University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2025-2026)

[graceful egret]

Can someone look at my supps and give me feedback?🙏

[sterile basin]

could someone help me reorder my ecs for wharton

[chilly stream]

i can

[jolly tiger]

for the wharton essay, how much should we dedicate to the wharton education portion?

i have a pretty good current issue of importance to me but want to know how many words i can spend on it versus the education portion

[median imp]

i did half half

[jolly tiger]

i might have to cut down im going like 2/3 1/3, might have to hit a 3/5 2/5

[sterile basin]

ill dm

thank you

[median imp]

its your essay so your call, mine just happened to be about half half

just make sure you answer the "why us"

cuz its essentially a why us essay

[fair swan]

@harsh locust could i dm u my essays to review?

[harsh locust]

sure

[fair swan]

ty!

[fair swan]

@verbal drum do you review essays

[verbal drum]

I could

[fair swan]

could i dm pls 🙏

[verbal drum]

yeah

[fair swan]

tys,m

[pearl lava]

w song rn

[verbal drum]

preciate it

[tame iris]

Both yale and columbia extending their deadlines was craaaazy

R they rly that desperate

[muted creek]

WHAT Yale extended?

[muted creek]

LMAO its a business

btw congrats on wharton

[tame iris]

Im pretty sure they did i remember seeing a post ab it

[tame iris]

😭😭 stillll so much aura loss

[tame iris]

Thank uuu

[muted creek]

yeah I think they said they treat applications equally even if theyre submitted slightly late ☠️

[tame iris]

💀💀💀💀💀

[fair swan]

bruh seriously do they just want that app fees and acceptance rate or sum

[fair swan]

wait this yr yale extended?

to when

[fair swan]

oh

[chilly stream]

more apps = more apps to reject = lower AR

[fair swan]

yes

goofy

well owky why am i complaining

[tame iris]

Ya i heard

Idk to when tho

[muted creek]

yeah and if they paid the money and submitted like 30 minutes after they'd have to go through a refund and make u dissapointed

so they just consider u ☠️

[fair swan]

o

[muted creek]

but its obv best to not submit late

[knotty vault]

Yoo

for the second supplemental

[fair swan]

bro left it at that

[knotty vault]

😂

[pearl lava]

smh

[lofty blaze]

is writing the thank you letter to a dead friend a good idea? or like is it too touchy of a subject

[wanton bobcat]

for my penn engineering essay do you think it makes sense to talk about my goal being pretty specific and focused

because someone told me that if its too specific it makes it seem like ur too focused on ur own lane and ur not willing to learn new things at penn

[fair swan]

cooked for me in that case

[wanton bobcat]

idk tho

im split

[muted creek]

if its heartfelt and genuine go for it theres no where that says u cant do that

[jolly tiger]

i know upenn doesn’t accept a music portfolio. i’m applying to wharton and i have a very strong supplement to submit + i am familiar with the saxophone professor there. would it be worth emailing him noting that i am applying and have an interest for music and send the portfolio there or submitting on the portal (but i am not so sure if it’ll do any good submitting it to AO for wharton) thanks!

[dreamy sun]

if they dont accept it then idt they accept it

[rugged vessel]

Upenn doesn’t take music portfolio?

Shit piano is the strongest part of my profile 😭

[jolly tiger]

i read you can upload it via the portal (idk, didn’t really check much as i’m on my phone)

i just know there isn’t a slidesroom like other colleges

[dreamy sun]

its ok u dont really need a music supplemental tbf if u have accolades that show for it

[rugged vessel]

Sick

Still waiting to see if i got past vandy’s music prescreening

[jolly tiger]

when did you submit?

[dreamy sun]

i think an ao will understand ur music capabilities from purely reading about u + seeing ur achievements

[rugged vessel]

Like early december?

