avg a2cer is a Bay Area kid with 300k household income and 1550 sat

[low yacht]

I got waitlisted from penn and I wrote them a LOCI

[clever palm]

is this normal? it says my penn supps are still awaiting in the portal

I submitted it last night before the deadline and received a verification email though

[shrewd snow]

yes normal

[fallow mulch]

Yeah, the email they sent out says that it'll look like that for a bit

[clever palm]

oh ok

[fallow mulch]

Since they have a lot of apps to process

[shrewd snow]

i applied ED and they didnt update my shit until like the day before decisions came out

[fallow mulch]

I actually haven't even gotten a portal yet

[shrewd snow]

(hyperbole)

[clever palm]

also, is the other recommendation required? I want to make sure they received both my school teacher reccs.

[shrewd snow]

just the 2 u submitted thru common app(?) is good

[clever palm]

ok, because I actually wanted to submit an additional one too

[shrewd snow]

ohh

idk about that but it just isn’t updated yet

[clever palm]

I just wanna make sure they actually received the 2 required ones at least

Ok

[shrewd snow]

dw

i emailed them during ED round and they were basically like oopsie

[clever palm]

the portal is kinda garbage

compared to harvard and Yale’s

[shrewd snow]

REAL

[bitter violet]

did penn get an extension or no

[oblique jasper]

Noper

[oblique jasper]

i submitted at 10 pm pst but didn't get portal info so im guessing it wasn't accepted(?)

[shrewd snow]

if it says downloaded by college in common app ur good

if not then i wouldnt freak out tho bc it could just be taking a bit

[oblique jasper]

yeah it doesn't but ty!!

[shrewd snow]

ofc, as long as submitted before 11:59 pst i think is fine 🤷‍♀️

[eager bough]

how long does it take to get your upenn portal

[oblique jasper]

does it say ur application was downloaded on commonapp?

[eager bough]

yes it does

[misty quest]

Damn penn hasn't even downloaded my app yet

[oblique jasper]

Ouch.

[oblique jasper]

same

when did y'all submit

i submitted mine at 11pm exactly

well, 11:00:06pm

[misty quest]

About 11:30 CST

[oblique jasper]

oh i submitted 8pm PST

and i only submitted written supplement... so that uploaded relatively quickly

[misty quest]

I finished this app a few hours before I submitted, but I wanted one more chance to look it over after I finished the Stanford app

Whatever it can't matter that much since it takes them 3 fucking months to review the applications

[oblique jasper]

ahahahaa

3 months isn't that long

[eager bough]

10:30EST

[median pumice]

what book?

[native rivet]

the avg “overly vocal” A2Cer

[oak edge]

anyone wanna rate my essays in dms outta 10?

im bored

and i cant stop overthinking

altho i cant do shit abt them now lol

[void kiln]

just found out I have legacy at UPenn 💀💀💀

didn't put it in my app 💀💀💀

she's a admissions officer at UPenn too 💀💀💀

[void kiln]

she's my aunt tho

not legacy she's staff

idk how good or bad this is

[oak edge]

relative thats working at penn?

im sure that wont hurt your application

i think it'd support it

[void kiln]

Les goo

[blissful ridge]

submitted late and they downloaded it 🤡

[eager bough]

ok when i log in it keeps asking me for my temp pin even though i already made a password before

[mint fossil]

yeah smth was wrong with the portal

when i got it, it would never update

but i restarted laptop

reopened penn portal

and tried again

and it worked

[urban charm]

Tell her to slide u in

[void kiln]

apparently i can ask her to make me have an interview with the admissions director for asia

so

yeah

[urban charm]

