University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2025-2026)

[verbal drum]

thats a top line applicant

[torpid merlin]

dude ikr

i was like

no way that's the typical applicant 💀

[verbal drum]

it isnt, thats top line even for m and t

[torpid merlin]

yeah

[verbal drum]

yeah exactly people see a cracked person getting rejected and blame the admissions process when the person themself is 90% of the time the problem

their suicide rate is high not because of admissions process but because their universites are more memorization driven then case study or real learning through experimentation etc

thats what my parents and their friends hated the most about chinese education

[torpid merlin]

do people actually just write bad essays

[verbal drum]

yes

shit ones

you'd be suprised

[torpid merlin]

dam

[verbal drum]

the more cracked someone is the more they tend to write stinkers

[torpid merlin]

need to make sure to not make that same mistake myself lol 😂

[verbal drum]

i've editd my friend's essays before and wow

[torpid merlin]

yeah same

i was like did they write this as the first thing that came to their mind

[verbal drum]

I was more on the lines of how is it possible to write to so robotically

and so redundantly

[torpid merlin]

yeah yeah

like the research thesis writing type

[harsh locust]

ur scaring me

[verbal drum]

if your confident in your writing you will be fine

[harsh locust]

im not

[verbal drum]

they tend to also be self aware about how bad they write

have you gotten peer reviews?

or i guess since your in hs

have u asked a teacher

or someone who knows how t o write

[harsh locust]

yes but more so for content rather than flow

[torpid merlin]

i'm confident in my writing skills, i'm just worried that i won't be able to put in enough time

into my writing

[verbal drum]

you prob dont want another highschoolr helpin you 😭

[harsh locust]

its the opposite for my CAPS actually

[verbal drum]

get someone to check for flow

[harsh locust]

the flow is fine but i struggle with content

[verbal drum]

thats very important

[harsh locust]

its submitted

too late vro

</3

[verbal drum]

what do you mean by content

like u dont know what to write about?

[harsh locust]

like what i wrote abt and the execution

[harsh locust]

no i do its just how well i can put it on paper kind of

[verbal drum]

eh what you write about doesnt matter as much as long as it shows growth, curiousty, and persistence

i wrote about sourdough for one of mines

[verbal drum]

yeah this is the hardest thing to do

[harsh locust]

i do love my caps topic and i think the way i wrote it is fine

[verbal drum]

thats good then

[harsh locust]

its just difficult to connect to the present and show reflection beyond a few sentences

[torpid merlin]

@verbal drum do you think i can write essays

for those like 15 schools

by january 1st

if i have like essays for wharton ross & the UCs

[verbal drum]

honestly you could spit out a school every 2 days

i could def do that if i wanted too w/o that much time commitment

you just gotta be locked in

[torpid merlin]

yeahh

i think ur right

i only get locked in usually when it becomes super desperate

but that might not work this time lol

[verbal drum]

obiously though you should prioritize school, and focus on the quality of the priorities

I also personally would reuse essays that have overlapping prompts

[torpid merlin]

definitely doing that

imma do yale next tbh

[harsh locust]

the only time i really struggled for a supp was my honors essay for sbu

there was literally nothing to work with

[chilly stream]

^^^

Also i will say some pre prof club apps kinda reuse college essay prompts...

Like one of my umich essays prompts was nearly identical to my wufc prompt

[torpid merlin]

for college clubs

getting into them

how much does the interview matter vs the essays & such

[verbal drum]

its about how well connected you are 🤣

[torpid merlin]

as a freshman, how are you going to be connected

[verbal drum]

your uncle friends son

nah im playing

[torpid merlin]

alr buddy 💀

which uncle friends son

[verbal drum]

the one thats the president of the club

[torpid merlin]

ohhh yeahhh

now i remember

yj

yk

if i get in

ill connect w people on linkedin though i guess

over the summer

[novel hornet]

I think at the level it's not that deep. I tend to see a lot of m&t kids in the same circles/jobs as a lot of my friends here at stanford

I would say a lot of them are the same caliber as a lot of the smart kids here too

[verbal drum]

eh i feel like if you want to go into tech/eng you'd be better off at stanford for the alumni and the area

[red flower]

The suicide rate is high in high schoolers as a result of the extreme pressure on exams and education in general which is caused in part by depending solely on exams like the gaokao to move "up" in life and society. I imagine the Chinese method of university education just makes thoughts of suicide persist even into college

[verbal drum]

your probably right, i know its very bad in india too but my parents especially stressed how college was torture as they drilled information into their brain, and when they moved into th US college was like heaven

[red flower]

or maybe just the workload in general. It doesn't really get better even after you graduate and go to an office job. Japan is of course infamous for being lonely and overworked causing high suicide and there was a story recently from Korea where a young 26 or 27 yr old literally died from being overworked

[verbal drum]

i mean overwork happens everywhere, maybe its just a lot more monotonous in those asian countries

[red flower]

east asia has less legal protection and it's built into the culture more so than western countries

i think in the US, overworking is normalized more so in healthcare but east asia it's everywhere

[verbal drum]

thats what i hate about people who blindly shit on the US and then glorify china or russia, its much worse there in a lot of regards

[red flower]

bro that's what I'm saying man. My mom and her family are literally from Hong Kong. There was another person that I was talking to in app-questions about a subject like this and they literally said "I'd rather go to China and keep my mouth shut about Xi Jinping than stay in America"

[harsh locust]

https://tenor.com/view/tiktok-dog-awkward-dog-confused-awkward-confused-dog-gif-2881577801438605193

[verbal drum]

actual clowns never grateful for where they are in now and never appreciative

i know what my parents sacrificed to get me here ill never take that for granted

[red flower]

bro you were there 😭

I found what they said exactly back in message history lol "so i would rather live in China and not talk shit about TS1989 or Xi than live in the US rn"

[harsh locust]

i dont remember this..

