#upenn (2022-2023)

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eager bough
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this kid who got into john hopkins last year got harassed by kids in her grades bc AA😭

low yacht
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Yike

tawny loom
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i was honestly really happy when the people ik got into places, even when they got into the place i applied to 🥲

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because

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it's nice to see your friends succeed

tawny loom
low yacht
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No one got into Columbia ED in my hs iirc

eager bough
low yacht
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A guy I despise did get in RD tho he committed to Yale instead

eager bough
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someone in my grade got into upenn for track

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but he’s a nice and smart kid so i’m not mad or jealous plus grad school

tawny loom
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i will say i had a bit of a psycho I hate everyone who got in moment during break but i think i was just really unstable because of how hard rd app season hit me

low yacht
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I don’t think I ever really

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Cared about getting in

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Then again

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I got my first rejections on ivy day

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So I didn’t have a lot of time to be miserable

eager bough
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most ppl either go to my state school or northeastern

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but many go to an SEC school as well

low yacht
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Most ppl in my hs just went to hunter college or ccny

tawny loom
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yeah uh... very different over here

eager bough
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like it’s umass amherst or an SEC school (clemson, uofsc)

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the smarter kids all go to northeastern or an ivy

tawny loom
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i will refrain from commenting further

steep geyser
formal trellis
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i swear every single uni experiences a "record high" every year 💀

glass minnow
surreal rock
feral hornet
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i’m still mad penn did that

shell nacelle
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just had penn m&t interview

mint fossil
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how'd it go

formal trellis
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i had a penn cas interview 2 hours ago 🤞

shell nacelle
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ended it at exaclty 30 min cuz he had another call.

covert shoal
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You would think, huh?

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Wharton is not much harder than CAS lmao

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Do they have guaranteed housing for all of those people tho? Like I know they calculate for a specific yield but I’m genuinely asking cuz idk why they try to get the same number every time

eager bough
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from easiest to hardest i think it goes CAS > SEAS > Nursing > Wharton but the difference isn’t that much

covert shoal
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That’s…not even close

eager bough
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but idk i’m guessing i’m prolly wrong lol

covert shoal
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well they’re all difficult, the numbers I have seen in the past is Wharton and CAS are almost the same but Wharton is like 1% different I think? I’ve seen 6% Wharton and 7% CAS but I’ve also seen 7% Wharton and 7% CAS

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I saw nursing was a relatively high percentage but also have no idea where they got those numbers, like 25%

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And nothing for seas

eager bough
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i figured nursing would be competitive because it usually is at a lot of state schools

covert shoal
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You’d think huh

eager bough
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bc my state school has a 66% acceptance rate but their nursing is <10%

covert shoal
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This is the number I keep seeing on every website that talks about penn nursing

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Seems outdated

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But still, general idea

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Again, not sure where they got this

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But that’s the numbers I keep finding

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Depends on the year too Ofc

eager bough
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if that’s true that’s higher than a lot of state schools’ nursing programs

covert shoal
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I tried looking in cds and didn’t find it for specific colleges

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So I couldn’t tell you

eager bough
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yea they don’t which sucks

covert shoal
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But CAS and Wharton always have very similar acceptance rates, nursing seems to always be higher

eager bough
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wait rly

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i thought wharton had closer to 2-3% acceptance rate or maybe that’s their mba program

jaunty nest
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I received my Penn interview request today and suggestions/tips are greatly appreciated

covert shoal
covert shoal
eager bough
covert shoal
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I made a post on here abt the questions I got

jaunty nest
covert shoal
covert shoal
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I’ll look

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.

covert shoal
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But they don’t release data by each college so again, not super sure where they’re getting this..?

jaunty nest
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Thanks

oak edge
oak edge
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still wont get in tho

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also penn interview done

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quite good

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@covert shoal thank you for the adviceee

covert shoal
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Were any of the questions the same for you?

oak edge
covert shoal
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thats great!

oak edge
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intro abt yourself, academic interests u have, why pursue them at Penn, what does your typical day look like, what professor are you interested in meeting, is there a subject which you dont like much, and what things non academically attract you to Penn

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he started off with a Why Penn immediately as I joined call

covert shoal
oak edge
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and he is BA economics from Penn so he was genuinly interested in knowing what Computational Linguistics entails

covert shoal
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Mine had a bs from econ

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and did not care at all abt my interests 💀

oak edge
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lmaooo

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naa this one was really good

covert shoal
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Thats amazing

oak edge
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he also asked me abt companies that he must've heard of that are into Comp Ling

wanton veldt
oak edge
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i accidently said that i dont like Eng Lang lmaooo

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so he said u like Comp Ling but no Eng lang? sus

covert shoal
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Hey theyre not exactly the same

oak edge
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then had to explain how the curriculum teaches us Lang different what I want to learn is thinga like the phonetics chart and other Ling related high level things

oak edge
covert shoal
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lang is legit writing arguments

covert shoal
oak edge
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btw we ended with him saying that make the next ChatGPT for India

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💀💀😭

covert shoal
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BRUH

oak edge
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vv cute convo tho

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had fun

covert shoal
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Hearing these things make me excited to go to Penn