[dreamy sun]

i ended up making all state actually the other week 😭

[rugged vessel]

So idk why i haven’t gotten an email yet

[jolly tiger]

i submitted dec 1 and received my prescreening results dec 17

[rugged vessel]

Umm wtf

[jolly tiger]

but i am for saxophone so it may be different

[rugged vessel]

Yeah

Feel like piano would be more oversaturated

[jolly tiger]

but i have already heard back from every school and have audition dates set already

[rugged vessel]

Ive only had audition dates from UCLA and UCI

No others yet 😭

[dreamy sun]

have u considered nu

or did u miss prescreening deadlines

[jolly tiger]

NU is too late to consider now

[rugged vessel]

I missed bienen deadline like the fucking idiot i am

[jolly tiger]

dec 1 deadline for virtually all schools

[jolly tiger]

personally i think NU is best for dual degree

sorry to hear you missed it

[dreamy sun]

did u apply to umich pachi

[rugged vessel]

Not music 💔 💔

[dreamy sun]

pachi…

[jolly tiger]

UMICH good too i have a friend there doing dual degree now

[rugged vessel]

I threw tbh

[jolly tiger]

nah trust the prescreenings are terrible to record

umich asked me for 36 scales 💔💔

[dreamy sun]

i have a friend who did prescreenings for umich + nu and i think she passed both

[jolly tiger]

im auditioning for vanderbilt NU umich JHU/peabody and harvard/NEC

so much traveling

[dreamy sun]

jhu? interesting

[rugged vessel]

Peabody is good

[dreamy sun]

what do u want to study cus ik u were talking about ur chemistry app but now ur applying wharton

[rugged vessel]

I decided to music major very late

Like october/november ish

[jolly tiger]

yes peabody is good sax plus professor i know there too

[rugged vessel]

So i didn’t have anything recorded for a lot of music reqs

I applied music only to vandy, duke (rejected alr), all UCs i think

Submitted supplements everywhere i could

[dreamy sun]

i feel like everyone and their mom applies to wharton

[jolly tiger]

JHU i did chemistry
wharton i still am able to weave the app in as it’s big plus $$$

[rugged vessel]

I think im cooked

[jolly tiger]

i didnt do duke music but i have to submit their supplement tmrw

i forgot they have extra questions

[dreamy sun]

rlly recyclable tho tbf

[rugged vessel]

Music is my spike

And i didn’t take advantage of it

I feel like a fool

[jolly tiger]

yeah plus i’m p sure music department looks so i can reuse

[rugged vessel]

And my gpa is mid as fuck

[jolly tiger]

nah don’t worry about it, the accolades can sti make up for it. you don’t need to audition into all schools

[rugged vessel]

So lowk idek if i can get into any t30

[jolly tiger]

lock in vanderbilt audition

i have a friend who made piano at vanderbilt last year

[rugged vessel]

If i get in in the first place

😭 😭

[dreamy sun]

a lot of schools also will take students on who come to the school

even if ur not auditioning as an incoming

[rugged vessel]

I had a piano friend who got offered full ride to blair

She went to stanford

[jolly tiger]

yeah music scholarships are nice

i have spike in music and social media

[rugged vessel]

Is mentioning music minor ok?

[jolly tiger]

most niche page

[rugged vessel]

For NU since i missed bienen i just talked about music minor

[jolly tiger]

that’s fine, it’s good to show other involvement and more about your interests

they won’t look down upon that you didn’t do major in it

[dreamy sun]

like i talked about music for yale supps

[rugged vessel]

And i can always audition as a student to become a music student right

[dreamy sun]

but only brief

[jolly tiger]

yes

[dreamy sun]

100%

i know a friend who went to a uni

desperately needed an oboe

[jolly tiger]

it’s sooo nice there i love NU

[dreamy sun]

and now he is paid to become a music student

[rugged vessel]

I love nu too

[dreamy sun]

i love nu

[rugged vessel]

I know a girl who got recruited for yale for organ

[dreamy sun]

i talked with my ao for like three hours

he was so nice

[rugged vessel]

I didn’t even know music recruitment was a thing 😭

[jolly tiger]

so easy to just play a niche instrument 💔💔💔

nah props to organists so hard

piano with legs

[rugged vessel]

Im starting organ soon

I just cold called a bunch of churches

[jolly tiger]

fireeee

[rugged vessel]

God im scared they’ll look down on my music profile

As not having a lot of impact or smth

Or like not being academic being worthless

My gpa is 3.8

And like most of my ECs are music related

So im banking on this hard

[dreamy sun]

i think its more what u do less what u think it has to quantify to

like for ex. for the activity description

i talked about how i advocated at school board meetings + helped spread a petition

[rugged vessel]

One of my ECs js holding concerts at senior centers

[dreamy sun]

and that isnt “a lot of impact” considering we r a small rural town

but it still is impactful

[jolly tiger]

do you have music awards/honors too? youngarts? things like that

[dreamy sun]

because it meant something to me + others

[rugged vessel]

I didn’t do youngarts unfortunately

[dreamy sun]

i got to slide all state on my application last minute 😭

[rugged vessel]

But yeah i have some national awards

[dreamy sun]

i somehow pulled off alto 1 all state??