[red flower]

#🌻-app-questions message

[harsh locust]

oh umm

[red flower]

the level of aghast as a child of an immigrant I felt man 😭

that's when I knew to give up on reasoning with them 💀

[clear grove]

nobody is fearmongering, if you actually read what i said i talked about how you dont need to be the most impressive person to get in and that people are more than their achievements and can still get in without all those achievements, obviously this person is impressive i'm saying that being impressive is not the only thing that matters

[clear grove]

yeah i did 14 in 14 days lol

not sure what you're refuting here

[torpid merlin]

do you think they turned out well

[torpid merlin]

well it's just the vibe that these ECs are normal & essays/quirky activities are the differentiators..... which means that you need outstanding essays to compensate for possibly even worse ECS & a lot of luck because of implied judgement bias

[clear grove]

i was happy when i submitted them and i ended up where i wanted to go

the essays themselves turning out well i have no idea maybe the AO hated them 😭

[torpid merlin]

did u ED

columbia

or

wait i guess RD

right

how were your other results?

[clear grove]

no i didnt ED anywhere

[clear grove]

i wouldnt really say any of this is true. it is true that in 50,000 applicants everything is "normal" including these ECs and if you're evaluated on the pure basis of who has the largest number in an extracurricular then this profile could be "scary" or "extra impressive", but luckily you're not evaluated on the pure basis of who made the largest gaming platform

[torpid merlin]

that is not normal dude

those ECs are not normal

everything is not normal

[clear grove]

again, this isnt really "fear mongering"... in fact quite the opposite. i'm just saying that those ECs dont need to scare you or anybody because it's not necessary to have them to get in, and plenty of people without them get in

[torpid merlin]

i guess we can just agree to disagree lol

[clear grove]

everybody loves to put people they deem more impressive than them on a pedestal, but the admissions game is not purely about being impressive, and in 50,000 applicants i guarantee you there are people in there orders of magnitude greater than this kid, and also kids orders of magnitude less great. everything is normal when you're looking at a pool where everybody is kind of awesome. and the kids that high schoolers deem "less great" than this kid may get in and the kids that high schoolers deem "more great" may not get in. again, i'm just saying that just because somebody doesn't have those ECs doesn't mean they need to worry.

[torpid merlin]

i mean like sure but i think that these ECs are not normal

[clear grove]

you're misunderstanding what i mean by normal

i'm not saying normal = everybody has them

i'm saying normal = not unexpected in the process, and not an n of 1

[torpid merlin]

i understand your intention

& i understand

you're trying to say that even if u don't have good ECs don't worry

which i think is fine

[clear grove]

also, you brought up these ECs being normal in the first place, i also never said that, so you arbitrarily mentioned that i thought they were normal and then attached that thought to me

[torpid merlin]

okay

sorry lol

[clear grove]

yes

[torpid merlin]

yeah that's logical bcz a lot of people get in for other unique factors

[clear grove]

yes :D

[torpid merlin]

dw about it, for me it s like wtvr bcz ik this whole process is super volatile & sort of scuffed anyways but i hold out hope that the results will be positive and somewhat predictable in the sense i'll get into some of my top choices

[torpid merlin]

do yk if penn rooming is by school or do diff school students room together

[chilly stream]

students room together

unless ur in a select program community

[torpid merlin]

no i mean

is it like

wharton room together

or is it

random

across diff schools in UPenn

[chilly stream]

random

i got 2 CAS + 1 SEAS kid

[torpid merlin]

damm okay

what does SEAS stand for

[chilly stream]

school of enigneering and applied sciences

[torpid merlin]

okay, do you think this rooming system is better than by same school?

[chilly stream]

yes ofc

you get to meet more ppl with diverse interests

[red flower]

some dual programs room together like huntsman

[torpid merlin]

also do you fill out a form w interested roommates or is it completely randomized

[torpid merlin]

yeah i think so too tbh

[chilly stream]

fill out a form

[torpid merlin]

how'd you find your roommates

[torpid merlin]

ah okay

[chilly stream]

random

[red flower]

no school is gonna do completely randomized 😭

the chaos that would cause

[chilly stream]

wanted to gamble a lil

[torpid merlin]

lol

[torpid merlin]

did it work out well

[chilly stream]

good

love my roommates

[torpid merlin]

yayy

[red flower]

a lot of people find roommates on insta

there's like an igot!n platform or smth

[torpid merlin]

rooommates stay together all 4 years?

[chilly stream]

nope only first year

[torpid merlin]

does it switch every single year

[chilly stream]

yes but by junior year you can move out of penn housing

[torpid merlin]

hmm

[torpid merlin]

so you've had 2-3 diff sets of roommates?

[red flower]

i'm ngl i was using it to see how attractive an incoming class was last year 💀

[torpid merlin]

broski

[chilly stream]

dawg im a freshman 😭

[torpid merlin]

what'd you find out 😂

[torpid merlin]

oh mb

[torpid merlin]

nah im joking

[red flower]

there's always an asian baddie who's into tennis, food, and shopping and I need to swoop in and hope she picks me 💀

[torpid merlin]

fun

better get in first i guess

[clear grove]

when i went to admit day they said there was no dorm separation by school unless ur in like viper or a special thing like that where u dorm together

[torpid merlin]

which major are you doing

[clear grove]

philosophy/polisci

[torpid merlin]

sick

[clear grove]

wbu

[torpid merlin]

business for schols with specific business undergrads otherwise environemntal studies/sustainable development as first & economics as second