Wtf 💀

Do that

[rapid olive]

nepo baby

❤️

[frosty trail]

https://tenor.com/view/nick-wilde-zootopia-funny-confident-gif-5852873

[cerulean lagoon]

how do you casually find out about that

if i was related to someone working at an ivy the whole family would know

also my penn portal is lagging tf out it won't let me make my account

[mint fossil]

was doing the same for me

i restarted laptop and reopened the portal and it worke

[prime moon]

same^

does penn allow you to submit a research supplement at all? i heard some stat awhile back where like 1/3 of their class did research in hs, yet on their portal nothing would indicate they care that much or welcome research subimssions

[eager bough]

same

[bronze valley]

Just got my interview request

[tired sable]

i didn't even get my portal yet

[bronze valley]

Damn

I submitted about a day before the deadline

Got my portal on the 5th

[tired sable]

anyone didn't get their portal yet

i turned in the last minute lmao

[blissful ridge]

meeee altho i submitted a little after my local deadline 😍

[glass minnow]

i emailled the admissions office for an extension that night

they extended it to the 13th

[blissful ridge]

after submitting your app?

or before?

I've submitted it already

they've downloaded it too

so I'm hoping that's a good sign

[oblique jasper]

So I made the very stupid decision to create a ChanceMe on Reddit 😂

And I asked about UPenn. And one kid said "oh i think you have a good chance" 💀

[glass minnow]

i submitted commonapp not the writing supplemenfs

[glass minnow]

it was at 2am after the deadline

[blissful ridge]

hmm ok hope it works out for us 🙏

[oblique jasper]

that's very substantial...

[glass minnow]

yes im very grateful lol

[blissful ridge]

didn't ask them for an extension aaah

[oblique jasper]

However, I'd note that they may mark that you submitted it a week later than the deadline.

[blissful ridge]

i hope they're forgiving enough to let it slide lmao

[oblique jasper]

Ehh might not be, that's a very, very long time. Might just want the app fee.

[glass minnow]

i dont think punctuality is a part of reviewing the application process and i have a fee waiver

lmao

[blissful ridge]

chanceme ain't shit they told me i had a solid chance at williams and look at me now 😔

[oblique jasper]

They can see that you submitted it last minute, which can in fact count against you since it shows you didn't really prioritize it.

[oblique jasper]

😭 i mean.... I'm manifesting because i do think my app has solid stuff in it

but i can only compare to myself 🥲

[glass minnow]

i had a reason for the late submission i mentioned in the email

one of the girls who got in ED extended her app deadline as well

it's definitely okay

[oblique jasper]

I see, interesting.

[glass minnow]

lmfao

[urban charm]

If they downloaded ur good

But they might dock points for late submission

[oblique jasper]

Does anyone else's penn portal show that LOR's and counselor stuff is missing?

I had it in common app and none of my other colleges have that

Not sure why it has some stuff but not others? Considering everything was in common app

And it says downloaded under counselor LOR/report in common app

[blissful ridge]

they're probably processing your stuff

had the same issue w harvard

esp considering that some of us haven't even gotten our portals yet 💅

they're taking their sweet sweet time

[bronze valley]

Mine looks the exact same

I had my counselor resend my docs just in case but I’m not gonna worry for another week or so

Probably just the processing time

[clever palm]

I have the same problem except it’s for the supplements and letter lmao

I think it’ll get fixed on its own

🖊️’s portal is 👎

[clever palm]

.

[oblique jasper]

fr

[amber hound]

can someone send me a pdf/picture of what the confirmation email with the portal info (with all personal info blacked out) looks like?

[bronze valley]

It’s looks like every other portal email.. “welcome to the penn applicant portal” and then your link and temporary pin…

[amber hound]

i need a specific photo

[void kiln]

she jus told me LOL

[mint fossil]

anyone elses penn portal broken asf

i tried to do it this morning and it wouldnt work and then i just tried again rn and its still broken af

[oblique jasper]

I can access my portal, but I haven't tried to upload anything.

[mint fossil]

it wont let me create my acc

[oblique jasper]

Did you enter the pin?

[mint fossil]

yes

it says resource temporarily unavailable

[oblique jasper]

I would contact the Admissions office and request a reset.