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my lady was so sus

oak edge
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ISTGG

covert shoal
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I was turned off from it

oak edge
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lmaooo

covert shoal
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but knowing that other people had good interviews makes me think most people at Penn are nice

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she was just snobby as hell

oak edge
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cuz Penn has snobby kids

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a lot of em

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as far as i've heard

covert shoal
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she was a wharton kid

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cesspool of snobs

oak edge
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my interviewer talked abt how he had fun at Penn and did things like Soccer etc...which I'm into...and he said how Penn is an oasis in the middle of a city

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its like your own kingdom in Philly

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his vocab was so good

covert shoal
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Not everybody at Penn is a snob, but if you need to ever find one, more often than not they will be at Wharton

covert shoal
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My why us for Penn was so shitty

oak edge
oak edge
covert shoal
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I said that it was cuz they had research opportunities I like in fields like psych which lots of schools dont have much research for cuz its a social science and not a hard science like chem

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and how they let you do research in ur first year on campus

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i didnt know what to say LMAO

oak edge
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lmaoo

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i went with a storyline

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which was actually how I learnt abt penn

covert shoal
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I was like I can say the real reasons why but she will hate them

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I like penn because its close to home and they have amazing clubs that make me laugh

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and their psych program and neuro program is amazing

oak edge
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said how i wanted to start my journey with Machine learning right after 10th grade so needed to learn python for that...took up a course from Penn which had super awesome instructors and naturally the first thought that came to mind was how cool would the instructors be offline

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and then i built up on that

covert shoal
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thats actually a really good answer

oak edge
covert shoal
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no she was so rude

oak edge
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she wouldnt have loved such a candid answer

covert shoal
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I knew she would hate it

oak edge
covert shoal
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Like she said what are you reading in english class and I said frankenstein and she said "ew, your curriculum is not exciting, where is the Shakespeare?" and later asked me if I took language classes and I said yeah 4 years of spanish and she said "so are you fluent yet or what"

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and I said I can write and read pretty well but not speak

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and she goes "yeah, the American education system isn't great with preparing kids for real life experiences" (she was from london)

oak edge
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bruhh

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i feel sorry for u man

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thats so rude

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😭😭😭

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i was so niced with my guy man istg

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he knew abt Anime as well

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man i still dont get why this British chick acted like such a bitch

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but no offense to any other UK kids, British ppl in general have a snobbish attitude and consider American things to be shit

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and you got in anyways

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so jokes on that bitch InNiT?

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😭😭

surreal rock
covert shoal
surreal rock
# covert shoal prob, but it was weird

Fair enough haha. When i first moved to my school (an american school) there was definitely a bigger cultural gap there than I initially anticipated and I had watch what I said to avoid misunderstandings

oak edge
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brits come off as rude even if they try not to

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dk y

surreal rock
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lol well in Aus we call each other c***s so

oak edge
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but i wouldnt expect that kind of language nor that attitude in a professional conversation like an interview tbh

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india itself has comedically being derogatory and cussing out of love in its culture, cant use that in a profesh enviro tho amirite lol?

rigid cypress
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i wonder why people are all like wharton is the hardest

frosty trail
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seas nutz

surreal rock
surreal rock
covert shoal
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but upenn is ranked 1 in business

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so wharton gets gassed up

surreal rock
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@covert shoal you applied to cas?

oak edge
native rivet
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And it’s probably quite old/inaccurate ngl

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because now the overall acceptance rates are significantly lower than you’d estimate with this data

low yacht
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Lol

low yacht
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Maybe substantially fewer people apply for nursing I guess

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Since nursing is also the smallest school

oak edge
surreal rock
oak edge
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oh god

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im intl too applying rd

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but aid can fuck you over

mint fossil
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upenn is need blind for canadians right

surreal rock
surreal rock
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I need a miracle to get in😂😭

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Unless they absolutely love my essays and the projects I’m doing rn during my gap year

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It’s all politics heavy

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And I talk about my interest in minoring in MMS but that’s it

oak edge
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ahh nice

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im doing CS

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so well

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u never know until u actually get it

surreal rock
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I have always faith regardless of how bad my odds are but also have to have realism yk aha

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I’m looking forward to an interview if I get one tho

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Should be fun to discuss my interests lol

oak edge
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interviews are super fun

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i had sm fun today

surreal rock
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Oh you had yours today?

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How’d it go?

oak edge
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greatt

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check the messages above

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i explained it

surreal rock
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Will do

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Dude your interviewer sounded great haha

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Chill asf

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Hope I get someone who loves politics

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And can just talk about it all day

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I would be so happy

oak edge
oak edge
surreal rock
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Hope I get to experience it!

oak edge
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good luck

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hope u get it

surreal rock
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Thanks man

wanton veldt
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@surreal rock u didn’t get a interview?

surreal rock
wanton veldt
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Penn?

surreal rock
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Yeah

wanton veldt
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Ohh

surreal rock
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They extended deadline to 20th

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So I decided why not

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UPenn has an Aussie society

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It’s quite fascinating and exciting

chrome ginkgo
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Penn gives everyone interview ruggt

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Just got mine ☠️

toxic shard
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havent even gotten it

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LMAO

eager bough
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i didn’t get mine lmao

proud storm
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haven't gotten one either cursedmoon

chrome ginkgo
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Emm?

