#University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2024-2025)
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To this day
Idk how I managed to survive the act math section
the sat was prolly
i got a 35 on my reading on my first one
Wait not math
the easiest part of my application
Science
but i got a 20 on my english
to do
That shit was hard
retook it and got a 33 or smth
didn't even study
English pmo
i took it ditial so there must have been some shit fucked up im ngl
I have good grades
Like wdym I canโt use a comma there???
but like I have to study for history classes and stuff
I took my act right after Ap exams
imo digital hella harder than paper
and ecs were the toughest for me cause I'm lazy
idk usually act like
what'd u get
Real
does questions in order of difficulty
but act digital does it all random
lol wtf
Got a 5 on lang tho ๐คญ
sat has like skill-based matchmaking with the sections
its crazy
My teacher was buns
be an english major bro
joever
Fr
Thatโs why Iโm not going to law school
Maybe if I get my adhd meds then I can lock in
yeah i feel ya thogh
true
yeah I'm pretty well rounded
my lowest score was in math
yeah real
and im a math major ๐
Did u at least get presidential scholars
I live in nj
and I have the wrong 1590
it's chill though
I would hate to be a nj/nyc/bayarea/dmv kid
lowkey it's not that deep whether you get it or not
Would have gotten cooked
bro my school
had two dukes
for the exact same major
it's actually ridiculous
feeder ahh
idk my school is supposed to be really competitive
but it's lowkey not
what's ur average sat
Maybe itโs bc of overexposure idk
dude my old school had like
7th grade usamoers
when I moved here it felt uncompetitive
def a real thing
1320
Oh my gyat
yeah it's like mine
Ours is barely over 1000
it's just like everybody here is rich so it has hugely good reputation but it's also really not too competitive at all
at least for stem
Yeah I know schools like that
My school is so uncompetitive but it feels competitive bc itโs the same 10 ppl fighting over the same schools ๐
Like from my school most people who get into top schools are stem majors of some kind
idk the stem programs at my school lwokey ass
Same
No olympiads
Barely anything
we do math olympiad but that it
idk like we have 12 kids or smth taking physics c as an independent study rn
ts should just be a class fr
Real broโ ๏ธ
can we upload an LOR along with our LOCI
โ ๏ธ
Hey guys I need help I just got an interview and they want me to use calendly. At the end it asks for anything to help prepare for our meeting? What should I put there?
Ok thank you!
Tf is that
you can but you donโt have to
for penn specifically, the โinterviewโ is meant to be more abt the school than you
I meant about calendly
a CV and a resume are not exactly interchangeable
a resume is typically used for getting a job
a CV is a more detailed explanation of your entire education, work experience, and research typically used for academia/research roles
submitted my loci yesterday
we ball
does everyone elses financial aid look like this
Yes
Mine doesn't
It shows css and tax thingy
read the top part
it says smth about fafsa not showing until whenever
is penn state need blind?
r they not the same thing?
โฆ..
Bro is rage baiting
๐
Nowโฆ.
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Iโm not paying 80k$ for UPenn just for people to confuse me with to Penn state
ong
thats why im harvard/yale or bust.
๐
shawn ur gonna be @ the harv game me @ yale ohh no
opposing sides
harvard, yale, or michigan ๐
Although Iโm currently leaning more to tech/stem schools rn
thats real LOL
Idk maybe Iโm going thru a phase
bro thought he could put harvard in there ๐ฅ
Pre adult crisis!
this is me every day
real
Yoooo I got 1/5 MYPSM
Actually its Samford University and MIT (milwaukee institute of technology)
Ah yes the super prestigious Sanford university
stamford university
least obvious college ragebait
chat i got a upenn interivew in like 30 minutes
i forgot about it and didnt prepare
is it wraps
yea upenn interview is just a normal convo
if u can make small talk it's very chill
yeah my interviewer started yapping abt the party and drinking scene ๐ญ
my mom was like nearby when he did that tho..
did u tell him u like coke?
no ๐
generational miss
i just talked abt wanting to learn abt the culture of penn & some socities (academic, club, asian one in speific)
it was so RANDOM help
that was ur first mistake
he apparently hated doing enginnering so he settled for some type of data science as a double and is now a photographer bc he couldnt transfer to wharton
except my data sci research/work was different from his & he wasn't really intrested talking enginnering or my feild.
