University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2025-2026)

[ocean spindle]

Can yall be fr how competitive are these clubs bro

[verbal drum]

You don’t need the clubs

Take it from me man

[ocean spindle]

Seems hellish

[verbal drum]

Shit was almost useless

[clear grove]

true agree

[tacit panther]

They suck

[harsh locust]

how else am i gonna make friends </3

[chilly stream]

yeah ik but its like a decent representation of the dudes ull work wit in the future

lotta bums

[tacit panther]

Probably exists one

[verbal drum]

Nah

[harsh locust]

wait deadass

[chilly stream]

esp in that whatever violet quaker thing

i hated that

[verbal drum]

they drop the ego

[tacit panther]

Idk everyone here likes matcha

[frank berry]

youtiao

[ocean spindle]

Wth is violet quaker

[verbal drum]

You can’t

Sorry

[tacit panther]

What is violet quaker

[frank berry]

what do you mean?

[verbal drum]

It’s not possible

[ocean spindle]

😭

[verbal drum]

Unless you get nepoed in

[ocean spindle]

I believe in you pat anything is possible

[verbal drum]

It’s already extremely difficult for Wharton students

[clear grove]

network

[verbal drum]

Yeah good luck with that one

[frank berry]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-patrick-bateman-gif-23864223

[harsh locust]

have money

[chilly stream]

some like non affl banking/investment thing run by stern and wharton. its main appeal is like EVERYBODY places well but everybody is corny asl

https://www.violetquaker.org/

pmo heavy

[tacit panther]

Oh

They all pmo tbh

[verbal drum]

Yeah it’s all sterns fault

Brought their bad energy over here

[tacit panther]

Bru whebevr club apps happen sodechat is just infested

[harsh locust]

oh hell no

[dull canyon]

idk about it's rep but the concept seems very cool

[tacit panther]

All the freshmen like

[harsh locust]

double the nepo double the narcissism

[chilly stream]

stern thinks its all that for a semi-target 💔

[tacit panther]

Guysss i didnt get witg is my life over 💔💔💔

[verbal drum]

The only real targets are us and Harvard ✌️

[chilly stream]

ripppp u gotta settle for distressed and one of the hundreds consulting clubs

[dull canyon]

u forgot Fordham, the wharton of the north east

[tacit panther]

I am happy to say i never joined one

[verbal drum]

And Drexel the Wharton of Pennsylvania

[tacit panther]

Or even applied reallt

[dull canyon]

Drexel gets all the co-op hype so I am surprised why their median income 5 years after college isnt high

like RPI and WPI have insane salary stats despite not being top 50 colleges

[verbal drum]

Cuz they have no prestige

[chilly stream]

i legit lost a whole letter grade in one of my classes due to skipping class for coffee chats 😭

i am stupid

[tacit panther]

Also the “hazing” is so fucking stupid bro

[dull canyon]

Rose-Hulman too, stupidly high salary

[verbal drum]

Networking never ends

[tacit panther]

Will not disagree w you on this one

What class was it lmao

[chilly stream]

writ sem 💀 💀 💀

[tacit panther]

Im going home tomorrow im so happy

[tacit panther]

LOL

[chilly stream]

strict ahh teach

[tacit panther]

💀 💀

[slim grove]

Penn is considered #5 - #8 for med schools, but yeah

very good

[quick glacier]

i highkey thought u were a duke student

i thought ur name was a play on duke 😔

[sharp yew]

I am an intl applicant

Indian

Wbu

[graceful garden]

Ethiopia. They contacted my counselor for some info verification about me as well. Is it common for Indian students to get emails like that sent to their counselors?

[sharp yew]

I am not sure, my school only started sending students to T20s in the last couple of years

But yk nothing means anything except a decision or whatever

[torpid merlin]

those are really good signs guys

from what i've heard

happy for you

[covert flint]

which city?

[sharp yew]

Gurgaon wbu

[junior marsh]

im so freaked now i wish i wanted to study something real niche 😭 curse

[harsh locust]

you can

[rocky sable]

hi did anyone else receive an email from upenn confirming 18th as the results day?

[weary flare]

can u send ss

wait nvm

it’s been announced for a while

[rocky sable]

hmm i can't send it here. it's not allowing me to

[rocky sable]

i got the email today

[sharp yew]

yep, everyone did!

[regal dew]

penn stopped interviews right

[rocky sable]

oh ok

[weary flare]

yes

[tired fog]

Are you from India?

[chilly stream]

do i have to change my name again 😭

[keen haven]

how very real

[harsh locust]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1400591094298706070/1448106062384464003/upenn_ed.gif

[frosty relic]

Guys what does Upenn classify as first gen? The only person in my family with a bachelors is my father who attended a very small now closed college in Morocco. Even that the address wouldn’t even show up on commonapp. What do they consider for first gen.

[red flower]

first gen is if neither of your parents have a degree

even if the college is now defunct the degree is still valid

[clear grove]

if your father received a degree from that college you are not first gen

[clear grove]

unfortunately

[clear grove]

!bgastro

[lone salmon]

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

[frosty relic]

wait any degree right sorry I got it wrong he dosen’t have a bachelors he has some weird 2 year specialized degree

[clear grove]

then you are first gen

https://admissions.upenn.edu/first-gen

upenn is bachelor degree

Different institutions may have their own definitions, but at Penn, you're considered first-generation if you will be the first person in your immediate family to attend a four-year higher education institution.
actually not bachelor degree, it's first person to attend a bachelor degree-providing 4 year institution 💀

why do they make this so confusing

[red flower]

did that college provide 4 year degrees then?

some community colleges do offer bachelors-

[mellow tusk]

i didn’t interpret this as a disagreement prompt

[clear grove]

is that the NYU one

it's not a disagreement prompt

[clear grove]

i would say they're probably first gen

[mellow tusk]

they were referring to it as one

[clear grove]

ik, i'm agreeing with you

[mellow tusk]

🤷

o

omg guys i got THE youtiao to agree with me

thats so crazy

[clear grove]

bruh 😭

im not that disagreeable

[mellow tusk]

this is fuel for the disagreement prompt 😈

[clear grove]

