University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2024-2025)

[clever cypress]

Upenn is fr

[olive badge]

ur a irregular guy

[clever cypress]

😂😂

Mb

[signal drum]

"We will notify all Early Decision applicants of the exact time and date of our decision release at least one week ahead of time so that they can be aware of when to expect their admissions decision. " Upenn website under First Year Applicants therefore any earlier than the 14th is impossible therefore making the 16th and the 19th the most likely dates the thursday patern only goes back three years however the patern of around the fifthteenth on a weekday has been around longer making 16th slightly more likely than the 19th the 19th is still assuming they arent gonna break the 3 year patern however it has to be before jan 5th as thats when you have to confirm admitance by i would assume they would give time to do it.

[median dew]

😭 yall have done ECs for 2-3 years

we have the willpower to wait 9-12 days

🙏

[rapid minnow]

no

we don’t

[clever cypress]

Nah

I can’t focus on my rd supps ☹️

Until my deception

Decision

[neat relic]

RAHHHH JUST RELEASE THE DECISION

[gloomy cairn]

i don't get why they have to follow the thursday pattern but yea

[signal drum]

they dont have to they just did although the reason is unknown making it slightly more likely to be on a thurs.

[neat relic]

Damnit looking at Penn's elective catalog I want to go so much now 😭

[umbral hedge]

Good luck yall

[clever cypress]

What did yall do

Wharton ?

[austere spindle]

and if you have a minute why dont we goooooo talk about somewhere only we knowwwwwww

[neat relic]

SEAS CS 😭

Somehow even more cooked than the wharton kids

[austere spindle]

i remember back when i was cs 😔

one semester ago

[neat relic]

Wait hold on just realized Penn doesn't admit on major

we are so back

(I'm still not going to get in)

[gloomy cairn]

hmm yea same with the one week notice, like why don't they just announce it in 3 days ahaha but i guess that's their policy.

[austere spindle]

i mean

not really

in seas we all come in declared

cas and wharton you come in undeclared

[neat relic]

Well it says they admit by school

[austere spindle]

but seas you come in declared

our process is different

[neat relic]

CS is usually an affected major which means that declaring that major negatively impacts acceptance but apparently SEAS doesn't consider that

unless my sources are wrong

[austere spindle]

well i just know we admit generally the same amount of people per year per major/department and im pretty sure that is not proportionate to the amount of applications

like there’s always 90 or so kids who come in as ESE and 90 or so who come in as mechanical and idt 40% of our apps are for EE or MechE

[runic canopy]

wait where does it say

[neat relic]

Maybe the real release date is the day we realize it was the friends we made along the way

[median dew]

anyway CAS supremacy (i have no idea what i want to do with my life)

[austere spindle]

lol i’m just speaking from experience of coming in declared

[runic canopy]

oh wait i found

[austere spindle]

i think the main reason is engineering pre-orientation is done by major

so you have to be declared

for it to work

[neat relic]

From someone who apparently was a CS major what is the environment like

[austere spindle]

so all the ppl who applied EE are in one group for pre-o

[neat relic]

is it toxic

[austere spindle]

etc

no

seas is hella chill

but cis doesnt have much community

like you have your friends and stuff but the major as a whole doesnt rly do events

i was ee for a sem then cis for a sem and now ive been ai for a sem

i think ee and ai definitely have much more of an in major community

but none of them r toxic lol

[neat relic]

good

[west path]

did anyone submit drawings or paintings for dmd cuz i only did animations 😭

[sly pebble]

just school

[neat relic]

You go to Penn?

[sly pebble]

no

i meant they admit by school

pretty sure each school has alimit of how many peopl

get in

[coral umbra]

How many CE kids?

[signal drum]

with the one week notice its different because they already annnonced they would and it looks bad to go back on it.

[clever cypress]

Rllt ?

[neat relic]

?

[clever cypress]

Wait I have a question

[neat relic]

yeah

[clever cypress]

Like obv region matters for penn

But like

Are CAS and SEAS kids comp for Wharton kids

In the region

And vice versa

[austere spindle]

like 9

[grand pagoda]

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)*

The flexible structure of The College of Arts and Sciences’ curriculum is designed to inspire exploration, foster connections, and help you create a path of study through general education courses and a major. What are you curious about and how would you take advantage of opportunities in the arts and sciences??(150-200 words)

How did y’all distinguish the two prompts

[coral umbra]

[neat relic]

For me I kinda focused more on specific parts of the Penn community beyond my major mostly for the first one and how I would like to impact it. I applied to SEAS so the prompt was slightly different but I mainly focused it as a "why this major" and how the school can help me pursue this major and also interdisciplinary interests.

[coral umbra]

Am I cooked

[neat relic]

Bro why are you applying to like all the same schools as me

STOP

[grand pagoda]

How do you find out about penns community for the first one? Like what would u search
Also for number 2 did u connect it to career?

[neat relic]

I asked chatGPT as a starting point and it happened to give me some good leads

[grand pagoda]

Darn i also hear someone say this about prompt one:

1st seems more general why penn. also a little bit of uniqueness in it; like what makes u unique and allat. try and relate how you're going to explore community with your experiences/perspective so you can show how you can shape penn through xxx they offer, backed up by you already having a unqiue perspective

And thought maybe i can just go in and talk abt stuff without researching the school

[clever cypress]

Hey iv read a lot of essays ab this

I would def say

1 is much more focussed on

The experiences you have already have

Shaping

How you’ll impact Penn

So like X (some community involved activitiy) gave you this perspective

And doing something at penn( a continuation of X) through Y

And the results of that

How you’ll impact the penn community through ur specific background of X applied in Y

And how Y will broaden/shape/change your perspective that was born during X

[clever cypress]

I would say 2 is where you bring up your actual major

And stuff related to that

Like it’s p much how I’ll CAS let you do what u wanna do

But the curious part is importsnt

The opening of the essay

Should be an almost anecdotal intro kind of introducing an intrest

Which Isisnt necessarily a career

And how CAS helps you dive deeper into that intrest

While making it a career asw

Is what I would don

With that

But it’s also important to note that you can switch majors

So

If your ecs and essay can build towards something else in CAS

Go for it

Plan ur essays ALL out

Before starting

They should interlink and build a overall theme

[grand pagoda]

Okay so I just gotta research something offered (y) and connect it to my experience (x) and then talk about how together with x and y how id contribute?