[rugged vessel]

I got a music rec from stanford music faculty 🙏 hoping they weigh that

[jolly tiger]

my all state is in like 2 weeks but i didnr have room to put there i snuck in all state on ec description

[jolly tiger]

what state?

[dreamy sun]

colorado

[jolly tiger]

ohh nice i love colorado

[dreamy sun]

but we dont do like

[rugged vessel]

Like does upenn even care about music that much 😭

[jolly tiger]

i’m going to play at US navy band sax symposium this weekend

[dreamy sun]

in person auditions

[jolly tiger]

nah not really

[dreamy sun]

thank god

[jolly tiger]

oh wow damn

[rugged vessel]

So…

[dreamy sun]

its just one video audition

and u get scored against the entire state

[jolly tiger]

i see we have region band first then all state between all regions

[rugged vessel]

Lowk i feel like i have 0 chance with my grades

• our valedictorian alr got into upenn

Shit i hate myself so much

[dreamy sun]

that doesnt mean anything

ur not him

wait that sounds

[rugged vessel]

[dreamy sun]

yk what i mean right

NO IM SAYING UR NOT HIM DONT COMPARE

[jolly tiger]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[rugged vessel]

LMAOOOO

[dreamy sun]

NO STOP

TAKE THAT SKULL

RN

TAKE IT AWAY

[jolly tiger]

[rugged vessel]

Lowk i don’t want to settle for case western

Like i know i can do better

But i fucked up bad in my junior year

[graceful egret]

can some one take a look at my essay😭

[median imp]

Fuh

Just submitted

[graceful egret]

?

[median imp]

?

[graceful egret]

nvm

[clear grove]

assume it's zero

the one you can put more detail into

it's the best one tho

from the penn admissions office on the thank you note: "This is just an opportunity for us to get more insight into who you are, but it won't factor heavily into our ultimate decision."

with that being said... it's definitely worth spending time on, and it definitely matters

LOL

[clear grove]

just because they accept somebody doesnt mean they wont accept anybody else... i go to a pretty mediocre public school and my friend who is way better than me got in ED and then i still got in after

the best one

it's however you interpret the question

[clear grove]

happens every year, cornell extended by a month one time

[clear grove]

your applications dont even get uploaded to their end right away, iirc

[clear grove]

not too touchy

[clear grove]

no

[rugged vessel]

thanks 🙏 made me feel better

[clear grove]

it's crazy that every time somebody here opens a message with "someone told me..." it's categorically destined to be utterly and entirely untrue

not shade against you, it's just funny

[clear grove]

im like 90% certain i submitted

[clear grove]

im pretty sure i submitted, i could be going crazy

[clear grove]

also, the aos dont watch the portfolios. it's my understanding that the music dept does

[clear grove]

real

[clear grove]

i assume they would care to the degree that they are supposed to care

[unique panther]

can someone peep my upenn essays rq

[quick glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/i-could've-sworn-there-was-a-gif-of-this-whatever-squid-game-squid-game-edit-squid-game-edit-meme-i'm-so-scared-gif-12360771953743496060

im so scared im having a pani c attack

fuck this is the only app i care about

[clear grove]

deep breaths

[quick glacier]

i cant

i feel like a fat fuckinf loser chud oh mt god

ohmygodf

ohnygodddddd

lord

pls

[quick glacier]

guys is someone down to look over my commonapp while i finalise my supps

activities addtl infos caps and stuff

penn app has me manic

[weary dove]

[sinful horizon]

yeah valid

[quick glacier]

soupppp

wyaa

doookie woookiee

[graceful egret]

wanna trade sups? i need someon to look at mine too

[unique panther]

no sorry mine r like rly rly unique and i cant risk someone copying my idea

id love to swap after the deadline tho

[graceful egret]

np

[unique panther]

glad u understood ❤️

[graceful egret]

wait can you look at mine tho💀

[unique panther]

sure but i have cmu so ill jus skim it

[cerulean matrix]

can smone look at my supplements for upenn ?

