University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2023-2024)

[digital bramble]

Drama is brewing

[waxen mauve]

hahahhaha

[tender kiln]

dg

[tender kiln]

yeah

choose an aspect of your identity, discuss how you have explored it so far (why you’ve struggled because of it, how you’ve been/want to be involved in the associated community), and then talk abt penn programs/clubs that will let you be more involved with that aspect of your identity

[stoic owl]

woah you're back

thanks

[tender kiln]

dg

[opal silo]

gd

[tender kiln]

gd

[rose mural]

bruh i was so stressful im not gonna apply wharton for now then ill switch major later 🤔

[lean quiver]

Isn’t it harder to switch in

[tender kiln]

basically impossible!

[frigid seal]

Blud left

[opal silo]

LOL

[stoic owl]

bruh again

[opal silo]

why does dg keep leaving

[bold onyx]

no point in doing this

[keen fulcrum]

I remember reading how ppl were debating here whether Duke is better than penn

penn is fr better guys 😞

don’t apply to duke

[sleek grail]

duke is better

i am applying to penn tho

[keen fulcrum]

Not with my demographics

[sleek grail]

wdym

[keen fulcrum]

penn is more generous compared to duke for intl who seek full aid

[bold onyx]

🙏😭😭🙏😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏😭😭

[sleek grail]

LETS GO BLUE DEVILS

[burnt osprey]

Just fell to my knees

Got an A- in intro to cogs

So joever

[velvet basin]

gg....., ..,.

(is that bad)

[burnt osprey]

I was on the cusp

Of an A

So I’m a little bummed

[velvet basin]

[burnt osprey]

Not my first A-

My gpa will be fine

[velvet basin]

ok that's unlucky but ye

[burnt osprey]

I just gotta hope my other classes are As

[velvet basin]

had that happen to me in two classes last year

got a little trolled

[burnt osprey]

I had pretty rough grades in hs

So I wanted to do better in college

[velvet basin]

i mean A-s and As in college is like

balling, no?

[burnt osprey]

Ya

[digital bramble]

They were both my top choices

Tied for 1

[keen fulcrum]

omg where did you end up being

[frigid seal]

She got in ed to penn

[digital bramble]

Here

[last apex]

i also should’ve ed its worth it

[keen fulcrum]

ohhh congratulations!

[keen fulcrum]

bro you’re everywhere

I’m done with my penn supplements but idk about quality tho 😞

[digital bramble]

I can read

[frigid seal]

I am applying to 20 schools

[keen fulcrum]

🥹🥹lemme pm you

[digital bramble]

Bet

[keen fulcrum]

your bio is literally the definition of yours

[frigid seal]

?

[digital bramble]

Neymar Jr

[golden sedge]

How many words r ur guys’ common app essays

[lean quiver]

640 ish

[dusk python]

650 on the dot

[buoyant cobalt]

651

[lean quiver]

how da

[native pasture]

649

[lean quiver]

bro is surpassing his limits

[golden sedge]

What did u guys write abt

[lean quiver]

god knows

[dusk python]

service trip back to rural area 🔥 🔥 🔥 totally not beating a dead horse

[exotic dirge]

mine 550 or smt

[lean quiver]

mine is eh

[buoyant cobalt]

A very basic and overdone topic

[stoic owl]

649

halfway through my community essay and at 201 words

[digital bramble]

Can’t cook

And it worked

[stoic owl]

clearly you were cooking 🔥🔥🔥

[last apex]

590 or sm

[digital bramble]

Penn people

Do u guys get evicted during summer

[lean quiver]

yes

they do

i think they do?

[digital bramble]

Or can you stay and live on campus

Man

[digital bramble]

I like how they specify it’s furnished and air conditioned

Like no they lock u in a padded white room

[stoic owl]

you'd be surprised

[lean quiver]

bro doesnt know what dorms actually llook like

[digital bramble]

I do dw

I been in them

College dorms all look the same anyways

[lean quiver]

yeah theyre white padded rooms

[stoic owl]

if they were padded that would be luxurious

[digital bramble]

Bang your head against the wall safely

[olive haven]

Being gay in a homophobic environment, coding a ROBLOX game about abortion 😍

tbh i have no idea how i made it work

i was yapping

[stoic owl]

wow that is loaded

ao reading your essay like

[faint badger]

hey it worked!

[stoic owl]

i once waited 40 minutes for a panini because i was too scared to ask if they had made it yet

[bold onyx]

yes

o i didnt know they provided housing for summer courses

[olive haven]

real 😭

[olive haven]

frrrrr

[golden sedge]

Actually

[faint badger]

Yeah

[golden sedge]

Did u apply to the Wharton or nah

[native pasture]

Roblox and abortion are two words I'd never thought I'd hear in the same sentence omg💀

[native pasture]

Which schools?

[velvet basin]

ths i is truly one of the video gam moments of all time

all i have to say is

shit worked

so we ball

[olive haven]

LMFAOOO

that's what i was aiming for

gotta sweep the application readers off their feet with creativity

[olive haven]

frfr

[native pasture]

You ate ngl

[olive haven]

omg as i should 🤭 tyy though hsakdjhaskjdj

i didn't have stacked or crazy ECs/awards so i had to make up for it somehow

[opal silo]

🪝

[frigid seal]

basically all the top business schools

[native pasture]

any acceptances so far?

[frigid seal]

Mcdonough and Mccombs

[last apex]

for the community supplement, how much should i talk about my own experiences vs what i will do at upenn, something like 100 words + 100 words?

wish i had 300 or 400

[topaz perch]

How will you explore community at Penn? Consider how Penn will help shape your perspective, and how your experiences and perspective will help shape Penn. (150-200 words)*

For this prompt, can I talk my religion and how it will influence what I want to do at Penn?