[clever cypress]

Sure yea

My credibility will be verified in a week after my decision 😂

[grand pagoda]

Okay the second one seems hard. Feels like sometimes they usually colleges have enough infos/opportunities on like a college within them

[iron cairn]

isnt wharton the hardest school to get into at penn?

[iron cairn]

do yk how hard it is to switch from cas to seas?

[neat relic]

you right nvm

[iron cairn]

i think seas admit rate is similar to cas

[agile hornet]

can we get email from penn tomorrow pls

[austere spindle]

LOL the only schools i got into were the 4 in your name and penn

[austere spindle]

not too bad

[austere spindle]

nah seas is marginally lower than wharton lol

[olive badge]

'the only' alr bro

[iron cairn]

as long as u do it before freshman year?

[iron cairn]

wtf i didnt know seas was that comp

usually arts and sciences r similar

[open ether]

am i cooked for penn

i did ED with a 3.3 GPA and a 1470 SAT

survived cancer tho

engineering too

😭

[mossy crag]

huntsman 1st choice and wharton 2nd

bruh when are ED decisions comin out

[foggy dove]

nobody knowssss

[mossy crag]

i know they do them on thursday of every year, so it's either 12.12 or 19.12

[foggy dove]

so stressful bruh

it wont be 12th cause we didnt get an email notif like 3 days ago

[clever cypress]

Yea ur getting in 😂

[foggy dove]

so 19th?

[clever cypress]

16 or 17 or 18 or 19

[mossy crag]

is it necessary? cause cornell confirmed decision date on 12.12 and my friends who applied there didn't get it too

[foggy dove]

did you submit your score?

[open ether]

yea

[foggy dove]

i got a 1470 and was too scared to submit so i went test optional😔

[mossy crag]

nooooo you shouldve submitted

[clever cypress]

Wait

[foggy dove]

everyone told me not toooo😭

[open ether]

i had a 3.3 so anything above a 1300 can’t really hurt me

[clever cypress]

What’s ur gpa

[clever cypress]

What’s ur gpa

[foggy dove]

im intl so we dont calculate gpas

[clever cypress]

Oh

Intresting

[foggy dove]

but in my national exam i got a 83/84

[clever cypress]

Hmm

Lowk idk how ts works

But in genenral submitting sat is based on gpa

[foggy dove]

ik penn alerts decision dates 7 days prior, maybe they'll do it different this year?

[open ether]

i think only way i don’t get in is if they throw my app out before reading my essay

[clever cypress]

Damn u that confident

[foggy dove]

oh shoot really?

i never even knew

[clever cypress]

Which of the 4 schools

[clever cypress]

No not like officially

[foggy dove]

my average grade in highschool was an A though idk how that translates in gpa

[open ether]

well my whole essay is on how both my parents are dead and i’m a cancer survivor 😭

and then how i’ve grew

[clever cypress]

But like streategically

[open ether]

seas

[mossy crag]

yesss i think they might do it differently. I HOPE THEY WILL

Regardless, pretty sure we'll find out tmrw

[clever cypress]

DAMN

Goodluck bro

[open ether]

pray tho

[clever cypress]

Yea

[foggy dove]

yeah

i hope not 19th though thats so far

i'll be old and my bones will be breaking by then

[open ether]

prolly 16 or 17

[mossy crag]

LMFAO REAL

[open ether]

prolly gonna match yale which is 17

at that point ur stats don’t really matter it’s just ur essays and ecs

goodluck tho

[foggy dove]

yeah you're in😭

[clever cypress]

Yea I think I got a shot we shall see

[mossy crag]

why yale specifically?

[open ether]

they always match yale

well my source was tiktok for that

[mossy crag]

brown is on 13th, cornell on 12th

[open ether]

so take it with a grain of salt

[mossy crag]

LMAO

got it

[foggy dove]

they're known for releasing on the same date as yale

i think the past 2 yrs

[mossy crag]

its just that my birthday is on 12th so i hope theyll do 12th😭

[open ether]

12th is impossible now

[foggy dove]

it's either you have the best birthday ever or the worst one ever, no in between😭

[open ether]

unfortunately

earliest it can be is 16

[mossy crag]

AHHAHAAHA RIGHT

[open ether]

international students got it the worst when it comes to us colleges

especially asian internationals

goodluck to yall😭

[foggy dove]

why asian intls?

it's rough for us all😭

[open ether]

eh diversity

[clever cypress]

I hope it comes out 12 I just want my mf decision

[mossy crag]

thanks😭

[foggy dove]

that ship has sailed im afraid😭

[open ether]

i was praying for the 12th

i deadass camped my email inbox

nothing ever came

[foggy dove]

😭😭😭😭oh-

[open ether]

and then i did the same on friday

[foggy dove]

@mossy crag did you get assigned an interviewer?

or any intl here

[mossy crag]

no

pretty sure intls barely get one

[foggy dove]

same twin🙈

[open ether]

interviews don’t mean anything for penn

[open ether]

that’s true too

it’s based off location

[foggy dove]

ik a guy who got one

[open ether]

my interviewer was like 10 mins from my high school

[mossy crag]

im from CA and none ever got that interview☠️

[foggy dove]

damn that's so close, you get to relate well w them

[foggy dove]

that gives me hope, ik they're non-evaluative but still not having one when others do is scary

[open ether]

well i live in the silicon valley so all the cs grads are here for work

[mossy crag]

did u get to ask questions about penn?

[open ether]

they didn’t really grow up here

[foggy dove]

lmaoaoao makes sense

[open ether]

yea

[mossy crag]

who are you, defeating cancer, parents situation, living in silicon valley, what's next😭

[foggy dove]

did they ask you why penn?

[open ether]

i live with my sister

she works in tech

😭

[open ether]

yea i lowkey forgot what i said tho

[mossy crag]

right

[foggy dove]

😭😭😭his life could be a movie

[mossy crag]

woahh

[open ether]

nah it’s too boring

[foggy dove]

to us it's not like you're so strong for going through all that😭

[open ether]

i just played fortnite to cope

[foggy dove]

real😭😭 i was addicted to fort

[open ether]

my dreams of going pro were crushed and then i had to focus on getting into college again

[mossy crag]

yall applied to wharton right?