"in a2c i disagreed with this one random"

random as in me not you

[mellow tusk]

lmao dw i got u

[mellow tusk]

yes

i learned to respect my elders

or something like that

[clear grove]

what happened to wharton

no more nickname

happens to every a2cer

dont worry

[mellow tusk]

wow

[tame iris]

LOL

[mellow tusk]

very agreeable youtiao

[clear grove]

and then people who have never sent any messages will spawn in and sweep

its basically how it goes

lol

my friend who got into every ivy league is in this server

[tame iris]

wait whos mooup

[torpid merlin]

yes

that's what going to happen

because they're probably actually the productive people

[clear grove]

facts

[frosty relic]

no clue because it no longer exists so that’s why i’m confused

[tardy dagger]

It could be fried bro

[tacit elk]

you are first gen for penn

https://pennfirstplus.upenn.edu/about-penn-first-plus/

for penn being not first gen means that both your parents got 4 year degrees in the US

otherwise you are first gen

a lot of the ivies have very lax definitions on first gen status id recommend ppl google it

[cold rapids]

I thought P1P was a program/department at Penn and its requirements are not necessarily the same as being considered as first-gen for admissions?

But I would say you can still definitely write about it in the community essay prompt for instance

[frosty relic]

wait ugh i didn’t mention anywhere in first gen and i needed a hook badly i was worried id say it and its untrue

[clear grove]

isnt it pretty obvious by the fact that you need to fill in your parents education

[frosty relic]

Ohh idk honestly how first gen works i assumed i wasn’t but talked to my councilor today and they said I might be because penn policies are different

[clear grove]

unless im completely an idiot which i could be, i had to list down where my parents went to school and what degree they got inside family information

so they should be able to garner the fact that you're first gen if the info you told us is the info you put in the application

[frosty relic]

No ur right I filled that out too I just wasn’t sure if there was somewhere u specified if ur first gen or not but i’ve got it now and put the info i told u there so thanks!

[clear grove]

yay! good luck

[clear grove]

no and also not allowed

[ocean spindle]

Pause are you a mod

Also why are we banning portal astrology

[violet steppe]

penn called my counselor yesterday and apparently asked her extensively to confirm my ec's? she confirmed all of them so im gonna take it as a good sign

[brazen coral]

!portalrule

[lone salmon]

Any discussion about whether or not material you've received or a change related to your college portal means you've been accepted/rejected/etc. falls under "portal astrology" and is not allowed. This includes suggesting that having a button on your portal determines if you get in or not, a checklist disappearing meaning you're rejected, or assuming financial aid emails get you into a school. This is due to these speculations being usually incorrect, and can cause the spread of misinformation, panic, and anxiety at some of the most stressful times.

[frosty relic]

AHHHHH THAT IS EXCITING

Let us know if u get in

[violet steppe]

🙏

[torpid merlin]

let us know how it goes!

[clear grove]

i am guardian

[torpid merlin]

which school

is this Wharton?

[violet steppe]

yea

[torpid merlin]

woow

woww*

im applying wharton too

[violet steppe]

gl!'

[torpid merlin]

tyty

mind DMing for a second? im curious

[violet steppe]

sure just send me a msg

[worn moth]

did you guys ask about what your rec letters wrote, i couldn't look at mine but asked about them

[harsh locust]

both my teachers were comfortable telling me what they wrote but i chose not to know

one of them also wrote theirs next to me

[candid pier]

Some teachers dont tho ik one of my recommenders explicitly said once that he never tells people what he wrote

[harsh locust]

it might be for the better that way

it doesnt really help that you know

you're asking them to back up your reputation as a good person

so you cant really hope it'll be bad 😭

[real delta]

does anyone know what potential career paths look like for a penn ai major

like do u recruit for ai labs out of undergrad, ML eng, is smth like quant feasible?

[clear grove]

also anything cs in addition to that

[real delta]

oh ok so u can recruit for like reg SWE roles too

[clear grove]

yes

[frank berry]

how important is extracurriculars when applying to any ivy leauge school

[chilly stream]

how important is it to be an astronaut to land on the moon

[red flower]

i think i'm probs gonna ask on graduation night

mainly cuz i'm doing online school so I don't have a chance to ask lmao but it feels sentimental that way

[torpid merlin]

not very

im sure w elon musk's new service u can do it for a couple million bucks

[chilly stream]

You can also get into an ivy league with a couple million bucks

[torpid merlin]

nah

they cost more

[clear grove]

LMAOOOO

[verbal drum]

its only 5mil bro

light work

5 mil donation makes u a priority

[torpid merlin]

bro exactly

soup can you donate that

on our behalf

[quick glacier]

LMAOO

[red flower]

just do what katy perry did and drop a few mil

nvm I googled- it's only half a mil which is not that bad all things considering

[tacit elk]

all of these career paths are not major dependent only ability dependent

but id say that ai major sets it up better for ml eng and quant than it does for traditional swe roles

[real delta]

alr cool — if ur able to answer, i was thinking abt recruiting quant and having swe as a fallback, dyt ai or cs is a better bet or does it not rly make a difference?

[tacit elk]

doesnt make a difference

anyways you can switch very easily between the 2 once ur in the school of engineering

[real delta]

kk thanks!

[tame iris]

R u wharton or seas

[verbal drum]

He’s doing a AI major so seas

[tame iris]

Whatt doesnt wharton have an ai concentration now

[verbal drum]

I believe so but it’s not a full on major and he told me his major was in AI and I did some research and that’s part of Seas

[tame iris]

LOOLLLLLLL

U did a deep dive

[verbal drum]

I never knew Penn had a AI major

😭

[tame iris]

Lowk me neither

Very interesting

[quick glacier]

it's new

[red flower]

how does penn have a AI major but not an official business major

[stark wagon]

penn has rolling admission right

[red flower]

like ik economics is obvs pretty close but it's still different and business feels just as stupid and new as AI 💀

[torpid merlin]

bro 💀

they have a whole business school called Wharton

[red flower]

it's an economics major 😭

[torpid merlin]

because of the degree?

is that what you mean

[tame iris]

Bs in econ

[red flower]

like business kinda goes under economics but AI just goes under CS more or less too so as far as I see it- they're both pretty unnecessary.