[quick glacier]

dm

[clear grove]

you can try it

[muted creek]

Wait lmk if this works ☠️☠️

[chilly stream]

I heard if u put in the wrong fee waiver you lose 6.7 admissions points

[muted creek]

this guy is working for penn

[quick glacier]

UR HERE

can i dm

[chilly stream]

ok

[fair swan]

do u do essay reviews 🙏

[sterile basin]

can anyone review penn thank u letter

i have two versions

[fair swan]

same

[fair swan]

same

[chilly stream]

Ok

[fair swan]

o

[tame iris]

The wharton school commented on my post 🥹🫰🫰

[pearl lava]

aww

[chilly stream]

It was me

[tame iris]

Aw 🫰🫰🫰 thank you penny wenny

[graceful egret]

can someone look over my essay🙏

[fair swan]

ty

[jolly tiger]

hey guys just asking again to double check:

i know upenn doesn’t accept a music portfolio. i’m applying to wharton and i have a very strong supplement to submit + i am familiar with the saxophone professor there. would it be worth emailing him noting that i am applying and have an interest for music and send the portfolio there or submitting on the portal (but i am not so sure if it’ll do any good submitting it to AO for wharton) thanks!

or is there a specific place on the portal?

[tame iris]

Bro yale extended their deadline a second time

Holy

[quick glacier]

guys has anyone reached out to penn recently

how quickly do they reply

[chilly stream]

Fake prestige

[undone blaze]

like within 30 mins

[quick glacier]

WTF

WHEN

[undone blaze]

i reached out like 3 hours ago tho

[quick glacier]

I ALSO SENT IT LIKE 3 HOURS AGO

oh mt god

hellyy

[undone blaze]

oh

[quick glacier]

whered u email

did u create a ticket or email directly

[undone blaze]

i had to fill out a thing on the website

a ticket

[quick glacier]

why won't they reply to meeeee

[undone blaze]

this is the email they responded from: [email protected]

[quick glacier]

okay okay

[undone blaze]

good luck

they might be closed now bc i think its 6pm est and they said they respond until 5pm est on their website?

maybe try calling them if its like time sensitive

[rugged vessel]

the CAS essay is giving me trouble for some reason

[harsh locust]

ts the easiest essay bro </3

[rugged vessel]

Ive been so locked out of college apps

I just want to be done

[compact estuary]

real

[vapid kite]

holy shit im cooked for wahrton

[compact estuary]

im not even done my apps due for today those are all getting submitted 11:59

[knotty vault]

How specific is the second supplemental for Wharton supposed to be

like when it says how i want to use a wharton education to address the issue i wrote about

[graceful egret]

can someone look at my essays

i can also look at yours if you wanrt

[quick glacier]

it should be quite specific

[tame iris]

Mine wasnt that specific icl

Jus unique

[verbal drum]

very

[knotty vault]

When i mean specific, I mean the specific stuff within the circciulum/school

[verbal drum]

yes

[knotty vault]

alright

may i ask what kind of wharton stuff yall wrote aboutå

like specific classes?

all g if not tho

[tame iris]

Programs & labs

[dreamy sun]

bingo! unique

[knotty vault]

alright

thank you guys

[vocal jungle]

does anyone have any tips for the community essay?

[harsh locust]

from an ao

CRCs are cultural resource centers

[vocal jungle]

so mainly culture/tradition based stuff and less focused toward academics

[harsh locust]

no it can be any community

most people just put academic stuff in their college prompt

[tame terrace]

i wrote about lgbt center and snf paideia fellows program but idk how much the 2nd counts as a community

bc penn considers civic engagement programs as ‘community’ stuff but idk

[dreamy sun]

u should also connect urself

what r u gonna bring

[vocal jungle]

im thinking about having half the essay on how i will explore penns community (+ what that will do for me) and half the essay on how I will contribute to penns community

can someone lmk their thoughts on that ^^

[dreamy sun]

u can probably make it more intertwined

it may be choppy to go: im joining xx, xy, xz

and then

ill bring xx, xy, xz

like for instance if ur joining a cultural center talk about why then what u can bring to it right after or before

[tame terrace]

yes i did that too, i talked about how what i’ve done connects and can be continued at penn

[harsh locust]

i put courses for community too you'll be fine as long as it explains how youll explore community

[vocal jungle]

what if there's a club i want to create instead?