[open ether]

no i did seas

[foggy dove]

you applied w which major?

[open ether]

cs

[foggy dove]

oouuu all the best!

[open ether]

on my essays i made it sound like i wanna save the world with software

in reality i’m just tryna make a bag

[mossy crag]

wbu?

[foggy dove]

i went cas cause idk what i wanna do w my life

[mossy crag]

HHAHAAHA i think that applies to every single applicant

[mossy crag]

you got that cas vibe

[open ether]

cas students the most chill

[foggy dove]

real though you'll have to super stand out in the cs market😭

[open ether]

all the seas kids don’t know what deodorant is, have glasses, and are nerds and wharton is just kids with egos

[foggy dove]

bahahah

[mossy crag]

LMAO

[foggy dove]

you did wharton yeah?

[mossy crag]

i did huntsman as 1st choice and wharton as 2nd

[open ether]

and M&T kids are just the worst

[foggy dove]

aaah okiii

[clever cypress]

I did Wharton

[open ether]

and u never even see the nursing kids so u forget they exist

[foggy dove]

what language did you apply w for huntsman?

[mossy crag]

LMAO i lowkey forgot there's a nursing school

[foggy dove]

a part of me feels like i'll wanna do engineering at some point

[mossy crag]

russian

[foggy dove]

if i get in i'll just see how my 1st year as cas is

[foggy dove]

damnnnn russian is so hard😭😭😭

[mossy crag]

can u transfer between schools? i never searched about that

[open ether]

i think it’s hard

[foggy dove]

that is so cool

[open ether]

it’s easier to switch majors within ur school

[foggy dove]

yeah you can, i know cas to seas is a common transfer so i like that option being there

[mossy crag]

it's my 2nd language that's why i chose it😭 as Im thinking about languages now, ill probably change to chinese or french if i get accepted

[foggy dove]

as long as i do well in some math and physics classes in freshman year

[mossy crag]

Ohhhhh wait thats so nice

[foggy dove]

lmaoaoao😭😭aah oki makes senseee

[foggy dove]

ikrrr😭

[open ether]

yall didnt apply for financial aid right

since ur int

[mossy crag]

ofc i did

[open ether]

uh oh

[mossy crag]

and i need full aid☠️

[open ether]

penn takes like no kids who request aid if they’re int

since they’re need aware for international kids

[mossy crag]

students from CIS countries get accepted every year with full rides

[open ether]

what is cis countries

i’m american

not that well educated

[mossy crag]

LMAO

[open ether]

on the world

[mossy crag]

central asia russia belarus ukraine georgia etc

[open ether]

oh

[mossy crag]

i mean only like 4-5 kids but still

[open ether]

that’s hard

i think upenn will by 17

[mossy crag]

like yale?

[open ether]

yea

[mossy crag]

it could also be 16th, because in 2019 14-15 were the weekend days, and 16th was monday and they released on 16th

[open ether]

all we can do is hope

idm if it’s 17 it’s only 1 day difference

but if it’s 18 i’m crashing out

[mossy crag]

rightttt

[mossy crag]

btw

366 kids with 67k aid on average

🔥

[open ether]

damn penn is balling on the endowments

yall got called aliens

[foggy dove]

nahh that's not true, ik 5 kids from my country who got in last year on full aid

[open ether]

i’m sorry that’s funny

[mossy crag]

LMAO

[foggy dove]

samesiesss🤣

[mossy crag]

are you from europe?

[mossy crag]

omgggg

[foggy dove]

no africa

[mossy crag]

lets hope we'll be in that 366

[foggy dove]

yessss

[agile hornet]

damn same

[agile hornet]

tbh I think they threw away mine already 🙏

[agile hornet]

I got one!

[agile hornet]

GIRL IM ALSO FROM CA?? wtf are you me

[gloomy cairn]

same

from australia

[mossy crag]

WHATTT

[mossy crag]

OMG NICEE

OH WAIT

YOUR USER IS LITERALLY HOURSEEATER

[agile hornet]

I also chose russsian and kinda regret it now

LMAOO YESS AHHAHSHAH

I don’t eat horses btw

[mossy crag]

WHATTTT

oh........

HELPPPP

[agile hornet]

we also said that he is about to interview another person from my country right after me so I wonder who that person is 😭

[mossy crag]

OMG

[mossy crag]

omg waitt

[agile hornet]

hold on i might be doxxing myself too much

lemme delete that 🤚🏻

[mossy crag]

yeah go

[agile hornet]

now you look like schizophrenic person who became one while waiting for penn decision

im sorry babygirl 🩷

[mossy crag]

Its okay queen❤️

[agile hornet]

I also kinda scared my interviewer with stalking skills

[foggy dove]

bruhhhh no wayyy i was copinggg

[agile hornet]

let’s talk privately imma spill the tea

[agile hornet]

they aren’t evaluative anymore so issok

[foggy dove]

howwww

[mossy crag]

I've heard from this year interviewers only tick if they conducted an interview or not. maybe that's cap

[foggy dove]

stilll😭😭what if they like threw my app😔

[foggy dove]

heyyy i wanna know too😭

[mossy crag]

dwwww just wait✨

[foggy dove]

[mossy crag]

i feel relaxed cause i know eventually ill end up where ill flourish and use all resources to 100%

[agile hornet]

let’s make a group 😈

[foggy dove]

period boo!!

[mossy crag]

omg sure

[agile hornet]

truee! (see ya in NU next year lol)

[foggy dove]

yasss

[mossy crag]

goodbye.............

ppl will think you're talking about Northwestern

[agile hornet]

LMAOOO

[mossy crag]

[foggy dove]

i thought they meant northwestern💀

[fallen root]

saw a tiktok of a college advisor and they think penn isnt gonna follow the one week before policy and just release it sometime this coming week 💀

[gloomy cairn]

omg i hope so

[signal drum]

of all the stuff we know about the penn descison date thats the only one confirmed by penn in 2019 they realised on december 16 2019 a monday the longer pattern is near december 15th on a weekday meaning its likely gonna be december 16 2024 this year

which is also a monday

[austere spindle]

you cant

you can only switch after 2 semesters or after 3 semesters

[hollow pulsar]

this is so real rn

[peak bear]

Farts loudly

[agile hornet]

do you have KSI as your top artist there or what

[sly pebble]

REAL

[sly pebble]

wait rank them all in terms of difficulty

[sly pebble]

thats the last day of school for this semester for me

[foggy dove]

im in the thic of it everybody knows

[wooden needle]

Anyone did the Penn early exploration program and applied ED

Apparently the acceptance rate for PEEP participants is like 70% if you applied ED

[foggy dove]

damnnn

source?