[tame iris]

Is what u get from wharton

[low steppe]

Whos excited for the 18th

[red flower]

I figured wharton was just calling their business major "economics" to stick with the lac vibe and bc business gives off lazy frat finance bro but AI is the same vibe man

[torpid merlin]

economics because it's more quantitative

they prefer that

better for employement oppurtunities too i'm guessing

[torpid merlin]

it's not

[red flower]

functionally economics and business are pretty much the same

[torpid merlin]

in what context?

they overlap in many areas, but they are def not the same

[red flower]

it is tho. There was even some guy who works in AI on this server who said an AI major on it's own is unnecessary

[chilly stream]

your major is basically ur concentration

[torpid merlin]

js because some guy says that doesn't mean anything

everything seems unnecessary until people realize it's value

& wharton prides themselves on being future leading

[red flower]

I said functionally for getting a job they're more or less the same. They literally both require you pick a concentration or two from the same list of various business branches and they're gonna get you the same jobs as a business major from NYU

[torpid merlin]

huh? what exactly do you mean... does this apply to all the schools out there? or are you referring to wharton or smth?

[red flower]

i never said it means nothing but also you could probs major in smth else and still get a job in the AI industry just fine or even into AI research without needing a specialized major

altho i suppose that applies to a lot of industries and majors

[torpid merlin]

yes it does

different majors have slightly different connotations, subtexts, varied skill sets

[red flower]

i'm speaking about economics vs business degrees in general. They're gonna get you roughly the same jobs or same opportunities

[torpid merlin]

okay

[red flower]

not what I was mainly getting at. It's just that a specialized major is generally unnecessary and I find it strange that UPENN is doing such a specific major. It would make more sense to offer a more umbrella degree like economics for finance, marketing, etc or engineering for aerospace, mechanical, etc. I imagine AI would go under a CS or tech major of some sort

[torpid merlin]

possibly yeah

[clear grove]

i vaguely agree with this

[clear grove]

business is a useless major in general

economics is different from business but as you said job wise they are functionally equivalent

[tacit panther]

What do they learn

Tbh i still have no idea what Wharton kids do all day

[red flower]

basics of econ and whatever they choose to specialize in

[clear grove]

i have no clue

[tacit panther]

It all just sounds like mumbo jumbo

[torpid merlin]

look at the courses

[red flower]

well- they learn the basics of everything more or less so basic stats (or stats & calc for business), basics of econ, basics of business, and business of intl relations in addition to their concentration(s)

[torpid merlin]

we're getting into wharton right

[red flower]

no- I'm talking about business majors in general

[torpid merlin]

no but i mean

[tacit panther]

The courses sound like mumbo jumbo

[torpid merlin]

wharton is inviniting us next thursday for the class of 2030

[red flower]

half of them are like the same classes you're taking for econ 💀

[tacit panther]

All a bunch of waffling

Lol

[red flower]

oh admission? nope. I have full confidence I'm getting rejected 😌

[torpid merlin]

nah trust

[clear grove]

and all basics 💀

[red flower]

I've made peace with it already

[torpid merlin]

we've already been accepted on their end

[clear grove]

you may be surprised

[torpid merlin]

frfr

[red flower]

rn my main anxiety is deciding whether I should ED II or EA to NEU lmao

[torpid merlin]

nah i'm joking

[tacit panther]

Whats ur major btw

[torpid merlin]

I also have full confidence i'm getting deferred/rejected 💀

[clear grove]

the problem with business majors is you cannot effectively learn any real business in a classroom, it is perhaps the degree with the most posers

[torpid merlin]

probably deferred

[clear grove]

philosophy

lol

[clear grove]

wait did u not ed that’s crazy

[torpid merlin]

they did ED Wharton

[clear grove]

ah makes sense

[torpid merlin]

@red flower I heard NEU isn't that good? why do you like it so much

[red flower]

that's fair honestly but I feel like that mostly applies to a smaller minority of frat boys going into finance

most other business kids legitimately need to learn stuff like analyzing and calculating effectiveness metrics for marketing that can be difficult to pick up on the job or just most of accounting for accounting students

[red flower]

I love the campus, I love the city, I love the co ops, I love that they'll accept most of my transfer credit lmao, I love that they'll accept most of my AP credit, and lowkey that's it

[torpid merlin]

lol okay

want to get in, enjoy the scenery, and get out as fast as possible

[tacit panther]

So much reading

I could never

[clear grove]

i think neu will be a t20 in the next 10 years

[torpid merlin]

i haven't heard well of neu tbh

[tacit panther]

Me neither

[red flower]

like there's not really a school that fits everything I would optimally want. Mainly because I really wanna go to school in Boston and live there. In Boston, there's not much. Tufts and Harvard don't have a business school for undergrad. MIT has like an eh business school and I'm def not getting accepted there. BU and NEU have equally mid business schools. UMASS Boston is absolutely shitty but at least its cheap and is a nice location. Boston college is... religious and I will not attend for personal reasons

[clear grove]

neu has absurd talent density and i think the highest agency student body from my personal experience

[torpid merlin]

MIT is really good wdym lol

[clear grove]

you are falling into the second part of what i said essentially- at no fault to you, it’s a good move to make

[torpid merlin]

MIT has a top notch business school

[red flower]

i mean sure but I'm not getting in and their business school is not really worth it for the cost or the amount of effort into their application

[torpid merlin]

getting in sure? worth it idk?

