University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2025-2026)

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qual

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did u go to like th camp

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ye

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which is like

top

4?0?

40

or smth?

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idr

but i didnt go to team

cause of timespan

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ohh its

top 20

people

get to usabo camp

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yes

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that's pretty goated

nice nice

i have hope for you

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whats ur best award

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trust

what's your area of spike

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grandmaster at a variant of chess

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damn

thats cool

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tyty

it is cool

whats ur spike area?

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hey

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and like whats ur vision for the future

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are we excited for your ed apps?

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hi

[torpid merlin]

😂

bro i think ur more excited than me

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yeah because im not under any stress or pressure whatsoever

😭

[torpid merlin]

exactly lol

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hopefully my cousin gets in and you guys all meet at the legendary 1920 commons

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oh yeah

fr

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i applied for bioeng so my spike is something niche in that

[torpid merlin]

ur cousin also did wharton??

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do you have like research

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of course hes copying me and doing finance

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yea

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professor rec letter?

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published in a reputable journal

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lol

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gave yes

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copying u yes

fr

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bro i think

u have a rlly good

chance

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yeah i did it first so it must be him copying me

no other reason

[torpid merlin]

it might be me thats more cooked

XD

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yeah for sure

do you think he's getting in

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i mean wharton is cooked always

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i think he has a great chance

[torpid merlin]

wowww

great chance to wharton

is wild

[torpid merlin]

yeah it is

isn't it

i mean i guess that makes getting in

all the better

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hes also a national level athlete and has national competitions throughout a diff major entirely has research and a good agri/economics narrative

[torpid merlin]

wowww

that's really cool

okay bet

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hes in wisco though

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damn

[torpid merlin]

even better

who even applies from wisconsin

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yeah i lowkey tried to nepo him into a internship

didnt work

no one works in anywhere near wisco

[torpid merlin]

bro failed

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where r u

[torpid merlin]

LMAO

[torpid merlin]

bay area 💀 💀

how about we call it ggs right here

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cooked

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oh fuck

😭

[torpid merlin]

LMAO

😂

yes

its cooked

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dw dw

esg is a unique lens

[torpid merlin]

its fine

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i feel less cooked thank you

[torpid merlin]

i got community college

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🙏

nah esg is hella unique

[torpid merlin]

^^ 100% acceptance rate trust

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u prob made it past 1st round

[torpid merlin]

i def did

cuz my

regional AO

u saw them right

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i saw i saw

[torpid merlin]

yeah

im worried

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i have only met 2 seas people in this channel lol

[torpid merlin]

about the committee

when they see

im from the bay

LOL

with Bs in math

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good luck competing for spots against those cracked ass bay area kids in final comittee

[torpid merlin]

they might be like ah hell no

[torpid merlin]

exactly bro

it's like a massacare

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a slaughter

[torpid merlin]

bro i swear one of them has

some like

YC company

millions of dollars

like some wild

stuff

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at least if my cousin was in bay area i could nepo him...

[torpid merlin]

bro if he was in bay area

he'd be cooked

regardless

wisconsin

is like

chill

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i guess

we only get a couple spots a year though

i believe

[torpid merlin]

this is why i'm predicting

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ED

[torpid merlin]

deferred

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wait when did u graduate

[torpid merlin]

acceptance is just

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from hs?

[torpid merlin]

so so hard

it's like impossible

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im also predicting defer

[torpid merlin]

BRO

UR GETTING in

which state

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defer is only around 10% yo

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idt they're gonna

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are u in college or done

[torpid merlin]

straight up

reject me

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done

[torpid merlin]

or maybe im just delusional

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yea so i meant that

[torpid merlin]

✨

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23

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class of 23?

[torpid merlin]

@brisk arrow

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yes

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which state

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oh damn

thats like 7 years before us

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nah its like 6

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ye he's old

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i think

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whatever

2030

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????

alright man

[torpid merlin]

LOL

soup

do u think

ill get deferred

asw

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i dont know your stats

[torpid merlin]

actually i guess

who even knows

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only my cousins

[torpid merlin]

didnt i tell u

that other day

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yeah a bit

i know ur esg spiked

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ny

[torpid merlin]

& u know

my SAT

gpa

my math Bs

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what r ur stats

[torpid merlin]

uhh

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sat gpa

[torpid merlin]

bro atp

idt it even matters

like

how am i supposed to compete

w those

people

with

like

multimillion dollar companis

and who even knows what

like 25 APs?

idk

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am i getting rejected

can u predict me

[torpid merlin]

no

i think you're getting in

i genuinely

think ur getting in

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why

[torpid merlin]

and im not just saying that

[red flower]

it doesn't- the decision has been made and they literally have a 4% acceptance rate