so i defaulted to penn culture
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the good thing is that his opinion doesnt matter bc interviews are nondeterministic
yeah but i wish i got someone who enjoyed the feild like my stanford interview
she was a doc
but we connected on sm things regardless
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i was rlly intrested in penn till that moment
does upenn accept application updates? like it isnt super clear when i googled it. there's a post where they say to give updates through the upload materials in the portal but that's about all the "official" info ive found
the other being on their website where they talk about updates *for deferred ED applicants * specifically
I sent in stuff fwiw
@austere spindle why are u trending on sidechat
bruh ๐ญ
too many glazers ๐
What did u do lmao
huh
Oh i thought smth happened
r u talking abt the cs majors gc or the posts
Both ๐
the posts r abt stat 1020 professor who just happens to have same last name LOL
thats why i was confused..
the gc is all my freshmen trolling ๐
d*ddy gupta is insane
DG my goat he got me into Penn
You got a likely?
Does penn give likelies?
WHERES Y INTERVIEW AT NOO
penn interviews are not evaluative so even if you dont get one it doesnt matter
I mean its better to have one then not still
Although its not evaluative per se, theres still a report
Dw if u dont get one tho
if i've been assigned an alumni ambassador (as shown on my portal) but they haven't reached out to me in multiple weeks, should i try to reach out to them?
yes my alumni ambasador told me they will still be sending a report
i cooked on my interview so hard ๐ญ
me WHEN I HAVE NO INTERVIEWW
I just got an interview right now
Isnโt it just one sentence tho
Theyโre working through it
ok ya
how long have u had the alumni
ambassadors
show up in the poral
portal*

I checked like 2 days ago and it wasnโt there
cus its been pending for foreverr
oh ok
So sometime since then
wait hot
idk my alumni ambassador said they were allowed to say antecdotes so i assume it's more than that
iโll be honest everyone i know who did ib here had a perfect
but thats like my sample size of like 5 people
From a couple of ppl ive seen from the gc, 38-42 is most common but 1 dude was scared of being rescinded cuz their predicted came back 6 points lower ๐
45 p sure
Yeah
Meh as long as you show that u have good enough academic standing u check off that box
same here ๐ฅฒ idk what to do
penelope
at a certain point it doesnt matter
like they wont care about A or an A+
~1500+ SAT
or even a 3.95 and a 4.0 tbh
just shows ur academically ready for the workload & allows ur app to move onto the next stage
Is upenn a safety like cornell?
2/10 ragebait
its more on par with community colleges
ong
I thought it was a community college?
ur right
Pennsylvannia Community College of Philadelphia
i applied to cas
bc its an ivy
depressing as fuck
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Ima use this to cope on April 1
no bc im regretting like 1/2 of my list
the stress is really getting to me
can i redo the whole app process over again
right
no bc why didnt i apply stanford
we'll get our second chance for grad school!
wtf
real ๐ (NOT AGAIN)
wish i applied idk
larger schools
bc i dont want a 2k SCHOOL NO MORE
so unready for the mcat/lsat/gre whatever i have to take
Might as well go to uiuc
ongg
its my backup dawg
Same
first i need to worry abt getting into a college and then ill worry abt what ill major in
ok real
did u apply gies goat
omfg did u get the hideous merchandise
HELPP real asf
Cs + x
oh ok
fair
no bc is 1/5 too much to ask
mar 27th
(preferably yale university)
acc i regret doing all these ivies
i aint even like half of them
๐
ok i dont even know what i'd like is the problem
im like
cooked
ok
i like whatever schools accept me ๐
ong ong
idk
i js became picky!?!? or
im tweakin out
an acceptance would save me
Your backup is good enough
Whyโd you apply then lmao
I see
REAL
i'll be a cornell fanboy for life if they accept me
dont be ๐
ong ong
harvard or yale or bust
please dont accept me penn thank u very much
(jk i would take it)
god
idk
having a mid life crisis
or teenage life crisis
yale/georgetown/bust
didnt someone say the report was one sentence? not much u can do with that
nah you can still include ancedotes as an interviewer
o ok
i mean i wouldnt stress too much abt interview tho, if they said its non-evaulative we can conclude theres def a lesser impact with penn interviews
one sentence could be like: "Interview went well and student is passionate, highly inclined for admit"
thats would be a pretty supportive 1 sentence ngl
that better be mine
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gl
100% just talk like ur interviewer is ur friend
HOLY SHIT
I GOT MY PENN INTERVIEW
FINALLY SOMETHING CAME
@topaz mason I made it out of the trenches ๐ญ
OK WOO CONGRATS OMFG
none for em issok tho
i cant really complain ๐ญ
YESS OK IVY BOUND