[red flower]

like i probs have better chances at wharton than mit and wharton is arguably better

[torpid merlin]

it's definitely worth it but

yeah

i agree the getting in part may be hard

[clear grove]

you can probably do finance in the classroom and get prepped for white collar jobs, you can’t do marketing, sales, product, growth, brand, etc

[red flower]

there is zero point in me applying to MIT especially as someone who lowkey hates science

[clear grove]

yeah wharton better

[torpid merlin]

no yeah i agree with you bcz chances are super low

im saying the school is really good

[clear grove]

i like neu

[torpid merlin]

you guys are like the first 2 ppl i've met that like neu

[red flower]

ehhhhh objectively speaking? They're only good cuz the overall prestige of MIT gives them a boost

[torpid merlin]

it is good

[red flower]

it's bc NEU is shitty and uses sus methods to look better than they are lol

[torpid merlin]

they have some of the best business professors

resources

connections

[red flower]

i'm not saying it's bad but comparatively it's not great

[torpid merlin]

comparatively to what??

comparatively to NEU it's great

[red flower]

any other top school lmao

[torpid merlin]

idk

[clear grove]

the admin and application process is a little shifty but i feel like the average neu person in my personal experience outworks and outthinks a t20 student

[red flower]

And I'm pretty sure their business school is still pretty based around STEM from the last time I looked at their website

[clear grove]

that is why i think neu will continue on a meteoric rise

[low steppe]

@red flower whats ur major

[clear grove]

this is like my one ranking hot take i have no other ranking takes because rankings are stupid, i just like neu

[red flower]

just based on the amount of progress they've made in only 20 years? yeah they're getting there. My parents went there in the 90s when it was still a commuter school

[red flower]

business

[tacit panther]

Ru going into finance

[red flower]

hell no

[clear grove]

theyve come a long way already

[clear grove]

whoops my bad sorry

[red flower]

finance is like... just no...

[tacit panther]

LOL

[red flower]

both my cousin and sister work in finance and the amount of overtime you have to put in is hella crazy

you also can't even invest in stocks bc insider trading

if you do have stocks before you work in finance then expect to sell them off when you get a job

and then half my sisters income is from bonuses and the base income is fairly low. Which it's probs just her company but i don't think it's an uncommon practice in finance

[tacit panther]

Whatroles r they

[red flower]

my sis is vp of equity i think and my cousin is an analyst at a well known firm

[novel remnant]

med or econ

[red flower]

Don't get too excited- my sister's company is small and relatively new lol

[clear grove]

LOL

[red flower]

Altho the hope is it gets bigger given time

[quick glacier]

yo can i have a referral 🥺😳

[red flower]

https://tenor.com/view/hazbin-hazbin-hotel-season-two-season-2-alastor-gif-296348303299329132

[quick glacier]

do they sponsor h1b 👉👈😳

[quick glacier]

PLEase

[torpid merlin]

average wharton channel 😭

[red flower]

How weird is it to add your teacher and principal on LinkedIn?

And is it bad if i try to connect with my teacher after having a very passive aggressive email conversation with him about communication and implying that he does a shitty job managing a club

[quick glacier]

not weird at all

[red flower]

Sweet- i need to expand my connections

[clear grove]

😭

[clear grove]

not that weird

[wooden hamlet]

But wait wait wait

I don't think it applies to ints

[clear grove]

https://admissions.upenn.edu/first-gen

[wooden hamlet]

I'm saying like receivinh bachelor's in USA

Like my parents have degrees

[sharp yew]

you are correct

a US-national is first-gen if their parents have not received a 4-year degree (or gone to a school offering one) in the USA

for internationals, the 'in the USA' part of that condition does not hold

source: my friend at Penn's markers on her admissions file

[candid pier]

That's penn state i think lol

[weary dove]

damn

[quick glacier]

girl js wait the week

[chilly stream]

1 week and like 9 hours

[harsh locust]

omg...

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1400591094298706070/1448106062384464003/upenn_ed.gif

[sharp yew]

Never say never

[red flower]

Seeeeeee that's what I'm saying

[clear grove]

i know, i'm just putting the link so you and everybody else has the exact official info

this is good

itll be over soon!

[red flower]

i call it setting realistic expectations

[frosty relic]

guys how much can FGLI boost my chances?

[harsh locust]

get a grip dawg

[red flower]

do you think if I somehow get accepted to upenn ED by some sheer miracle that they'd withdraw when they find out I got a C and an A- in first quarter of senior year?

[torpid merlin]

bro after looking at the nyu chat

im actually nervous

[harsh locust]

how did this happen bro

[red flower]

I missed the final exam for my class bc I got it mixed up with a different class that has it's final exam open until tonight

[harsh locust]

your teacher wont let you retake?

[red flower]

and i'm literally begging my prof to let me take it even for half credit but ik she's gonna say no bc she won't make exceptions to dpt policy (even tho she was the one who made the policy) unlike other profs in the department

[red flower]

she's gonna say that the only way I can retake is if I get a doctors note

[harsh locust]

oh is this de

[red flower]

yep

i kindve regret doing full time DE bc it's pretty much all online and I suck at online school and get depressed but I wanted to max out rigor

[harsh locust]

my perception of online de teachers were like... really nice

at least mine are

[red flower]

most of them are but some of them like this one teacher is lowkey evil.

I shouldn't even have taken her class

I knew I shouldn't have when I saw her 2 star rating on rmp but I wanted to get my stupid accounting credit so I wouldn't have to do it in college

[harsh locust]

oh i didnt even check rmp lol

[red flower]

bruh I always check it

I actually hate this lady so much. She makes zero exceptions and says it's "department policy" but when I took classes with the other accounting profs, they were both fine with making exceptions

[harsh locust]

yea i have teachers like that

some of them are sticklers

[red flower]

AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THE DEPARTMENT POLICY OF HAVING SHIT DUE AT 11PM AND HAVING ZERO LATE POLICY

[harsh locust]

thats probably why shes so adamant about it

[red flower]

bro my japanese prof even knows about her. I was talking about how much I hate accounting in my japanese class and she was like "I hear the accounting professor is... not good."

like god you know she sucks when even other profs from completely unrelated departments have heard about how bad she is

[harsh locust]

very common to have beef between teachers and profsd

or at least hear students complain

[red flower]

that'd make sense if it was like profs from the same department but they're so unrelated that I'm pretty sure they just don't interact.