[mint fossil]

looks like this

lemme try it on myo ther pc

[oblique jasper]

And that Unavailability page is on here? https://key.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/status

[mint fossil]

it worked

on my other pc

👍

very odd

[mint fossil]

yeah mine looks the same except my transcript is there

cause i sent it myself

yo

to yall who applied

and even who already got in

I went test-optional for penn w a 1440 yall think that was the right move

[oblique jasper]

Supposedly, they highly favor students who submit their ACT and SAT scores, regardless how poor or outstanding it is.

[mint fossil]

hmm

I'm debating whether I should do the test-optional change form

@covert shoal mb for the ping what do you think since you've already been admitted

[covert shoal]

Wha

[void kiln]

whasts ur major

[tired sable]

i think u should submit it either way

unless u have

top1% gpa

with many academic achievements

[covert shoal]

I went test optional to Penn with a 31 act so

Test optional won’t hurt you

I was 25th percentile I think

[oblique jasper]

because imo, if you don't share, then they might think you were concerned it would weaken your application and end up rejecting you for "lack of transparency"

Personal thought.

[urban charm]

What if it does hurt u but ur app was just super op

[covert shoal]

Don’t submit scores unless ur 50th percentile or higher

[covert shoal]

It wasn’t

[tired sable]

whats penns score range

[urban charm]

National awards/ecs?

[covert shoal]

They can’t legally do this

[covert shoal]

Not really

[urban charm]

😳

[mint fossil]

kk

[urban charm]

Goated essays?

[mint fossil]

appreciate the help

[oblique jasper]

Well they do favor applicants who send theirs in. It's not like they do it outright, but they might "favor" those who are transparent.

[covert shoal]

I’m not the best judge of that

[mint fossil]

penn one of my top choices dont wanna fuk it up

[urban charm]

Ngl i wish i applied to upenn

[covert shoal]

They do not favor applicants who send them in.

[urban charm]

Were they personal atleast

[covert shoal]

I mean yeah

[urban charm]

Probably goated then

[oblique jasper]

Then why do like 80% ish students who get in have their ACT or SAT score attached?

[urban charm]

The best essays i see are just super personal

Which makes sense

[covert shoal]

That has nothing to do with that. In fact, most schools have different piles for test op and test submitted and do not compare the two.

[oblique jasper]

Very interesting...

[urban charm]

Super competitive students have high test scores to submit

[covert shoal]

Mine were cliche and cringe imo

[oblique jasper]

Well if I get in, Imma lower theirs lol

[covert shoal]

But very personal

I had one national award but low placement

[urban charm]

I mean someones gotta have the lowest score

[oblique jasper]

ACT score of 32 💀

[urban charm]

Not even that bad bruh

Isnt a 32 like a 1400

[covert shoal]

That’s not even bad, but it’s 25th percentile for most schools which means it won’t help you

But it won’t necessarily hurt you

[oblique jasper]

That's weak

Yah

But according to my GPA it's kinda out-of-place

[tired sable]

does they superscore

[oblique jasper]

I should have like a 34

[tired sable]

cuz i have 33 but superscore 35

[covert shoal]

Not really, depends what school you go to

If you go to a rural low income school it can make a lot of sense, like with me

[oblique jasper]

I go to a rich school and am a poor student with an FEC of 000000

[covert shoal]

Most schools do

[oblique jasper]

So maybe they take that into consideration.