[torpid merlin]

bcz first of all

u applied UPenn

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dont worry man

[torpid merlin]

not wharton

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a2cers are very overconfident

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yea wharton is not in upenn university

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i got in with B+s in bc and physics c

[torpid merlin]

dude

im usually not

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wharton is its own uni

[torpid merlin]

XD

like i havent said any of u guys

actually have a chance

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they will look at you holistically

[torpid merlin]

but i think

@brisk arrow def dos

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as long as u did bc u should be fine

[torpid merlin]

does*

its not even wharton

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why

[torpid merlin]

its not wharton

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are you applying wharton

oh

[torpid merlin]

what?

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not you

apples

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im not applying wharton

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oh yeah

seas right

[torpid merlin]

yes

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i think u changed ur name

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im applying for bioeng

in seas

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no?

wtf

[torpid merlin]

he has good stats

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ok maybe not

[torpid merlin]

i think he has good academic accomplishments

wait dude do u have

some community service

stuff?

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yea

[torpid merlin]

like some community

impact

projects

or smth

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i have impactful community stuff

[torpid merlin]

okay okay good

i think

how about ur writing?

is it good?

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i think penn placed imp on community aw

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"i invented a steriod that boosted t-cell productivity by 500%"

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like i saw one application gile

file

[torpid merlin]

bro soup

yk

my friend

he was rlly cracked

[red flower]

i mean- if you think you're getting deferred then that's also still pretty confident. And if it's anything like princeton, then no matter how strong your ec's seem, I don't think it matters all that much

[torpid merlin]

he applied ED CMU CS

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uhhhh

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im applying for comp bio in cmu scs im so cooked

[torpid merlin]

idk u can have ur opinion

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💀

[torpid merlin]

if i said i was getting rejected

i wouldnt be being realistic

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my lil bro's buddy got into cmu ed

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deferred is better than rejection and also much less chance

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he thought he had no chance lmfao

[torpid merlin]

no he didnt

LOL

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yes he did

[torpid merlin]

he got deferred

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i cant comment on this i think my ty letter was good but the rest im not sure

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hold on

[torpid merlin]

oh urs

ohh urrss

im talking abt

my friend

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lmfao

[torpid merlin]

bro

💀

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reading skills go brrrr

[torpid merlin]

💀

wild

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whats ur sat rw score

[torpid merlin]

800

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do u have a 1600

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1590

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o

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🔥

[torpid merlin]

LOL

bro the bus

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...

[torpid merlin]

was so funny

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fire

[torpid merlin]

time to pack it up

yes

i thought u were like pack up ur bag

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💀

[torpid merlin]

loll

funny

ironically

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when i type pray i get prayer beads now

📿

[torpid merlin]

lol

u need a lot more than just one prayer

discord knows

[red flower]

why is that even an emoji 💀

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whats the seas ed acceptance rate

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very niche and nice

[torpid merlin]

probably

like 15%

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around the same as wharton

[torpid merlin]

or like 14%

[torpid merlin]

wait

what

its gotta be higher

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without hooks?

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by like 1 percent

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like legacy athletes

[torpid merlin]

ohh wait ur doing

SEAS

not like the

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you cant really calc that

[torpid merlin]

college of arts and science

that might be higher

harder*

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why would bioengineering be in CAS

[torpid merlin]

hmm

[verbal drum]

😭

[torpid merlin]

bro

everything

is in CAS

somehow

[verbal drum]

😭

[torpid merlin]

like do like

biology or smth

idk

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artistic bioengineering

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💀

[torpid merlin]

well its college of arts and science right

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like the doctor who put a signature in someone's liver

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natural sciences

are in college of arts and SCIENCE

[verbal drum]

bio engineering is less bio more engineering

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yea

i know

[torpid merlin]

i just checked

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wtf

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im telling him bro i know u know

[torpid merlin]

they have biology

u could've done

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ur majoring in it

[torpid merlin]

biology

major

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bro i dont want to be a bio major

[torpid merlin]

lol

wait

they also have

biochem

butyea

alright anyways i better

finsih yele

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this is like telling a wharton student to apply in cas econ

[torpid merlin]

yale*

and te 17 others

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gl

[torpid merlin]

bro ive gottn told that

and maybe they were right

cuz like

cas econ

is so much easier

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yea

but what if they see through u

u should reframe the app

[torpid merlin]

i doesnt matter

bcz

dude

econ has a diff quota

and transferring

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yeah

[torpid merlin]

is very hard

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transferring is next to impossible