[red flower]

I mean I was complaining about accounting in general and I didn't even specify which accounting professor but she knew who it was automatically

[harsh locust]

loll

[red flower]

i'm gonna look up if my acct prof has tenure or smth cuz she sucks

... SHE LITERALLY HAS TENURE

[torpid merlin]

dam

dude

did u see the NYU results

its so cooked

[red flower]

istg tenure should not exist bc most of the time it's just about fucking shitty professors not getting fired despite being shitty

[harsh locust]

wait u can search that up

[red flower]

the cc I go to released a little article on their site about new professors who have joined their tenured faculty in 2019

[harsh locust]

ohh

[red flower]

i feel like i understand tenure for a full on university bc that's to protect profs who are maybe doing research but like a community college? Mine specifically I think they only do a tiny bit of research on... rocks.

how is that controversial enough to need tenure and protecting profs 💀

I also dont understand tenure for hs bc my school def has that. Half the teachers who've been there for like 15 years and have a form of tenure are horrendous teachers. In fact, I think I've only heard of one who isn't

[clear grove]

ehh i doubt it

[clear grove]

why

[red flower]

so far 4 people have gotten rejected ed

out of 5 lol

[torpid merlin]

the possibility of rejection just felt real

[torpid merlin]

thats inaccurate

most of the people didn

didn't poll

like 95% got deffered or rejected

read the chat

[red flower]

ok- out of the poll which i'm surprised they haven't

[red flower]

nah I'm not applying so it doesn't really apply to me. I checked the poll like an hour ago

[torpid merlin]

ah okay

nah its bcz

[clear grove]

bro did only 5 people apply

wtf lmao

[torpid merlin]

no lol

its like 25

like 20 people said they got waitlisted/deferred and no one said they got acceptd

except maybe `

1

[royal crater]

no wayy

[sharp atlas]

wait are yall referring to

[brazen coral]

@tacit elk who did this https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/12/penn-alumni-news-controversies-2025-trump-mangione-luigi-musk-charlie-javice

The Instagram version makes it look like they’re celebrating it

[red flower]

luigi mangione graduated from penn? 💀

[chilly stream]

Look at the positive impacts our alumni are making in the world 🤗

[verbal drum]

Impact + Shareholder value > Ethics

[unkempt field]

yep

[red flower]

wait I wrote about murder in my college essay- maybe they'll be more inclined to accept me bc I'm talking about traits their famous alumni have 🤩

[verbal drum]

what impact did you have?

thats the key question

[red flower]

alas... none 😔

[verbal drum]

rejected buddy

[frosty relic]

Yall damn all the Princeton rejections have me shaking in my boots for next week

[naive dove]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[verbal drum]

its princeton thats to be expected

[naive dove]

bro the last woman in that pic allegedly committed fraud against jp morgan

[red flower]

idk what people are expecting man like they've got a 4% acceptance rate for a reason. A2Cers are overly confident

[naive dove]

YEAH LMFAO

[clear grove]

not alleged

she has been sentenced

[naive dove]

oh great i was trying to avoid legal implications

okay she DID* commit fraud against jp morgan

[frosty relic]

Yeah but it’s like a bucket of cold water for what likely will happen next thursday

[red flower]

a for profit financial aid assistance program sounds so sus

[naive dove]

penn cannot be a real school bro

[red flower]

like "for profit" and "financial aid" should not be in the same sentence

[chilly stream]

Dw ts school is better than prince ton

[verbal drum]

yup

[naive dove]

hey hey there is always a smidge of a tiny chance that the majority of this thread will get in! 🤗

[red flower]

better known as princesston

[tame iris]

Bro deadass

😭

My stomach hurts bro

[royal crater]

less than a full week now

💔

[verbal drum]

your all getting in trust

[royal crater]

harv and cornell too

a2c gonna go crazy

[chilly stream]

I dont think soup is gettin in

💔

[verbal drum]

ig im applying for my mba now

would lowkey rather go to hbs if i were to choose though

but i didnt say that

[naive dove]

DONT WORRY

SOMEONES GOTTA REP OUR STATE

[verbal drum]

whats your state

[naive dove]

middle of nowhere midwest

[verbal drum]

same twin

[red flower]

kansas

[verbal drum]

wisconsin

[tame iris]

Jeni im actually scared now

Princeton scared me

[naive dove]

dont be

[tame iris]

Oneof my friends got into washu today

And it was lowk like

[naive dove]

i cant lie i was giggling during pton rea BUT i will lock in crazy style during penn ed

[tame iris]

Dang we rly getting into college now bruh

😭😭😭

[chilly stream]

Cant u js take the same wharton mba courses that u did for undergrad

[tame iris]

LOCK INNNNNN IF U START LAUGHING IM GONNA CRY

IM SO NEEVY

[naive dove]

imagine how i feel 👵

[tame iris]

NERVY

I hope i at least get a deferral 😭😭😭😭😭 oh my days

[tame iris]

😭😭😭 unc

Junc

[verbal drum]

to farm gpa 😭

[tame iris]

Jeni unc

[red flower]

it's all fun and games until you have to pay all the fees just to commit 💀

[verbal drum]

nah i dont think they let you if u have the credit

[naive dove]

its ok even if u get rejected dont feel bad because then you dont have to go to up*nn

[verbal drum]

i havent done any mba research ngl

[naive dove]

NOOOOOOOO

[verbal drum]

never going for one

[tame iris]

Bro its all fun and games until u gotta pat the TUITION

😭😭😭

[tame iris]

Oh so true

[naive dove]

me touching the money bags ⁉️

[tame iris]

And i dont have to deal with ary*n

[naive dove]

why am i patting it

[naive dove]

BRO LMFAO

?>???>?

[red flower]

real even if I get into upenn I have no clue what I'm gonna do like I can't afford them especially since they don't take DE credit 😭

[tame iris]

Who pullin up to da junction tn

👅👅

[chilly stream]

Tbh how hard is it to fail an mba

[tame iris]

He so scary bro

😭

[red flower]

istg they'd give me 0 aid like NEU

[verbal drum]

pretty hard

[chilly stream]

Lowk they js kinda hand it to u

[tame iris]

Lowk imma jus go into debt bro

💀💀

[verbal drum]

not even just that everyone at a mba is more inclined to do their work

they arent some dumbass highschoolers anymore

[red flower]

I CAN'T TAKE ON 360K IN DEBT. IDT MY PARENTS ARE EVEN GONNA SIGN FOR THAT SHIT

[verbal drum]

yo do not take the debt unless its wharton

[naive dove]

bro do NOT take on 360k in debt 🥀 not in this economy

[verbal drum]

😭

[red flower]

if they do i'ma be in debt for the rest of my life 😭

[verbal drum]

wtf

[tame iris]

Im gonna delude myslef into thinking its gonna pay itself off

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[verbal drum]

ur doing seas right?