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On website it days 90%

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🤔🤔

formal trellis
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i mean it’s still pre early

low yacht
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But

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It’s based on availability

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No interview =! You’re a worse applicant

toxic shard
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i'm so unlycky

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klmfao

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if that's the case

chrome ginkgo
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Idk if it’s true

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But I heard they give interviewer a list

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And the interview pic who to interview

frosty trail
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havent gotten an interview

urban charm
low yacht
frosty trail
urban charm
frosty trail
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oh

urban charm
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Lmaooo

leaden pond
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Got my int tomorrow

tired sable
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got no interview yet

native rivet
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That sounds weird

chrome ginkgo
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just something i heard

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might not be true

pearl jacinth
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anyone know when the interview deadline is?

tired sable
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do u have to request one?

pearl jacinth
chrome ginkgo
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What are somethings that are unique to UPenn 👀

autumn dagger
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i havent gotten my interview request yet 💀

wanton veldt
wanton veldt
chrome ginkgo
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This Saturday

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The interviewer was a d1 athlete 🥵

wanton veldt
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ru from canada?

wanton veldt
chrome ginkgo
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From GTA but my interviewer is from Ottawa

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👀

formal trellis
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i’m from gta and my interviewer was too

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he went to wharton 😻

chrome ginkgo
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🤩

devout scarab
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my interviewer is from penn med school

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😰

surreal rock
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Still haven’t got an interview yet🥰

eager bough
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me neither 😇

surreal rock
chrome ginkgo
covert shoal
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if any of u guys get an interviewer named kimberly plz tell me

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mine was named kimberly and graduated from wharton

covert shoal
covert shoal
eager bough
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apparently ivy interviews can run run like feb/march or so

covert shoal
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yeah they can do it near decision date I think? they did for some of the qb kids

leaden pond
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I don't got kimberly but I got mine in an hour

lunar shale
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but they could prob easily do some and submit in march

covert shoal
# leaden pond what'd they ask bro
  1. Tell me about yourself and your home life (I talked about my difficult family situation, but you can talk about anything to give them a context into your life. It’s just a conversation starter)
  2. What do you want to do in your future/after you graduate college?
  3. Who do you think was your biggest guide during the college admissions process? Why?
  4. What does your class schedule look like, more or less?
  5. What is your favorite class right now? What are you doing in that class right now? (I talked about English class, so she asked me a lot about the books we were reading etc)
  6. Who do you think is your biggest mentor in life? Who do you look up to?
  7. What would that mentor say are your most positive qualities? What would they say are your most negative ones? (this was so fucking hard for me to answer)
  8. Why Penn? Have you done any research into the school?
  9. Do you have any questions for me?
  10. Is there anything else you would like the admissions committee to know? (they right down whatever you answer to this question for them to read)
leaden pond
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🙏

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much appreciated

feral hornet
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does anyone know how they check for proficiency for a lesser common language

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for huntsman

lunar shale
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ur Duolingo 😈

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but idk, I didn't even know they check for that

feral hornet
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yeah my interviewer said smth ab that yesterday and i was like hmmm

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cause ik u can take an ap exam but what if my school doesn’t offer it or language isn’t offered

tired sable
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well my school didn't allow me to take a foreign language class bc im billingual

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so i took the nyu language proficiency exam

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and got 15college credits

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i just added in my common app additional info

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and you can contact other school in your area to take the ap exam if you school doesn't offer them

feral hornet
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there’s no ap class for my language tho

tired sable
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what your language

feral hornet
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arabic

tired sable
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i think u can go to nyu language proficiency exam and take it

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anytime you want

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usually take 10days to hear back your result

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it cost 500dollar ish

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but its 16 college credit max

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definitely shows your foreign language proficiency

dapper sorrel
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yo

surreal rock
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Yo

glass minnow
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theyre still giving out interviews

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my friend got hers today

surreal rock
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They will probs give out interviews till early march

untold sun
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the rest was just talking abt biking and random stuff

covert shoal
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yeah some of the questions and specific to you

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she asked a lot specific to things I said or clarifying questions

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those are just the general questions she gave

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not every interviewer is going to ask the same questions

earnest shale
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i still havent gotten my upenn interview

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and theyre suppose to inteview 90% of their applicant

frosty trail
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damn

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top 10% and shit

surreal rock
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Lmao

untold sun
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💀

dusty carbon
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y’all what kind of questions do they ask

untold sun
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"do you hike a lot"

oak edge
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"what are some companies that are involved in Computational Linguistics that I'd know of"

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"You are applying for Computational Linguistics, how do you not like English Language"

oak edge
oak edge
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just the typical questions:- intro, why penn academically, why penn extracurricularly, build up questions on these reponses, any questions for me, end

dusty carbon
dapper sorrel
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Got my interview today lol

leaden pond
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It’s actually the best one I had, seems like many others feel the same

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Much more conversational than the others

oak edge
median tree
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@covert shoal hey i saw u got accepted into upenn and im applying for ED during the summer, i was wondering (if you're comfortable) could you share your supplementals to me if it's alright?

oak edge
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avg blue lock fan

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(u r cool)

surreal rock
dapper sorrel
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Finished interview for Penn

median tree
surreal rock
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how was it?

