University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2024-2025)

[formal stone]

for cs ofc

[coral umbra]

It’s hella cheap if you’re instate so valid

Also UT cs is crazy so

[formal stone]

yeah

its just that every single ut-penn cross admit i know took penn

[iron cairn]

Valid for a lot of reasons

I personally don’t have money as an issue tho

[warped delta]

how much can i fork up my upenn interview

i lek didnt reply to my interviews emailf or liek a week

[ionic parrot]

thats what im saying

10 minutes is crazy

[robust patio]

i havent gotten a penn intw yet

[crimson cloud]

same

[ionic parrot]

Penn interview doesn’t matter I think

Don’t stress too much abt it

[iron cairn]

Penn cs can still feed u for quant and shi

either way avg cs is greater at pen

Bc grad size smaller = more opps

And Ivy name

[austere spindle]

penn sweeps for quant

i think penn might sweep every school

[iron cairn]

oh well money isn’t issue for me

[austere spindle]

for quant tbh

[iron cairn]

@austere spindle hey bro can u read this and lmk

[austere spindle]

dude my little sister is hogging our shared spotify

i mean yeah but why worry abt this now

[iron cairn]

I’m just wondering

[austere spindle]

get in first then if you want after an year transfer into seas

mid

preprofessional culture at penn actually just makes it sweep otber schools recruiting wise

[iron cairn]

u don’t think math + cs in cas can prep for swe?

[austere spindle]

because there’s so much more driving ppl to recruit well and smartly here

[austere spindle]

i mean i’m sure it can but

and also

you cant switch from cas to seas

[iron cairn]

lol I’m just wondering

[austere spindle]

until after freshman year

[iron cairn]

Yea

[austere spindle]

so it doesnt rly matter

[iron cairn]

most quant people don’t do oly in hs

[austere spindle]

i mean yeah

but i think that its not possible for most ppl

just inherently

bit of both

yeah but not at everything

[iron cairn]

lol ik so many 1300 scorers this year

Get into Penn Ed

[austere spindle]

i think statistics and probability require a good amount of intuition

and if you don’t have that intuition or didnt build it in hs

it’ll always be rough

i know some brilliant swes who could never do quant because of that

excellent coders and system architects who just cant do the math

[iron cairn]

what’s ur major btw

ah

[austere spindle]

ai

i think this is pretty true yeah

i think you have to have that natural edge and then also work extremely hard

basically yeah

i think you have to be work obsessed to some extent

eh

most of my friends r doing ib so my wlb is way better than theirs

have you done like aime and shit

i think my role is technically qr for this summer

[iron cairn]

U think aime is comparable to quant?

[austere spindle]

but long run i’m probably gonna go back into startups i hate corporate america

[iron cairn]

aime qual isn’t even that hard

[austere spindle]

i think aime is like a good metric for if you have the minimum skillset

[iron cairn]

Like simply aime qual?

Or performing well on aime

[austere spindle]

kinda

[iron cairn]

Big difference if so

o

[bronze flame]

so do penn kids ever do anything good for the greater good of humanity or do they all just go straight to the ib pipeline😪🤦‍♂️

[austere spindle]

if you didnt work too hard at it

[austere spindle]

i would argue

[iron cairn]

U made isef?

[austere spindle]

majority of jobs lowkey arent as good for humanity as ppl think

but yeah some ppl be doing nonprofit fulltime

[iron cairn]

I see

U done jshs?

Oh lol

[bronze flame]

ive been lied to 💔😔

[austere spindle]

u r a jude bellingham fan

that is what you deserve

[iron cairn]

dg I need peep to get me into Penn

[austere spindle]

just be built different

idk

no

i had quite a strong robotics background

but i think generally im quite good at math

i topped our hardest cs class here

[iron cairn]

nice

[austere spindle]

no

and im a ta for our new lin alg for ai & ml course

[austere spindle]

or i didnt top i came second to an imo kid

[iron cairn]

yea fr

[austere spindle]

😭

[iron cairn]

What can u even lock in for

Apps offer

Over

[austere spindle]

dont glaze me bruh

[iron cairn]

😭

dg ur my pipeline

For Penn

If I go

[austere spindle]

i’m just a nonchalant guy

don’t worry abt career plans rn man

ive changed my career plans at least like 8 times here

[iron cairn]

I will genuinely turn down ut cs in state for Penn if I can transfer to seas

😭

[austere spindle]

LOL

you’ll be able to

[iron cairn]

okay

[austere spindle]

cas to seas not very hard

[iron cairn]

do yk anyone that like

Got rejected lol

[austere spindle]

no

💀

[iron cairn]

okay

[austere spindle]

eh

[iron cairn]

Hope I’m not the first

[austere spindle]

my qr is weird

[iron cairn]

Worst case I go dual degree in math cas and cs seas

[austere spindle]

i’m doing q at a bank and generally i think the role is qr based on past interns

[iron cairn]

me?

Just dream dream bro

[austere spindle]

but like the official role name is just

q

hopefully for junior summer

one of the clubs i’m president of sends 5/15 an year

to js

qd mostly

some qt

[iron cairn]

lol for mit they did not give a shit

Abt my research

they heard it sm times

From other students

Make money

lol

Isn’t that literally it

[austere spindle]

eh i mean

majority of quants are not working with stock market

this summer i’m working with mortgages

lots of quants trade in super exotic shit

natural gas futures and what not

math side i believe

general pipeline is that qr models the world, qd and qt implement

but yes i agree

i think quant is a waste of my talents

unless i get js qr im probably not going back junior yr

gonna go work at startups again

[coral umbra]

Even MIT?