My will to live has been reignited
๐คญ
Harvard Yale and duke are coming soon I can feel it
REAL
same but none of my schools prescreen
no one in my hs has gotten an interview for any
yeah besides one girl who got an interview for harvard
Someone gimme 1
A REAL ONE PLEASE ๐ญ
for RD it does mean something iirc
same w/ yale
hi, um an intl kid, is it a bad idea if i ed to m&t next fall? like i saw i've another option to ed to due to high competition in m&t. (thing of seas)
hi
Also u r more likely to have an interviewer that has done or is in the m&t program
mine said that that 99% of all m&t interviewers are from m&t alum
Same w huntsman
Anyone know if Wharton interviews matter or not? I know CAS donโt for sureโฆ
Same level of importance as CAS
Ik LSM does
i did M&T interview yesterday and the first thing the m&t alum told me when the interview started was that she wasnt gonna take any notes or anything bc its not evaluative just like the other departments and its just my time to ask questions and learn about penn
so I think she meant it
bc she did in fact take 0 notes
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I think what he meant more was that since these programs are small, fit is much more important and one of the best ways to measure that is thru the interview
If ur interviewer really vouches for you it helps with their separate admissions
STOP
Bruh
You got Harvard and Yale
and my eyes are on penn
I didnt apply but ik ppl this year whoโve gotten in
Many of this m&t cohort said their interviewers vouched for them and wrote an email back to them congratulating them
Idk if regular degrees have their interviewers email u back tho
Yes and thats a plus cuz in single degrees they barely can do that
Look there is barely an control u have over this process
Why dont u do what you can do to the best of ur ability and not worry about all the specs of everything
only m&t does as far as my interviewer told me
yeah huntsman hasnโt gotten me an interview yet lmfao
Nope lsm too
Your interviewer can have direct access to your programโs advisors
Not just the AOs
From what Iโve heard yes
so does interview matter or nah
Not really unless its for dual degree
no interview gang wya
Here here
ok nv
it was actually really quick
i think i asked more questions for my interviewer then she did
but she was such a nice lady
very informative
PLEASE HELP get me 1 ๐ฅน
๐๐ iโll talk to my interviewer
wait guys isnt the interview supposed to have no influence on admissions
my interviewer said he took notes and is gonna share them w the aos
does that mean i cooked
They can share anecdotes but usually its not taken seriously
Just dont f up terribly and say weird stuff
And ur good
gotcha
interview doesnโt matter
for domestic, single degree students it doesnt matter
upenn interviews are also nonevaluative
If ur an intl and get an interview, it shows that penn is interested in you
Especially for m&t
Is it thru zoom or ft
Cuz for single degree, domestic interviews r prioritized over intl
Dual degree interviews r different tho
Its not speculation
US colleges care more about domestic students and thereby prioritize them first
Esp when the interview doesnt matter
Dual degree programs r different cuz there is a smaller app pool & interview matters
for single degree (non wharton), domestic, in a area with quite many alumni, would not getting interview alarming?
Do you know people around you who got interviews
its just based on availability so not that deep
some did, some didn't..
does the conversation have ANy impsct
lik do interviewers send a report or sumn at leat
cuz my
jit was taking notes
Yea anecdotes
But they basically disregard most of it
applied econ
still applies to me?
hey yall
to anyone who's been admitted, do you mind sharing what you did in the summer before senior year?
still availability based
did u apply wharton or cas econ
cas econ
gl man
we copied from everyone else LOL
esp the columbia and rice people
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tbf i did it irl.. i have a pin from cmu tour from back in october
and i wore it 2-3 weeks from ED
and now again
my juniors call me carnegie mellon girl
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i wis i could go to cmu
but its too expensive
and no chance for any aid for intl
i dont think its that much diff for penn but like
wtv
ivies r usually p generous for fin aid
not for intl i dont think
Just essays and thatโs it ๐ญ
in 11th grade?
i submitted my upenn financial aid a few days ago and now they sent me this. tried accessing the financial aid website and i couldnโt ๐ญ.. is anyone else having this problem?
Same
does this mean im being considered/not considered for an interview or does it mean nothing
no i am too
So everyone got that mail?
i have no clue
im gonna start tweaking i thought i turned everything in through css, idoc, and fafsa
Hmmmm
SAME
i didnt know there was stuff on their own portal
Did everyone just get the email?