[frigid seal]

Yes

[topaz perch]

but would you recommend such an approach?

[strange ember]

yes

[fringe surge]

wagmi

[digital bramble]

I kinda went abt this a bad way

I went like 2/3 experience 1/3 penn

💀💀

[last apex]

Thats what its currently looking like for me

[digital bramble]

And it works

[last apex]

How u know😳

[digital bramble]

Meeshat confirmed

[last apex]

I mean the point is to get to know you

[digital bramble]

Yes

I was really worried abt my supp at first so I can’t say if I got in despite that Essay like they just looked past the fact I barely answered the question

[last apex]

I think ill keep it that way i trust meeshat

[digital bramble]

I talked abt my experience as a student who wants to explore the intersection of arts and science

Then found teamwork was the value that was shared among the two

Then I quickly rattled off 3 clubs

[last apex]

Nice mines about chess

[digital bramble]

In the last sentence

I like that

Oh a lil hack go online

[last apex]

O

[digital bramble]

And Google like penn values and atuff

And pick one to center ur essay around

[last apex]

Wait for which essay

[digital bramble]

And then be like “penn’s value of blah” or “penn’s emphasis on blah”

The comm7ntiy

[last apex]

Oh really

[digital bramble]

Show how ur story aligns with their values

[last apex]

I thought i should only do that for the major specific but thanks

Ill try to improve the community one

[digital bramble]

Or like upenn mission statement

[last apex]

Btw am i the only one struggling with the thank you one, I generally thank teachers and stuff

[digital bramble]

I used major specific to talk abt academic goals

[digital bramble]

How so

Thank anyone u want I don’t think thanking a “generic” subject is a problem

The person who u can write the most genuine letter to should be ur top pick

Not what will look the most unique to aos

[last apex]

You think its fine its my dad or mom and its unique to me

Or my brother

[digital bramble]

I seen it work with brother one of my friends got in w brother essay

[digital bramble]

Maybe not parent?

It’s someone who u haven’t thanked really

Like as long as you’ve bought ur parents or acknowledged them for fathers or Mother’s Day

Kinda defeats the purpose

Anything is fair game

I even seen ppl write to pets

I write mine to my childhood best friend

[last apex]

Okay im gonna try some drafts :)

[digital bramble]

Best of luck

[last apex]

Thanks

[inner merlin]

i see that the maximum cu for a semester without additional approval is 5.5

how difficult is it to get approval for 6 cu in a semester

[burnt osprey]

Chill

It’s doable

But

Don’t even begin thinking about that rn

[fleet saffron]

interviews don't matter at all right

[bold onyx]

they dont

[fleet saffron]

cool thanks

[tender kiln]

hi

[opal silo]

gd

[analog shard]

amateur im doing 26

[opal silo]

27

[gray marlin]

hi

is it a must for me to submit a resume

I feel like it's just gonna be repetitive with my activity section so I kind of don't want to do it

[digital bramble]

No

[digital bramble]

Don’t do it

I didn’t submit a resume anywhere

[gray marlin]

ok great

but I do have a few awards that I want to include

can I just put it in additional information

[digital bramble]

Yes

[gray marlin]

yay

thank you!

[frigid seal]

Ye but like 10 are safeties

[olive haven]

My resume was a restatement of my ECs and I sent it in LMAO 😭

prob didn’t help at all

[olive haven]

additional information or your honors section!!

[gray marlin]

yea the award doesn't fit on the honors section

so additional info

anyways thank you

[tender kiln]

dg 🥶

[digital bramble]

I’m in philly

[waxen mauve]

should i email my region ao with another loci cus i got deferred

[digital bramble]

Can’t u upload to portal?

[gray pasture]

Another ? You’ve already sent one ?

[waxen mauve]

im planning on uploading one to my portal

[tender kiln]

i’m not

[digital bramble]

I’m gonna ransack ur dorm

[olive haven]

i’m in boston

[tender kiln]

crazy

[vagrant grotto]

Do they/when do they ask you to be apart of the Penn First program or JWS? Can I request to be apart of those programs

[tender kiln]

pfp yes jws no

i think

[last apex]

wait do i have to reflect on my experience inside the 200 words for this supplement
Write a short thank-you note to someone you have not yet thanked and would like to acknowledge. (We encourage you to share this note with that person, if possible, and reflect on the experience!) (150-200 words)*

[tender kiln]

u can but u dont have to

[last apex]

yeah i mean if i want to it has to be there

[tender kiln]

i did but others who got in didnt

[last apex]

not in some other doc

[tender kiln]

yeah has to be within the 200 words

[last apex]

ok thanks 👍

[opal silo]

gd

[bold onyx]

jws u need to get invited to join freshman year

u can apply to join kater

later*

pfp u need to be invited, but u can beg them into inviting u lmao

[digital bramble]

What’s pfp

Isn’t that like the exposure therapy thing

They throw classes at u to make u used to when school fr behinds

[vagrant grotto]

Wait actually. Like can I make a call and basically sob story them until I get it

[bold onyx]

email but all u need to do is keep asking 😭

but u do need to be fgli

[bold onyx]

yea lmao

[last apex]

done with supps :) just have to edit now

[drifting nova]

I JUST FINISHED MY ALUM INTERVIEW

BRO THAT WAS STRESSFUL

WTF the things they ask r random

i've had 2 interviews and for PENN it was HORRIBLE

either it was a perfect interview and the alum is going to talk highly of me or they r going to drag me in dirt wtf

they were like "pitch yourself in 30 secs" then they were like i think this is what i'm going to say to committee

bro im done

[buoyant cobalt]

They said to pitch yourself?😭

[frigid seal]

Its non evaluative

Look at penn website

Your interviewer is trippin

They can’t choose your admissions decision based on the interview

[gusty gale]

im not sure what this is

[drifting nova]

YES AND i was like “30 secs now or when i start talking” and was like you got 15 secs so i talked bs and the alum was like “let me rephrase the question if I were to go to committee today and said I have the student, he is blank. What would the blank be?” then they said oh that’s exactly I’m gonna say to committee.