[wooden needle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/jElGAgi9UA

[sly pebble]

bruh

didnt qualify

[foggy dove]

that is some insane boost damn

[agile hornet]

real wtff

why interviews aren’t evaluated by them anymore but this gives such a boost

[fathom umbra]

my penn essays

ON EVERYONE SOUL BUT MINE IM GETTING IN 😎

[sly pebble]

pls be this week

[wooden needle]

PEEP participants are rly cracked FGLI kids

[coral umbra]

are u also applying for ce lmfao

[coral umbra]

this would be a great outcome

[gritty crown]

i mean all of those are EA techy schools

[foggy dove]

😭😭

[foggy dove]

midas and jules are coming for you

[cobalt axle]

I heard that from Reddit too but like PEEP had over 600 ppl this year and was all-virtual so idk if true anymore

[grand pagoda]

For the thank you note

If i say
Dear [person]

Do i have to end it like an email like sincerely. Also do i indent for letters?

[clever cypress]

Don’t indent

You don’t have to end like an email

But I think it sounds nice if u do

[wooden needle]

PIF was discontinued this year so it merged with PEEP (that’s why it has double the amt this year); and PEEP has always been virtual for the last few years

[neat relic]

CS

[coral umbra]

Good luck bro

Godspeed

[neat relic]

you too

[grand pagoda]

Okay. But i indent for other essays thats fine?

[clever cypress]

Up to u

I don’t like indenting

Shoudnt matter

[grand pagoda]

Oh okay 👍

[sly pebble]

i didnt indent any of mine

[plain zealot]

bro the thank you essay is so hard

liek i cant do my family and i dont want to do friends or teachers bc i know ill change feelings about them and i have probably thanked them already

[grand pagoda]

Teachers

[austere spindle]

i just did my bsf

its not that deep

also its about you not the person you write it about

[clever cypress]

Yea

[plain zealot]

yea ik

[grand pagoda]

Wdym?

[sullen tendon]

when does upenn ed come out

[hollow pulsar]

they haven’t sent the email yet

[median dew]

guessing the 16th, hopefully they send an email out tmrw

[neat relic]

I hope they announce it for friday

that is basically a business week

UPenn is really taking their sweet ass time just to reject my ass 😭

[austere spindle]

your essay should be abt how interacting with that person changed you/actions you took because of them, not abt them

they are just a narrative tool to convey things about yourself

[tulip otter]

Yep

How that person changed you

[wispy carbon]

I dont think so this year because they accepted way more applicants than previous years

Im pretty sure there were like 400 participants between 2 cohorts

[wispy carbon]

oh i didnt know they combined peep with pif

[wooden needle]

There’s still a boost either way

PEEP participants are flagged during the admissions process in the system

[wispy carbon]

Maybe

I don’t think the boost is as much as we think it is

[mossy crag]

Harvard and Princeton just announced their decision dates on 12/12 7pm

[agile hornet]

penn is tryna be different 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

I started fighting demons inside my mind while waiting for them to announce the decision date

[neat relic]

That sounds icky

I recognize that’s the admissions maxxing approach but wasn’t going to do that

[sly pebble]

do yall think it’ll come out same day as harvard and princeton

[trim yoke]

nah "We will notify all Early Decision applicants of the exact time and date of our decision release at least one week ahead of time so that they can be aware of when to expect their admissions decision." last year exactly a week before the 14th they announced it

[austere spindle]

thats not the admissionsmaxxing approach thats just common sense

they’re not gonna assess your ability to glaze someone

they want you to be able to actively reflect on what that person taught you

[wispy carbon]

Are they gonna email us a notification date of when its dropping cuz on the website they don’t mention emailing us

[neat relic]

They're not going to drop them. They're just not going to let anyone in.

we're all cooked

[sullen tendon]

where is the email

😢

[somber tulip]

announcement will be tn at 7:00 or sometime tmrw

my college counselors said it would be the 17th 🤷

[trim yoke]

the truth is no one knows

[umbral hedge]

Lol I found this from 2 years ago

[trim yoke]

they have come to a decision by now im sure

[somber tulip]

everyone did last week

now is just printing student IDs, writing emails, etc

[austere spindle]

should i go to the admission office tmrw and ask

[umbral hedge]

😭

[somber tulip]

for your own sake I wouldnt

if you did that would be epic

but you shouldnt

and idk it could be unfair to others

they won't tell you besides

[austere anvil]

upenn is defo on track to release it near Columbia’s date 😭😭

the 18th is SO LATE

[somber tulip]

we will know in 22 minutes whether it will be the 16th

but yeah it's annoying

columbia is just because the individual colleges are so independent and probably have trouble getting their shit together

[austere anvil]

praying for u guys

[austere anvil]

😭😭 it’s so crazy bc usually it’s no later than the 14th

[trim yoke]

the printing of student ids happens WAY after

they would have already assigned you a number

that becomes your id

iirc

[versed spindle]

Penn's being funny today

[trim yoke]

but yeah

[versed spindle]

forgot the send their email

they're so silly

[scenic rain]

when was the last time the email came out less than a week early for penn if ever

[trim yoke]

it rarely happens

id think

most colleges r on top of their shit so id assume its not this week

[austere spindle]

buddy i’m a student

[noble vessel]

i want penn's ed date to come out

[neat relic]

W?

[neat relic]

Like I said it's not coming

nobody is getting in

[noble vessel]

where does it say that they will def tell us at least a week before

[neat relic]

BU actually did this. They said "we have decided not to accept any students" into their english PhD program

[fallen root]

It’s on their admissions website

But maybe this yr they don’t do that and just release it??

[noble vessel]

i hope so

because im getting quite confused with why its not releasing

[fallen root]

I checked their website and it’s still there tho so we may have to wait a while

[gloomy cairn]

yes surely they won't have that many more applications this year than normal right

[noble vessel]

i just wish we knew earlier so i would know if i have to work on my rd apps

[noble vessel]

crossing fingers.