It was all ticked
im gonna punch something
Asking the same question
A friend didn't
I think it was just sent to everyone who applied for aid
So prolly not everyone
Oh, weird
idoc?
i didnโt see an idoc request for upenn
๐
i didnt see one either im just saying that i thought i uploaded everything
and css closed iirc
so there must be extra stuff on their portal
kinda like uchicago
yeah i got that email and cant check checklist
I canโt check my checklist either
the link it takes me to says there was an internal error
WEBSITES WORKING
um i got the email but i turned everything in?
Were those things required before?
open your portal and click "submit or review
i have the same missing docs
why couldnโt they have let us know that soooner ๐ญ
i have all of those turned in too...
idek anymore
Were they showing missing before?
we couldnโt even access the checklist before
now i have to check all my damn portals
Fr
and i recieved no other email besides today
oh so its not our fault
live laugh HATTTEE
u r still considered
they approved mine on the same day i think
manifesting upenn day 2
does anyone know why penn didnt get my second teacher rec
it submitted everywhere else
for the fin aid portal w2 forms, do i need to get both parents w2 or my custodial one?
penn got my fafsa too
manifesting upenn day 3
YOOO DAMN CONGRATS
So we all got the fin aid mail r8? Dang I thought it's gonna be some email ast**logy
it just means u rn't assigned an alum interview yet
yall think this website is factual
manifesting upenn day 4
how?
Idk bruh
manifesting upenn day 5
manifesting upenn day 6
manifesting upenn day 749373625
manifesting upenn day 7
penn interviewer told me that they have to send back reports?
i think they send a written report/summary of what you talked about but they don't score you on anything
therefore it's not technically evaluative
ic
penn sucks
lied to us about it being non eval and us asking questions mainly
interview went fine but bro was grilling me for 20 mins which i was not prepped for
if you applied m&t that's the exception
all duals
unless u fucked up majorly it doesnt really matter
ye ye
it went well
I applied to the engineering school and got an m&t interviewer who cooked me ๐ญ ๐
ts tragic
no manifestations for 2 days ๐ฆ
now bro isnโt gonna make it
๐ ๐ซ
sometimes you have to do things
just work ngl
i saw my friends doing the same stuff for schools and being devastated on rejection
they said they shouldnโt have idealised the school ๐คทโโ๏ธ
LOL
Are the conversations pretty much all sent out? Thanks!
most yeah
Love how I am not the only one going insane like this
i didnt even apply Penn im being fr
ig im the only one going insane
Um do the convo reports come back in an email? I havenโt gotten anything yet
theyre confidential lmao
Oh Iโm stupid LMFAO
wait u had ur convo already?? i still havent been assigned an ambassador yet
its non evaluative so i wouldnโt stress!
yeah i guess that makes sense
thanks
just worried that maybe they didnt assign me one bc i missed something? idk my checklist is all green and im pretty sure i didnt opt out
i donโt think they mean much unless if you did a dual-degree
Nah ur good dw
Just dont expect an interview tho this late
NON EVALUATIVE MY ASS MF
this mf made notes on the smallest things
"oh dw about it ts doesnt affect ur uni chances"
some ppl just do that lmao
heโs prob just trying to seem like heโs paying attention nothing more
Interviewers inflate the value of their conversations on admissions
my interviewer glazed me
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Lucky ahhhh
Ainโt u in UPenn tho ๐ญ
Donโt worry bout that
hi
deferred to accepted praying
do you think it would matter if I applied engineering and got an m&t interviewer that grilled me for 40 minutes๐ญ
penn interviews dont count for admissions
i know its not evaluative but does that mean they dont send an interview report?
i mean that would be a question for admissions but ultimately its not really going to matter lol
especially since they kind of just match you with whoever is available in your area
They donโt look at it
I had a coffee chat w someone in charge of the interviewers for their area
Its just to keep alumni engaged and donating
ok ty
not sure if i should ask here but does penn want both parents w2 and tax returns uploaded or just the custodial parent?
did u get custodial waiver
i think they want both, they asked me for the same thing but my dad submitted my docs so i cant remember which ones he submtited
no
then both
does upenn send likely letters?
just had a friend get one from columbia and heard many ivies do this and i was curious
no
oh okie
i dont even think to athletes
i might be wrong tho
naur that's okay!! i was j wondering
upenn let me in ๐ญ
they do to athletes
maybe for rd
for ED fs, my best friends committed for VB
it was her top pick, i believe shes the #3 setter in the united states?
top 10 at least for 2025
my friends didnt recieve nothing before ed
maybe just for certain sports?
possibly
woah
thatโs tuff tho
the worst thing abt committing to an ivy for sports though is the fact that theres no athletic scholarships
like none
ive heard
craz
anyone have any idea what the post on m&t's instagram was about?