[clear grove]

nicee

[jagged badge]

does applying to penn cas econ vs wharton actually make a difference

if you seem like a wharton kid wouldnt that just hurt you

[torpid merlin]

it makes a diff

[torpid merlin]

nah if u frame ur app right

[glass sequoia]

hi do we have an official date yet or no

[harsh locust]

which is why you apply for the school that fits you best

[chilly stream]

i will say wharton will support you with more resources from the getgo for business careers

but penn econ is still possible to land the same roles

[somber kettle]

Not yet

[harsh locust]

most likely 18th

[barren tangle]

they send out the date exactly a week before it happens

[wooden hamlet]

Penn keeping decisions dates secret to deceive and guide away

[tardy dagger]

Nah it’s just the 18th

[clear grove]

they're just slow with it

[quick glacier]

penn ur my north star

why won't u love me back

😖

[wooden hamlet]

Cuz we're ints

[clear grove]

bruh u got this

[wooden hamlet]

The unwanted children💔

[quick glacier]

i should've applied without aid last yr

now ive got a peepeepoo grade in math wharton is not taking my ass

[verbal drum]

wdym

you got a bad grade in your last semester before ur gap?

did you take a gap year just for wharton??? 😭

[quick glacier]

yea my final grade

[quick glacier]

NO LMAOOO

i didn't get a visa appointment

[verbal drum]

i was boutta say bro

[quick glacier]

in time

[verbal drum]

i see your name but damn

😭

[quick glacier]

HAHAHAH

[tardy dagger]

man im not making it

[frosty relic]

guys there is absolutely no way it’ll be the 11th right?

[torpid merlin]

yes

[sharp yew]

they will likely let us know on the 11th

that it is on the 18th lol

[torpid merlin]

yes

[red flower]

no fr

[torpid merlin]

nervous

[clear grove]

:(

[sharp yew]

let's hope President Jameson takes mercy on us A2Cers

what course have you applied for?

[torpid merlin]

wdym?

[sharp yew]

like what major

[torpid merlin]

i'm doing Wharton

wbu

[sharp yew]

ah I'm for SEAS

[torpid merlin]

cool

good luck

[sharp yew]

you too man

[clear grove]

you guys both got this

[royal crater]

yea that person who said it was on the 11th on reddit got me dead 💀

[chilly stream]

Reddit in the almost big 26 💔

[royal crater]

this community is huge on reddit 😔

[west root]

good luck everyone!

[somber kettle]

likely on the 18th

[torpid merlin]

thank you!

[clear grove]

💀

[sharp yew]

does anyone know what it means if they reach out for an additional LOR from my school counsellor?

[candid pier]

Hey Im considering applying here but im not sure the culture (hazing, competitiveness) is for me

Should I apply here as a nerd whos likely going to be a neuroscience major

[candid pier]

Did your counselor already submit one?

[tacit panther]

Yea

[sharp yew]

yes, she did before the original deadline

they reached out to her recently for additional information for final review

[tired timber]

bro is evil

[candid pier]

(not an expert at all btw)Oh could be a good thing then if they're asking for more info. More stuff they can use to evaluate u i guess

[candid pier]

So the culture shouldnt be bad enough for it to be a dealbreaker

[keen haven]

losing my mind waiting for them to release ED decision date
upenn please

i swear i get more anxious by the day

[somber kettle]

It does say on the Penn admissions page that they will notify with a date at least a week before

[keen haven]

my guess is the 18th

[somber kettle]

So you can expect that its going to be on thr 16th at the earliest as of today

[somber kettle]

Yeah thats also my guess

[keen haven]

you ED as well?

[somber kettle]

Yup

Cas

[keen haven]

same here o7

[somber kettle]

Yessir

Gl

[keen haven]

u too 🙏

[tacit panther]

Imo yea

Im not part of any of the weird toxicy stuff and i love it here

Theres def alot of nerds to be found and space for people who dont wanna be a part of the preprofessional cutthroat what not culture

[quick glacier]

bad luck to the nepo kids who ed'd from my school

[chilly stream]

Hazing is worse at other ivies imo

[candid pier]

Which ivies are the worst

[chilly stream]

Cornell 100%

Harvard is worse too

[harsh locust]

that is a crazy thing to say

[clear grove]

!bgastro

[lone salmon]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[red flower]

I think half my school is training to be hazed or to be a hazer just based off alcohol consumption

[clear grove]

its not that bad tbh

a lot of my friends are the chill nerd type and they dont really experience any of this

i mean yeah it's a little competitive but i'd say it's a normal amount for a top school

[kindred gulch]

when do we think ed comes out

next thursday?

[worn moth]

Guys how much do they consider context in applying with a really low SAT.

[harsh locust]

hard to quantify

maybe a bit more lenient since it’s their first test req year after covid

[torpid merlin]

really low idk but they do consider context quite a bit

your a sophmore—get ur score up lol

[worn moth]

sorry my roles wrong I’m a senior

both my parents were terminally ill for 2 years and I’m Pell eligible

[clear grove]

dont worry about it

[verbal drum]

its overexaggerated its not cut throat and hazing is more like telling someone to drink a extra beer or two or three 🤣

obviously everyone is super competitive but you could ask anyone for homework answers or help and they would be available

wharton doesnt suffer from the stern treatment

[frosty relic]

So the whole “holistic” thing is true? I applied early due to sudden relocation crisis but I might be missing out so

[torpid merlin]

holistic is true

[frosty relic]

Okay so context can really help my application?

[torpid merlin]

yeah, it seems like they consider context quite a bit

[frosty relic]

Okay, thank you so much!