BRO IDK ANYMORE

[drifting nova]

ik but if the interview goes well it’s gonna add another layer for the admissions officer

i never thought i could come up with some much bs and randomly talk about american imperialism

[buoyant cobalt]

Imperialism?😭

[frigid seal]

No its not dawg it cant impact your admissions decision at all

[digital bramble]

the interviews r non evalualtive LMFAO

its literally to help the school not u

by interviewing u they make u more locked in to the school whcih increaes interest

and willingness to go

its basically them sales pitching the school to u (like they needed to do that in the first place)

[frigid seal]

Exactly thats what im tryna say

Non evaluative = no impact on decision

[gloomy igloo]

who did yall write your thank you letter to?

[frigid seal]

Teacher

[bold onyx]

coworker

[lean quiver]

friend

[last apex]

friend and teammate

[digital bramble]

friend

[simple lance]

doctor

saved my life at 2 days old :D

i didnt start the wharton essay yet tho thats gonna be so hard to fit in 150

[velvet basin]

entire team

[burnt gust]

bro had to one up

[opal silo]

💀

[frigid seal]

27 is insane

i hope like 7 of those are UCs

i feel bad if not

[opal silo]

6 UCs

[simple lance]

half my schools dont have supps lool

neu sunys cunys

adelphi hofstra etc

[fast crater]

Is it worth submitting an optional resume? I’ve seen conflicting opinions online.

[lean quiver]

If it’s a repeat of ur activities list no

[fast crater]

what if I expand on some activities

[waxen mauve]

should i ed2 to stern? i got deferred from wharton but i feel like it was a pity deferral cus i did PIF and i saw on reddit that they don’t reject pif kids

[simple lance]

if u get deferred then yes

[night vortex]

how easy is it to transfer into/out of wharton

[simple lance]

how many ppl get deferred from these top schools

like it says nyu only defers 5% of ppl but my friend got deferred

idk if thats actually 5%

[night vortex]

it's usually around 10-20% of students

nyu is uniquely low i think

[waxen mauve]

is that nyu or upenn?

[night vortex]

thats upenn

[waxen mauve]

did u get into georgetown ea?

[night vortex]

yes!

[waxen mauve]

ooh congrats! mcdonough?

[night vortex]

no the college

[bold onyx]

outside or inside transfer

[night vortex]

inside

[bold onyx]

abt 30% acceptance

[night vortex]

damn

that's lower than i expected

can you double major or something across wharton and the college

because im leaning into polisci or econ right now but also have been thinking about business because i wanna go to law school

[bold onyx]

no

only dual degree

[night vortex]

ah

[bold onyx]

you can double concentrate within wharton or double major within cas

but no double majors for wharton + other school

[night vortex]

lame

what should i apply into

i think i should apply into the college but idrk

[bold onyx]

if ur not sure abt business apply to cas

50% of cas goes into finance/consulting anyways so not like ur gonna struggle lol

[night vortex]

🫡

thank you

ALSO for the thank you question

[bold onyx]

np lol

[night vortex]

if i want to use a thank you note i already wrote should i note that in my answer i wrote it before/already shared it

[bold onyx]

you can write that youve shared it

but i wouldnt say it was prewritten lol

[night vortex]

ok and how would i format that

just like an asterick or something

[bold onyx]

yea you could do that

[night vortex]

dang i suck at spelling LMAO

[bold onyx]

and you could write a note like *i shared this message with ___ and we were able to take about ___

[night vortex]

ALSO thank you i didnt say it earlier sorry

[bold onyx]

oops underlines got messed up

but u can include that u shared it and do a reflection

[simple lance]

thats pretty high

[night vortex]

usually the deferral rate matches the acceptance rate

ok sorry phantom ping but this one 👀

[bold onyx]

mmm i probably wouldnt include that since idt they want u reusing a past thank you note lol

[night vortex]

wait but it says to share and reflect

so like

is that not

[bold onyx]

yea but i think it means like something written for the prompt, not written before then reused

so u can still use it, just act like u just wrote it for the prompt 💀

[night vortex]

noooo im not gonna do that it that would be disingenuous

👀

haha

👀

[tender kiln]

emre should i just become wharton bro

and become investment banker

[bold onyx]

no

ur better than that

if ur gonna sell out then sell out to cs

[tender kiln]

man ive been watching all the finance tiktoks lately though

and they make so much money

[faint badger]

j quant out

[tropic meadow]

Ding!

Looks like someone's brought up quant again!

I think it’d be better if you analyzed some grass instead.

Used 1109 times.

[opaque pilot]

@tender kiln @bold onyx

u both can come work for me

industrial military complex on top

[faint badger]

oml

[opaque pilot]

emre can work with me for strategy and dg can work on the engineering team

[tender kiln]

ryan can u give me internship

[bold onyx]

cs u can make the same without destroying ur wlb

[bold onyx]

i would sellout to military i industrial complex if given the opportunity

[random wedge]

sibling

[fleet saffron]

best friend

[sand rover]

quant

[analog shard]

best friend

[analog shard]

are your only safeties utd and tamu

utd tamu uta (no i will not change this) gtown usc stanny upenn cmu emory nyu columbia umich uhh vandy? yeah thats all i remember

[gloomy igloo]

should i submit a 34 (33.5) ACT?