[tame iris]

Wharton

[naive dove]

even if its wharton 🥀 like lowkey consulting might get cooked by ai 🥀 better hope you're a math quant genius

[verbal drum]

oh

ok then maybe take on the debt

[tame iris]

What the fuck

LMFAO

[red flower]

i'm going into marketing 💀

[naive dove]

sorry to break it to you 🥀

[verbal drum]

c u at the homeless shelter

[tame iris]

Jeni hire me at ur startup

[verbal drum]

it wont get cooked by ai btw

[tame iris]

🥹🥹

[naive dove]

https://fortune.com/2025/05/29/mckinsey-headcount-down-more-than-10-percent/

🥀

[tame iris]

Oh hell nah

[red flower]

gwenchana gwenchana ding ding ding ding...

[verbal drum]

consulting is one of those trash finance adjacent that will need to hire new employees

[tame iris]

Its ok my baby bcg would never do this to me

[chilly stream]

They js shedding the penn state kids dw

[tame iris]

😉😉😉

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[verbal drum]

headcount is gonna decrease everywhere due to AI

btw

still they need to hire

[frosty relic]

wait i’m confused are decisions subject to change until the 18th or it’s finalized if it’s finalized why tf r they waiting so long? 😭

[verbal drum]

just be better then your peers

[naive dove]

there were also mass layoffs at deloitte

[torpid merlin]

wait guys

what does grade check mean

[tame iris]

I heard they were finalizing ljke

[red flower]

who isn't having a mass layoff

[naive dove]

but okay queen ❤️ (we had 420 applications for 2 positions)

[tame iris]

Acceptance packages

[torpid merlin]

doesn't the counselor send grades

[tame iris]

N stuff

[tame iris]

Bcg….. will save me……….

[frosty relic]

ahhh okkk

[verbal drum]

people like to fake transcripts

[tame iris]

😔

[verbal drum]

big problem rn apparently

[tame iris]

Haha 420 funny number

[torpid merlin]

wait wdym

like for us

our counselor sends it

[naive dove]

no no the grade check is your like unfinalized mid first sem grades i think

[torpid merlin]

directly

[royal crater]

dang

[naive dove]

to see how you are doing rn at this moment

iykwim

[royal crater]

cuz we use like external platforms

well counseors

like i use overgrad

[verbal drum]

no from what i've heard school counsellors at some schools assist in the fabrication of the transcript

[red flower]

did you see that one story of that lady who changed her name and learned to forge documents to get into an ivy only to get caught cuz her roommate was snooping?

[tame iris]

What the HELL

😭

[royal crater]

dang

[verbal drum]

yeah she said shes doing it again

[torpid merlin]

wait like right now?

or like the progress report

because right now

[verbal drum]

im lowkey interested

[torpid merlin]

my grades are As but in the progress report

i had a B

[red flower]

she's determined

[chilly stream]

Some kid got kicked out of huntsman this year for faking shi

[verbal drum]

they arent looking at your progress report if your on a t ri system

[chilly stream]

Be careful

[naive dove]

yale 😭

[verbal drum]

Deadass?

😭

[torpid merlin]

we're on a semester system

but we don't have quarters

[verbal drum]

idk about semester systems

[chilly stream]

Yuh a freshie story is crazy 💀

[naive dove]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

[red flower]

oh damn- I think I'm gonna faint if I somehow get into huntsman

[torpid merlin]

dude do you know how it works for semester systems

[naive dove]

jwp i believe in you you can do more with your life than consulting 🥀

[verbal drum]

trimesters lowkey the superior system

[naive dove]

ong

[torpid merlin]

uhhhhhh

[tame iris]

Aw wait yay this was inspirng

[red flower]

wait- is upenn doing a grade check or smth 💀

[torpid merlin]

this doesnt answer my question

[chilly stream]

Buttttt making slideshows is fun!

[torpid merlin]

wait because i heard it happened to others

im wondering what if it happened to me

and i dont know

[red flower]

cuz I really need to get accepted before my C is finalized 😭

[verbal drum]

they might check quarter grades

[royal crater]

what where

[verbal drum]

yooooo

[tame iris]

Ok instead of going into consulting. I’ll go into high finance and be a greedy corporate bum

[verbal drum]

😭

[naive dove]

it happens to some people

[tame iris]

😈

[royal crater]

i only hear grade checks from wb

qb

🫩

[naive dove]

not getting a grade check does not mean that you will not get in

[verbal drum]

yeah you can join me, and also consulting is for the bums....

[torpid merlin]

no i think there was this guy

[tame iris]

I sent in a voluntary grade check

[red flower]

i've gotten all A's my entire hs career up until this one singular class 😭

[tame iris]

For first quarter

For upenn ed

😭

[red flower]

but the grade isn't going on my transcript till at least next week

[verbal drum]

do they not check for grade updates

[naive dove]

princeton does it too

[torpid merlin]

@violet steppe got a grade check

i think

[tame iris]

LOLLLLLL

[naive dove]

JWP NOOOOOOOOOOO

[tame iris]

Will u give me a referral

🥹

[naive dove]

YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER

[verbal drum]

no

[violet steppe]

FIRE

dms

[verbal drum]

gotta gatekeep sorry man

[torpid merlin]

no dude

[naive dove]

💔

[tame iris]

I lowk wanted to be a writer

[torpid merlin]

i was saying

u got a gradecheck

not me

dude

[red flower]

yassssssss

[violet steppe]

oh

[royal crater]

😭

[torpid merlin]

bro 😭

[red flower]

i just need NEU to not do a grade check too cuz this one C is killing me

[torpid merlin]

wait u got a grade check right?

or was it ec validation?