[torpid merlin]

exactly

so it doesn't matter

but lowkey

id be very

surprised

if i got wharton

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cas->seas is easy so i could have done bio

[torpid merlin]

simply because

bay area

if i didnt have some bs in math

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i know 3 physics majors who transferred into CS

[torpid merlin]

i think it was possible

but i kinda screwed uo

up*

oh well

[torpid merlin]

oh nice

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dont u have a 5 in ap tho

calc bc

[torpid merlin]

yes

i also have a 5 on the ap physics c mechanics

ap

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yea

so

[torpid merlin]

my only 4 is in E&M

but the problem is dude

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they check holistically

[torpid merlin]

ive gotten multiple

Bs

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ur good in math

[torpid merlin]

in math

across the last 3 years

[brisk arrow]

but why

idt it would matter

[torpid merlin]

hmm

[red flower]

this is making me feel less bad about my singular C in senior year lol

[torpid merlin]

i hope so

[torpid merlin]

a C is not the same as a B

[red flower]

i'm not alone 😭

[torpid merlin]

but okay

[torpid merlin]

well yeah

ur not

[red flower]

one C vs mutiple Bs pretty much is

[torpid merlin]

yeah

i guess

it is

esp

cuz senior

year

was that in math?

[red flower]

no- accounting

[torpid merlin]

ohh

lol

also what is ur dashes

just use the em-dash

do you know how to get it

—

[red flower]

the worst part is, i'm more sad about the fact that when they call the top 15 people on graduation night to stand up, I probs won't be called up anymore

[torpid merlin]

@brisk arrow

good luck bro

[brisk arrow]

u too

[red flower]

like i was 4th at the beginning of this year, but DE isn't weighted and I'm taking all DE this year while my classmates are taking APs which are weighted 😔

[torpid merlin]

surely we got this

all it takes is one

[brisk arrow]

Dear Penn,

I don’t want a lot for Christmas,
There is just one school I need
I don’t care about old MIT,
Or that Harvard down the street.
I just want Penn for my own,
More than rankings ever show.
Make my wish come true…
All I want for Christmas is you.

I don’t want a lot for Christmas,
Just that red-and-blue ED.
Don’t care for the other Ivies,
Or those shiny Top-20s.
I don’t want to write RD,
Fill the rest of my Common App;
Don’t wanna wait till Ivy Day,
Why delay my heart like that?
Cause Spotify Wrapped exposed my “Penn ED Crying” playlist.

I just want you for my own,
More than Wharton kids let on.
Make my wish come true…
All I want for Christmas is you, baby.

Oh, I won’t ask for much this Christmas,
Not for Princeton, Stanford, or Yale.
I’m just gonna keep on checking
That one portal without fail.
I won’t craft a college spreadsheet,
Show it to my counselor, no.
I won’t even sleep at night to
Stop the countdown from feeling slow.

So Santa, bring me the one I need,
My portal update, guaranteed.
I’ll sell my soul to Ben Franklin too…

’Cause I just want Penn here tonight,
What more can I do?
Oh baby, all I want for Christmas is you...
❤️ 🩵

[torpid merlin]

loll

wild

i swear all of this just to get rejected would be wild

anyways

[brisk arrow]

i should

write essays

instead of wasting time on a2c

[tacit panther]

Did you acc write this 😭

[red flower]

I should be self studying bruh. I signed up to self study AP calc BC and macro but I literally haven't studied at all

i have what, 5 more months?

[torpid merlin]

yeah

lol

[red flower]

AND THEN SCHOLARSHIPS DAMN IT I HAVEN'T DONE THOSE LIKE SINCE OCTOBER

[torpid merlin]

me too

okay let's lock in

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umm...

[red flower]

i feel like it's pointless cuz I'm not gonna win them anyhow 😭

[torpid merlin]

AI

right?

[brisk arrow]

lets say i wrote it and chatgpt refined it

[tacit panther]

Crazy work

[verbal drum]

and your not getting the wharton namesake or alumni

[torpid merlin]

and i'm regretting not taking my chances with Wharton....

[verbal drum]

wdym

u didnt apply to wharton?