[fallen root]

We hope so!

Crossing my fingers for a decrease in Penn ed apps

[noble vessel]

mhm i hope so

but then whats the reason for them taking longer?

[gloomy cairn]

i don't think it's decrease because why would they be taking so long then

[gloomy cairn]

yea

[noble vessel]

i really hope theyre just sending the email late

[neat relic]

Could just be down to random things

like hiring shortages, IT errors, etc

[neat relic]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1haivh6/ceo_shooter_was_upenn_computer_science_graduate/

also more important info from reddit @noble vessel@fallen root @scenic rain

[left furnace]

And he was a TA + founder of a club

And part of a frat

[trim yoke]

a club with a significant membership at that

[left furnace]

He was involved

[neat relic]

what club

[trim yoke]

upgrade

[neat relic]

sigmas club

oh

[trim yoke]

its an open game development club

so no competitive applications

[grand pagoda]

does anyone know any big cultural/diversity related organizations at penn?

[trim yoke]

google penn clubs and filter by cultural

theres also cultural houses

https://universitylife.upenn.edu/crc/

[grand pagoda]

I saw GIC (the albert greenfield intercultural) during my own research, is it a big thing there?

[trim yoke]

personally i dont know anyone in it but 1800+ followers is pretty significant for an organization, so i'd say so

for the purposes of the college apps, (most of the time) big orgs =/=> good or bad to put in an essay, what matters is: if you're truly interested in something, why and what are you going to do with it?

[grand pagoda]

What’s =/=>?

idk I just don’t feel comfortable mentioning like small clubs and stuff where I can’t find much information about it so I don’t wanna like mismention things

[trim yoke]

does not imply

i mean like

its fine

i mentioned a club i didnt even know was operational

if theyre registered on pennclubs they have been active since the last fall

so check their website, insta, stalk people in it, etc

[grand pagoda]

Yea that’s my biggest concern, mentioning a club that’s dead or have at best an event every few months😭

The space is kinda limited, did u just mention a club or more things?

[trim yoke]

honestly not a big deal, admissions cant keep track of all of them

[grand pagoda]

Okiedokie

Is pennclub, the only place to learn about clubs?

[trim yoke]

more things

but remember quality > quantity as always

[trim yoke]

as someone who isnt a student i believe so

its what i used

[mossy crag]

😭

[grand pagoda]

Huh isn’t your name got penn in it

[trim yoke]

no like

as someone who isnt a student (you)

its the only way

as a student (me)

[grand pagoda]

Are your contributions connected? Since I assume you’d have like a tiny anecdote about yourself and how you’d use it to contribute to those things so it’d be hard to touch upon diff topics

[trim yoke]

my instagram feed is full of stuff

[grand pagoda]

Ookie

[trim yoke]

yes to this

i had an anecdote, established my purpose (as a student and person), and branched off into orgs that would help me achieve that purpose

[grand pagoda]

And the purpose is related to giving back to penn’s community someway right?

[trim yoke]

purpose is more general

because of your experiences, why do you do the things you do

most people's purposes connect back to community

and that includes penn

[grand pagoda]

Okay thank you so much

[agile hornet]

someone gotta call penn or something 😤😤

[foggy dove]

did you get in?

[foggy dove]

yes please ;-;

[agile hornet]

@austere spindle may god bless you

bless bless bless

[austere spindle]

she got in as a transfer after an yr

[foggy dove]

oouuu dammnnn very cool

[fallen root]

Ok! This has to be the day we get an email (crossing my fingers sm rn)

[agile hornet]

maybe waiting for the email was about the friends we made along the way

[agile hornet]

LMAOO I alr saw how one YouTuber explained the case and referred penn as penn state 💔

[cloud sage]

yall

is BSE in Systems Engineering

really difficult

to get into

I have the ECs for both econ and systems engineering, what would you say is better

[trim yoke]

what if i told you it were impossible

[cloud sage]

yeah

it got discontinued

nvm

they gotta update their web fr

[neat relic]

I really hope I get into Penn, state college looks so nice

[cloud sage]

Luigi will be clarifying that he is from U penn not Penn state

[tulip otter]

bro we should get a mail today right

[rapid minnow]

nah

[crisp stump]

State college is Penn state 😂

[rapid minnow]

they said due to the luigi situation they are announing on dec 24

[neat relic]

ready for them to drop a nothing burger into my christmas stocking

[broken willow]

You’re joking right

[rapid minnow]

no

[crisp stump]

Merry Christmas

[broken willow]

I’m gonna look dumb if I believe you

[rapid minnow]

its only 2 weeks from now

its not that long

not the end of the world

[broken willow]

I just wanna see my rejection earlier so I can move on

🙂

[rapid minnow]

im jokin btw

[fervent herald]

They’re not gonna announce on Christmas Eve

[fathom umbra]

I just got the release date...

I solved the entire mystery (listen up everybody!)

Since Luigi is from UPenn CS, all the weirdo CS kids will be going over another check by AOs to make sure they do not have homicidal thoughts!

Luigi is 5 letters
Who is Luigi's brother? Mario
Mario is 5 letters.

5+5=10
December 10th 2024 the email to all applicants will be sent.

Thanks Everyone! Have a good day.

[neat relic]

Since Luigi is from UPenn CS, all the weirdo CS kids will be going over another check by AOs to make sure they do not have homicidal thoughts!
god dammit

that was like my entire common app

[tulip otter]

wait fr?

[neat relic]

day 6 no date email

[austere spindle]

is it alrdy discontinued

i thought it wouldve stuck around for another yr

[somber tulip]

i bet it'll come at 7:00 PM

if not there's a 90% chance we get our results next thursday

😔

19th would be later than any top university

[olive badge]

is this a fucking joke bruh

[cobalt solstice]

Still no email?

[versed spindle]

They’re actually messing with us

[tulip otter]

do they just release without the mail

[signal drum]

negative prob 19th

aka anouned thurs

[cobalt solstice]

Anyone want to take one for the team and call admissions tmrw to see when they will announce?

[wooden needle]

Which school did u apply for

[cobalt solstice]

Why?