[torpid merlin]

no worries

[clear grove]

holistic admissions is real and true

[frosty relic]

Bro this ivy league road map dude added my to his live and i told him ab me graduating a year early and the importance of context and he told me I was cooked hence the worry 😭

[harsh locust]

lets not trust everyone online

[clear grove]

especially that dude

💀

[candid pier]

That dude also said ur essay being 649 words could get u rejected.... Dont believe anything he says

[torpid merlin]

does the essay being 650 get u rejected as well

[verbal star]

it needs to be 670

[frosty relic]

I didn’t know his rep until i did research a lil later

[chilly stream]

651 will

[candid pier]

He had this whole bs argument that "oh it shows it was too long so you needed to edit it down"

Nobody cares dude if the essay fits the essay fits

[torpid merlin]

yeah i think we have enough stuff to worry about lol

[candid pier]

Commonapp cuts off essays if they go over the word limit

[torpid merlin]

he's joking lol

[candid pier]

Ik im just sayin

[torpid merlin]

ok

[chilly stream]

I need a wharton sticker for my laptop

but its $22 including delivery 💔

[harsh locust]

i gotchu

wait i dont have wharton ones

[chilly stream]

💀

[harsh locust]

@brazen coral

[wooden hamlet]

Is it... Terrifying?

[brazen coral]

CALLED IT

[harsh locust]

yes i just got a cortisol spike

[brazen coral]

UPenn ED Decision Date

<t:1766102400:F> in your local time zone
@everyone

[wooden hamlet]

See you on the other side

[harsh locust]

oh you cant even access the portal

[tame iris]

Hat the ACRUAL fuck

[next zodiac]

upeen

[weary dove]

damn

[royal crater]

ofccc its 18th

😔

[tardy dagger]

😳

[harsh locust]

what ea bro

[wooden hamlet]

Oh, Bojack, no, there is no other side

This it it

[royal crater]

this is so scary holy

[tame iris]

What the hell

[harsh locust]

SBU EA IS OUT

the decision date

[tame iris]

They closed it down until the 18th ???

[keen haven]

[brazen coral]

Proof

Like stony brook

Or

[open onyx]

gah

[keen haven]

im so fucking scared

[royal crater]

wait this means theyve finalized decisions right

😭

[chilly stream]

meow meow

[open onyx]

FAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[harsh locust]

in suny thread

yea

[torpid merlin]

its finalized

[jagged badge]

Can you do chancemes here

[royal crater]

kmsss

[wooden hamlet]

I'm scared

[torpid merlin]

they alr have the decisions yeah

[harsh locust]

nuh uh

[royal crater]

thats gonna make us all fear our decisions

no more chancemes

[torpid merlin]

me too bro me too

[tame iris]

Wait the date being confirmed makes ts so much more real wtf

🫩

[royal crater]

IGHT

right

fml

[wooden hamlet]

I like how with decisions release date this chat came to life

[tame iris]

Like bro im deaddddassssss getting my college decision back in like 11 days

Holy balls

😭

[harsh locust]

the power of ping

[royal crater]

bro i rlly dont wanna write 50 essays

💔

[wooden hamlet]

Like I've seen other channels and that's not even near

[torpid merlin]

same

esp in 10 days

[royal crater]

right bro

[keen haven]

HHNGH

[terse flicker]

guys sorry i'm part of a government youth council but i lowkey didn't elaborate more on it aside from the common app activity is a youth council like common sense on what its function is right im not crazy

[royal crater]

i was tryna do stern and i already lost motivation

[torpid merlin]

i have like 17 colleges left

[royal crater]

i have 15

[torpid merlin]

and just winter break

[royal crater]

😭

EXACTLY

[torpid merlin]

bro how

[tame iris]

Bro i have 15 colleges left to apply to

[torpid merlin]

are we gonna do them

[keen haven]

im going to go into cardiac arrest before decisions launch

[torpid merlin]

is that even possible

[tame iris]

Yo twinnem

[wooden hamlet]

I have abt 10

[royal crater]

NAH WE ALL GET IN

[wooden hamlet]

I added a lil

[keen haven]

so facts

[wooden hamlet]

Wait

[keen haven]

guys manifest 🙏

[wooden hamlet]

I did almost all Ivies

Then 8

[torpid merlin]

i have all the ivies

left

😭

[harsh locust]

yall need to start writing NOW

[royal crater]

ME TOO

EXCEPT PRINCETON AN D BROWN

[torpid merlin]

sure lol

[wooden hamlet]

I apply to 6 Ivies

[keen haven]

we can do it chat

[tame iris]

Wait the impending doom of my potential rejection is making me motivated

[torpid merlin]

bro lol

[royal crater]

its all t20s onn my list

i cant

[torpid merlin]

its so cooked

[royal crater]

💀

[torpid merlin]

same

[keen haven]

real i've drafted a bunch of my essays but nowhere near all of them 😭

[torpid merlin]

somehow

we need to reuse

essays

for all of them

[royal crater]

i only have scholarship essays and upenn

💔

[weary dove]

are yall done with rd essays

[royal crater]

fuh no..

[keen haven]

the impending doom of my potential rejection is making me wish earth had a timeskip feature

[wooden hamlet]

I'm int who needs aid

I'm not making it

Good luck anyway

[tame iris]

yo believe in urself bro

[wooden hamlet]

The odds r not beating it

[thick bluff]

it’s over

[dull canyon]

Yeah I am not ready for the ED rejected 💔

[keen haven]

thank you for this

i needed this

[keen haven]

u right actually
believe in yourselves chat we got this 🙏

[brisk arrow]

im so cookedim so cookedim so cookedim so cookedim so cooked

[tame iris]

yes bro no point in dooming and despairing 😜

[torpid merlin]

i have upenn, ross & the UCs 😭

[brisk arrow]

upenn more like upain

[torpid merlin]

br

if they have the decisions

why cant thy release

them rn??

wtf lol

[brisk arrow]

tom

is also a thursday

why couldnt they

send it tom

[torpid merlin]

in 2 days

is thursday

why wait??

so long

omg

[brisk arrow]

what do they need a week for

[chilly elm]