[covert shoal]

That can make sense, not as much opportunities for study material

[urban charm]

My schools average sat is like 1050 💀

[tired sable]

we have 26 act

[covert shoal]

They’re usually more generous to FGLI kids with test scores because they realize the testing thing is very bs

[tired sable]

with super skewed stats

[urban charm]

Thats why i submit my 1440 everywhere lol

[tired sable]

that wont hurt u

[covert shoal]

Yeah I know kids that got into schools with 1400 something SAT but also kids that got rejected with 1600 so it really comes down to everything else

[tired sable]

unless u have no good ecs and essays

[covert shoal]

But you’re also more financially challenged or whatever they call it than them, so you can’t compare yourselves to them

SAT doesn’t measure anything other than how well you can study for the SAT and poor kids don’t have enough good resources for that and colleges know that

[urban charm]

Yea i see so many ppl posting like “1600 sat rejected from duke” when a good test score is the least valuable part of ur app imo

[covert shoal]

Cliffhangers can sometimes be good

[tired sable]

whats ur ecs

[amber hound]

bump

[urban charm]

Like good essays, good stats, good ecs/awards are way more important than good test scores

[tired sable]

u dont have too lmao

i have no awards mainly ecs

but my ecs kinda mid

[covert shoal]

I feel like a test score is just one small hill, if you look at their common data sets you can see what they factor as very important, important, considered, not considered. Most schools say test scores are important or considered, I haven’t seen any that said very important that I looked at. If I had to assume the schools that care the most are MIT and Georgetown since they require them.

[urban charm]

Same 💀

[urban charm]

Yea exactly. Theyre supperrr overrated

[tired sable]

the best award i got its like econ comp finalist

[covert shoal]

GPA is usually very important

[tired sable]

and ap scholar w distinction lmaoooo

[covert shoal]

Awards don’t matter much, also you can list “honor roll” as an award

If you run out

[cerulean lagoon]

lmfao that's my only good award

[cerulean lagoon]

i did that too..

[urban charm]

Im hoping my good stats, insane hooks, and mid ecs can get me into one of my reaches

[cerulean lagoon]

insane hooks??

[covert shoal]

Bro listed entire ec list from common app 💀💀💀

[cerulean lagoon]

i have good stats, mid hooks, and mid ecs

[tired sable]

thats pretty good

its similar to mine

[covert shoal]

How are we quantifying hooks now.

[cerulean lagoon]

i just hope the 35 act and 2nd/376 rank is good enough to carry me a bit

[urban charm]

Nah my hooks go crazy

[covert shoal]

Rank doesn’t matter as long as ur top 10% or 25%

[cerulean lagoon]

that's top 1% so dub

[covert shoal]

Like what..???

[tired sable]

my family also went bankrupted during covid

[covert shoal]

Crazy

Sorry to hear that

[tired sable]

i wrote it in the additional info

[cerulean lagoon]

i've had a lot of struggles but i'm emotionally unattached so idk how to write about it.. so i didn't

[tired sable]

im hope it will make them go easy on me

💀

[covert shoal]

Wdym

Additional info you don’t have to write a story, just cut and dry

[cerulean lagoon]

mom struggling with financials, abusive stepfather, etc

[covert shoal]

Bro stop sending me ur entire common app 💀💀

[cerulean lagoon]

not something to put on a college app

or something that's necessarily affected me in any way

[proud storm]

it'll be a complete miracle if i get into upenn

[tired sable]

my own personal statement

is about being broke

[covert shoal]

Abusive dad part I wouldn’t include if it doesn’t have a big impact on hs grades, financials stuff could be important

[cerulean lagoon]

financials is more recent

[covert shoal]

I don’t even have shit to say for this

[cerulean lagoon]

like this school year or so

[proud storm]

i have decent stats & mid ECs and my essays were not good enough to balance those out so 💀

[urban charm]

Fgli, undocumented parent, my uncle/boss got cancer and I was running his business

[covert shoal]

Idk how they work but they may pass it on to financial office maybe??

But again, idk

[cerulean lagoon]

financial aid seems mostly dependent on each years tax docs, so this year doesn't really matter to them

[covert shoal]

I think it’s so sad we call these hooks :(( but also I wouldn’t say these hooks are any better than other hooks, hooks are hooks and that’s that

[cerulean lagoon]

my hook is uhhhh idk i have a high act and gpa .. ? !

loll

[covert shoal]

Actually this year will matter in financial aid stuff. If your tuition is too high please send an appeal form and they are legally obligated to look at it and will likely lower your tuition.