[somber tulip]

the only major college that will release results later will be fucking UChicago 😭

[wooden needle]

Just wondering

[cobalt solstice]

Wharton, u?

[somber tulip]

same

[cobalt solstice]

Oh nvm, ur a junior. Which will u apply to?

[wooden needle]

Wharton

I want to be investment banker

[sullen tendon]

they are emailing on thursday

will hear back on the 19th

[neat relic]

u know?

[neat relic]

speculative or?

[deft prairie]

when ts coming out

[tulip otter]

bro this so annoying

when is the UPENN fafsa due?

already submitted CSS

for ED

[olive badge]

im going to crash out bro

[agile hornet]

don’t let penn do 19th 🙏

like that’s soo damn late than any other school??

[signal drum]

there are people who can without any risks

[sullen tendon]

yale is doing the 19th

[signal drum]

yale is doing 17th

[neat relic]

just pretend to be someone else lol

[signal drum]

harvard duke and upenn only ivies unconfirmed for ed

[olive badge]

since when is duke an ivy

[vapid bramble]

is upenn not gonna annunce a week prior to decision date

i saw a tiktok that said this

[tulip otter]

hopefully announces tmr

[ionic parrot]

UPenn and uchicago istg

They love baiting us

[neat relic]

https://tenor.com/view/ror-revolution-of-royales-tps-rcl-mtc-gif-2171080285298839671

[mossy crag]

harvard is confirmed on the 12th, duke on the 16th

[fallen root]

It’s prob gonna be 19th now right?

They like Thursday’s and it was speculated to be 12th but clearly that’s not happening so makes sense to be a week later

Everyone’s gonna find out before us 😭

[olive badge]

woah when did harvard confir

[mossy crag]

on monday

[mossy crag]

my delusional ass still hopes that they'll surprise us with 12th😭

[gloomy cairn]

i think they migh

[foggy dove]

erm i think your math missed

[fallen root]

Yeah that’d be the best thing ever

[dreamy girder]

They should have mailed. What is mid-december 😭

[trim yoke]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDcbNIVgNhQ/?igsh=d2w3YXF1MWN4Mmsx

they gave up

expect it by 5 today im guessing

[somber tulip]

It’s just the tour guides on holiday

[trim yoke]

true

i didnt catch that

theres probably a fire in the admissions office rn

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1034323493573120081/1316440375187079239/image0.jpg?ex=675b0e23&is=6759bca3&hm=e069fbbf60eb64527ca5924a79225228a45b02be5ed3e3b1fd2e2ded4094cb7b&

^ comment on their last reel

the vagueness is code for "we have no clue"

[mossy crag]

we all are so delusional

[dreamy girder]

mid December 😭😭

[mossy crag]

well taking their comment into consideration the most realistic date is the 19th. of course wonders could happen but it's very unlikely

so all we have to do is stay patient and prepare for RD

[foggy dove]

we are so cooked

@trim yoke was there this much uncertainty on the decision date last yr?😭

[mossy crag]

no cause it was the 14th😭

[trim yoke]

zero

got email december 7th

came out 14th

[foggy dove]

oh my😭

[night socket]

just let it be tomorrow

[abstract hinge]

Guys we should stop stressing, maybe Penn has something nice for all of us

[foggy dove]

[clever cypress]

lets place bets on who will get in from here

[wooden needle]

The PEEP gc is going crazy

[agile hornet]

maybe they’re taking back my app who was thrown right away and they decided to let me in 🙏

[foggy dove]

why?

[foggy dove]

YOUUUU

[foggy dove]

maybe they're arguing on whether they should remove me from the deferral pile🙏🏽

[clever cypress]

😂

real talk im expecting a deferral tho

[foggy dove]

same twin

[clever cypress]

what school u apply

[foggy dove]

though by the description of your personal statement , you're in 😭

[foggy dove]

CAS you?

[clever cypress]

i never described my PS here??

[clever cypress]

Wharton

[foggy dove]

wait, i coulda sworn you had

might've been someone else mb

[clever cypress]

nah that was someone else

yea

[agile hornet]

If deferred, would you guys apply to another school ED2 or not

[clever cypress]

bro idk

im so confused ab that

[agile hornet]

frrr

[foggy dove]

i'll just apply rd fr

[clever cypress]

Like id want to do uchicago ed2

[agile hornet]

like im ok with any situation except for rejection

[clever cypress]

but am i rlly giving up on penn

for RD

[olive badge]

ill wait on my uchi ea. theres a world where i just ed2 uchicago

[clever cypress]

penn been my dreamschool for 2 years

[agile hornet]

but I mean penn doesn’t defer a lot so it might be good sign in rd?

[clever cypress]

eh not rlly

[olive badge]

they defer a decent amount.

[clever cypress]

its p much the same

[agile hornet]

uchi and penn are both evil for not releasing their decision dates

[foggy dove]

deferral = heartbreak

i would know

chances they accept you rd are so low

[clever cypress]

yea same situation for me

I EA uchicago

so i need to get deffered there to even be able to ed2

[agile hornet]

deferral is so confusing like just give me yes or no answer

[olive badge]

uchi i care about a bit less. because that shits not happening, just praying on a deferral. but upenn bro im gonna do unspeakable things

[clever cypress]

LMAO YEA

[agile hornet]

uchi EA is soo bad 💔💔

do they automatically defer people lol

[clever cypress]

yea ts sucks

we compared to the ed applicants

theres like almsot no chance to get accepted EA for uchci

pray for defferal

[olive badge]

are they generous with deferrals at least

[clever cypress]

cuz even if they think ur cracked, they most likely defer to see if you are commited to ED2(got this from a uchic AO)

[clever cypress]

no info

[olive badge]

shite

[clever cypress]

uchicago RD is even worse than Upenn RD tho

ts is like 1%

they fill so much in ED

[olive badge]

wait upenn rd isnt like insanely bad is it?