We are all getting in 🙏

[torpid merlin]

bro

like one of us is getting in llol

[royal crater]

ong bro

💀

[brisk arrow]

what did yall apply for

[torpid merlin]

its gonna be like 80% deferrd

or smth

[chilly elm]

We are ALL getting in 🙏

[royal crater]

wharton

😔

[torpid merlin]

same

LOL

[chilly elm]

Positive manifestation

[tame iris]

same

[chilly elm]

seas

[tame iris]

LOL

[torpid merlin]

bro we all did like wharton

[brisk arrow]

oh me too what major

[torpid merlin]

wild

[chilly elm]

Bioengineering

Wbu

[brisk arrow]

💀 im cooked

even i applied for that

why r u my competition

[chilly elm]

💀

[royal crater]

thres no way i gotta wait a whole week and two days

😭

[harsh locust]

whys everyone wharton or seas sigh

[torpid merlin]

why cant they release tis tmrw

so i can contemplate my life

[royal crater]

they rlly just wanna make the 18th some ivy day for ed bro

cornell harvard

pmo

[torpid merlin]

bro

im so done

w penn

[dull canyon]

i have a citywide tech comp final on the 16th and Penn ED on 18th, when i lose both i am ending it all 💔

[brisk arrow]

did u guys upload a resume

[torpid merlin]

yes

[harsh locust]

was that a wharton thing

[torpid merlin]

@royal crater did u upload a resume

[brisk arrow]

im seas and i sent one

[royal crater]

ueah

kinda shit tho

lol

[torpid merlin]

ah okay

[chilly elm]

Yes

[torpid merlin]

i spent like a literal

5 hours

updating my resume

😭

[brisk arrow]

do they even read it

[torpid merlin]

i guess if you're good

if you're already eliminated, why would they bother lol

[chilly stream]

they read mine

[torpid merlin]

how do you know

admission file?

[chilly stream]

ur AO sends u an email after u get accepted wit info that they liked

[brisk arrow]

oh

what did they like

[chilly stream]

n some of the info was not on my commonapp

[torpid merlin]

what did they like

[royal crater]

i submitted a resume and a video

💀

[chilly elm]

Gotta get accepted first

[brisk arrow]

video?

[torpid merlin]

does everyone get an email?

or js some people

[chilly stream]

if you get accepted yes

[torpid merlin]

also

[brisk arrow]

i mean they are accepted

[torpid merlin]

when does that email come

like if i dont get an email

it means

im rejected?

[royal crater]

yeh im in this cbo and they gave me this opportunity to upload a 1 min video for schools

[brisk arrow]

bro u need to get accepted on 18th first

💀

[chilly stream]

comes way after the portal updates

[torpid merlin]

ohh

[torpid merlin]

bro i meant like

[red flower]

no forecasting

[torpid merlin]

so i can know

when im rejected or wtvr

[royal crater]

if they reject u u dont get the file right

😔

[torpid merlin]

yeah

[royal crater]

darn

[brisk arrow]

ofc not

😔

[harsh locust]

bro wants it for next year

[torpid merlin]

"bad gpa" "bad ECS" "wrong major?"

lol

would be funny

[royal crater]

nah for rd

[torpid merlin]

yeah

exactly

[harsh locust]

you'll probably be done for rd by the time it gets back to you

[brisk arrow]

i feel like i might get deferred

[royal crater]

dang

[torpid merlin]

no 💀

i have 17 colleges left

[chilly elm]

I mean no harm in asking?

[torpid merlin]

and

[royal crater]

i stray away from that topic

[torpid merlin]

finals

next week

[royal crater]

😔

[torpid merlin]

i think imma get deferred too

tbh

[harsh locust]

better than reject

[torpid merlin]

always been my prediction

[torpid merlin]

idk man

its so painful

[royal crater]

i try to not think abt what id get

[chilly stream]

the deferred to acceptance rate is higher than the rd rate

[torpid merlin]

i still gotta write all my apps

[harsh locust]

you cannot be letting a college rejection hurt you bruh

[chilly elm]

It's gonna be an excruciatingly long week

[brisk arrow]

damn

[torpid merlin]

its gonna be all the apps i gotta write

dude

[royal crater]

not when i got 50 essays on the line

[torpid merlin]

cuz im so behind

[royal crater]

😭😭😭

[torpid merlin]

exactly

[harsh locust]

then ummm start writing

[royal crater]

like helll nah i aint tryna do that

[torpid merlin]

i have finals

and im dying

[royal crater]

ME TOO

next week

[harsh locust]

then umm start studying

[royal crater]

[brisk arrow]

i will start on 18th dec 7 pm

[torpid merlin]

easy to say

[brisk arrow]

is it ok?

[harsh locust]

aint no way

[royal crater]

TRUE

[torpid merlin]

EXACTLY lol

after my decision comes out

[brisk arrow]

will grind the night

[torpid merlin]

ill start grinding essays

[brisk arrow]

with 3 college essays

[red flower]

oof losers in est have to wait till 7pm

I only have to wait till 4 pm 🤩

[torpid merlin]

bro im in 4pm

and its not any better

[brisk arrow]

im in 7pm

😭

[torpid merlin]

right after school

when im dying

bad timing

[brisk arrow]

#💪-chad-rejects should i make a post here just so i dont waste my time later

[red flower]

i feel like the anticipation is not that bad for me- like statistically i have a 96% chance of getting rejected so I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna get rejected

[torpid merlin]

good idea

[royal crater]

i just get home at 7 on thursdays

😔💔

[torpid merlin]

i think

[royal crater]

🫩🫩🫩

[torpid merlin]

ill fill out the community college registeration stuff as well

[chilly elm]

I only have to wait until 9 AM

[royal crater]

bro cuny and suny id cry

that is like guaranteed admissions for me but like i dun rlly wanna stay

[harsh locust]

ntm on suny

[royal crater]

too many ppl ik go to them

😬

[harsh locust]

bro goes to a sbu feeder

[royal crater]

nah ltierally

top 10% guarantees like every suny

[harsh locust]

oh ur not specialized

[royal crater]

nah

[torpid merlin]

what is suny 😭

state uni?