dapper sorrel
low yacht
urban charm
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Ik qb had diff prompts

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And im like 99% sure she applied thru qb

proud storm
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yep she matched thru QB

cerulean lagoon
untold sun
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me when im locked in frida kahlo's house (ive never watched blue lock)

oak edge
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ok

median tree
covert shoal
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the actual application has more essays than the common app personal statement

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but I still have to do the normal UPenn supps on top of that

covert shoal
median tree
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Okay, thank you so much!

median tree
covert shoal
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I dont think it matters

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They dont have it listed as a requirement Im pretty sure and I have friends that are in Calc AB that got in

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just keep your grades up

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It will probably help you in college if you take Calc BC though, and I would maintain course rigor as much as possible

median tree
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Alright, thank you.

covert shoal
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No problem! Also, if you feel confident in your math abilities, you can get credit for getting a 5 on the exam for Calc BC but not Calc AB

wintry arrow
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how do we submit penn LOCI

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i got deferred for ED

low yacht
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I believe their portal has a spot to upload LOCIs

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I checked my sent emails and didn’t email penn mine last year, so it must’ve been that

low yacht
wintry arrow
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there's an upload materials section, could it be that?

low yacht
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Yes I think so

wintry arrow
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awesome thx

median tree
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hey has anyone ever been a research assistant at UPenn or do any of you guys have knowledge about becoming a highschool research assistant there?

chrome ginkgo
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For Penn interview is it ok to mention things on my essay

pulsar hazel
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Of course I don't see why not

chrome ginkgo
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Thanks 🙏

chrome ginkgo
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Just finished my Penn interview

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it was good

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we talked too much and got cutoff in the end during the last part cuz free zoom only lasts 40 minutes

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he sent me a quick email about it and said thank u and stuff

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should i send an email back rn or wait for 24 hrs ish and send a more professional thank you email 🤔

low yacht
low yacht
low yacht
low yacht
chrome ginkgo
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Replied already

chrome ginkgo
oblique jasper
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He's a professor at University of Washington looks like, he's kinda old too but he was really nice

chrome ginkgo
oblique jasper
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At the beginning of the meeting he was also like... we should only have this be like 30 minutes max

chrome ginkgo
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Mine was a d1 athlete lol

oblique jasper
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But we went in super depth about quite a few topics

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opeeee

chrome ginkgo
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Same lol

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He also kinda asked me to explain some stuff I spontaneously mentioned lol

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And we talked about Indonesian cuisine 🧑‍🍳

oblique jasper
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mine did grad school only so i was like asking him some really deep questions about penn and he was like... "that's a really good q but idk cause i didn't go there undergrad"

chrome ginkgo
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☠️

oblique jasper
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LOL

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I literally spent two hours looking for really good questions

urban charm
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Thats how my harvard interviewer was like bc he graduated in ‘74 or something 😭

chrome ginkgo
oblique jasper
chrome ginkgo
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This guy is 30 yrs old

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☠️

oblique jasper
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Yeah like I mentioned "Lunch and Learn," the Percy Jackson class etc

chrome ginkgo
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He studied criminology at Penn troll

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🕵️‍♂️

oblique jasper
chrome ginkgo
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Ikr lol

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For me it’s easier to speak a lot of stuff cuz I intend to double major

oblique jasper
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Bro everyone intends to double major at upenn 💀

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lowk wanna double major with some random misc waste major

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that i will never use in real life

chrome ginkgo
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😂

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For me it’s math and history

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And I really had to convince him that it works for me given my background and interest

oblique jasper
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yeah

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i really want to do their business program which is... most competitive

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so rip that

chrome ginkgo
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Wharton is too hard

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I was gonna do it but decided not to

oblique jasper
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LOL

chrome ginkgo
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For me getting in is most important idc about major

oblique jasper
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I actually had the audacity to do it

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so rip if i don't get in

chrome ginkgo
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Respect

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🫡

oak edge
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imagine doing CS

oblique jasper
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💀

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If i get in... it will follow my hunch I've had since October which is CRAZY

oak edge
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good luck

oblique jasper
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That... I would get rejected from my ED school which is twice Penn's acceptance rate, and somehow get into Penn.

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By some strange way I'd get into Penn but... we shall see coolcry

chrome ginkgo
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🤲

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Now Penn is in gods hand

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I can’t do anything else lll

oblique jasper
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LOL

void kiln
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upenn

oak edge
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penn(is)

silk pond
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still haven't gotten an interview email yet, should i be worried?

eager bough
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i haven’t either

fallen totem
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me neither but they’re random i think

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at least i hope 😭

eager bough
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most applicants get one but they can come through like mid-late feb

silk pond
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okay cool

minor prawn
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alr yall quick shyt

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sound stupid but

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if you got deferred ED and say you're redoing your essays

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you think its bad to go over the word count cuz aint no way they gna inspect element and check the word count right

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😩 😩 😩 😩

oblique jasper
minor prawn
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nono

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for deferred

oblique jasper
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Hopefully not but...

minor prawn
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you send a pdf document

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of everything new

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like resumes

oblique jasper
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Oh yah nahhh

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Dw then.

minor prawn
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is it worth the risk

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xD

oblique jasper
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Unless they literally turn your PDF into a doc on their end and do that same process

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Probably not worth the risk...

minor prawn
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freak balls

oblique jasper
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Cause then it implicitly shows them you can't write about yourself within the allotted space.

minor prawn
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and you dont think theres a word c ount

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for LOCI

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right

oblique jasper
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and considering the few they accept from deferred...

minor prawn
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dyk the %

oblique jasper
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Nah but you should def be concise.