31 M 33 S 35 R 35 E
applying for cognitive science & sociology
GPA: 3.88/4 UW, 4.21/4 W

[hexed nexus]

grandparents

[frigid seal]

And smu

[analog shard]

ah yes

[frigid seal]

Duke + 5 other ivies + smu + wtvr u said yea

[analog shard]

oh yes 7 ivies i forgot

brown loml

[frigid seal]

NU is still a maybe

Brown is probably not

My OG list was 26 then removed washu then 23 when i removed ucla and ucb then 22 when i removed rice now its 20/21 depending on whether i do NU

[analog shard]

nu is more stem oriented i think idk about business

wouldn't your parents want you to do rice lol

[frigid seal]

NU econ is extremely good for ib and consulting

[frigid seal]

My parents dont care where i apply

[analog shard]

uchi econ>>>>

[frigid seal]

And UT is so clear of Rice for undergrad business so no point

[analog shard]

damn

my mom wont let me ed2 uchicago cuz then i'd withdraw UCs and she cant flex to her cali friends

[frigid seal]

Maybe pure econ yea but id take NU for ib and consulting most likely

[analog shard]

oh that makes sense

[frigid seal]

Damn so even if u don’t get purdue u cant ed2

The uchicago dream might be joever guys

[analog shard]

exactly

do we really think im not gonna get purdue though

i mean eng maybe but like communications

who else applies purdue comms

[gloomy igloo]

i ❤️ uchicago

[analog shard]

same

[hazy merlin]

Kellogg is goated

[analog shard]

who names a school after a cereal brand

[hazy merlin]

Comms has a really high acceptance rate yeah

My friend applied that as her secondary major

[hazy merlin]

That’s a cereal brand?

Idk probably some famous old person

My cousin’s friend transferred to it from iu kelley

[analog shard]

this year or prev?

[hazy merlin]

This year

[analog shard]

damn yall dont have kellogs there?

[analog shard]

what was her primary

[hazy merlin]

She told me it’s decently attainable to get into

[hazy merlin]

Idk what that is

[analog shard]

yeah im mostly not worried about getting into purdue

[hazy merlin]

Speech pathology or something super niche that takes very few people

[analog shard]

i applied for honors and i think ea is automatic consideration for scholarships though so i wanna see if i get those

[hazy merlin]

Hoping you do!

[analog shard]

ty!!

is your next decision usc?

[frigid seal]

Bruh wtf

How do you not know kelloggs

I see that brand on everything

[cedar mountain]

yo this is a really stupid question but what does business school teach

[analog shard]

business???

[last apex]

Since milton friedman was a uchicago graduate then its automatically #1

[cedar mountain]

what does it mean to teach business

[digital bramble]

Do consulting

A lot of cas and seas kids sell out to consulting n e ways

[last apex]

finance accounting marketing analytics supply management etc

U can choose your focus afterwards

[frigid seal]

Wharton gives you a bs in economics but you can choose a concentration such as entrepreneurship business management finance accounting etc

[cedar mountain]

so if i'm applying m&t

how would the two even intersect

[frigid seal]

Isnt m&t like more structured

[cedar mountain]

i dont even know why im applying m&t

my parents want me to

[frigid seal]

Does the m&t specific page tell you about how it works?

It probably goes into detail

[cedar mountain]

it just says this

@frigid seal

[frigid seal]

Yea bse

You can concentrate tho

Its a dual degree

[hazy merlin]

We don’t have Walmart near me 😭

[hazy merlin]

Yup

[hazy merlin]

I’ve never seen it 😭

[faint badger]

business is sum specific like operations or finance

[cedar mountain]

so is it basically like

how stuff is run

i have no fucking clue bro

[faint badger]

well see you can concentrate in something like decision science

or marketing

or finance

[cedar mountain]

so how does technology intersect with this

[faint badger]

or operations management: "The design, production, and distribution of goods and services are the core activities around which all firms and economies are built. The OM/MS track allows students to build a fundamental understanding of the trade-offs to consider when managing the development of products and services, as well as the operations used to produce them and fulfill customer requirements.

The need to effectively manage the production of goods and services has also sparked the development of a number of useful mathematical tools. Besides their direct application to operational problems, these management-science techniques have been broadly applied to a wide variety of other economic activities, from the pricing of financial instruments to decisions concerning mark-down policies in retailing."

That's for you to figure out when applying

[last apex]

Operations management is probably the closest to technology but also others

[cedar mountain]

you know what i'll just write whatever

it's probably fine

a 3% acceptance rate isn't the worst

how many people do they accept

[faint badger]

oh its lower now prob

like 60

30 in RD

[frigid seal]

M&T is basically impossible

[hazy merlin]

💀

[cedar mountain]

💀 why am i even applying

[exotic dirge]

Idk why im applying either

[hazy merlin]

Bc your parents said so

[tender kiln]

i’m too smart for that

[hazy merlin]

Is saying UPenn in essays that bad 😭

[dusk python]

UPeen

[tender kiln]

no

i did

[hazy merlin]

Good 😭

[golden sedge]

Did any of u guys do the community supplemental yet

[tender kiln]

yeah

[golden sedge]

Ok could I have some insight

On what I plan to write

[frigid seal]

I just talked about 2 clubs

And connected it to my current communities

[golden sedge]