[tame iris]

Maybe i’ll use my Wharton degree to write fanfiction

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[torpid merlin]

or both

[violet steppe]

yea first quarter grade checkkk and ec check

[torpid merlin]

wait

[tame iris]

Grrr

[torpid merlin]

do u guys use semesters

cuz we dont have quarters

so im confused

[tame iris]

What the hellyyyyy from upenn?

[violet steppe]

yes but our school also takes not of quarters

[torpid merlin]

like we have progress reports

[violet steppe]

like our quarter grades can be askd by colleges

[verbal drum]

they usually dont check progess reports unless it takes replacement over ur quarters i think

[torpid merlin]

is that a quarter??

[violet steppe]

thats what my counselor sent so I hope so!

[torpid merlin]

we dont have quarters

[naive dove]

bro speaking of wharton i need to tell u about this deca person from our state 😭

[torpid merlin]

the progress report?

[tame iris]

WHAT WHAT WHO

[verbal drum]

deca top 10 useless ecs

ngl ngl ngl

[tame iris]

Waffle did u apply wharton 😱

[naive dove]

deca is peak

[tame iris]

Hey what the freak

[verbal drum]

cap

[naive dove]

you dont understand PEAK

[verbal drum]

nah

[royal crater]

deca is so fun

[violet steppe]

so like we have 2 quarters in one semester, each quarter is independent of each other. one semester is averaged out by 2 quarter grades

[chilly stream]

An AO checked my linkedin 💀

[naive dove]

deca is great

i loved icdc

[violet steppe]

yeah

[tame iris]

Im state officer 🙁 y is deca bad

[torpid merlin]

OHH

wait

[verbal drum]

ny fed challenge >>>>

[tame iris]

Tufffff

[torpid merlin]

we don't have that

we have semesters

[red flower]

i have a vendetta against deca. I tried to freaking bring it to my school cuz we also have FBLA and YOU CAN'T START A CHAPTER UNLESS YOUR SCHOOL OFFERS A BUSINESS OR MARKETING CLASS

[torpid merlin]

do we still have grade checks

[red flower]

MY SCHOOL HAS NO BUSINESS CLASSES

[tame iris]

Rip

[verbal drum]

how does ur school not have one

[tame iris]

Try bpa

[red flower]

AND AIN'T NO WAY EVERY DECA MEMBER IS GONNA BE ENROLLED IN IT

[verbal drum]

my bum ass farm highschool in wisconsin even had one

[tame iris]

All of our members are

We have 300 😭

[royal crater]

wtf

[naive dove]

deca is peak

[red flower]

we have like entrepreneurship but it's the most bullshit class and the next closest is personal finance 💀

[naive dove]

yeah bro goes to the cracked deca school 💀

[red flower]

screw deca and their dumbass requirementss

[tame iris]

We’re not even that cracked tbh we just have a lot of people

Cracked is ep

😭

[royal crater]

theres requirements?

😭

[torpid merlin]

alright well

i really hope

i didnt get some weird

grade check

[naive dove]

meanwhile nobody in my school's 20 year history had gone to icdc finals before me 🥀

[verbal drum]

whhy

[torpid merlin]

cuz i had a B in my progress report

[verbal drum]

uh oh

[torpid merlin]

in environemntal science

😭

[verbal drum]

uh oh

[royal crater]

no way

[verbal drum]

yeah your blacklisted from all the ivies ngl

[torpid merlin]

bro stop saying uh oh 😭

[red flower]

to start a chapter each member needs to be in a business or marketing class but my school only offers one class even close to business and that's entrepreneurship but it's a bs class with only like 20 people in it who just need elective credit 😭

[naive dove]

ur guys scioly too is crazy

[tame iris]

Oh my days

[verbal drum]

we dont get Bs around here bud

[tame iris]

Wait u tuff

[torpid merlin]

no no trust

for regular decision

[tame iris]

😉😉

[torpid merlin]

ill be fine

[royal crater]

r u gonna ask ur counselor if they got anything

[torpid merlin]

it's an A now

[verbal drum]

im trolling

[tame iris]

Oh yea our scioly is demonic

[verbal drum]

😭

[naive dove]

shout out lorelei

[torpid merlin]

should i?

can i do that

[torpid merlin]

ik u are

but bro for wharton

it's not even trolling

[royal crater]

oh… my school is a straight business school and we have no reqs

[verbal drum]

they arent supposed to tell you

[torpid merlin]

its serious

[tame iris]

The counselors???

[torpid merlin]

exactly

[tame iris]

Y not

[torpid merlin]

so i cant

ask them

which is why

[royal crater]

mane how do all these ppl know then

[torpid merlin]

im scared

[red flower]

I wish I could go to a straight business school 😔

[royal crater]

😔

[naive dove]

about what

the grade checks?

[verbal drum]

at least i dont think so

no

i forgot what i was talking about js ignorem e

[tame iris]

Wat if my counselor gatekeeping from me 😊😊 and wharton called to say im accepeted already 😉😉😉

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[naive dove]

LMFAOOO

[verbal drum]

they obiously need to talk to u about ec verification

[royal crater]

type shit

[tame iris]

I think this is true

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[verbal drum]

yeah 7 days early

[naive dove]

yes my name is jwp's counselor and i was given a guarenteed admission 5 weeks ago

[verbal drum]

😭

might as well send u a likely letter too

[tame iris]

Good good

Shouldve let me know earlier. Smh

[red flower]

my counselor is more excited about the upenn decision date than I am so i'm assuming she knows about as much as me 💀

[tame iris]

Yea duh

Oh my days

LOL

[verbal drum]

she wont know a week early

or he

[torpid merlin]

are you guys gonna open the decisions as soon as they come out

[royal crater]

yes

[torpid merlin]

cuz i was thinking

of waiting

[royal crater]

no way im waiting

[torpid merlin]

till like

1 am

or smth

[royal crater]

wtf

[torpid merlin]

when everyone is asleep

[royal crater]

no sleep

😭

[torpid merlin]

opening in peace

solitude

[tame iris]

Im gonna wait until im alone in my room

[verbal drum]

guess hes a masochist

[tame iris]