[royal crater]

thank god im not specialized bro

[chilly elm]

State university of new york

[harsh locust]

yea specialized schools dont have suny promise afaik

[royal crater]

btech and bxsci friends suffering

[brisk arrow]

sunny

☀️

[royal crater]

i heard bxsci is getting less suny spots

a lot of the specialized ppl apply cornell ed

and long island

[torpid merlin]

#✨-celebration-station you should start making your post here in advance

[tardy dagger]

This is so scary bro

[harsh locust]

its scary cuz yall are saying it is

jeez

[brisk arrow]

cause it is

why was this channel dead until they send the date

[frosty relic]

bro idk why but the decision date finalized is making all my nerves even worse 😭

[torpid merlin]

bro must be one of the guranteed people 😭

[royal crater]

😭

[harsh locust]

no but its really not that deep

[torpid merlin]

nah im joking lol

[royal crater]

cuz we all applied 😔

[torpid merlin]

its wtvr

im js kind of realizing how much this matters esp w the number of essays & work i have left

esp the fact that they have the decisions alr and can see my decision is kind of nerve wracking

[dull canyon]

like just release it already, why the wait 😭

feels like waiting for SAT results but 50x the stakes, they delay the decision release for no reason

[frosty relic]

Guys is penn usually this quiet has anyone gotten reached out to from any AO or any hints of their decision?

[dull canyon]

i haven't but also I am not a top applicant

[torpid merlin]

it would objectively b/c if i get rejected ik i actually need to lock in

[torpid merlin]

i haven't & i thought i'd be a pr competitiv applicant even if not getting in

idk

too hard to say

[frosty relic]

twin that’s why i’m taking them not reaching out w a grain of salt

[torpid merlin]

i haven't seen anyone they've reached out to...

[frosty relic]

Oh they are very tight lipped then I literally feel fully in the dark cuz other schools i’ve applied to sent so much PR and updates

[dull canyon]

wait which schools are u talking about

[frosty relic]

mainly my safeties like Rutgers and Seton Hall Montclair

[dull canyon]

cause other than ivies, most schools i have applied to I am a top applicant but haven't heard anything specific

[torpid merlin]

wait actually

seems like someone recieved something

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1p63as2/upenn_ed_grade_checks/

[dull canyon]

only thing was a college asking my counselor for my senior year first MP grades but i dont think that means anything

[torpid merlin]

but also my counselor uploads my transcript so no point in them reaching out

[royal crater]

do u guys use overgrad

[frosty relic]

Danggg luckyyy

[dull canyon]

yeah i am getting rejected but its wtv 😭

[frosty relic]

It means ur not auto rejected so it can’t be bad

[torpid merlin]

no

naviance

[dull canyon]

tbf all my stats for them are higher than their 75th percentile and they are a very good school for CS but the only problem is they dont give much financial aid 💔

[frosty relic]

idk why I was so nonchalant ab getting rejected when I first applied but now im low scared

[dull canyon]

i didn't care much until they sent the date in

it feels too real after that

[royal crater]

have yg used the simulator yet

😭

[dull canyon]

what simulator

[royal crater]

the rejection simulator

[torpid merlin]

i tried looking for a deferral one 😭

[royal crater]

LOL

[torpid merlin]

couldn't find it

[ocean spindle]

Does anyone know ed acceptance rate for legacy

[dull canyon]

send

[frosty relic]

I’m praying you get in with great financial aid. The fact your stats are that high is something to be proud of and whatever happens happens.

[royal crater]

https://ivyhub.org/rejection-simulators/

[torpid merlin]

in theory they don't consider legacy...

[weary flare]

i don’t think this is an established statistic

[chilly stream]

They consider legacy

[dull canyon]

Appreciate it man, best of luck to u too

[royal crater]

they def do

[frosty relic]

did it right before I submitted the application so I could ground myself 😭

[torpid merlin]

but they state that they don't lol

[weary flare]

Prob slightly higher but not a guarantee

[royal crater]

i did it like last week 😔

[chilly stream]

They never state that

[ocean spindle]

Idk abt this

[torpid merlin]

wait

really

lemme see

huhh i must be tripping

i thought i saw that

[frosty relic]

Okay now imma nonchalantly go about my life and ignore the existence of Upenn till the 18th so I can be nonchalant ab my decision

[royal crater]

how can i be like u

[worn moth]

manifesting

[ocean spindle]

Anyone else here apply to Wharton

[royal crater]

like majority

💀

[ocean spindle]

😭

[worn moth]

yes

hi

[frosty relic]

U just gotta be chill like that (it’s gonna be on my mind rent free every night)

[torpid merlin]

yes

[torpid merlin]

frr

seems like legacy helps a lot

[worn moth]

I don’t exactly have legacy but that place I worked at was alumni affiliated and the ceo is a big donar

[dull canyon]

did u get him to write a letter of rec?

[worn moth]

his senior employee who recruited me did

his company has the same name as him

[dull canyon]

next time I look for an internship I'll make sure it's run by a big ivy league donor and not a health ed or a tech for everyone company

[worn moth]

only found out less than 2 weeks ago lol

only knew he went to penn didnt know he donated anything

[torpid merlin]

yeah

[frosty relic]

Wait that’s soo coolio hope u get in!