[cerulean lagoon]

hmm okay

[covert shoal]

Only after acceptance tho

[tired sable]

does college grant faid mostly based on your fafsa efc?

[covert shoal]

Yes

[urban charm]

Yea thats true, but i feel like there is some variance in how they’re evaluated, like from what ive seen first gen only isnt as strong as like say urm only

[cerulean lagoon]

my thing is that my mom isn't making a low amount of money it's just, all of that was going into my stepfather's medical bills plus him trying to extort her for money on the divorce since he hasn't had a job in years

[covert shoal]

Most of the time they go off of fafsa

[tired sable]

whats the range that u dont really need to pay much

efc range

[covert shoal]

Yeah I feel dirty talking abt this

[tired sable]

000000 to what

[covert shoal]

I’m not sure, I got the questbridge match package so I got full ride

[cerulean lagoon]

my family doesn't even make that much but my EFC is 29400 somehow?

[covert shoal]

I can show you how much penn usually costs if you want

[tired sable]

ok im chilling

i have 18

[covert shoal]

Dollars???

[tired sable]

yeh

[covert shoal]

💀 tf

Random ass number

[tired sable]

0000018 or smrh

[fallow mulch]

Is the portal broken for y'all?

I can't set up my acct

[cerulean lagoon]

my financial aid has to be fucked up if it's saying 29400 EFC

[oblique jasper]

I can access it just fine.

[urban charm]

Wtf do u mean ur efc is 18 💀

[oblique jasper]

Many people are encountering that issue, contact the Admissions office.

[cerulean lagoon]

i have 4 siblings all going to college this year / already in college

[covert shoal]

No that seems right, if you don’t mind me asking how much do you and/or do your parents make?

[oblique jasper]

Yeah that's lowk kinda crazy

[covert shoal]

Idk if they factor this in because I know somebody that had a high efc but had 5 siblings in college

[tired sable]

like

[steep geyser]

well penn's deadline is passed right?

[tired sable]

18

[covert shoal]

Why don’t they just make it 0 💀💀💀

[covert shoal]

No, extended to 12th

[steep geyser]

lets share our essays then

[steep geyser]

or maybe later

[cerulean lagoon]

mom's around 75k-90k, dad's around 110k i believe. but divorced parents and separate households, 3 step siblings on dad's side 1 on mom's side + 1 actual sister. all in the ages of 17-22, all attending college at the same time

[urban charm]

HOW

[tired sable]

i hope my 18dollars efc will explain i dont have much time focusing on academic

[cerulean lagoon]

and stepparents on both sides have very low incomes

[tired sable]

well my family made 12900

[covert shoal]

That efc seems right. My boyfriend’s parents make 120k and he has an efc of 26k

[tired sable]

last year

[steep geyser]

cool

[cerulean lagoon]

damn

[tired sable]

but since my parents separated

they didn't count my dad's

[cerulean lagoon]

but our money gets split up so much between every kid going to college

[tired sable]

also i go to a expensive private Catholic school

[urban charm]

Whats it paid by?

[cerulean lagoon]

that's tragic bro i'm gonna leave college in big boy debt

[urban charm]

Bc on css u they ask that

So u might get more aid than compared to what fafsa shows

[cerulean lagoon]

yeah i'm hoping css helps me a bit

assuming i get into one of the schools that uses css

[tired sable]

dont they say smth abt

if its under 75k

they meet 100%

[urban charm]

Most ivies do

[tired sable]

the system is really broken

[cerulean lagoon]

if you have two households i assume that includes both households?

[tired sable]

u only have to report

[urban charm]

Probably

[tired sable]

your primary

[covert shoal]

If you go into general there is a financial aid advisor that can answer any questions you have about efc or tuition costs.