[austere spindle]

i just think ppl underestimate how much a preprofessional culture affects getting jobs

average mit student might be 5% smarter than average penn student but average penn student probably spends 50-60% more time thinking abt jobs 💀

[umbral hedge]

Dg how do i get internship

[coral umbra]

Fair point☠️

[austere spindle]

have u been coffee chatting

[umbral hedge]

No..

[coral umbra]

Penn seems like my kinda vibe though it’d be nice to get in even though I’d inevitably get pushed into finance☠️

[austere spindle]

might be time bro

[umbral hedge]

How do i coffee chat

[austere spindle]

yeah i think that

[umbral hedge]

😃

[austere spindle]

a certain type of person thrives here

[austere spindle]

find ppl working in jobs you want to work at using linkedin or mypenn alum directory, send em an email saying you’re current penn student interested in learning more abt them and their job, schedule a call, if it goes well at the end ask them if they’d be willing to advise you on their company’s application process

or if its like a startup

[iron cairn]

mit more focused on entrepreneurship/research grad

[austere spindle]

just straight up ask them abt positions at the end

[coral umbra]

yeah the two people I know there do quant though

[umbral hedge]

👍

[coral umbra]

Though tbf both were usamo medalists

I think

[austere spindle]

ximi u wanna swe right

[umbral hedge]

Idk i want money bro

[austere spindle]

sigh

average penn head

[coral umbra]

One works for citadel the other one just got a JS internship

[austere spindle]

(me too)

[iron cairn]

fuck enjoying senior year bro I wanna focus on my career choice NOW

[umbral hedge]

Idrc what it is as long as its not boring as fucj

[iron cairn]

Or else ima end up poor

[coral umbra]

Lil bro it is NOT that deep

[umbral hedge]

Im a math major idk what to do w it lol

[austere spindle]

i think you should find penn startup founders and start emailing them

[coral umbra]

Quant quant quant quant quant

[iron cairn]

my bank account can say that 5 years from now

[umbral hedge]

Is there a way to filter startup in the directory

[iron cairn]

Omg ur in cas?

[austere spindle]

you can filter by job title so you can just do ceo or founder

[umbral hedge]

I aint smart like that

[umbral hedge]

Ohhh icic ty

[coral umbra]

But you’re a math major at Penn?

Bro you’re the goat for going through those classes

[umbral hedge]

Yes and its kicking my ass

[coral umbra]

I heard they’re awful

[iron cairn]

r u double major or just pure math

[umbral hedge]

J pure math

[iron cairn]

ur a first year?

[umbral hedge]

Too lazy fir double major

2nd

[iron cairn]

ah

[austere spindle]

ximi there is a great dominos deal on uber eats rn btw

[iron cairn]

💀

[umbral hedge]

Oh what rlly

[austere spindle]

i just got like 3 meals worth

for $20

[umbral hedge]

Ooo

Noted

[coral umbra]

What’s the GPA looking like

I gotta know how bad it is

Like

The rigor

I heard penn math is like

[umbral hedge]

I have a 3.8 currently

[coral umbra]

14% averages

[umbral hedge]

Im a transfer

[coral umbra]

Oh wait what

[umbral hedge]

So its my first year

[coral umbra]

You’re doing fine

Lmfao

[umbral hedge]

I just got fucked by stat 4300

I acc got As in everytthing else somehow lol

[coral umbra]

Yeah bro what are you worrying about

[iron cairn]

Fr

[umbral hedge]

I kinda bs my way through stuff and im getting to the point where thats getting real hard

[iron cairn]

Where did u transfer from?

[umbral hedge]

Me when my professor started talking about how 1+1=0 sometimes

Rutgers

[iron cairn]

ah ok

[umbral hedge]

Yea it is helpful if yall want like

[austere spindle]

https://on.soundcloud.com/Z6i6GfvoQxCLuNji6

[umbral hedge]

Comparison lol

[austere spindle]

dude i actually love soundcloud

ppl r so creative

[umbral hedge]

Its honestly not like that that much harder i will say

Soundcloud is funny

[coral umbra]

Really

[austere spindle]

bro i’m so sick rn

[coral umbra]

I always wondered about like

[umbral hedge]

Its like 20% harder maybe less

[austere spindle]

this weekend i got incredibly fucked both nights then i ran a quarter marathon on sunday

[umbral hedge]

Wtf

[austere spindle]

actually just put my body through the ringer for no reason

[coral umbra]

How hard are like penn/columbia/princeton really compared to state schools vs how much of that is the transfer from HS to college that’s fucking people

[umbral hedge]

Fr what

[umbral hedge]

It is harder but like not by as much as youd think i believe

I personally thouht thered be a bigger jump

[coral umbra]

Feel better man

[umbral hedge]

But then i got here and was like lowkey this hard but its fine

[austere spindle]

#yolo

[umbral hedge]

Yea feel better dg

[austere spindle]

yeah

[umbral hedge]