[torpid merlin]

no im saying

if i do that

if i did CAS econ

[verbal drum]

aaa

[torpid merlin]

ill be fine as long as i finish the remaining apps

[violet steppe]

ive heared that cas econ kids have no trouble getting the same internships and stuff as wharton kids, hjust that they have to network a littl emore

[sharp atlas]

wait what would be the reason to be cas econ over wharton econ

[violet steppe]

tbh employers know that you can take most wharton classes as cas econ kids anyways

its also easier to get into

[novel remnant]

5 more days yall

[quick glacier]

why are we catching strays

[ocean spindle]

That place has the most dogshit food and the most aggressive ppl fuck that place bru

[ocean spindle]

Yo wait im from the bay

[ocean spindle]

Are these acc real ppl

[torpid merlin]

we're about to find out

[mellow tusk]

no im fine shyt

@vast holly can confirm

[vast holly]

Finely chopped shyt

[vast holly]

Show him a pic of u and that will confirm his statement

[mellow tusk]

we'll see this saturday

[torpid merlin]

bro stop projecting 💀

the wharton acceptance letter

[clear grove]

imagination is frequently more of an internal reflection

[clear grove]

i would imagine this to be true

[clear grove]

slightly easier to get in, a lot more flexibility, with the ability to still take any wharton classes

[torpid merlin]

for real

[torpid merlin]

bro is making it seem like a dream

[mellow tusk]

i’m seeing her on saturday

😂😂

[frosty relic]

I’m fine shyt too i swear

[ocean spindle]

Do yall know eachother or is this an A2C meet up 😭😭

[mellow tusk]

lol

its complicated

@clear rock

[clear rock]

herro

@vast holly is hot

[chilly stream]

they defo can get the same opportunities but its much more work imo

cuz wharton kinda guides you in every way

[verbal drum]

Not true

They recruit from Wharton not from penn

[ocean spindle]

Thats lowkey not true bro

CAS pr chill

[odd trout]

What day is Wharton ED coming out

[chilly stream]

18th at 7pm est

[vast holly]

ur hotter bbg 😘

[vast holly]

it's compkicated🥀

☠️

[clear rock]

nah im being fr

[vast holly]

im being fr too yo 😭

[clear rock]

...

[mellow tusk]

nah ur chopped i agree

[vast holly]

stfu ur not even chopped ur minced

[mellow tusk]

i saw that edit bro

💀

[vast holly]

it doesnt change a thing

[mellow tusk]

da going back 2 minutes later

😂 😂

discord nerdmaxxing

[vast holly]

SHUT UP

[vast holly]

says the iscord mod

this guy goes on linkedin for fun 🤓

[mellow tusk]

not anymore

[vast holly]

wow im edit maxxing

[vast holly]

🥀

[mellow tusk]

wdym

it still applies

[vast holly]

bro ik u sitll on linkedin

the sweatiness necesary for penn wharton

[mellow tusk]

alr mb im not addicted to cesar de la fuente

j go cold email him for a date bro

[vast holly]

shhhhhh im tryna gatekeep

wtv he's a celeb

[barren tangle]

from a non recruiting standpoint cas econ is more rigorous and theoretical

it may be easier to get in but after the intro courses its mostly math

[verbal drum]

You can’t compare the rigor of apples to oranges

[barren tangle]

what

[verbal drum]

Nvm I’m blind

Also since when did Wharton offer Econ

[odd trout]

It doesn’t

[verbal drum]

So how r we comparing Wharton Econ to cas Econ

[barren tangle]

the degree from wharton is a bs in economics

[oblique sleet]

@verbal drum if my counselor tells she did not get any verify ecs from penn, im cooked right? 🙏

[chilly stream]

Bepp

[verbal drum]

No

90% don’t

I didn’t get any verification of my ECs as far as I’m aware and I had some pretty outlandish ecs

[oblique sleet]

thanks Soup ive been freaking out for a while, thanks u so much

[verbal drum]

Literally don’t even worry about it

[verbal drum]

So your comparing all of Wharton to cas Econ 😭

[verbal drum]

That’s like not pure economics and I’d imagine theoretically different too

[barren tangle]

with a BA in econ you are learning econ with a BS in econ you are not focusing on econ but the econ education of wharton is bepp . in terms of economics you are getting a more rigorous and theoretical education in economics in cas

the cas econ is intended for ppl interested in grad school

but ppl use it for recruiting cuz its the closest thing to wharton you can get as a cas student

and most companies who come to campus say that wharton vs cas is not that deep

[verbal drum]

I mean UPenn is still a top tier ivy but cas doesn’t hold the same target strength as Wharton but both are obviously targets

[clear grove]

the overwhelming majority of applicants do not get their ecs verified

it is very normal

and getting your ecs verified doesnt equal getting in either so

[verbal drum]

If you don’t get a likely letter and personal visits from the president of undergrad admissions it’s kinda over

Sorry man

[knotty vault]

I love the pfp

[clear grove]

brutal

[oblique sleet]