So basically I’m gonna say I was part of a group of business owners who all wanted to collaborate with each other to provide the best game assets to the video game development community. It allowed me to do entrepreneurship, business, etc…

Then I’m gonna say I can join two business/entrepreneurship clubs at penn and say I can share my knowledge of business and management there, while also learning from others

What u think

[frigid seal]

Its a good idea

[golden sedge]

I thought abt talking abt the sports I’m in but I think it’ll sound too generic

Idk

[frigid seal]

It might be yea

[golden sedge]

Which ones

[frigid seal]

Not saying

[tender kiln]

clubs boring talk abt the other cool stuff penn has

we have so much cool stuff

talk abt like data analytics scholars or smth

or pores

or purm or grip

[rose mural]

omg goysss

any lsm program here

[golden sedge]

What’s that

[tender kiln]

https://pores.upenn.edu/

[topaz perch]

should i submit my 1490 score to upenn?

[random wedge]

what’s this

[digital bramble]

yea

[digital bramble]

ong

i straight up said id do graffiti

😂

[topaz perch]

bro everybody is telling me something different

i'm lost now

[digital bramble]

whos tellign u otherwise

[topaz perch]

some ppl here

and also

the average SAT for penn for the class of 27 was 1510-1560

so i might be putting myself at a disadvantage sending my scores

but i don't know

[digital bramble]

Idts

Even so it’s not gonna be the reason ur rejected

[topaz perch]

I mean my score was the highest in my class by a big margin (160 points) but i'm not sure if they'll care

[digital bramble]

They will

They have school profiles

[topaz perch]

i'm international

[digital bramble]

Have ppl been accepted to penn in the past from ur school

[topaz perch]

no

[digital bramble]

Uhhhhh

Yeah 1490 is one of those scores that’s hard

Cus 1500 everyone say yeah but like 1470 everyone say no

[topaz perch]

yea

[topaz perch]

i put this in my additional information section

if they consider it i think i'll send it

but i'm not sure if they'll take it into consideration tbh

they might just say "well you still have a bad score"

[digital bramble]

It’s not bad

😭😭😭

This server is such a bad place to ask if a score is bad or good

Tbh I’d submit it

Worst thing is it won’t help u and they just ignore it

Cus good scores don’t get u in and test optional/low scores don’t get u rejected

[topaz perch]

yea it isn't, but it is for these top unis tho, i mean penns 25% is 1510 so yea

if i submit my score, my score is considered below average

especially for an int student majoring in cs

[topaz perch]

but you know what, i'll submit, and whatever happens happens

[digital bramble]

Penn isn’t a super cs heavy school

If it was like mit or cmu then probably not

But like

I don’t think it can be that bad

[topaz perch]

we'll see i guess

thank you

[golden sedge]

What happens if u go test optional

[digital bramble]

No idea

[golden sedge]

Cause I didn’t do too well on the sat

I got 1300

[tender kiln]

if u go test op u go test op 🤷‍♂️

[strange ember]

test op is never rlly test op

but its certainly better than showing a 1300

[prisma basin]

im trying to decide whether or not I should do the interview

upenn is one of my only schools where the interview is actually advantageous.

but my ea interview didn't go well

[waxen mauve]

nah i dont think upenn interviews matter

[digital bramble]

it doesnt matter

[opal silo]

fr

[olive haven]

then your scores aren't considered in the admission process

that's it

[olive haven]

yeah i'd go test optional with that score

my friend had a 1470, went test optional, and got in ED

[golden sedge]

1470 is good

[olive haven]

it was below the 50% percentile for penn class of 2027 though so he didn't submit

my advice is

if your SAT score is below the 50th percentile

don't submit

[golden sedge]

Damn

Alr

[native pasture]

i got 1140 should i submit?

[velvet basin]

i have bad news babe

[opal silo]

💀

[gloomy igloo]

...

[bold onyx]

ya

i think

[vagrant grotto]

when do I get invited btw? In freshman year? Like do I know before first semester or

[vagrant grotto]

if its just fg and not li is that okay?

Also I really want to plan out my Penn scedule so how do I check for what classes I can/have to take

[supple granite]

Wouldn’t it make sense to invite all qb kids so about like 40 spots left

No clue how they select but I wrote about it hopefully they remember hahahaha

[bold onyx]

at time of acceptance

[bold onyx]

uhhh idts. and tbh ur not missing out on anything by not doing pfp

work a job or smthn instead and its a better use of ur time imo

[bold onyx]

wharton right

lemme send link

https://undergrad-inside.wharton.upenn.edu/curriculum/

dm me ur email and ill send u a google sheets form that’ll help u plan it out

[tender kiln]

why yall planning shit out rn bro

chill!! enjoy life!!

penn course planning isnt very difficult first sem basically every whartonite will have an identical schedule

[bold onyx]

^

building a schedule is very easy tbh

u have like maybe 3 requirements where u have to do a decent amount of class searching

the rest is insanely simple

[vagrant grotto]

Oh…so too late now LMAO

[vagrant grotto]

Yeah but I come from a rural area and first gen so I have no idea what to expect. I just wanna be prepared for what college is gonna be like before hand

Plus the Econ course and Seminar course is something I REALLY need because I didn’t take them in HS

Couldn’t fit it into my schedule last year or this year 🤷‍♂️

[bold onyx]

youll be fine either way imo

i didnt take econ in high school and bepp was pretty easy

i did better than some of my friends who did take econ in high school lol

and if ur from a rural area u mightttt get invited

but again, dont stress about it

[burnt osprey]

Dawg

This school is sooooo fake

[frigid seal]

Lmao

[hazy merlin]