Theres more fish in the sea

[austere spindle]

its like not as bad

ppl mostly get fucked freshman yr

[umbral hedge]

Its like bad and not bad at the same time

[austere spindle]

and then it’s a major upwards trend

[coral umbra]

Alright so if I get in by some miracle

[umbral hedge]

Like half the time im like

[coral umbra]

I just have to lock tf in the second I get there

[umbral hedge]

Fml i hate class why is everything so hard

[austere spindle]

i think surprisingly though most of the grad students are not very smart

[coral umbra]

Well that goes for any college

[umbral hedge]

But lowk im just dramatic

And a procrastinator

[coral umbra]

I feel for a lot of schools the grad programs are just cash cows

[austere spindle]

yeah lowkey

[umbral hedge]

Like if youre actually on top of your shit i feel like ur fine

[umbral hedge]

Oh rlly

I havent met many

[coral umbra]

I’m a D1 procrastinator might have some trouble

[austere spindle]

in the cis classes at least

i always do way better than the grad kids

[coral umbra]

I deadass did not study for my ap chem midterm

[umbral hedge]

🫡

Ugh

[coral umbra]

Actually risked my grade with that

[umbral hedge]

Im taking 4 mathish classes this sem

4 psets a week

[austere spindle]

tbh i had pretty horrible study habits in hs because i never really needed to

[umbral hedge]

On rotation

[coral umbra]

Didn’t study for phys either

[austere spindle]

and then when i got to penn i had to learn to lock in

[coral umbra]

I study for like

My humanities classes

[austere spindle]

so cooked 💀

[coral umbra]

But not my STEM ones

You feel

[austere spindle]

yeah

[umbral hedge]

Two due monday one on wednesday and one friday 🔥🔥

[coral umbra]

This is problematic because I’m a stem major

[umbral hedge]

Every week 🔥🔥

[austere spindle]

💀 sunday scaries

[coral umbra]

Holy

[umbral hedge]

Literally me yesterday

[coral umbra]

That’s rough

[umbral hedge]

Id take it over papers any day tbh

I lowkey need to lock in for 1600

I wish it were not flipped

[coral umbra]

Wait CIS 1600?

[umbral hedge]

I hate flipped

Yea

[austere spindle]

i have 4 basically biweekly project classes 1 weekly pset and 1 weekly hw class

[coral umbra]

Oh god

Feel better bro

☠️

[umbral hedge]

Yikes

[coral umbra]

I heard that shit is awful

[austere spindle]

at least its 1600 spring

[umbral hedge]

Yea

Should be better

[coral umbra]

Always see people complaining abt it

[austere spindle]

its such a fun class though

[coral umbra]

Yeah I read somewhere the professor was good

[austere spindle]

i think if you like the prof’s teaching style

[umbral hedge]

I despise flipped classroom tho

[austere spindle]

you’ll love it

[umbral hedge]

Yea i dont got rajiv

[austere spindle]

yeah spring is weird

i loved rajiv

[umbral hedge]

Like ion wanna have to do readings

Why do i gotta read

We have to like do fucking discussions or sme shit

[coral umbra]

Aren’t like

Hella penn kids from feeder schools

[umbral hedge]

Yes

[coral umbra]

Well I guess that goes for any ivy

[austere spindle]

email convo i had with rajiv

[umbral hedge]

I think

[coral umbra]

But like penn in particular has a bunch right

Because of the two schools in philly or whatever

[umbral hedge]

This is crazy 💀

[coral umbra]

Central and smth else

[austere spindle]

no idt so not like an unusual amount compared to the other ivies

[coral umbra]

Got it

[austere spindle]

he was just my boy like that

[coral umbra]

No fucking way☠️

Goddamn

[umbral hedge]

I didnt know he chill like that

[austere spindle]

he’s incredibly nice

[umbral hedge]

Damn

I wish he taught spring as well

[austere spindle]

like one of the profs who rly wants all his students to succeed type shit

[umbral hedge]

Val is chill but like again fcuk flipped classroom

[austere spindle]

i think there’s maybe like 6 profs here i’m on rly good terms with

[umbral hedge]

Oh damn

Maybe i would if i went to class

[austere spindle]

my goats

[umbral hedge]

I go most of the time actually

Just dont rlly talk to them

Some just arebt worth it tho tbh

Damnn

[austere spindle]

yeah i think most arent

rajiv and sid are just the goats from my first sem

bossi was so nice

[umbral hedge]

Yea i just entirely stopped goin g to 2410 last sem

Wouldve skipped 1200 as well

But attendance

[austere spindle]

and then i ta for ghrist so

[umbral hedge]

Oh fr

[austere spindle]

lol

[umbral hedge]

Damn i still want that TA job

🥲

[austere spindle]

so many ppl just did that stuff from home

[umbral hedge]

It tracks location

Lmao

[austere spindle]

yes but for ese 2030 not math 1410

[umbral hedge]

I see

[umbral hedge]

Lr maybe that was a scare tactic

[austere spindle]

i’m lowkey tryna gun for head ta for that class so 💀

[umbral hedge]

Idk i am gullible

[austere spindle]

yeah wait idt they do 😭

[umbral hedge]

Wait im totally just gullible

[austere spindle]

ta is actually just free money they told us to always log 20 hrs

[umbral hedge]