@clear grove love the consolation

[oblique sleet]

ig i will pitch a tent in front of penn admission office

[torpid merlin]

exactly...kids are so delusional these days, thinking they'll actually get in 😂

[chilly stream]

Apparently for ED this year if ur not alr recruited to a bb ur auto rejected from whar ton

[mellow tusk]

whats a bb

[chilly stream]

bulge bracket

[ocean spindle]

I mean CAS econ is a lot more math intensive

[jagged badge]

how important are rec letters
i got one teacher i ta for that should be good but another is just kinda mid

[quartz basalt]

it should at least line up

[chilly stream]

Pretty important

[novel hornet]

Cap the big 3 is @tacit panther @tacit elk and kyak

[verbal drum]

As long as they aren’t negative it won’t be too bad

But your gonna have to make up via essays and ecs

[red flower]

I made the mistake of asking the teacher who knows me very well because i also know her very well. Which is why i know she probably used chatgpt to write the lor and that i should've known better 💀

[torpid merlin]

😂

trust chatgpt is great

you'll get glazed hella

[tacit elk]

newgens aint know who i am no more

[torpid merlin]

does penn send an email before decisions?

[quartz basalt]

no

[oblique sleet]

I heard someone got likely letters which I highly doubt abt that

[torpid merlin]

no i mean when the portal gets updated

do we get an email

or something

[quick glacier]

didn't get one for rd

[inland gale]

Likely don’t come out for ed

Only for rd

Unless it’s a recruited athlete, I think they get a letter

[quick glacier]

@oblique wren
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSE6Iafkcn9
u after u bag penn 🔥

kawaii_park_11

Turns out guys have zero resistance to Iron Man.#capybara #ironman #cute #cool #ornaments #new #creative

Likes

170175

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[brisk arrow]

yall

how we doing guys

[tacit panther]

How did i get looped into this

[red flower]

probably- most universities do that I think

i think it's usually a little delayed tho from when the portal is actually updated

[open rune]

I’m not making it

[open rune]

What if we got one from a penn professor

[ocean spindle]

I think it helps a little bit

But not hugely

[chilly stream]

Depends on how well yall know each over

[chilly stream]

https://tenor.com/view/clash-royale-clash-royale-emote-gif-23858585

[open rune]

Bro hated me 😭

How fried am I

[chilly stream]

Why u get them to write u a rec letter then 💔

Ur cooked

Bro prob got a letter of condemnation 💀💀💀

[open rune]

Gg

I’ll get rejected

[wooden hamlet]

I think I'm qualified emough

Like I'm not dumb

It's just abt the odds

[naive dove]

theres always a little bit of luck involved

[brisk cloud]

I think I'm getting deferred

[clear grove]

beyond a certain point to get into any top school is basically entirely luck

[clear grove]

bruh what

[jagged badge]

same

my community essay is terrible

[royal crater]

im so nervous 🥀

[brisk cloud]

I definitely didn't work on my supplementals as much as my commonapp essay

[jagged badge]

yes i have the same experience

[brisk cloud]

what major did you apply for?

[jagged badge]

i did wharton

is ur name also david? 😭

[brisk cloud]

oh I did CS

yes

[jagged badge]

similar in many ways lmaoooa

[vapid kite]

How will you explore community at Penn? Consider how Penn will help shape your perspective, and how your experiences and perspective will help shape Penn. (150-200 words) *

what the fuck is this asking me

[verbal drum]

you want to see what i used to get into wharton

[jagged badge]

may i also kindly look

[vapid kite]

sure, I'd like that thank you

[verbal drum]

you just need to talk about what clubs/ecs/ non curriculum items inside of upenn that you would utilize to enrich yourself or a goal

[vapid kite]

if i have already interacted with these clubs should i metnion that

[verbal drum]

yes if you want

[verbal drum]

alright let me change up some of these names so they are more relevant so it makes more sense

give me 5 minutes

[clear grove]

i have xyz experience. therefore i will bring xyz experience to penn's xyz thing. and penn's xyz thing will teach me more about xyz. which will allow me to become xyz.

repeat until word limit

[red flower]

bro I dedicated a whole day per supp except for the longest supp that was 600 words 😭

i spent two hours on that one

[verbal drum]

its not really about using a ec

[clear grove]

interesting

[red flower]

I didn't talk about any of my ec's in my supps 💀

[verbal drum]

you techincally dont need to

but thats a bit questionable

[red flower]

i mean I figured they already knew most of my ec's and none of mine really had any impact worth talking about anyhow. So I figured I should just present my personal character and background separate from my ec's or academics instead