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They're reading tons of those.

minor prawn
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freak balls

oblique jasper
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You gotta stick out... one of the best ways is to not create something super super long that drones

minor prawn
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u right

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you think if i create a video

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one like brown

oblique jasper
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(they might not watch the whole thing)

minor prawn
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they gna look into that shyt

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oh naw 😭

oblique jasper
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you gotta create a letter so at least they glaze over all of it

minor prawn
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yea im workin on that now

oblique jasper
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I mean you do you but...

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def make sure every word counts

minor prawn
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maybe if i have time i can try to create a video or sum

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yea fosho

oblique jasper
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yeah yeah

minor prawn
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thx babe

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,3

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❤️

oblique jasper
#

yeah ofc :)

glass minnow
minor prawn
#

thanks LMFAO

low yacht
#

I don’t think that’s the best idea

minor prawn
#

i called them and they said i can redo them

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no its not for my LOCI i can litterally just redo my essays and they will look both my past essay and my new one

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i have a separate LOCI too

lofty sphinx
oblique jasper
#

do you know what the general acceptance rate for Electrical Engineering at UPenn SEAS would be?

lofty sphinx
#

probably around the rd acceptance rate

oblique jasper
covert shoal
oblique jasper
#

does anyone know what the general acceptance rate for Electrical Engineering at UPenn SEAS would be?

covert shoal
#

That’s the only school I don’t see much for

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Expect low numbers

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5-15% is my best guess if I had to say something but idk

oblique jasper
chrome ginkgo
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But I wanted to double major math and history

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So CAS def fits better

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I wonder what’s the respective math and history acceptance rate @CAS is

covert shoal
#

you can do a major in CAS and a stats minor at Wharton, I am doing that

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you cant do two majors between CAS and Wharton unless ur in one of the special programs I think?

covert shoal
chrome ginkgo
#

Special programs too hard

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Way too hard

covert shoal
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I mean

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idk

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it's worth a shot

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if u like it

chrome ginkgo
covert shoal
#

Thats very difficult to do

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but good luck

chrome ginkgo
#

I don’t really care which major lol

covert shoal
#

you cant even choose ur major until after the first year

chrome ginkgo
#

So I just choose one that fits my profile the best

chrome ginkgo
covert shoal
#

You choose the school tho

chrome ginkgo
#

So much freedom

chrome ginkgo
covert shoal
#

Like I'm in CAS doing psych and neuroscience and I could change my major to any other major inside CAS but not really like Wharton cuz thats another whole difficult process

chrome ginkgo
#

Yeah I might do a minor in the case I get in

chrome ginkgo
chrome ginkgo
covert shoal
#

Probably

dusky zinc
#

Just got contacted for my first t20 interview slayyyy thanks penn 🥳

surreal rock
#

Ayyyyyy

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Congrats dude

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Still waiting on mine haha

dusky zinc
#

Thanks!! You’ll get it soon I’m sure

proud storm
native rivet
#

plz

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admit me

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Penn

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😔

surreal rock
#

I feel you mate….I feel you

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I’m asking for full aid as an Intl😂😭

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But spirits are high, no matter the probability!

eager bough
#

isn’t penn need-ware for intls

formal trellis
#

most places are needaware for intl

oblique jasper
#

bruh, I haven't gotten an interview request from UPenn yet

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😦

surreal rock
proud storm
plush geyser
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did my interview like yesterday i think

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it went well

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the interviewer was actually asking me about real-world stuff though

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like if i mentioned "i wrote an article abt x" they would ask how x manifests in the media or how i see x in my daily life

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then i mentioned smth like "what i do for this org is kind of like a feminist version of effective altruism" and he asked me what i thought about effective altruism

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so im just glad i didnt like about anything else id be preeeeeetty screwed

chrome ginkgo
#

Ll.

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Lol

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My interview pressed me on stuff too

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I answered well and he was pretty impressed lol, man studied criminology

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Was trying to peel me like an 🍊

earnest shale
#

is the upenn fin aid stuff a softdeadline

formal trellis
#

like very basic stuff

covert shoal
chrome ginkgo
# chrome ginkgo My interview pressed me on stuff too

I talked about the specific history research I was doing and stuff i learnt, how it improved myself as a whole. He proceeded on to ask whether I will continue to study that topic or expand to other areas of history..

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But the hardest was finitely how does my two major interest relate to each other 💀

cosmic echo
#

are interviews required?

chrome ginkgo
#

No

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It's based on availability

plush geyser
#

like i talked about why penn fit into my academic interests but was never really asked about what i'd like to do there besides study

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im glad he didnt ask me why i didnt apply ED though, i heard some older people in my community get asked that

thin root
#

how come u got interview

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are u intl?