And im gonna finish my other supps before i open that shit

[royal crater]

same and record thatbshit

[torpid merlin]

thats so random bruh

[royal crater]

delete if i get rejected

😭

[tame iris]

REAL AS FUCKKK LMFAOOO METOO

[verbal drum]

nah lowkey post the rejection

[tame iris]

No bro

I delete it and then myself

[royal crater]

🤨

[tame iris]

If i grt rejected

❤️❤️

[torpid merlin]

bro what do u think

its gonna be for us

[red flower]

def not lol but she was very keen on reminding me about the decision date and forwarding the email lmao

[torpid merlin]

like how bad is the bloodbath

gonna be

compard to

princeton

NYU

[verbal drum]

i dont know ur stats lol

not as bad as princeton

[royal crater]

trust we winners compared to them

😭

[verbal drum]

wharton has a fat ed advantage

[torpid merlin]

lolll

[verbal drum]

50% of class is from ed

[worn moth]

hopefully

[torpid merlin]

reall

[tame iris]

Soup if i send u my ENTIRE common app will u chance me 😉😉

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[tame iris]

Wait really

[red flower]

YALL ARE RAISING MY HOPES AND I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN

[verbal drum]

yes

[royal crater]

entire common app is crazy

[tame iris]

Wait actualy

[torpid merlin]

ikr

[tame iris]

I was joking

[torpid merlin]

bro

[worn moth]

send ssn number too while your at it lol

[tardy dagger]

Cas?

[torpid merlin]

ur personal info

is on there

[verbal drum]

if u want to I could im not reading ur essays though

[torpid merlin]

XDD

[verbal drum]

dont have time for that

[red flower]

I MUST SMUSH MY HOPES DOWN INTO NOTHING AND ACCEPT MY REJECTION EARLY

[verbal drum]

all of ed for penn is pretty fat and scrumptious

[tame iris]

Tbh might as well

[tame iris]

Huhu

[torpid merlin]

how do u chance

without essays

isnt that

like half of it

[tame iris]

Im ready to feast on that fat and scrumptious ed

😈😈😈

[royal crater]

my essays r my fav part ngl

[verbal drum]

half? no

[tame iris]

Wait no im gonna get cooked

[red flower]

this gives me the ick

[tame iris]

I’d rather be blissfully ignorant

[worn moth]

did u guys have your english teahcers read your essays?

[tame iris]

🧘🧘

[verbal drum]

Essays cant revive the dead, only heal the injured

[red flower]

ye but my teacher gave like two sentences of feedback

[royal crater]

yea but i didnt listen much

same lol

[naive dove]

you will feast!

[tame iris]

😉😉

[torpid merlin]

lol

[tame iris]

Thank u cutie jeni!

[frosty relic]

My councilor told me my chances would be higher is essays mattered but she said that’s not the reason anyone gets in 😞

[naive dove]

im very excited for the 18th ❤️ ❤️

[verbal drum]

essays can def kill you though

will not lie

[tame iris]

I think ive developed jaw problems from stress grinding my teeth so much

[torpid merlin]

like

i think

[verbal drum]

dont talk about mass arson in your essay

[torpid merlin]

having good essays

is a minimum

no

[royal crater]

😭

[worn moth]

he said the only thign about my personal was the flow was not perfect, he really like everything else. he said all my sups were 10/10

[verbal drum]

i guess

[red flower]

what about cannibalism

[naive dove]

no no you have to looksmaxx before u go to penn

[verbal drum]

i personally would avoid that too

[tame iris]

I think hajng good base stats isbare minimym

[naive dove]

no stress grinding teeth no mouth breathing

develop your maxilla queen

[tame iris]

Shat u right

[chilly stream]

Dont mention a2c as well

[verbal drum]

geniunely a 3.8+ 1450+ is the minimum for wharton to not lowkey toss ur shi

[tame iris]

Id i get in ed im bleaching and dyingmy hair blue

[royal crater]

1450 minimum rlly?

[tame iris]

Im so deadass

[verbal drum]

maybe more on the of 3.75+

[royal crater]

dang i tho ht itd be like 1500

😭

[torpid merlin]

unless ur QB

im guessing

[verbal drum]

no a 1450 they would still read and holistically review

[torpid merlin]

or like

[worn moth]

[royal crater]

ohh

[red flower]

she mentioned a spelling error... a punctuation error... and one piece of feedback that I couldn't implement cuz she wanted me to elaborate more but I was at 649 words...

[chilly stream]

Ik some silly TO guys in my grade with like 1300s

[worn moth]

same amount of works lol

[red flower]

I should add that she read the wrong draft despite me sending her the correct one

[torpid merlin]

bro ik someone at my school that did ED wharton

with straight Cs

[chilly stream]

That era is over

[verbal drum]

if they see a 13XX its lowkey getting 3 point shot into the can unless they got some cracked ass ecs or septuple legacy

[torpid merlin]

and he's like the only other guy

doing ED

wharton

💀

[worn moth]

4 other people are ED at my school for UPenn

[tame iris]

Free throw (away)

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[verbal drum]

mmm

[torpid merlin]

he was like "if im not there on thursday its because i got in 💀 "

[frosty relic]

Wait genuine question I applied to CAS but test is required and I emailed them for a waiver of the requirement cuz I never took the sat for extreme reasons is test optional acc enough to toss my application in the bin so many ppl said that

[naive dove]

oh lowkey i said that whichever ivy i got in i'd dye my hair highlights of that color

[tame iris]

Wait that was funny

[worn moth]

i think im the only wharton or theres one other

[naive dove]

i do not have blue highlights

[torpid merlin]

oh also the fbla president

[royal crater]

im thenonly one in my school thats doing ed wharton

[torpid merlin]

did ED wharton

[royal crater]

the rest from qb got rejected

💀

[torpid merlin]

but their stats idt

are good

[tame iris]

Theres one other kid from my school doing ed wharton

[torpid merlin]

oh yeah

[tame iris]

😬😬

[torpid merlin]

someone from QB

had wharton

[verbal drum]

uh if you had reasons you couldnt take it no it wont be the end of the world

[torpid merlin]

didnt match

[tame iris]

WHY WE TWINNEMMMMM

[naive dove]

LMAOOOO