Hi
Hello
Yo mr director
Hello Duk! We meet again.
Congrats on the big acceptances
Thank you!
I hope to finally settle my future next week.
I wonder when UMich and UNC will come - but I'm not waiting for them.
I intend on committing next Friday.
Even Thursday evening
canโt wait to be rejected
Same ๐ญ
i mean my counselor got a call from another uni
oh i got it nvm
but bc of other reasons
like what
manifesting?
Oh shit I forgot to submit for finan aid documents
You will be fine
Umm do we have to submit first 2 pages of tax return?or the whole document or the whole document?
Financial aid doesnโt affect your decision
Just make sure you get it in as soon as possible if/when you do get accepted
I hope I get in lol, best of luck tho
how many of yall got the alumni conversations
I didnโt
i did
I did (intl)
they say interviews are based on volunteer availability and not on a pre-screen of ur application but ppl in my school got one and I didn't. Do i just gear up for a rejection lol
eh i dont think so
my alumni literally just said
he saw my school name
never heard it before
(small christian priv)
and he saw that i was asian
so he was like huh
intersting
and just picked me from the list he had
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they write a little report on what you talk about during the interview
not much though
theyre not evaluative
my interviewer said it wasnโt evaluative and proceeded to take notes so idk..
Itโs just for the conversation
Nothing is shared
well i actually found a hidden mickey in the email that means that luigi will hand deliver me an acceptance with a full ride
its true..
wow ๐
luigi is close to me rn maybe i should write him a letter asking him for a letter of recommendation
insanity
lor from luigi
Lol imagine writing about Luigi in your penn personal statement or supp
they're either gonna think ur fucking crazy or either love it
you never know w the ivies
i know a kid who got into yale and cornell by starting their personal statement w "the ivey
"the ivy league sucks."
Bro these schools need to stop emailing abt the decision dates ๐
Thatโs wild
what im sayingggg
why
i'd rather prefer in ur face communication
than none at all
i'd rather prefer me getting accepted
yippee
Are you sure????
This email seems fake
Yes 100%
it's not fake
i mean cause we all know when it is
and i dont need like 20 jumpscares from each college ๐
this is a personal opinion tho lol
BRUH why do ppl not get sarcasm......
no this looks fake to me
decisions r alr made
yeah but they r still making us wait bruh
these 7 days will be unfathomable for me especially cuz i have 3 full days of school
aren't they non-evaluative lol
guys am i cooked if i forgot to send my css profile to penn
and i need aid
like ima do it rn but
ye do dat
i just submitted it, does that mean i possibly will get no aid? or my offer letter will be delayed
also is it a bad sign they never ocntacted me about this ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
this school is NOT accepting me
but I'll pray for them to accept another generic asian male in engineering
u got 0 rejects
dw
they wont be cruel to u
On everybodyโs soul but mine yall r getting in ๐
same fr
i pass by him every friday
bro one of you said that you wrote your thank you letter to luigi
i thought that was the dumbest fucking shit iโd ever read
co29 is so cooked
Oh hell nah wtf hahhaahahah
was that ed or rd
i'd like to know if they got in or not lol
Can anyone confirm?
i think i submitted the whole doc
i hope this person gets in
Oh okay thanks
How are you saying that when you are 7-0 rn
i forget who i wrote mine to
ah
i wrote it to a former crush ๐คก
I did it to my teacher โ ๏ธ
LMFAO
literally like
bro
ppl who actually wrote it to luigi
i bet some ppl wrote it to trump
like
i wrote to my dead grandpa
Thatโs gotta be an instant reject
some glazer prolly wrote it to like Benjamin Franklin
nah bc why u thanking the president
or wtv
is that like a boarding school thing
ah thank u for removing the DOE
ah nice
idk if having DEI directors is specifically js a boarding school thing tho
boarding school is crazy why do so many of u guys do it
nah we have one but dorm parent def is
i had the opportunity to attend one
yeah but like donโt you miss your parents
and siblings
i did
my brothers in college lol
Im 3 hrs away from home
so
yea but we go home for break
ah thatโs not too bad then
yea
no yeah my school had boarding for 7th-12
we have like 13 yr old intl boarding students
damn thatโs pretty cool
Iโm guessing like New England then?
ye๐ ๐
surely if intl kids coming
nice nice
i wrote to first responders and florida power/light employees bc hurricane milton had just happened like directly on top of my city
guys am i the only one who wrote it to the organic chemistry tutor?
he actually deserves it lmao, first guy to come to my mind
THATS SO SMART