[cerulean lagoon]

then how tf is my EFC 29400 when my primary household makes like 75k total

[tired sable]

i reported both but they only counted my mother's

[cerulean lagoon]

fafsa got me fucked up

[cerulean lagoon]

hmm okay

[urban charm]

Are ur parents homes paid off or something

Or like high value assets/investments

[cerulean lagoon]

should i be trying to work that out now or is it okay to wait until i see decisions in march?

[cerulean lagoon]

primary household is being rented

car is a 2004 toyota minivan

our assets aren't anything to write home about lmfao

[tired sable]

bro how tf u have

30k

efc

💀

[cerulean lagoon]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[urban charm]

Are u sure u filled everything out right then

Double check it

[cerulean lagoon]

pretty sure

[tired sable]

my family has no mortgage

but a 18efc

also im not us citizen

im green card

[cerulean lagoon]

my dad is executive director of financials for a school system and he looked through it so i'm pretty sure?

idk maybe it counted some of my dads shit cause he's a bit better off

[tired sable]

do they file tax jointly

[cerulean lagoon]

my mom and da?

dad*

[tired sable]

yeh

[covert shoal]

Green card files taxes I’m confused

[cerulean lagoon]

divorced since 2009, nope

[tired sable]

well my parents did file it jointly

💀

[cerulean lagoon]

hmm

[glass minnow]

you seem to know a lot about upenn lmao

[tired sable]

u should double check

[cerulean lagoon]

i'll probably need to hit up the financial aid advisor at some point

[oblique jasper]

More just what I hear in passing.

[urban charm]

U could prolly ask in fin aid channel too, ry is super helpful

[glass minnow]

right

[oblique jasper]

But I did spend some substantial time researching UPenn (not admissions)

[glass minnow]

right

[tired sable]

i spend 5min researching

and wrote the essays

[glass minnow]

and thats completely okay

[cerulean lagoon]

also @covert shoal you got into upenn test optional since you had a 31? so did gpa carry or did you have some big hooks? if you don't wanna share though no worries

[covert shoal]

31 isn’t a good score for UPenn. My gpa was high. I have “hooks” I guess but since I went through the questbridge match process everybody had the same hooks and the acceptance rate was way lower.

2%

[glass minnow]

you deserve it

[cerulean lagoon]

questbridge match process?

[tired sable]

i didn't match

[covert shoal]

Thank you cutie you deserve Penn acceptance

[tired sable]

bc my counselor didn't send a recommendation

[covert shoal]

Match is very difficult, they only took 80 kids

[cerulean lagoon]

what's questbridge match lmfao

[glass minnow]

one of my friends matched last year to penn also test optional w a 1370

[covert shoal]

Quest bridge is a program where you can apply to colleges and if you match aka get in early you get a full ride

[covert shoal]

Test optional is the best

[glass minnow]

he had amazing supplements and a great ps

he rlly deserved it

[cerulean lagoon]

yo wtf why didn't anyone tell me about that

[covert shoal]

I think my essays are dog water but also I’m always hard on myself

[cerulean lagoon]

tragic

[covert shoal]

Are you a domestic student

[cerulean lagoon]

ye

born and raised in lame ass ohio

[tired sable]

damn ohio🔥

[covert shoal]

Damn that sucks :/ I never got told abt it and found out abt it online Junior year

But also questbridge makes it harder to get in

So if you’re dead set on a school I wouldn’t have applied

[glass minnow]

u need to be domestic and parents w an income of 60k or less but it depends on family size and what not

[cerulean lagoon]

honestly i do think standardize testing and all that doesn't show a students full potential and isn't the best way to demonstrate college preparedness, but, if tests were required my admission chances would be better

[covert shoal]

Also quest bridge is only for low income so you prob won’t qualify

[cerulean lagoon]

oh alr

i didn't miss out then at least

[glass minnow]

i wouldve applied qb but i couldnt complete my essays on time

[fallen totem]

i found out about questbridge the day it was due 😭😭

[covert shoal]

Their deadlines are WHACK

[fallen totem]

one of my biggest regrets

[glass minnow]

hope rd has some silver lining

[covert shoal]

but they do give one week extension

[tired sable]

i only ranked 3 school

bc the stupid deadline

💀

[cerulean lagoon]

i wish i knew where i was gonna be a year from now

anyways

[covert shoal]

NOOO they gave extensions!!