[clever cypress]

i mean it is

but uchciago is somehow is worse

[olive badge]

fuck

i thought i read a thing where like 10% of deferred ed applicants get into rd

[clever cypress]

hmm idk

either way

deffer

has p similar chances

to normal RD

[austere spindle]

its pretty bad

but like defer -> rd is slightly different

than just straight rd

[wooden needle]

bc penn hasnt announced the release date yet

[foggy dove]

oooh lmaoaoaoao😭

you're in peep? damn

you def getting that peep buff💯💯

[wooden needle]

hopefully

[tulip otter]

hopefully mail in 2 hours

[fallen root]

Still no email 😭

[clever cypress]

Tmrw we will get most likely

[tulip otter]

yea

[somber tulip]

every year it seems to have come at 7:00 PM on the dot

so yeah it gets sent today or tomorrow

[tulip otter]

tmr it is

[somber tulip]

yep

[signal drum]

u should start to be concerned if it doest come tommmorow tbh the 19th is so late

[fathom umbra]

Guys should I ask Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the ED Decision date?

[fallen root]

Yeah tmr is our last hope

[olive badge]

its going to be a week if we get the email tmr

useless institution

[fallow cradle]

Can they give us our decisions already i lit cant make any decent progress on my rds until i see my decision

[olive badge]

whats 315 dl

just curious

[fallow cradle]

Deadlift (well technically trapbar)

[olive badge]

damn based

[neat relic]

Bro I'm going through emotional turmoil rn 😭 they better have accepted me 💀

[clever cypress]

Bro I gotta do 12 rd apps if I get rejected penn

Gotta get my decision so that I can lock in

[gloomy cairn]

same

[zinc otter]

!upenn

[night socket]

!release

[lone jetty]

probably the 19th :3

[night socket]

yeah most likely

which sucks

[zinc otter]

!release

[night socket]

id rather them jumpscare me tmr

[lone jetty]

they're taking their time with my application (theyre crafting a custom rejection letter for how bad i was)

[agile hornet]

I love the positive toxicity that goes on this thread 🩷

[night socket]

they're burning mine rn

[agile hornet]

nah

they’re accepting everyone here 💯‼️

im too afraid to reread my penn essays pls

[gloomy cairn]

is it local time for ppl or just us time

[olive badge]

went back to reread my supplements. one im really really proud of. one i think is pretty nice. and one is kind of out of character. not terrible. but not particularly strong either

[night socket]

i dont like any of mine but its watever

[agile hornet]

that’s soo nice 🥹🥹 we’ll make it bro

[agile hornet]

yeah we can change nothing now

9 more days 🙏

[night pine]

question for everyone that applied
im planning to apply rd and i noticed that the writing supplements and application are separate. i just wanted to know if yall submitted those separately or on the same day

[night socket]

yeah decisions are already decided it's just waiting to get them

[night socket]

same day

pretty sure it's all due at the deadline, just that they format it separately

[night pine]

thanks

That means it won't matter if I submit them separately right

[agile hornet]

we getting email today 🥳🤩

[agile hornet]

yes as long as you do it before the deadline

[low surge]

Hello Penners

have your ed dates been announced yet

💀

[lone jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/duke-dennis-eating-grapes-trying-to-look-cool-duke-eating-grapes-duke-trying-to-look-cool-gif-15487661808193634580

[low surge]

oh nah

[winter pier]

Hi guys, I don't know if this is the right place to talk about my issue. I have a good GPA, Math SAT score, extracurricular activities, and Essays. My problem is academic English anyway. I think I have to take a gap year and prepare for my academic English, so will this affect my application badly? and thanks

[foggy dove]

im a gap year student, and i know some friends who've gotten into US colleges as an intl gap year student so no, it won't negatively impact your app

[agile hornet]

same, fellow gap year student here

[foggy dove]

in common app they ask you to write a progression essay if you took a gap year, so in the essay you just explain what you've been up to since graduating highschool :))

[winter pier]

Oof, well, thank you, guys. I will fill out the form, for example, tell them about what I plan to do during the gap year, like the tests I prepare and the activities I do, and the reason why I take a gap year. it's like this?

[cloud sage]

it can

idk if your school offers english courses

[foggy dove]

it's an essay, where you say what you did throughout the gap year, could be anything, travel, short courses or extracurricular activities yeah, you don't have to say the reason though, space is really limited, like 250 words max

[agile hornet]

fucking hell even dartmouth announced decision dates

and we have to wait A WEEK when dartmouth ed applicants will get their answers in the next 2 days

[raw bluff]

Heyy Penn guys

What's going on with Luigi Mangione

[foggy dove]

uh ceo shooter

[raw bluff]

Damn

[foggy dove]

literally tomorrow😭

[dreamy girder]

seriously what the hell is up with penn 😭 when is the mid December happening

[winter pier]

our school it does but something easy not hard as TOEFL is for example

[winter pier]

I don't understand how gap year can effect on my apply?

[foggy dove]

they should've just said late december😭🙏🏽

[dreamy girder]

lol yea

[winter pier]

thanks man did you apply or not yet

[foggy dove]

yeah i applied to upenn early

[winter pier]

good, did they reply to you?

[rapid minnow]

what if they just release at 4 pst today and forget about the notification

[foggy dove]

we dont even know the decision date yet :(((

[silver axle]

honestly would be v happy w that

[foggy dove]

a bit too ambitious

[winter pier]

ok how is your TOEFL and SAT score

[foggy dove]

i dont have to do toefl, 1470 sat - didnt submit 😭

[foggy dove]

you?

[winter pier]

1400 in SAT but TOEFL is under 90 I didn't receive yet the official score but I'm cooked at all I will retake both of them

[foggy dove]

1400 Sat is pretty good

[midnight adder]

I think they doubled down on letting ED applicants know a week in advance. I'm betting we get the 1-week warning e-mail today, with the decision date to be set for the 19th, as that is when Penn's fall term ends... while still a guess, it is an educated one.

[winter pier]

anyway like I said first I have problem in my Academic English however do you know any discord server to improve my language, especially speaking?

[foggy dove]

yeah 19th is the only reasonable date left, fingers crossed for that email

[somber tulip]

7:00 pm tn inshallah

[foggy dove]

idk any discord servers, but i guess duolingo is an app that could help you make progress, and reading more english books

[midnight adder]

e-mail comes out tonight around 7 est id assume

[foggy dove]

yeah if not, we're cooked

[winter pier]

thank you too much I hope you get accepted!