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what did u apply

oak edge
#

intl kids are getting interviews

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slowly but surely u'll get yours too

wary crest
#

i’m oos but in us, I had mine yesterday

compact cloud
#

whats oos?

teal bison
formal trellis
#

at least 3 others in my school got an interview

thin root
#

wait what

thin root
#

YET

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IM SO SCARED

oak edge
#

im oos/intl

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cuz im a us citizen living in india

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and i got it too

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so dw abt it

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and its really easy

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not at all like an interview

thin root
#

wait

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when did u get urs

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i just wanna know when they stop sending them out yk

eager bough
#

apparenly they stop in late feb

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godddd applying for financial aid for this school is a pain

oak edge
lofty sphinx
#

for those who got deferred did u send the loci via email or portal or both?

urban charm
#

girl from my school got an interview and ignored it bc she thinks shes not getting in either way

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like bruh

eager bough
#

that should’ve been mee

urban charm
#

nah the shoulve been ME

glass minnow
#

literally

minor prawn
#

guys

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on college cc

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someone said the deferral rate was 17%

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but idk whr tf the source is

covert shoal
minor prawn
#

yea

low yacht
covert shoal
#

honestly dont listen to college confidential

compact cloud
#

isnt it better to self check the Common data set and self calculate the rates

eager bough
#

i don’t think the cds lists that info tho

compact cloud
eager bough
#

yea but not by school

compact cloud
eager bough
#

penn releases the overall acceptance rate on the cds

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they don’t release breakdowns by school anymore

fluid drum
#

Finally got an interview my first interview, good job Penn

compact cloud
thin root
#

COME ON PEN

surreal rock
thin root
#

NO

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IM SO ANNOYED

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IM GONNA GET AUTORRJECTED

surreal rock
#

Dude relax it’s still early Feb

rough zephyr
#

Anyone here who already got an interview ?

chrome ginkgo
#

Yeah did mine a week ago it went well

rough zephyr
chrome ginkgo
#

and then i just introduced myself

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and he immediately asked a few questions, wanting me to expand on what i said

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for me it was part time job and a personal cooking project

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and we talk about indonesian cuisine, his from indonesia originally

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moving on, he asked me about academic interests and plans @ Penn

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and pressed me on how my double major works (math x history)

#

Moving on he wanted me to project my current history research project into Penn, luckily i did research and so i mentioned 1 prof that i rlly wanna work with, etc. Also mentioned what new stuff i want to try @ Penn

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also talked about athletics

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and asked a few questions, went to the full zoom limit, was nice

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Penn interviews are chill dw

void kiln
#

I live there rn

chrome ginkgo
#

No lol

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I LinkedIn’ed him

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Found out his from Indonesia

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So subtly mentioned that I’m doing this cooking project that involves a lot of south Asian cuisine

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He became interested

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And Ofc i did my homework

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He was impressed lmao

void kiln
#

hahahah smart man

vagrant scaffold
#

my inbox so dry :(

covert shoal
chrome ginkgo
oblique jasper
#

My Penn interview was super chill too the guy was very nice

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A professor at the UW tho in the same dept of the same undergrad school I wanna attend lol if I go there

thin root
#

teach me how to rizz up penn

quiet crow
#

If interviewer told me that the committee should be inspired by my application, will this mean anything?

native rivet
#

interviewer was prolly impressed

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but the interview doesnt have a major impact on ur app

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most interviews are generally positives

quiet crow
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okay

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thanks

autumn dagger
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yall i need help

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scheduled my interview for 4est

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and my interviewer confirmed the time

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but never sent me a zoom link or anything

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just sent a follow up, they havent responded

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they also gave me a phone number if i have any questions, should i call that?

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im lowkey panicking rn

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on my last interview too 😭

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ok i think it should be settled now... hopefully

velvet rune
#

how long should loci be

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i have so much to say

urban charm
velvet rune
#

Mines at 680 words rn😭

chrome ginkgo
#

for harvard i sent a page

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but it was a full page since i had a lot of stuff to update

bronze yoke
#

470 words for my loci to Princeton

tame comet
#

JUST HAD MY INTERVIEW

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we rlly spent most of the time talking about my life as an expat vs locals

low yacht
dusky zinc
#

My penn interview also went great it felt like I was having a conversation with a friend lol

thin root
#

it’s so annoying

desert carbon
#

did anyone else get an email from penn requesting additional financial aid information?

mint fossil
#

yes

eager bough
#

yea

quiet crow
#

yes

low yacht
void kiln
#

for Cornell ED it did

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they requested more financial info and everyone that got that got in

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I think it was tax returns or something

silent rain
#

no it didnt

#

I got that and got deferred

oak edge
#

if im a us citizen living abroad with no us income sources, what do i fill my parents income as in the FAFSA form

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cuz $0 income doesnt sound right to me

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and if I fill in my Indian income...they ask me to file IRS tax returns for 2021. Unless you have any income sources or assets in the US, you don't need to file it

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im stuck, anyone knows what to do?

void kiln
#

i know 10 ppl who got in

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but at least its a sign u dont get rejected?

native rivet
native rivet
#

for americans they ask almost everyone for the returns iirc

void kiln
#

ye thas what. iwas talking b

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ab

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i forgot this isnt i2u

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ik many intls who got that tax thing

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i guess all got in

silent rain
#

no im not

void kiln
#

ye I think there's been a pretty good correlation between that additional financial email a few days before decisions and then getting in

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for intl students

wary crest
thin root
surreal rock
#

I got an email asking us to submit some left out documents that applicants sometimes miss idk if that’s what y’all are talking about

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It was very general

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Pretty much just a reminder

blissful ridge
#

yet to submit my noncustodial waiver since it turns out there's one specific to penn realism

surreal rock
blissful ridge
#

i heard they don't

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until after you're admitted

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i read that somewhere on college confidential iirc

oblique jasper
#

can someone help me rq

minor prawn
#

yall think they would get mad if you sent in a 'creative essay' to supplement your application if you were deferred

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i was planning on sending the creative essay I used for harvard but idk

low yacht
#

Please do not advertise.