[clear grove]

absolutely have no idea what they saw in my penn essays

i was not cooking

except in the thank you note that was so fun

[vapid kite]

my thank you note is aight- at least for a first draft 💀

[red flower]

yasssss I love that prompt

[clear grove]

thank you note is like the first essay i was actually inspired to write

[red flower]

except I ran out of room and I couldn't show it to the person I wrote it to cuz I didn't want him to be accused of being a pedo

[clear grove]

i have no idea where the person i was thanking went

that was part of the letter actually

[verbal drum]

Thank you note is pretty easy just make it geniune and have little details that reinforce this geniuneness

[clear grove]

yes

agree

well it's easy if you're actually grateful to people hard if you're not

LOL

[red flower]

half my note was an inside joke 😭

i terrorized that poor mans classroom

[clear grove]

this is every supp tbh

nobody thinks their supps are good unless they're like a pulitzer prize winner or very self absorbed

[red flower]

my huntsman supp was horrendous. If I didn't think I was gonna get in originally then now I'm definitely not gonna get in. I had to rush and finish it in 2 freaking hours

[clear grove]

your supp only becomes good once you get in

when you get in it magically becomes great

[red flower]

one of my huntsman supps is good, the other one just crashed and burned 🥀

[verbal drum]

Deadass

Their is this JHU and Penn ghost writer I see on TikTok and his writing skills are above average at best

He’s just good at capturing detail but the content is kinda buns

[clear grove]

😭 😭 😭

[verbal drum]

There*

[cerulean bobcat]

if your letter is a genuine letter does the topic on rly matter

[verbal drum]

No

[cerulean bobcat]

some ppl r telling me that it shud relate to major or smthin

[verbal drum]

But I used it as a way to give context on something I didn’t really touch on

[clear grove]

hell no

[verbal drum]

Subtly

[cerulean bobcat]

or tie into ur career and how that person helped you

[clear grove]

no

[red flower]

this is like my greatest regret with my supps. They aren't very eloquent. But I haven't even written a narrative piece since 8th grade so I'm so out of practice

[clear grove]

no

no

[red flower]

i used to be so good at creative writing 🥀

[verbal drum]

Yeah my services start at 15k dm for details

Top tier consulting service

Who’s that

[red flower]

i need someone to actually buy her service man

[verbal drum]

30 under 30 is a popularity contest btw

[red flower]

she's taking a gap year lol

it'll be funny af if she drops out from harvard

[verbal drum]

Yeah anyone who does consulting in college just prays off nervous hs kids

Preys*

[red flower]

i mean- she still can

she's still enrolled I thought 😭

[verbal drum]

People like to see online essays that got into ivies and swear it’s good when half the time it’s the profile

[red flower]

I figured she could just reenroll in classes once she decides to end her gap year

[clear grove]

not to self glaze but i would make a fantastic college consultant unfortunately i will not be selling out

[verbal drum]

You should trust people who actually win literary awards guys not people who got into harvard

[clear grove]

yeah

[verbal drum]

That’s not that impressive

To begin with

[clear grove]

true

[cerulean bobcat]

ik ppl that got into harvard and immediately started running a consulting business

300 an hour

[verbal drum]

And the worst part

[cerulean bobcat]

ppl actually buy it

[verbal drum]

Is that they are subpar

[clear grove]

jamie beaton is one of a kind

[tacit panther]

they just take advantage of desperate hs kids

[verbal drum]

I don’t think you guys understand you don’t have to be smart to get into these top schools

[tacit panther]

^^^^^

[red flower]

the huntsman supp essay I found online was pretty good but it's so analytical with a lot of stuff that you have to answer that you can easily spot a really shitty huntsman prompt and a god tier response

[clear grove]

facts WE are all living proof WE

[verbal drum]

Intelligence is differentiated in career not college acceptance

[cerulean bobcat]

then what

[verbal drum]

Yes WE

[tacit panther]

lucky

[clear grove]

it's luck based

[verbal drum]

You just did more then the other person in the eyes of the AO

[cerulean bobcat]

ive heard this before

yeah

"its just luck"

[clear grove]

everybody that get in will tell you they got lucky ngl

[tacit panther]

everything just has a degree of luck in it

[verbal drum]

You have to be pretty built before luck applies it’s not a lottery

[tacit panther]

nah

MOST

[red flower]

90% application and 10% luck probs

[verbal drum]

70 30

[clear grove]

okay everybody that isn't like ultra arrogant

[tacit panther]

lol

[cerulean bobcat]

my stats r kinda subpar so i needa cook up on these supplementals

[red flower]

realllll

[verbal drum]

For me I was confident I would be able to get into either Harvard Wharton or another top school just didn’t know which ones that’s the luck factor

[cerulean bobcat]

valid

[tacit panther]

what do u do now

[clear grove]

50/50

[cerulean bobcat]

srsly?