People are mean asf what

[prisma basin]

no reason to say it out loud if you have to hate

[burnt osprey]

I mean true but there’s no reason to say anything on that app

[tribal quarry]

anyone here kind enough to read my essays

[tender kiln]

man i still only have 3/5 grades in 😭

when will they post cis 1600 😩😩😩

[burnt osprey]

I only have 3/4

But

The fourth one I have a 97 in

I’m chilling

This feels excessive

[tender kiln]

what feels excessive

[faint badger]

the 835 upvotes

[tender kiln]

why

i’m happy for bro

hope he gets 1000 💯

[thorn rover]

are you allowed to write a thank you letter to a fictional character

[tender kiln]

bro

just write it to your bsf man y u writing that shit to naruto 😭

[burnt osprey]

I’m bro

I got 869 upvotes

On that

☹️

[golden sedge]

Was it with aps

[burnt osprey]

I’m in college

[native pasture]

I was going to write mine about naruto omg💀

[olive haven]

is this satire 😭

[olive haven]

NOOOOO OMG

[native pasture]

I'm changing it now brb

[vagrant grotto]

Do i have to take my AP test that I have in my schedule if they don’t count for any Penn Credit? Or do I have to because I already got admitted

[bold onyx]

nah

penn doesnt care

if ur school doesnt care then ur fine

[modern breach]

dont u only get half refund

better than nothing ig

[vagrant grotto]

LMAO. It’s fairly easy to get an A in my school and I’m getting super lazy so I just don’t wanna take them. The only one I actually have to do is AP Physics since there is credits associated with it. But I heard the electives are actually fun at Penn so idk

[gusty gale]

if im applying to CS at penn what school do i apply to?

[opal silo]

nursing

[tender kiln]

engineering

[vagrant grotto]

Penn Engineering I think. Computer and Information Science

[burnt osprey]

SEAS as Computer and Information Science (CIS)

theres also CS in the college but thats only accessible as a second major

[dim herald]

u can just not show up for the ap test

just say u woke up sick and ur fine

at least at my school

cause they aint setting up retakes

[native pasture]

Live Love Penn

[hexed basin]

for those that got into upenn did u guys have a resume

included

[lucid nacelle]

if penn food is really Pennsylvania then whwre yall eat

[bold onyx]

what??

[bold onyx]

no

[olive haven]

brain rot 1000

[olive haven]

i did but my resume was a restatement of my ECs so submitting it was prob redundant LMAO

[lucid nacelle]

Is the food shit

I heard it’s shit

So it’s Pennsylvania

[bold onyx]

fym “so it’s pennsylvania”

penn food is generally pretty bad yea

[digital bramble]

No

[olive haven]

can you use dining dollars off campus

[bold onyx]

not really

there are places to use dining dollars on campus tho

like houston market and gourmet grocer

[plucky locust]

reading penn talked about on discord is a slap on the face idk why

[plucky locust]

i didn’t get invited but got into the program 💀💀💀

[supple granite]

Check dms

[tender kiln]

penn penn penn

penn penn

penn

[golden sedge]

Can I write my thank u note to santa

[olive haven]

yes if you're trying to get rejected 💞

[fleet saffron]

lol

For 28s accepted already, how was your interview? Did you have to prep anything major like a normal interview

Since it's called "alumni convo" now, it's a little confusing

[olive haven]

my interview went really well

i did some prep but it was minor i just came up with a list of questions to ask and i preped some answers for common questions like why do you want to study this

i've been meeting with my interviewer regularly since i got accepted, she's been helping me with my resume/linkedin and internship prep

[tender kiln]

damn

i need kai havertz hair

[soft moss]

for those who've submitted penn rd, have you all gotten your portals yet? i applied around 7 days ago and haven't gotten the portal yet. did anyone who submitted the past week or two get one yet?

[fleet saffron]

i did the day after i submitted

let me triple check

submitted on dec 24

[dark wren]

Is it a bad idea to write the penn thank you note to one of the teachers whom you asked for a rec?

Like is it redundant?

[tight nebula]

why would it be

[keen fulcrum]

yeah same

[lucid nacelle]

Pennsylvania in Cantonese is also the same word for dick

So

The food is dick

[dark wren]

idk I just want to be sure I don't seem too one sided

[lost hound]

its perfectly fine, unless you're like "thank you so much for writing my rec letter"

💀

[dark wren]

Lol ok thank you

[celest wedge]

I can’t seem to find a place to submit my music portfolio to UPenn

[dusk python]

upeen moment

[random wedge]

can a Penn student review my why cas supplement before I submit 😔

[digital bramble]

Upload it to a link or smth and put the link in a Doc

I don’t think they like supplemental material very much so that the only way to do it

[digital bramble]

It’s a literal convo don’t sweat it

Won’t impact ur decision it just gives u a chance to ask an alumni abt theur experience

[random wedge]

Can u join all of the consulting clubs

at once

[celest wedge]

but hwere?

do i submit .-.

in "Upload matierals"?? (i thought this was only for transcripts and stuff

[digital bramble]

There’s like 2 things u can upload an unofficial transcript or like additional info

Its in that I Think

Put the link in pdf doc

Also unless music is a big part of ur app oe ur applying as music major I wouldn’t recommend submitting a portfolio

[celest wedge]

kk

[timid shale]

arent there like 20 different consulting clubs at penn

[random wedge]

it was a joke

[timid shale]

ok good 😭

sometimes ppl in this server say such ridiculous things seriously

i can never tell

[random wedge]

true

[olive haven]

ppl be writing their thank you letters to naruto 😭

[tender kiln]

i hope that brother wasn’t serious 😭

[cedar mountain]

quick question guys

for BSEcon degrees

do you do ONE concentration at most

or is there room for two

[faint badger]

u can do two

[tender kiln]

this the wharton one right?

you can do two

[cedar mountain]

thanks

[clever elm]

I just finished my Penn essays anyone wants to review?