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We took down your post in the subreddit and that does not invite you to do the same here.

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In the future guys please report people who advertise their videos

low yacht
low yacht
#

You’re noticing a pattern sure but that’s not proof of anything, it’s all anecdotal

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The admissions office at Cornell is independent from the financial aid office

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They don’t talk to each other about who is in and who isn’t

blissful ridge
low yacht
# blissful ridge how come? cornell is need aware for intls

Maybe it’s different for internationals since admissions offices tend to have a different team for them, but at least domestically they don’t interact. And even for internationals, being asked for more financial information is not indicative of your admission or not.

blissful ridge
#

i'm pretty sure request for additional finaid documents strongly correlates w an acceptance for intls

low yacht
#

Correlation isn’t causation

blissful ridge
#

since for intls, cornell doesn't provide a finaid checklist nor do they ask for finaid documents upon submission of your app

low yacht
#

And I’d rather you guys avoid portal speculation entirely

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As that’s a bannable offense here

blissful ridge
#

oh oops

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sorry

low yacht
#

All good

oblique jasper
low yacht
balmy egret
#

any tips for interview?

void kiln
#

ok whatever u say

low yacht
void kiln
#

ya i kno

low yacht
#

theres plenty of advice posts specific to penn and generally about interviews

void kiln
#

i will take my speculation to intl 2 usa where they truly value it

low yacht
#

thats sad

void kiln
#

no we dont

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idt its portal speculation

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idk what it is

low yacht
#

it is

void kiln
#

but its always right

low yacht
#

no not really

void kiln
#

i believe it is right therefore it is

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sorry im just a dumbass

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u aint have to warn me 😭

swift crane
#

@low yacht

low yacht
#

Hello

swift crane
#

do u mind if i ask how much finaid they gave you?

low yacht
#

Initially my COA was 72k but I negotiated it down to 29k

swift crane
#

ooh

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by negotiate do u mean you emailed them about it?

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or like call?

low yacht
#

Emails calls physical visit etc

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It was a lengthy process

swift crane
#

ahh ok

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yea i can imagine

#

alr tyty

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was just curious

low yacht
#

Np

velvet rune
#

is it a red flag if I only sent my loci today

chrome ginkgo
#

not sure, my friend still hasnt sent lmao

lofty sphinx
#

from the penn faq letter for deferrals

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since u sent it b4 feb 15th u should be fine

covert shoal
covert shoal
low yacht
#

It isn’t even required

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You’re chilling

eager bough
#

applying for aid for penn is a bitch

covert shoal
#

why

surreal rock
#

Especially if you have non-custodial issues

covert shoal
#

Yeah but that’s every school for the most part

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Not just Penn

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I hated the noncustodial stuff

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But penn wasn’t any different than the other schools I applied to

surreal rock
#

True but they had an additional supplement w the CSS which was something I didn’t see from my other schools. However, i do agree w what you said, financial aid at any school is tedious

eager bough
#

most schools just require css and fafsa meanwhile for penn i had to upload documents and fill out the penn supplement (parents are divorced, little to no contact with dad)

bitter violet
#

does penn send likelies

eager bough
#

^^

covert shoal
#

Like 250 ish get them I heard

bronze yoke
#

When?

covert shoal
#

I think around February? I’m not sure but that’s what most schools do

glass minnow
#

got my interview req

low yacht
#

this cycle is strange

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likelies are unlikely

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literally do not anticipate them

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or even think about them

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vast majority of admits dont get em

shut rain
#

ok Penn interview went bad

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It was way too short

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like 20 minutes

low yacht
#

i wouldnt stress about the length specifically

low yacht
#

probably wont impact ur app unless u called the interviewer ugly or smth

glass minnow
#

now gotta figure out how im gonna talk to my damn interviewer im nervy

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stalked his ljnkedin and all i could say was hes cute

#

im so unprofessional i havent done an interview in a yr since my last internship i forget how to speak

glass minnow
urban charm
#

Im expecting a likely from every ivy i applied to

untold sun
#

statistically speaking, you will be very disappointed

frosty trail
#

expecting a likely is such an a2c moment

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wtf

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LOL

shut rain
#

lol imagine if colleges sent out unlikelies

faint basin
wary crest
#

they should tbh

#

give delusional seniors who only applied to their dream school a chance to apply to more before its too late

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oh man that sentence does not make sense grammatically

plush geyser
#

remove the "go get" and you're golden

wary crest
#

thanks :,)