[worn moth]

thanks

[royal crater]

😭😭😭

[worn moth]

i also have 1 mil plus hooks sorry

[dull canyon]

In hindsight, I should have accepted the Cisco shadowing offer rather than a different tech program

[frosty relic]

Lucky ducky let us know when u get in

[dull canyon]

the name prolly would have carried more weigh in the resume

[dull canyon]

yeah buddy u gettin in dw

[royal crater]

and the tips !!

[worn moth]

thanks

[frosty relic]

guys how differently do they judge QB compared to Ed and RD are their stats valid to compare to ED

[worn moth]

my sat is my only low part

[harsh locust]

hook is a tiktok buzzword

[torpid merlin]

good luck lol

[royal crater]

they expect like more of the story rather than stats

[dull canyon]

dyk ur schools average SAT?

[royal crater]

🤔

[torpid merlin]

what does low mean

[worn moth]

1100

[harsh locust]

i think just as harshly

[worn moth]

wait thats my schools

sorry

i have a 1350

[torpid merlin]

ohh

hmm

[frosty relic]

Yeah that’s why i’m curious ab QB vs ED cuz some of QB admitted had 1300 sat scores I saw

[torpid merlin]

im not sure

[dull canyon]

yeah so that doesnt help

[torpid merlin]

depends on the rest of ur profile

[royal crater]

no way they take other circumstances in account surely

thats why its qb

[harsh locust]

i feel like i know who you saw 😭

[torpid merlin]

if its qb for sure

[dull canyon]

my schools SAT is a 900 so compared to it my SAT looks better on paper

😭

[torpid merlin]

my schools sat is a 1390

💀

[harsh locust]

its a slightly different approach but still very rigorous

[worn moth]

do you go to public?

[torpid merlin]

yes

[frosty relic]

Two people actually one on reddit one on tiktok

[worn moth]

me too

[torpid merlin]

dam

the 1350 should be fine

[dull canyon]

it also means I have to repeat physics twice despite taking it in 10th grade and getting an A+, physics is the highest science class my school offers and I dont want to end a year without a science class

[harsh locust]

the 1350 will hurt but its not impossible

[royal crater]

wait do they actually like weigh the highest sat score in ur year much higher or nah

[harsh locust]

theres not much u can do other than worry

[dull canyon]

wdym

[harsh locust]

wdym

[torpid merlin]

wdym?

lol

[dull canyon]

LMAO

[royal crater]

like if ur the highest scoring in ur school

[torpid merlin]

they won't know

[harsh locust]

thats not how it works

[worn moth]

i also qualify for pell grants please give me some socioeconomic bias and moola

[royal crater]

oh really

[torpid merlin]

because your whole school is not applying LOL

[dull canyon]

they see ur schools average score through the schools report that is sent with ur application

[harsh locust]

they go by the previous years avg for ur school

[royal crater]

oh i see

[harsh locust]

aka what u see on collegeboard i think

[torpid merlin]

unless yours is

[dull canyon]

u can ask ur counselor and they usually let u see the whole report

[clear grove]

no

[worn moth]

i took the dec one think i got above a 1400 but they wont see it

[clear grove]

they are judged with the same level of scrutiny

[torpid merlin]

they've already decided lol

[clear grove]

fact

[dull canyon]

my schools average SAT was 900 and other than the ones that got into NYU and Fordham everyone went to mid to semi-mid colleges 💔

[worn moth]

if i get deffered hope it helps

[torpid merlin]

for sure

[clear grove]

eh this doesnt really matter

[royal crater]

anything is better than a rejection 😔

[harsh locust]

what is semi-mid 😭

[frosty relic]

Really? I saw someone get in with a 1300 and not crazy ECs. Her Essays were insane tho and I don’t wanna give myself false hope that my essays will hep that much.

[worn moth]

pretty please

[harsh locust]

yea i know who ur talking about

her application was amazing

[worn moth]

someone got in with a 1300 in my school before but i think they were test optional then

[harsh locust]

i think her score was the least of her worries

[dull canyon]

CUNY's (honors program) or SUNY's (stony)

[harsh locust]

macaulay??? ts is hard to get in bro

[royal crater]

like 9% ?

[clear grove]

you should always be giving yourself false hope thats the way to live life (not sarcastic)

[frosty relic]

Yesss I think her name was Asapen

[harsh locust]

around there

[clear grove]

genuinely there's not much else to do besides hope at this point

[harsh locust]

yea

[dull canyon]

yeah i would say it's pretty good tbh

[torpid merlin]

LOL

[harsh locust]

macaulay is hard to get in because its free

[dull canyon]

4% last I heard but I don't think they publish the official numbers

[frosty relic]

don’t do that to me i’ve been doing good fighting the delusions 😞

[harsh locust]

and you arguably get a shjit ton of resources as its an honors college

[royal crater]

dang 4% last

i did baruch

[harsh locust]

personal advisors, early access to class registration, etc.

[royal crater]

lowk the cuny resources are good

[harsh locust]

also crazy connections and internship offers

[royal crater]

right

only downside is that i dont wanna stay in nyc

😔

[dull canyon]

i think last year only 2 ppl from my school got into it

[harsh locust]

cuny and suny are doing great and will get better by 2030

[dull canyon]

one was the vali and another was one of my friend

[tardy dagger]

Does it mean youre fried when they dont ask your counselor for any first quarter grades? Do they only do this for borderline cases who they need more info for?