Damn thats nice

[austere spindle]

so even though i only get paid 17/hr i actually get paid like

40/hr

💀

[umbral hedge]

Thats crazy work

[austere spindle]

lowkey ximi im sure you couldve TAed a class you took last sem

[umbral hedge]

Uhhh

[austere spindle]

just email the prof especially if small class

[umbral hedge]

Well i tried for 1200

[austere spindle]

oh 1200 is rly comp

but like one of the math classes

[umbral hedge]

2410 i like bsed my way through

Idt i understand it anywhere close to well enough

And i got completely fucked by 4300

[umbral hedge]

Yes 🥲

I got an interview at least

Ill prolly try again for fall

[austere spindle]

its a lot essier this sem yeah

[umbral hedge]

So ive heard

[austere spindle]

a lot more seniors graduating and opening roles

[umbral hedge]

Ill try

I need more shit to do

[austere spindle]

today i applied to do researxh with the criminology department 💀

[umbral hedge]

I been too lazy

Oh thats cool

Imma apply for summer purm stuff prolly

[austere spindle]

purm is fire

[umbral hedge]

Idk tho cuz like

[austere spindle]

good times

[umbral hedge]

I only do math

And therees no like

Just math stuff

[austere spindle]

yeah you’ll prolly have to do like data stuff for one of the social science profs

[umbral hedge]

So idk how to wrote the thing like i have a vested interest in these topics i have never heard of 💀

[umbral hedge]

You did it ?

Wiait is it competitve

[coral umbra]

Wait

I was looking at Penn’s EE curriculum

[austere spindle]

wait no but

[coral umbra]

Where’s the phys c e&m requirement

☠️

Or like the equivalent

I only see mechanics

[austere spindle]

i stayed over a weekend in philly with friends who were doing it

and i enjoyed that a lot

[austere spindle]

its ese 1120

[coral umbra]

Wait

So are you telling me

Even if I get a 5 on e&m

Because it says phys 151

I can’t use my credit?

[austere spindle]

yeah rip 😭

penn in general takes very little ap credit

i only got out of math 1400 and cis 1100

[coral umbra]

Bro I looked at the reqs and they don’t even use calc bc credit anymore

I still have to take math 1400

Even with the 5

Like bro what

Also I assume you got a 5 on mech you didn’t get outta phys 150 or whatever?

[austere spindle]

wait i doubt it

you can probably get retro credit by skipping

[austere spindle]

oh true i implicitly get that credit since otherwise id need to take a natural science

[coral umbra]

"Entering class of 2025 and later (graduating Class of 2029 and later): Receive 1300 credit (1 c.u.) and satisfies 1400 prerequisite"

for 5 on BC

😭

Basically you still have to take 1400

It just satisfies the preteq

Prereq

That’s it

In prior years

[austere spindle]

if thats true its hella cooked

[coral umbra]

5 on BC was credit for 1400

It is true it’s on the website

[austere spindle]

imma pray for yalls sake that we’re misinterpreting 😭

[coral umbra]

We’re not bro I’ll send a screenshot

[fathom hinge]

pls penn cs

my homie from last year who had slightly worse stats got deferred -> accepted penn cs last year

😭

[coral umbra]

just stats or ecs too

😭

[fathom hinge]

both

[coral umbra]

goddamn really

[foggy dove]

Do you know what additional material they added after being deferred?😭

[trim yoke]

u can do luigi route at penn (bs and ms in cs) in 4 years

[formal stone]

luigi route is insane

[spring dew]

orrr you can do bs/ms and a wharton degree!!!

[fathom hinge]

a published paper in some student journal

[wintry coral]

10% acceptance rate from deferral pile is really good

Ik a ton of kids who got in last year after defer with good LOCIs

[wooden needle]

should i live in quad for my first year

[wintry coral]

i was thinking about ware cuz its renovated but lauder is quite nice

[wooden needle]

lauder is nice too

[drifting needle]

Any tips for loci’s?

[trim yoke]

lauder is GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0 bias

[wintry coral]

Be genuine & write important things that u actually did. Dont yap.

[proud laurel]

how important r upenn interviews?

[austere spindle]

not

[coral umbra]

Yeah my friend didn’t get an interview and got in

So

[austere spindle]

i also did same ^

[wintry coral]

dg doesnt believe it but if u do present urself well it helps a little bit

[deft prairie]

does it matter if u submit loci's through the portal or through email to regional ao?

[wintry coral]

You should submit thru portal if there is a place for LOCIs

[mighty gulch]

guys I got a call from Penn like an hour ago but I missed it 😭 what do i do should i call back or like will they email me if its important?

[wintry coral]

I would call back whenever ur ready

[mighty gulch]

okay tyy

[sweet maple]

call back in no less than 12 hours

or if the business day ended call during opening next business day

[mighty gulch]

done ill do that

tysm

[ruby crest]

Woah, they call for likelies?

But isn't it too early?

[coral umbra]

yeah it's way too early lmfao

[sweet maple]

yeah way early

[ionic parrot]

A likely would relieve so much stress tho

[chilly ridge]

interview done ✅

I don’t think it has any impact on admissions but was chill anyways

[wooden needle]

im pretty sure penn only gives likely letters to applicants to the nursing school and it doesn’t happen til february/early march

[wintry coral]

I got a call just verifying ECs so maybe it was just that

It could be also requesting midyear reports

[wintry coral]

Since I said I raised money for a company, they wanted to make sure it was legit so I sent them over paperwork

Activities section

[dull estuary]

When does Penn stop assigning interviewers?