#

clearly not an english major

low yacht
low yacht
thin root
# shut rain lol imagine if colleges sent out unlikelies

'we are emailing you to let you know that you should not expect an acceptance later this spring when results come out. having reviewed your application, our team of admissions officers concluded that you are unlikely to be a good match for the University of Pennsylvania. We get that this may be a disappointing result to your application, and we appreciate the time you have taken to consider the university as your home for the next 4 years, but we hope that by letting you know early you are able to make an informed decision on where you attend university. '

shut rain
#

you are not it

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so we are prolly not gonna accept you

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but on the off chance the committee is high

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you might get in

eager bough
thin root
#

LOOLOLOLOLOLOL

urban charm
urban charm
waxen oracle
#

if my senior year course schedule changed this semester, do i upload a pdf of my new schedule onnto the portal? or email them

oblique jasper
bitter carbon
minor prawn
#

yALL

#

you think its a good idea to send a creative essay like the one you submit for harvard if you were deferred

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or you think thats overboarding

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I'm already overboarding them with like hella updated essays so might as well send 1 extra essay right

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lol

steep geyser
#

dont

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just dont

minor prawn
#

What the balls

#

What if the creative essay is good

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i think

round ibex
#

yes u should!

#

while ur at it, submit all of ur amazing works from pre-k too

#

ur improvement will definitely impress them.

void kiln
#

just got penn interview

#

nice

blissful ridge
#

maintenabce

Screenshot_20230212-210110_Chrome.jpg
#

also shouldn't sunday evening be 2/12/2023?

clever palm
#

maintenabce and no period either

#

@low yacht this your uni? 🙄🥱

clever palm
#

It’s working for me

low yacht
#

Penn breaks all the time

#

I wouldn’t overthink

clever palm
#

can’t penn just use idoc

blissful ridge
clever palm
#

try again rn

blissful ridge
#

yay it's working now

#

it's been a while since i submitted my pfas but my checklist does not seem to reflect that. is this normal?

snow stone
#

i submitted mine like a day before the soft deadline but they sent me an email later on saying that they were missing my info and then i logged in to check the next day and it was all checked off

blissful ridge
#

alrighty tysm

snow stone
#

np!

mint fossil
#

how late can we submit the financial aid forms?

#

like can we wait until decisions?

#

(i dont want to fill in 14 pages unless im acc going lol)

urban charm
#

Wait penn has a diff financial aid form submission?

mint fossil
#

idk, i haven't filled any aid forms yet

#

do u just hv to fill one and it gets sent to all unis?

urban charm
#

No theres a couple diff things

#

But every school’s requirement is different

#

But idoc also lets u know what the schools need

#

But apparently penn doesnt use idoc?

mint fossil
#

so can i wait to fill out financial aid forms until decisions come out?

urban charm
#

I dont think so

#

Im pretty sure it was already due

#

Thats what their site says

eager bough
#

it was due by feb 1

#

penn doesn’t take idoc so you have to upload documents onto their thingy and fill out the penn supplement

mint fossil
#

oh ok i thought that was still there to upload

#

anyways might be confusing with some other uni's that let u submit late

clever palm
#

I didn’t know about that until yesterday

eager bough
#

yea me neither

#

still haven’t filled out the penn supplement

clever palm
#

and when I tried to upload stuff yesterday they were doing maintence

#

clown school

#

🥱

eager bough
#

i uploaded my docs like a couple days ago

clever palm
eager bough
#

yea like you have my css profile

#

use that shit

#

like the odds of me getting in low as hell

clever palm
#

yeah fr

#

I’m prob not even gonna fill out the aid stuff lmao unless I get accepted

eager bough
#

i did everything except the penn supplement

clever palm
#

yeah same

#

I’m prob gonna do it later

eager bough
#

same here

#

the urge to wait to see if i get in to do it

clever palm
#

mhm

blissful ridge
#

do i need to submit a non-tax filer statement to penn

#

if i don't file taxes

#

my parent does but i don't

proven adder
blissful ridge
proven adder
#

You might want to contact the SFAS Office to clarify, though.

#

Since you're not a working adult, I don't think it'll matter as much.

frosty trail
#

hello upenn

low yacht
#

Hello

frosty trail
#

eagles lost

eager bough
low yacht
earnest shale
#

just finished my interview

#

was pretty fast 30min

#

didnt spend a whole lot talking about myself

#

a lot of it was me asking questions about CS/Penn/M&T

#

i heard interview is pretty important for admission right? how do they put that into evaluation

urban charm
#

also the interviewers fill out a form ranking certain aspects and writing responses to questions

#

or atleast thats how it is with some other schools

snow stone
#

I think it's considered "important" but a bunch of other stuff is "very important"

#

yeaa i think there is a report

blissful ridge
#

submitted my noncustodial waiver 2 days back but it does not show up on my finaid checklist

#

is it supposed to be there or

#

is it normal

urban charm
blissful ridge
#

umm i think i'll email them

#

it's barely been two days so i don't want to come across as impatient

#

my finaid portal does say there's 1 unsatisfied requirement although ive submitted all required documents

surreal rock
#

I called them and they said it’s more to do w logistics

#

@blissful ridge are you considered intl or domestic?

blissful ridge
blissful ridge