[cloud sage]

if I were you, id highly suggest Not to write that you took a gap year to improve ur english

[foggy dove]

i wish we knew how many people applied early this yr

[cloud sage]

do something else besides learning the language

[midnight adder]

it has to be record numbers, as this is the latest they've ever gotten back to people

[agile hornet]

InshaAllah

[foggy dove]

true, mention other activities

[agile hornet]

9533

[foggy dove]

thank you!! you too, when you apply

[cloud sage]

because it will show 2 things

1. Difficult for you to assimilate into the culture and environment in the US
2. Your schools english course was extremely weak if it cant prepare you for a proficiency test

[agile hornet]

I made that up

[winter pier]

ahh I understand you that true I'll do what @foggy dove say to me

[midnight adder]

I'd argue the flip side it is that your gap year shows you took initiative to improve your English in order to assimilate better

you could go either way though

[foggy dove]

bahaha imagine the odds that that is in fact the exact number

[cloud sage]

rlly top schools would like someone ready to go dont u think

[agile hornet]

I juts hope that it’s not 10k 😭🙏

[soft crag]

did u guys get the email

[midnight adder]

I mean it's only been two admissions cycles without AA so

[cloud sage]

good luck!

[midnight adder]

you never really know what they could be thinking

[soft crag]

WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS SCHOOL!

[cloud sage]

i think hes int

[foggy dove]

you can include both your english learning and other activities, no pressure

[midnight adder]

what i'm saying is that now that AA is gone we don't know how colleges will behave in absence of it as there hasn't been enough time

[foggy dove]

real 10k is too much 😭😭😭

[midnight adder]

they could favor intl or something we really have no clue

[cloud sage]

Maybe he can quote some books/literature he read? Would fair a lot better

[midnight adder]

What programs is everyone applying to?

[foggy dove]

hopefully today 7pm et

[foggy dove]

cas, you?

[midnight adder]

wharton 🙏

[cloud sage]

shi

cas asw

but rd

[foggy dove]

i swear everyone here is applying to wharton

[midnight adder]

@foggy dove have u been to any Penn programs on campus or virtually?

[foggy dove]

where did you ed?

[cloud sage]

princeton!

[soft crag]

lol other schools are literary releasing their decisions at that time and we have to wait a week more!!

[foggy dove]

nope im an intl😭

[cloud sage]

it is the most difficult

[midnight adder]

this is brutal but understandable

[cloud sage]

and what upenn is known for

tbf

[foggy dove]

omgg decisions today yeah?

[cloud sage]

yeah

scared ash

[midnight adder]

best of luck @cloud sage

[cloud sage]

its 4am my time

[cloud sage]

thank u g

[foggy dove]

all the bestt!

[foggy dove]

go to bed omg.

[cloud sage]

the decision result

haha

its 9 rn

[midnight adder]

@foggy dove i'm praying that all of my demonstrated interest @ penn will be enough... i've been to their on campus programs for 2 weeks through wharton, founded a team at my school for their stock market competition, etc.

[foggy dove]

have you been to any programs?

[cloud sage]

they have demonstrated interest?

[foggy dove]

danggggg

[midnight adder]

I just marked the course under "Education" on common app as well as wrote about their comp. in an essay

and mentioned things about my experience on campus in essays as well

[cloud sage]

no no

like

[foggy dove]

hope you get in damn, that's a lot of penn commitment lmao

[cloud sage]

is it on their CDS

that they track/consider dem interest?

[midnight adder]

not sure

or

wait

[cloud sage]

do they consider it?

[midnight adder]

allegedly

i'm convinced that dartmouth tracks as well but keeps it quiet

[foggy dove]

just heard of the peep buff recently so maybe they do track to some extent?

PEEP*

[cloud sage]

not considered

[agile hornet]

suhaan gl with princeton 🙏

[cloud sage]

thank uu

[agile hornet]

did you apply for their fin aid asw?

[cloud sage]

nop

need blind a scam

for ints

[agile hornet]

frrr

[foggy dove]

penn is very much need aware for us

[cloud sage]

same w princeton

[agile hornet]

notre dame is using it this cycle 😤😤

[cloud sage]

they just pretend to be need blind

the need blind thing counts only w QB applicants

pretty sure

[foggy dove]

i think need blind is real

[midnight adder]

QB kids matched Penn before we even know when our decisions come out

[agile hornet]

how I wish qb was for the intls asw 😭

[midnight adder]

they're killing me (Penn)

[agile hornet]

111 is dang number

[foggy dove]

cause some need blind schools request for your financial details like after you get accepted

[foggy dove]

long ago like damn so unfair😭😭

[cloud sage]

my school counsellor told me that she had seen the best applicants get rejected from everywhere because he applied w fin aid. He only applied to m&t by upenn wo aid and got in

[agile hornet]

does upenn think that 19th is mid december or what

should we educate them 😣😣

[foggy dove]

damn that's really sad

[agile hornet]

that’s the sad truth 😭

[foggy dove]

😭😭😭real

[midnight adder]

My friend that goes to Penn was appalled when I told her about how late ED comes out

[cloud sage]

I mean ngl, u can make pretty good assumptions abt an applicants financial status through their app. Talking for an international context

[foggy dove]

im scared of what this lateness may mean

[agile hornet]

I prayed that it won’t be on the same day as Columbia and guess we’re getting our decision even later than them

[midnight adder]

she's a student employee of the uni through the social media office so I get my letter on the letterhead for recs... regardless she was taken aback when i told her ED decision date wasn't even out yet

[midnight adder]

never thought i'd see the day where penn comes out after columbia 😆

[agile hornet]

travis I never knew you were that smart

[midnight adder]

🤣

[foggy dove]

i was laughing at columbia applicants when i first saw their decisions date

little did i know...

[midnight adder]

makes two of us

[agile hornet]

makes there of us

[midnight adder]

i'm 3/3 so far tho.. applied to 19 schools and making a decision release video for yt after it's all over

[agile hornet]

three of us that will def get in 🔊🔊

[midnight adder]

so this ed getting eternally postponed is so funny

[foggy dove]

what's your yt handle?

[midnight adder]

God willing best of luck

[agile hornet]

send the link after 🫣

[agile hornet]

let’s be super religious this week

[midnight adder]

gonna make a new channel when I post... can't have my schoolmates from home find me on YT haha

[foggy dove]

lmaoaoooo

[agile hornet]

did you get interview w penn?

[cloud sage]

damnn

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