Mine still says assignment pending

[wintry coral]

From what ive seen a lot of kids have gotten/finished their interviews

[bronze flame]

Most colleges finish giving out the very last interviews by the very end of Feburary I'm pretty sure

not that upenn interview

matters

at all

😭

[wintry coral]

You get one based on availability in ur area if ur not international

Helps a lil bit tho

But not make or break or anywhere close to that

[topaz mason]

NOO

me too

yea but tbf it doesn’t matter ig

i just ain’t get no intervuewsss

[dull estuary]

I think I’m beginning to embrace whatever happens lol

Because it’s really not that deep

I would be happy with any of my OOS schools

[low surge]

Do penn interviewers send reports?

[topaz mason]

real

i’m in my chill era

[wintry coral]

yeah but they usually take them as a grain of salt

Think of it more of a convo

[low surge]

what if the kids the greatest student theyve ever encountered

[wintry coral]

They could vouch for you and AOs could see a side of your personality that is not reflected in ur app

But for most cases it doesnt really matter

Just don't say anything super terrible/controversial

[low surge]

i see

[sweet maple]

my friend got a likely from CAS

[drifting needle]

This year?

[sweet maple]

last cycle

[scarlet drum]

is it too late to submit fafsa in february

is it like

i wont get the maximum aid that upenn can offer if i submit late

[ionic parrot]

I still haven’t submitted

Am I cooked

[bronze flame]

ur gonna get the little bit of this little bit of that ahh aid 💀

[ionic parrot]

Wait the deadline is tmrw

😝

[wintry coral]

ur good unless ur intl

[scarlet drum]

wait fr?

[wintry coral]

I think u need to contact ur school to send them in

[sharp solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/who-want-backshots-instagram-goobercore-my-granny-passed-away-popular-loner-zay-gif-16369605543172229008

[bronze flame]

idk im only a senior i was just joking maybe maybe not who knwos

😔

something better than nothing

[warped delta]

erm any tips for upenn interview

mines in 20

[silver echo]

just have good questions that show ur interested and like just be chill it's not fully evaluative just don't be crazy weird or anything and ur prob fine

[warped delta]

no

[rapid cipher]

hey, i'm an intl applicant and i applied to jerome fisher m&t. i got assigned an alumni interview in the 2nd week of jan but haven't gotten a mail about when the interview is going to be scheduled. any other intls who haven't had interviews yet?

[wicked cosmos]

if ur person has been assigned in your portal its likely they just havent had a chance to reach out yet

the interviewers from m&t applicants are m&t alumni, which there are pretty few of compared to just general penn

so theyre likely js swamped

[rapid cipher]

ah, got it

[rapid cipher]

makes sense

[somber basalt]

whens the interview report due for penn? when do i (generally) stop expecting interviews

[low surge]

when will the interviewer reach out

Why did penn drop networked and social systems engineering

[austere spindle]

no one was doing the nets major

there were like 6 ppl an yr

idk abt systems

but generally i think systems is just seen as a worse version of the ai major

[low surge]

when do interviewers reach out again

[bronze flame]

whenever they so please before march

[teal harbor]

interview in 5 mins🙏

[dull estuary]

Still no interview

[topaz mason]

no fr

no harvard

no duke

no penn

no dartmouth

no tufts

:(

[dull estuary]

I have no Harvard, Penn, Cornell, and Vanderbilt

[topaz mason]

doesnt cornell not have interviews

[dull estuary]

Oh they don’t?

[topaz mason]

idk

[dull estuary]

Okay that helps if they don’t lol

[topaz mason]

isnt it js for like two majors

[dull estuary]

Idk

[topaz mason]

Cornell has no formal admissions interviews, with a few exceptions for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, and does not accept requests for interviews from applicants.

okk

ya

[dull estuary]

But I got Duke and Yale so I’m not super worried about being autoreject

But maybe for Harvard lol

[topaz mason]

okk congrats on duke

me when none

:(

sadd

[dull estuary]

Thanks

[topaz mason]

maybe they js didnt get to my app yet..

[dull estuary]

I think it’s probably availability mostly

[topaz mason]

ok yaa

[dull estuary]

That’s what I’m going to tell myself at least lol

[topaz mason]

oh ya also vandy doesnt have interviews i think

u can js do the video

Cornell has no formal admissions interviews, with a few exceptions for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, and does not accept requests for interviews from applicants.