[tender kiln]

i can if u want i go to penn state not upenn though

[half crow]

hey guys does m&t admissions read wharton-specific or CoE-specific essays? I ideally want to write about the same topic for my wharton essay and m&t essay

[prisma basin]

wait you can apply to both like that?

[ember bolt]

i was lying lol

[half crow]

yeah I put wharton as second choice so I have to put essays for both in commonapp

But idk if M&T is a different ao team from Wharton's ao team

[olive haven]

omg another swiftie in a2c server

reputation supremacy

[uneven cove]

Fr?

[tender kiln]

no 😭

[prisma basin]

ah nice

[gloomy igloo]

anyone here wanna read my essays

[lean quiver]

if i get rejected im beating up dg

[rare sun]

same

[tender kiln]

crazy…

[bold onyx]

same

[lean quiver]

lets gooo we have emre on board

[tender kiln]

bro thats scary

emre is huge lwk

he could pummel me

the rest of u nerds though

[clever elm]

anyone wants to review my Penn supplements

[tender kiln]

oh yeah wait sry i’ll do that now fr

[prisma basin]

upenn has the interview listed as important on their cds 😦 im doomed

didnt submit yet but I really dont want to do an interview

[digital bramble]

It’s non evaluative

That cds is old

[prisma basin]

22-23

[digital bramble]

Yeah so it’s old

We’re in 23-24

Interviews r non evaluative now

[dim herald]

lol

[prisma basin]

oh

[tender kiln]

also i didnt even get an interview lol

interviews arent guaranteed rd

[prisma basin]

can you provide a source for that just so I can calm myself?

[tender kiln]

google it you’ll find many sources!

[digital bramble]

https://admissions.upenn.edu/how-to-apply/what-penn-looks-for/alumni-conversations

https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/09/penn-admission-changes-alumni-school-campus-involvement

[prisma basin]

thanks

my heart is now at ease!

[bold onyx]

same

dg

[tender kiln]

i love penn state yg r gonna love it too!!

[bold onyx]

my friend interviewr

said "hmu when u graduate, i get u job at kkr"

[digital bramble]

We are

[tender kiln]

so excited to see so many future lions!!!

[bold onyx]

💀

[tender kiln]

tf is kkr

[digital bramble]

*mittanzt Lions

*nittany

[bold onyx]

top pe firm

[tender kiln]

man

that should be me

bro emre cis 1600 professor said he’d submitted grades 6 hrs ago

shit still isn’t in path though…

[bold onyx]

idt it gonna be in path for 3 more dayus

bepp1000 prof said she submitted like 27th or something but said it wont appear until 4th bc thats when admin opens up

[tender kiln]

we’re cooked

[bold onyx]

so cooked

do u have 4.0

so far

[tender kiln]

yeah pretty sure i’m keeping 4

confirmed As in 3 classes on path 1 A on canvas and i have like a 99 in cis 1600

so unless i seriously fucked i up the final i should be fine

[bold onyx]

jesus

i already have 3.67 or something and im ending in 3.65-3.75 range

[tender kiln]

i went to bay area hs tho

[ember bolt]

need the rep era so bad

[olive haven]

REALLLL

she better have released rep tv by the time i go to my eras tour shows

[tranquil dagger]

any grade inflation at penn

[tender kiln]

i think every swiftie should apply to penn because her future brother-in-law lives in philly

[tender kiln]

not really

grade deflation if anything 💀

[tranquil dagger]

hmm must be why penn students r always the most depressed

wharton tho 🔥

[tender kiln]

we not bro these some rumors

[tranquil dagger]

oh

lol

[olive haven]

nyu bc she has her doctorate from there and she’s one of the supplemental essay prompts on the common app

[tender kiln]

everyone i know is happy

[tender kiln]

she never going back to nyu bro her neices and nephews are in philly she’ll be here all the time!!

[gray estuary]

ig you could say...

they are never ever getting back together

[olive haven]

https://open.spotify.com/track/1hR8BSuEqPCCZfv93zzzz9?si=phI6UZmMR_27LHbD7uLn3A

not when this song exists

[tender kiln]

@bold onyx bro i got cooked by the final

57% 💀

but still 0.8 standard deviation above median so 💯

[bold onyx]

is there curve for class or anything

if 56% is median who tf is getting an A in the class

[tender kiln]

no median was 40%

[tender kiln]

yeah the curve is usually huge

[bold onyx]

oh

oh u said std dev

[tender kiln]

like 70% for an A

[gray estuary]

whats it curved to

oh

[bold onyx]

wait thats worse

[bold onyx]

like 70% raw score in class?

[tender kiln]

wait probably lower tbh

[tender kiln]

yeah

[bold onyx]

how the fuck u have 99 before final then wtf

[tender kiln]

not raw

i had like an 80 raw

[bold onyx]

ooo

so u finishing with A?

[tender kiln]

its like half a standard deviation above average is an A i think

[tender kiln]

idk fs but hopefully 💯

[hazy merlin]

Yikes…

57% is insane

[native pasture]

Wait is the interview optional????

[tender kiln]

if they offer you one then you should do it

but if you do it it wont count much if at all

i just know in 2 days this channel is gonna be full

penn making their app due after everyone else was so smart

[hazy merlin]

Submitted mine like a week and a half ago 😎

[digital bramble]

What class is this

I need big curve classes

[native pasture]

Yeah I love them for that, I still haven't submitted since my counselor wants to review my essays first

[tender kiln]

cis 1600

[digital bramble]

Oh

CS?