[harsh locust]

a lot of their schools are getting huge lab/dept donations

[frosty relic]

Do yall think this application pool and stats will be vastly diff from other years considering Test requirement and intl students and js the whole political climate

[harsh locust]

and they have tons of new plans like suny promise, cuny 2030 plan etc

[royal crater]

maybe a little diff

[worn moth]

they didnt ask for mine but thats probably becuase i sent it out the first day i got my q1 back

[royal crater]

yeh

[frosty relic]

Isint this usually a good sign because it means ur application isint in the bin

[harsh locust]

test req means sat will go down, intl not sure probably not a big diff

[tardy dagger]

They didnt ask for anything

[dull canyon]

i maybe wrong but I feel like the average SAT score is gonna drop a decent amount because it's test mandatory for most ivies now

[tardy dagger]

I think im in the bin

[clear grove]

!bgastro

[lone salmon]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[harsh locust]

you can see how the test req thing went with yale last year

[tardy dagger]

Is what i meant

[clear grove]

there are no good or bad signs apart from an actual decision

[dull canyon]

how did it go?

[royal crater]

definitely

[worn moth]

they know its gonna drop by going test mandatory i think

[frosty relic]

I’m not sure if anyone received anything so don’t loose hope they’ve been very tight lipped

[harsh locust]

their 25th percentile is 1480

which is still very high but it did go down

[worn moth]

did the amount of applicants decrease this year for ED?

[royal crater]

maybe not a lot for ed

[harsh locust]

hard to tell

[royal crater]

cause ed is always the better ones

[clear grove]

they haven't released this info

[royal crater]

better prepped

[torpid merlin]

this guy on reddit was asked for grades

[harsh locust]

test req may decrease it, increase of applicants may increase it

[dull canyon]

also talking about SUNY's, i went on a binghamton campus tour and while the school is decent it felt like in the middle of no where

[harsh locust]

it kind of is

[royal crater]

binghampton god

[harsh locust]

idt vestal is very urban

[worn moth]

what would you give it out of ten i applied

[frosty relic]

Yeah I saw the post but I just messaged them cuz I was curious and they said they didn’t actually get anything they were curious cuz QB were getting them

[royal crater]

its pretty decent

u shuld

[torpid merlin]

wdym

didnt they post they got something

[harsh locust]

bing is pretty solid

[torpid merlin]

the person who commented

[worn moth]

my friends told me its just more run down philly lol

[frosty relic]

idk very confusing here

[royal crater]

its a solid school yea and ud rather do business there than sbu

💀

sbu is looking like a med route

💔

[torpid merlin]

wtf

[royal crater]

for me

[harsh locust]

isnt that qb though

[royal crater]

ab

qb

yeah

[dull canyon]

the campus was decent and the dorms were pretty good, their output numbers are great for a public school, the only problem is their location
specially coming from NYC or any major city, if you like noise you probably are gonna feel lonely

[royal crater]

qb is diff

[worn moth]

i applied to sbu for applied maths and stats i think

[harsh locust]

sbu eng and cs is good too

[royal crater]

yea

[harsh locust]

and nursing

not too sure about other majors

[royal crater]

as long as its not the management school

😭

thats the lowest there i think

[frosty relic]

I gotta stay off reddit confusion + fearmongering go crazy

[torpid merlin]

you asked the wrong guy

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1p63as2/upenn_ed_grade_checks/

its the naiff

guy

who received smth

[harsh locust]

the more you expose yourself to this information the more likely you will be scared before decision

[torpid merlin]

not the guy who made the post

[harsh locust]

find a hobby or something to immerse yourself in until due date

preferably focus on writing

[dull canyon]

SBU is pretty dope for CS, only problem is they don't really give u the "college experience" as a lot of the students are commuters

[frosty relic]

wait am I just bad at using reddit??? 😭

[harsh locust]

thats true

[torpid merlin]

this guy asked the question

[worn moth]

just dont worry about the grade checks

[torpid merlin]

in the comments

someone said yes

[harsh locust]

this is the truth for the long island schools

[frosty relic]

oh OH

[worn moth]

parents want me to go to hofstra

[frosty relic]

should I reach out???

[royal crater]

long island has a lot of parties tho

[harsh locust]

dead on weekends because people mostly commute

[ocean spindle]

I'm pr sure Penn doesn't do quarter grade checks

[torpid merlin]

it can't hurt i mean

[harsh locust]

hofstra is good for med

[dull canyon]

yeah I have a friend who goes there and takes the LIRR and he said it basically feels like HS

[ocean spindle]

Maybe smth qb specific

[harsh locust]

dang

[worn moth]

wants me to commute too

[royal crater]

oh yea one of my friends literally commits by lirr from queens

😭

insane

[harsh locust]

pretty good safety if you're looking into premed

[dull canyon]

yeah and personally I dont think I can motivate myself to go everyday if my total commute time is over 2 hours 😭

[harsh locust]

how much would the lirr cost

[royal crater]

its like 8 i think

[harsh locust]

i lowkey hear some people just sneak on

[royal crater]

per ride

yea

[harsh locust]

and hide in the bathroom

[royal crater]

ppl do

LOL

[worn moth]

i applied business 💀 i thought it was nice though. only pre med colleges i did was 2 bs/do programs for nyitcom

[harsh locust]

i see

[dull canyon]

yeah but stony itself isnt really a party school

while bing is

also I heard their CS department has improved a lot

[harsh locust]

i heard bing soccer is good? i dont keep up w sports

[dull canyon]

i dont keep up with college sports 💔

but they had a nice soccer field

[harsh locust]

still waiting on decision 😭

[royal crater]

tru but a long of long island ppl go there too youd probably just get invited over at some point 💀

my friends at li party multiple times a week

[dull canyon]

Honestly if I get rejected from Penn, I think i am just gonna go to bing and thug it out

[worn moth]

did you guys submit resumes for wharton?

[torpid merlin]

yes

u?

[worn moth]

yeaz

[torpid merlin]

was urs 1 page or

[ocean spindle]

No 😭

Were we supposed to

[royal crater]

mine was 1

[worn moth]

yes its supposed to be

[torpid merlin]

optional

[royal crater]

cause thats the standard no?

[worn moth]

a good resume should be one page