NOO

wrong thing

[dull estuary]

Oh dang I didn’t know

[topaz mason]

Vanderbilt does not offer interviews through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Through partnerships with Glimpse and InitialView, Vanderbilt offers optional video submission opportunities for applicants. U.S. citizens, including undocumented students, attending high school in the U.S. may submit a 60-90 second video through Glimpse. Students attending high school internationally or non-U.S. citizens attending high school in the U.S. may schedule a video interview with InitialView.

ok

there we go

[dull estuary]

Okay maybe I’m not too cooked

[topaz mason]

so ya

js two (and penn is js silly)

[dull estuary]

So just Harvard and Penn

[topaz mason]

ya

[dull estuary]

Penn hasn’t even given me an alumni ambassador on the portal lol

[topaz mason]

no right bruh

[dull estuary]

It still says pending

[topaz mason]

same :((

[ionic parrot]

Me three

😭

[topaz mason]

gonna kms

[crimson cloud]

same

[topaz mason]

real

[wicked cosmos]

penn isnt

evaluative

[ionic parrot]

I need Harvard interview so bad

[topaz mason]

NO RIGHTT

[ionic parrot]

My email is so dry rn

😭

Can these bum ahh colleges stop emailing me

[topaz mason]

NO RIGHTT

all i be getting is

uiuc: congrats on getting in! your admitted students checklist! admitted students events! welcome to gies college of business!

BROO

i want

east coast

😓😓😓😓

https://tenor.com/view/sad-cry-cat-kitty-tears-gif-24106422

this is me

[ionic parrot]

Our likely letters are coming tmrw trust 😍

[silver echo]

so true

[ionic parrot]

They’re just saving the best for last

🤭

[silver echo]

legit real

(major copium)

[fierce latch]

For the pen alumni conversations is there a feedback form that the alumni fills about us?

[bronze flame]

yes 1 sentence long

but non evaluative

[ruby crest]

My friends started getting interviews
Not from HYPSM yet
But UPenn dartmouth etc
I am cooked

[bronze flame]

idk I just heard from the tinocolleheprep guy on TikTok who said that

he’s a Harvard interviewer and talked to penn aos so I trust him

[wintry coral]

Its more of a paragraph but it doesnt matter too much unless smthing crazy occurs

[low surge]

How long after assignment do interviewers reach out

[austere spindle]

really dependent on your alumni interviewer

could be whenever 🤷‍♂️

[low surge]

if one has been assigned an interviewer they should get the email right

[austere spindle]

prolly yeah

[wintry coral]

a couple week at max

[silver echo]

took me like 5 days or smth

[topaz mason]

lmao no assignment gang

wya

[paper cedar]

Is anyone applying for design or art?

How do I upload my portfolio to the portal???

[paper cedar]

assignment?

[topaz mason]

yur

[bronze flame]

is upenn gonna be blown up tonight

[topaz mason]

i love love eagles rahh america rahh philadelphia

[trim yoke]

praying /j

[austere spindle]

just got back from center city

it was hella fun

[ruby crest]

3 days ago

No it was way back on 15th

Same

Yup

[south bay]

nope what 💀 how does it look like

[bronze flame]

yeah I dont have it iether but I saw other people have it

[bronze flame]

its just another box on ur checklist labelled midyear report

idk why we dont have it

[proud harbor]

possibly your counselor didn’t send it in

or penn hasn’t processed it yet

[bronze flame]

my counselor hasnt sent it in yet because she told us that only tell her colleges that need it and its never been on my checklist so idek I had to send it 😭

why dont they just say awaiting or smething

[proud harbor]

??

do you use common app

because once she submits it there

it gets sent everywhere

[errant oracle]

Did yall get an alumni interview?

[bronze flame]

commonapp for application and scoir for other mateirals 😭

[drifting needle]

Nah

[bold badge]

Am I cooked 😭

[topaz mason]

is it downloaded on common app?

[proud harbor]

all schools require one for the most part

[proud harbor]

no! talk to your counselors

[bold badge]

Hmm

Did my counselor not submit it

[topaz mason]

ya not sent

[bronze flame]

yeah but she told me that if its not on the checklist I shouldnt send anything for the time being

😔

im gonna ask her

[topaz mason]

well doesnt everyoe want it basically

[bronze flame]

yeah thats what it says online but its not on the checklist which is the problem

idek why

[topaz mason]

for which schools

[proud harbor]

it’s requested

[bronze flame]

every school i applied to besdies like a few that have it on the checklist

[bronze flame]

really? i havent gotten any updates I legitatmely wouldn't have known if I didnt see someone else's checklist 😭

ill jsut ask my counselor

[wintry coral]

nah usualy round city hall

[wide hatch]

I had mine, it lasted 18 minutes but I definitely understand how it could last 10 minutes

[muted wagon]

who in

[trim yoke]

me

[proud laurel]

wait did smth come out??

[wooden needle]

yes

[drifting needle]

What

[topaz mason]

i came out

.

[keen crest]

how was the wharton interview

i have mine on monday

does anyone have questions nad stuf fi applied as the medical mangement wtv concentration cuz i have one business thing and mostly med stuff lol

[drifting needle]

It’s not evaluative

[south bay]

mhm....

idk mb its cause my school doesnt do mid year reports?

at least that was the case for early

[queen summit]

hi

hi

[queen summit]

stfu

[short cove]

go do Algebra

https://tenor.com/view/domgcat-donkeycat-gif-24380643

[sharp solstice]

it shows on the portal

but no email

from my dude

[ionic parrot]

I had a dream I got assigned an interview

[topaz mason]

real

bro none

im gonna tweak ou

[ruby crest]

Ussss

[ruby crest]

Anything for u Anna?