50% luck

damn

[verbal drum]

PE

[clear grove]

probably more

[tacit panther]

ah

[clear grove]

because luck is always the "final barrier"

where luck here serves as the representation of the school's priorities and the AO's personal judgment

[verbal drum]

For a internship?

If you get into a tier 1 we can talk

[red flower]

what's pe

[tacit panther]

what is tier 1 pe

private equity

[verbal drum]

A tier 1 target

[red flower]

ahhh

[tacit panther]

i know nothing about pe except blackstone

[clear grove]

surprisingly the a2connections r pretty good

[tacit panther]

and that wonder is most definitely pe

[verbal drum]

Yeah there are a couple I bankers here too

[clear grove]

nice

[tacit panther]

so many finance people

[clear grove]

what do you do

ok i think i phrased that poorly

have hope!

[tacit panther]

also finance

[clear grove]

LOL

[tacit panther]

we a school of sell outs

🔥

[clear grove]

no self doxx

[red flower]

"i'm not like the other girls" as a non finance business major 😭

[clear grove]

philosophy major 👍

[tacit panther]

that dont mean you cant go into finance too

[clear grove]

maybe ill get sucked into it

[tacit panther]

i got sucked into it

gotta make money after all

oh well

[verbal drum]

Best major oat can’t lie

[tacit panther]

oh im not finance major

im math

lol

[verbal drum]

Same thing

[barren tangle]

every major at penn is a pipeline to finance

[tacit elk]

how many of you mentioned hack4impact in your penn essays

or actually i guess nowadays penn clubs is barred from public use huh

[tacit elk]

everyone gets sucked into it

[cerulean bobcat]

is the penn chess club popular

or the netter center

[sage crow]

Dg

[tacit elk]

no

[cerulean bobcat]

o

[tacit elk]

netter centwr does a preorientation program

[cerulean bobcat]

do students get involved in it like taht

[sage crow]

idt anyone writes abt that

is Penn clubs Penn id gated

[cerulean bobcat]

o i wrote about those 2 things

[sage crow]

dg come back

[cerulean bobcat]

as part of my community one

[sage crow]

is ok I wrote abt a defunct program lowk

[tacit elk]

now it is

[sage crow]

they pmo

this school pmo

[tacit elk]

pennclubs run by penn labs

[sage crow]

ok so then like how r ppl supposed to write abt clubs for their essays

[tacit elk]

not by school

[royal crater]

they wouldnt mind if i used like clubs that alumni told me abt

[tacit elk]

true lowkey cooked

[royal crater]

🤔

[sage crow]

Then why is pennlabs gatekeeping

[tacit elk]

ofc not

[royal crater]

fr...

[sage crow]

They rlly said go on tour or get cooked

When did they even change that

[quick glacier]

peeny peen peen

[vapid kite]

can i run mine by you?

[verbal drum]

If u want

You guys could also just ask the 20 Penn alumni here

[sage crow]

Oh wait apps aren’t due yet?

I’ll read it for u gang

[mellow tusk]

yk whats actually luck

northeastern

[sage crow]

Northeastern is chuzz

They had housing issue and my friend had to dorm in a hotel 🤣

[red flower]

i was practically guaranteed entrance if I applied ED 😔

[red flower]

yknow that doesn't sound half bad 💀

[sage crow]

That’s true but she also said it was in a sketchy area that was sorta far lmao

[open rune]

Ya

It might be fried for me ngl

Idt I can get in

[naive dove]

how did u get a penn prof to hate u

before u even enroll

[open rune]

I thought it would’ve helped

But ig not

It should still carry some weight tho

Since its penn professor

[open rune]

How much would it help if he loved me

[naive dove]

probably not too much?

unless he loved you to the point of going out of his way to go to the AO to advocate for you

[open rune]

😭

I’m gonna cry

[open rune]

What if he say I was like top 5 students in his lab

[cerulean bobcat]

do you think the reflection part of the thank you letter is important

to include it at the end

[violet steppe]

has anyone seen any changes in thir fin aid portal

like in terms of dates or wtv

[odd trout]

Blacced out like a phantom

[verbal drum]

it would only slighty more weight then a normal LOR, unless he is vouching for you specifically and wants you to work with him at upenn

and its the same way if he doesnt have much good to say it would hurt you a bit more too

[royal crater]

what

my portal hasnt changed like ever

its been perma all verified

theres nothing to see on penn portals

🥀

[violet steppe]