I submitted my UPenn one 2 days late and did all supps in 1 hour

[glass minnow]

upenn blessed me up with a week extension for rd

[urban charm]

I not having applied to questbrifge

[covert shoal]

Same with my bf 💀

[urban charm]

What did u say to them

[tired sable]

every school got extending deadline

[urban charm]

Sbould i try getting an extension and apply lil

Lol

[covert shoal]

If you want to you can

Just email asking for an extension

They have a grace period

They want more applicants

[fallow mulch]

Damn I wrote a huge amt of my essays the last day

[glass minnow]

i explained in an email that time didnt go accordingly and just asked for an extension

[covert shoal]

More money

[urban charm]

But what would i say

[glass minnow]

and they emailed me back the next day with an extension

[fallow mulch]

I could’ve just waited and written good essays?

[covert shoal]

You don’t need to say much. Say you’re very excited to go to UPenn and that it’s your dream school but didn’t get to apply in time and would love an extension. That’s it.

They’re giving them to anyone who asks

[glass minnow]

yup

[urban charm]

Did u ask for one week or did they just give it

[glass minnow]

they just gave it

[urban charm]

Wait when was upenn even due

[tired sable]

5th

[glass minnow]

the 5th

[fallow mulch]

5th

[urban charm]

Should i email rn or wait until morning

[fallow mulch]

Doesn’t matter

[native rivet]

Upenn let me in

[fallow mulch]

It’s the weekend

[native rivet]

Upennis

[urban charm]

What are penn supps like?

Fun?

[cerulean lagoon]

not bad

[urban charm]

Stanford was mad fun for me

[tired sable]

thank you note is fun

[cerulean lagoon]

the first one is the most random one

the stanford roommate one was fun lmao

[fallow mulch]

So you like writing thank you notes?

[urban charm]

I think i could write a thank you note

Pretty easily

I mean i already know who id write it to and why

[covert shoal]

One why us, a thank you note to somebody, and a community supp

Thank you note is mad easy imo

Just don’t do a teacher or parent right away and ur good

[urban charm]

Can i do a group of people

[tired sable]

do newton

[urban charm]

If i can do a group i have a crazy essay idea

[tired sable]

ig

my friend wrote it to his dog

[covert shoal]

Technically it’s not what they’re asking for but idk

[covert shoal]

💀 that’s not good

I mean

What do I know

But they did ask for you to reflect on the response

Which leads me to think human being

[tired sable]

he got in

but his stats too good

lol

💀

[urban charm]

What about a place

Or is it specifically a single perpsn

Person**

[faint basin]

When ecs and stats are good people tend to humour much more

[urban charm]

Bc at that point u GOTTA focus on personality

[faint basin]

Yes

[tired sable]

the only reason i applied to penn is i did a coin flip

head is penn

tail is penn state

[native rivet]

That’s only if you could show the person the note right?

I didn’t reflect separately but the reflection was pretty much in the thank you note itself

[void kiln]

no u can do a teacher

if they really impacted u

i feel doing teacher is good if u have good reasoning

[covert shoal]

You can do anybody, including a teacher. I just said right away because I feel those two are the ones most people jump to right away without thinking much about it. I think it’s important to really think about everybody that had major impacts on you for a while, and most times those people won’t be teachers imo!

But that’s also my opinion

Like I told my bf a teacher would be amazing for him, he wants to be a hs math teacher

So it fits

[void kiln]

yeah for me my english teacher for 4 years rlly changed my life

like i discussed an email he sent me while i was down in the dumps

it worked well i feel

and we are really tight and he wrote me a rec