[iron cairn]

Brother Penn interviews do not matter

😭 🙏

[ionic parrot]

Ik so it was in vain 😭

Should have dreamed about Harvard instead

[ruby crest]

I dreamed of Harvard 😭😭😭
IT WAS SO REAL I WOKE UP TO CHECK MAIL
but it wasn't there 😭😭💔💔

[ionic parrot]

I’m tweaking out so bad

[ruby crest]

Can relate

[ionic parrot]

But my friend got his interview on this same time last year

[ruby crest]

Like send unlikely letters if you have to

[ionic parrot]

So there’s hope

[ruby crest]

Don't get hopes high

[ionic parrot]

Bro I remember someone dreamed about Yale and ended up getting a likely

So this proves delusions and manifestations work

[ruby crest]

Harvard'29 fr

[topaz mason]

no dawg

cookedc ooked cooked

its fine im gonna do a life refresh

[ruby crest]

Usssssssss 😭💔

[topaz mason]

snow day today so

pondering life

[sly pebble]

same

[topaz mason]

real

i love midwest weather

[ionic parrot]

meanwhile its jsut raining here

FML

WHERE IS THE SNOW

[sly pebble]

lowkey surprised since i’m from oklahoma

[errant oracle]

i heard that alumni interviews for the top schools are pretty important

they're not a make or break but when they're deciding between students similar to each other

the interview rec stands out

also even tho its just alumni upenn assigns them to certain students, not everyone gets it (or wants it)

[sweet maple]

well

think about it first

[drifting needle]

Penn isn’t evaluative

[sweet maple]

interviewers are so subjective and different from each other that the admissions committee can't necessarily determine what a "great" vs. a "good" interview is

unless the interviewer specifically states that this is the best candidate they've had in x years

[trim yoke]

nah id argue that they also wouldnt care if the interviewer wrote that

imo its like a check if you are a decent person

[errant oracle]

yeah or if you bullshitted on your college app

[errant oracle]

true, seems like another data point that they may take into consideration or not

[trim yoke]

they dont even ask what u put on ur application

[errant oracle]

no but they prob know some stuff abt u

[trim yoke]

nothing at all

unless you tell them

they just ask u like

tell me about urself

basic stuff

[errant oracle]

used to be, now it isnt so idrk just what i heard

[trim yoke]

what r u intrerrsted in

all that

[errant oracle]

so they dont have any info on ur app?

[trim yoke]

0

[errant oracle]

damn

idk my interviewer knew where my school was based

[drifting needle]

They get ur name contact and school that’s it

[errant oracle]

interesting

maybe it rlly doesnt matter at all then

[trim yoke]

ur interviewer is supposed to be close to where you are

my interviewer's kids went to my school

like its not that deep

if they know ur application before the interview it can get biased

[errant oracle]

i see

its complicated for me

bc i live in FL

but i go to an online school thats in va

my interviewer is also in va, knew i was in fl and also knew my school was in va

thats why i thought they had info on my app

[sweet maple]

name and email that's it

[trim yoke]

maybe they stalked you

[errant oracle]

i wish lol

[formal stone]

hi pennfolk

how's the damage so far

go saquon

go jordan

[wooden needle]

they don’t have any info besides ur name or school bb

[keen crest]

can anyone help me prepare for the wharton interview if you have already had it my major concentraton choice of selection was the wharton medical management one

[magic creek]

brotha why did i just get an interview request

[olive orbit]

Still no interview

[drifting needle]

Bruh again it’s not evaluative lol

It’s solely for you to learn abt Penn

So ask the interviewer if u have any questions

[wintry coral]

Just be chill

Dont f up immensely

[keen crest]

has anyone done wharton medical management concentration before

idk what to even talk about for it

most my stuff is like what a premed would have

but i aint doing premed gang fuck that

i did a bit of business ig

[bronze flame]

my man I didnt even do medical management but I think its pretty obvious ur supposed to tlk about MEDICAL and BUSINESS 😭

if u just want to get in just talk about premed and change ur concentration later or smth bc if most of ur stuff is premed then they WILL expect u to talk abt premed 💀

shouldve thought abt NOT doing premed earlier dwag 🤦‍♂️

[vast ferry]

they dont admit by concentration

concentrations are only four classes

[keen crest]

nah im hella interested in business tho gang

i want to do medical management

i do not want to do premed i never had

i just realzied i have a lot of med stuff

but i do have a lot of stuff with like healthcare stuff and business too

and leadership

idk

jsut type shi

just like i think if i applied to a bsmd my application would be fine for it to

i think im mix between social shi and medical shi so boom medial management type shi

[wintry coral]

could've applied to lsm

[keen crest]

but i want wharton

i want to pursue medical management

and hospital creation

@wintry coral

bc of personal experiences with how medical management treats workers hospital dilemmas etc..

so i aplied wharton

type shit

doesnt matter

[wintry coral]

lsm is dual degree in wharton and life sciences 💀

[keen crest]

isnt it like if u dont get into wharton u get something else

oh

i dont want the life sciences degree

i want the medical management concentration

shouldnt you have healthcare related ecs anyways for it too

healthcare and business

is that not what the program essentially is

i have both of those throughout app

[wintry coral]

its legit healthcare management

thats the whole purpose

or biotech company management

[keen crest]

but i mean like the wharton concentration i applied to fits pretty well with my app no?

and i feel like my app and overall experiences i can talk about in my interview also futher show why im passionate about it

i just chose what i thought best resonated with me + future goals and what i enjoy thats all lmao

[wintry coral]

interview doesnt matter that much

n if you have a good fit within the scope of wharton it will help you out

[keen crest]

ye imma just talk about why i chose the major and what i think i can bring to it

my experiences are probably better fit for lsm now that i think about it

like business and med research

but i mean also works with healthcare policy

and thats something i think i want to pursue in the future so thats why i chose that wharton concentration i didnt know otherwise haha

[wooden needle]

the “wharton interview” is a conversation for u to learn more about Penn

it’s rly not that deep i promise

just be yourself lol

[ionic parrot]

I didn’t apply to lsm bc of the extra sups

💀

[austere spindle]

lowkey i think lsm most worth dual

helps by far the most with recruiting

[drifting needle]

M&T???