No like

Go to the financial aid link when you open the admissions portal

@royal crater I

[royal crater]

wym it just takes me to the list of documents

and the dates verified or whatever

i did it when they gave the deadline for financial aid docs

like nov smth

early

[violet steppe]

Did the dates changed

like for your fin aid docs

[royal crater]

i dont believe so

why would they change

if its verified

😭

[violet steppe]

My friends did

Idky

went from November to December

[royal crater]

makes no sense

wouldnt that mean they had errors in their finaid

[violet steppe]

They never resubmitted or had to resubmit

[royal crater]

idk

mine all checked off

and 11/3 11/5

when i initiallt submitted

the only things that changed were from being unverified to verified

[worn moth]

I think I’ve accepted my fate

[verbal drum]

why?

[barren tangle]

who want me to read they essay tmr

[royal crater]

what essy

[barren tangle]

i wonder

[worn moth]

Personal my guess

[barren tangle]

penn supps

[verbal drum]

penn has the world's easiest supps man

yall got it

[barren tangle]

given this the penn channel

[royal crater]

what about personal 🥀

[worn moth]

Was doing the thank you note for your boss fine?

[barren tangle]

imo doesnt matter who its abt the message

[verbal drum]

yes if its rea

real

[royal crater]

theres no way theyre gonna disaualify you for choosing a specific like person like family

yea

[verbal drum]

unless its to someone thats questionable

it doesnt matter

[worn moth]

4 other people ED to Penn at my school 🙁

[royal crater]

im the only one

[verbal drum]

RIP

[royal crater]

🥀

[barren tangle]

my year had 35 😂

[royal crater]

the rest were qb and didnt get in

what da hell

[cerulean bobcat]

me me me

[barren tangle]

dm me a google doc

[verbal drum]

i was pretty lucky my small ass public hs in wisconsin had almost no one apply to ivies

[cerulean bobcat]

ok tomorrow

i needa finish my thank u letter

[verbal drum]

made it so much easier for me to run the gauntlet

[royal crater]

i have no comp at school

[barren tangle]

in a class of 700 ppl and only 2 got in

[royal crater]

dang i onky have 200

[verbal drum]

whats ur region is important

[royal crater]

lol im in queens

cooked

[worn moth]

I think I have the highest chance in my school and I got the best activities

[royal crater]

but they wouldnt compare me towards like the good publics

[verbal drum]

oh wow

good luck

[royal crater]

more towards disadvantaged publics right

[red flower]

imagine not being in a class of 163 and being the only person to apply to an ivy in probs like 5 years 💀

[cerulean bobcat]

yikes bro

[verbal drum]

so u do have a lot of comp

[royal crater]

surely

[verbal drum]

no they compare u most of ny

and nyc

so good luck

[worn moth]

Wait is the 2025 year on naviance our year or last year

[verbal drum]

most competitive region

[royal crater]

compare to the specialized?

[cerulean bobcat]

nyc so compy

[verbal drum]

yeah

nyc

[royal crater]

the hell

[verbal drum]

ny cali

[royal crater]

how is that fair

[verbal drum]

all super compy

[barren tangle]

new jersey

[cerulean bobcat]

isnt it within school context

most of the time tho

[verbal drum]

for your gpa and rigor

[royal crater]

u cant compare the disadvantaged ones to the ones that have like hella funding tho

[cerulean bobcat]

^

[royal crater]

theres no way

[verbal drum]

for your gpa and rigor

[cerulean bobcat]

hollistic admissions

[worn moth]

Everyone in my school has a tutor for every class but goes to a public still 🙁

[royal crater]

exactly

[verbal drum]

and some ecs

[red flower]

i mean your app is within school context but it's also compared to other students within the region

[cerulean bobcat]

ye

[verbal drum]

yeah so you will be compared

to nyc

which is rediculously compy

[royal crater]

dang

sucks

[verbal drum]

same with people in cali

[cerulean bobcat]

generally nyc kids r really cracked

[torpid merlin]

i alr know im cooked

burnt

fried

[cerulean bobcat]

fried

[verbal drum]

at least u guys get more seats

[torpid merlin]

toasted

[royal crater]

tru

[verbal drum]

wisconsin only gets 1-3 a year ED

[royal crater]

💀

[torpid merlin]

even those might go to the cows

[verbal drum]

you gotta be like one of the 3 most competitive apps a year to get in

nah this year we gotta hella competitive highschoolers

[red flower]

i think my only comp is with seattle/bellevue kids but also my school is a shitty, tiny ahh, rural school so i'm not too overly worried about them

[verbal drum]

is pretty crazy

[torpid merlin]

dam