[tender kiln]

yeah

[digital bramble]

😔

Nvm then

[tender kiln]

cis 1600 prolly top 5 hardest classes at penn though

[digital bramble]

Oh

How’s 1410

[tender kiln]

like you come on campus and you’ll hear it so much

[digital bramble]

Should I retake calc 2 or use ap score to test out and take 1410

[tender kiln]

such an odd class

[tender kiln]

DO NOT take 1400

1400 sucks

[digital bramble]

How come

[tender kiln]

idk eveyrone just says it sucks

[digital bramble]

1300 is the bare minimum for premed req

[tender kiln]

i think they do hella irrelevant shit

1410 is like

[digital bramble]

Lmfao

[tender kiln]

idek i treated that class as a joke all semester and got an A

[digital bramble]

Wait 1400 is just calc 2

[tender kiln]

but it was also like

[digital bramble]

Is 1410 multi?

[tender kiln]

so annoying

[tender kiln]

yes but its like

a weird multi

[digital bramble]

ew

[tender kiln]

no one likes the math department here

[digital bramble]

I’m taking multi rn and it sucks

[digital bramble]

How r the stats classes

I like stats I lowkey hate math though

[bold onyx]

free

[tender kiln]

idk

[digital bramble]

Good

[tender kiln]

yeah emre would know…

[digital bramble]

I haven’t taken stats since 10th grade

[tender kiln]

wharton mf…

[digital bramble]

🤮

[bold onyx]

stats 101 is kinda mid bc its a new prof every sem, and last sem it was her first sem eber proffing so she barely taught lol

[digital bramble]

R the curves for math and stats usually good

If there is any

[bold onyx]

but stat 102 was extremely free, it was open note and the entire test was a repeat of the practice test

[digital bramble]

My stats class was uncurved but it was like really easy

[tender kiln]

we had barely any curve in 1410

[bold onyx]

1400 curve is heavenly

[digital bramble]

Noted

[digital bramble]

I’m getting mixed signals

Dg said 1400 sucks

[bold onyx]

it does

they curve it extremely hard for a reason lol

[digital bramble]

Oh

How far does a 5 in BC get me

[bold onyx]

my friend had a 74 quiz average or smthn and ended with an A-

[bold onyx]

prolly an A, but dont take it if u dont have to

[tender kiln]

into 1410

[digital bramble]

Uhghhfh

Well

My multi class rn is compeltely uncurved and I’m managing an A

Hopefully it stays that way

[bold onyx]

o i thought u meant how would u do in 1400 having gotten a 5 in BC lol

[digital bramble]

Lolll

[bold onyx]

u can also take placement test

[digital bramble]

5 in BC is req to test out of 1400 right

[bold onyx]

at start of year

[tender kiln]

no

even if u dont get 5 on BC u can take 1410

[digital bramble]

Oh

[bold onyx]

and get credit/waiver for 1410 ? not sure abt credit

[digital bramble]

Does it give u credit for 1499

1400

[tender kiln]

and you can get back credit for 1400 as long as you don’t get a C or a lower

[bold onyx]

ya

[digital bramble]

Oh

[bold onyx]

5 on BC gives 1400 credit

[digital bramble]

Calc bc I took 11th so I’m prolly gonna be lacking

Like I’m gonna forget everything

[tender kiln]

2400 doesnt give 1410 credit anymore

[digital bramble]

And I forked over my ap chem class book to my friend who went to Penn 2 years before me

[tender kiln]

just go straight to 1410 anyway

[tranquil dagger]

if u did calc 1 but not calc 2 what r u placed into

[digital bramble]

So I don’t have any of my chem resources to take the placement test 😭😭

[tender kiln]

1400

[digital bramble]

Is calc 1 AB

[bold onyx]

what abt credit from placement exam over summer

is that possible i dont remember

[bold onyx]

ya

[tender kiln]

idk

[bold onyx]

idk either

[digital bramble]

Is there Lin alg or diffeq

[tender kiln]

2400 is lin alg

idk abt diff eq

[digital bramble]

Idk whether it’s worth to take any higher level math for premed reqs

[tender kiln]

no math above lin alg is worth i think

in any field unless ur going into math

[digital bramble]

Or engineering

[tender kiln]

even in engineering

id say its only worth for mechanical

[digital bramble]

Lmfao there’s a 8th grader in my multi class who’s running out of math to take in high school

[bold onyx]

no

the premeds ik are only doing 1300

[digital bramble]

I was thinking abt doing diffeq with multi this year but I decided against it

Oh 😭😭

[bold onyx]

but theyre also doing like bio

[digital bramble]

What even is 1300

[bold onyx]

like precalc / calc 1 lol

[digital bramble]

Ain’t no way

[bold onyx]

what major r u

[digital bramble]

😭

Like molecular bio or health and societies once I pick

I literally suck at math nothing can be expected from me in the math dept

[bold onyx]

so yea u prolly wont need beyond 1300 tbh

[digital bramble]

Oh

well then I took multi this year for nothing

I been sleeping anyways

[bold onyx]

might have to retake 1400 for med school apps but idk how that works tbh

actually wait

[digital bramble]

1400 is easy it’s fine

[bold onyx]

u r fine with 1400 credit

[digital bramble]

Yeah

[bold onyx]

my friuend is like insnaely cracked premed

[digital bramble]

Bc test was light

[bold onyx]

and he used credit for 1400 and is not doing anymor emath