[austere spindle]

not even close to being as helpful as lsm

[wintry coral]

60 kids in m&t and only 24 in lsm

Idk about m&t but lsm has two internships that r basically given to u

[earnest salmon]

whats penn's finacial aid number

i cangt find it ugh

[topaz mason]

lmao not penn going test required next yr..

wtf

why not this yr bro

[wintry coral]

yeah ig it might be the less students thing

[fervent herald]

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/announcements/penn-reinstates-standardized-testing-undergraduate-admissions

[topaz mason]

should've done it this yr :(

[wintry coral]

personally i think its a good move

helps bring down the average sat

[ionic parrot]

What ivies are still optional

[topaz mason]

um columbia, princeton

uhh

harv test yale test

def brown

cornell

[ionic parrot]

Wait Princeton is still optional???

[topaz mason]

penn

Yes i think

[ionic parrot]

Nah brown was the first one to add it back

[topaz mason]

okay what else

dart required

No no help like its required

[ionic parrot]

OH

sry I’m blind

[topaz mason]

so ya js columbia + princeton

[ionic parrot]

LNAO

damn

[topaz mason]

no dw LOL i didnt cliarfy

[silver echo]

idk imo they prob gonna change that soon

[ionic parrot]

I’m supported Princeton doesn’t require it

[topaz mason]

bro why didntthey reinstate the testing this yr 💀

so dumb

[ionic parrot]

Yea that’s what I thought too

[silver echo]

princeton so od abt making it officila

[ionic parrot]

Bc Princeton is actually really hard

[silver echo]

like where u have to do official test scores

[topaz mason]

it would've been easier w a slightly lower sat (well easier is subjective lol)

[ionic parrot]

Sat inflation is so real

[topaz mason]

right

stupid

man

its olkay..

[silver echo]

i got a 33 on my act

which is like right below the 25th for like every school

😭

[topaz mason]

right i got 1480 💀

[silver echo]

but it's also way too high to not report

[topaz mason]

which is like

10-20 pts

below idk

like 10 pts

from a 34 techinically

💀

so dumb

ya idk

[ionic parrot]

33 is still a good score

A2C has rotted our perception of what a good score is

[silver echo]

yeah ik

just for schools like

25th percentile is a 34 usually

like reaches

[topaz mason]

right helpp

and idk

im sure its fine but still yk

[ionic parrot]

Ppl on r/sat and r/act: 1490 or 33?? Beyond cooked 1500 or 34? Omg tips pls how did u do it? 🥺

[topaz mason]

i dont think it helps

as much

as like a higher

which wtvr but

[crimson cloud]

me with a 1430 😔

[silver echo]

idk there's larger difference between 33 and 34 than 1490 and 1500

[ionic parrot]

Those percentiles are inflated so don’t worry too much lol

[ionic parrot]

There isn’t

That’s the point

Both a good scores

lol

[silver echo]

yeah ik just

like it still puts me in weird situation

[wintry coral]

prob cuz this year is when trump launched all the merit based stuff

[ionic parrot]

I totally get that

I was worried about my 1490 so much 😭

In reality it’s not that diff than a 1500

[topaz mason]

real

[ionic parrot]

These tests are so stupid anyways

[topaz mason]

me w 1480 BROO 20 pts like 2 q's

real

i think its still good to have requirement tho

[ionic parrot]

They don’t determine our smartness 🥱

[topaz mason]

js cause of test inflation

[topaz mason]

real

[silver echo]

it lowkey sucks tho

cuz i could've easily gotten a 34 if i took the test more recently

[ionic parrot]

Just gotta crush lsat mcat dat gre whatever u need for grad school

[silver echo]

i went over stuff like combinatorics and probability

for math competitions which i didn't do before

[ionic parrot]

Oh shii I forgot act math covers stuff like that

[silver echo]

which could've gotten me enough points for like a 35 😭

[ionic parrot]

I just rawdogged it with sat math prep 😭

[silver echo]

i honestly hated sat math

it's like actually so frustrating

and all the answers are just like ap question ass solutions

but like the topics covered are like middle school level

[coral umbra]

didn't u get a 1530

[silver echo]

(like middle school level topics not difficulty)

[ionic parrot]

That’s my superscore

lol

[coral umbra]

eh same thing

[ionic parrot]

My highest actual score was 1490

[ionic parrot]

True

Except for some schools like UIUC

[silver echo]

my highest actual was a 31 😭

[ionic parrot]

Cough

[wintry coral]

same thing i have the same exact splits as you lmao

[ionic parrot]

No way

[silver echo]

tbf tho i got like a 35 reading my first try