[dreamy sun]

i did as well ^^

[dreamy sun]

thats fine but im saying u dont need a like

strict body divide in ur essay

about what u want to join

and what u will bring

[harsh locust]

thats not really exploring community thats creating one tbh

[dreamy sun]

i think its valid to include

its unreal to expect a community to be perfect lol

[vocal jungle]

thats a good point tho

[dreamy sun]

highly unrealistic

u can explore community by creating it in the larger community ur a part of

[tame terrace]

maybe if you go that route you can talk about why penn needs that club in specific and why it fits penn

[vocal jungle]

do you guys typically refer to upenn by "penn" or "upenn" in the essays?

[unkempt arch]

In the community essay do i have to list multiple Penn specific thing ?

I already have my Why Engineering which touches on Upenn stuff, can my comunity essay be how i've done volunteering in my own community and then how ill continue it at Penn?

[vocal jungle]

does anyone have tips for the engineering essay

[harsh locust]

doesnt matter

[harsh locust]

dont write about legos

[tacit elk]

2 good pieces of advice

also write abt whoever you want for the letter

don’t be worried abt aura farming

i just wrote it to my best friend

[tame iris]

Aura farming letters r kinda annoying

I wrote mine to my bus driver 🫰🫰

[tacit elk]

this sounds like an aura farming letter to me bud

[tame iris]

Alright bud 👿

[dreamy sun]

i wrote to my lunch lady

she is such a queen

[tame iris]

The speaker at graduation last year wrote a speech about a specific lunch lady

And talked about appreciating the unappreciated

It was lowk heartwarming 🥹🫰

[tame terrace]

i wrote mine to my neighbor who carpooled me 🤗

[tacit elk]

i’m dg

[median imp]

!!

[tame iris]

So cutie

🥹🥹

[fair swan]

anyone down to revieww

i need to choose a thank you note version and shorten community essay

[unkempt arch]

AH can they extend the deadline like Yale plsplsp

[unkempt arch]

How much we betting they give an extension this year? Didn't they do it last 1-2 years ago?

[undone blaze]

i didnt even do penn

so im praying

[finite spear]

how do you upload research abstract?

[tame iris]

Lowk they probably will

Ed apps dropped by a lot this year too

[unkempt arch]

yea ive just kinda accepted they will and am jsut slowly editng now lol

[tame iris]

Mane did u not submit

😭

[unkempt arch]

i only added UPenn today lol

I fisnihed my apps a few days ago, but got bored and was like eh

winter breaks still on so why not lol

[tame iris]

Ohhhh

Lol

[tame iris]

Lucky duck

[finite spear]

how do you upload research abstract?

[fair swan]

lmooo

i mean i just submitted cuz it was loeky done

and school starts tmr for me

[dreamy sun]

i hope the upenn ao who reads my app is passionate about hiv/aids awareness

i talked about that in my supps

[finite spear]

how do you upload a research abstract to the portal, or was that misinformation that u can lol

[random cloak]

Bro I spent a couple hours each day working on my huntsman application the last 2 and a half weeks and I barely submitted on time

[weary dove]

even im thinking of this

but I don’t think there is space cause there is only one to add additional updates or unofficial docs

[unkempt arch]

Right on time

[frank berry]

yo guys now that its over who wants to read my penn essay

tryna figure out how cooked i am lowk

[unkempt arch]

there's this guy on reddit who as of 17 minutes ago was still writing lol

[frank berry]

oh shit

gl to him

[unkempt arch]

you think 4 hours is within the Penn grace period?

[brisk arrow]

when should i send the upenn loci

also any tips for it?

[compact estuary]

my advisor just told me to put all the stuff ive been doing since mid october (when i originally submitted)

[clear grove]

yep

[unkempt arch]

Do we know what the grace period/deadline will be approximately

Like how many extra hours?

[fair swan]

gang jus finish 😭

[pearl lava]

this

[unique panther]

can i submit my research abstract here

or nah

the applicnt update here

[pearl lava]

penn says not to upload abstracts

[median imp]

Anyone else get their portal and there’s a bunch of x’s

For like teacher recs and stuff

[static copper]

yeah but they said in the email that it takes time to process evtg

so I’m just assuming it’s that

[median imp]

Yeah hopefully

I don’t have to upload shit

[tame iris]

Yea it takes a while for everything to get processed

[median imp]

Alr

[tame iris]

Dw ab it my portal was like that for like two werks

[pearl lava]

Mine uploaded immediately ToT

[solid bough]

lol somebody got an extension

[tame terrace]

no way i did too

[dreamy sun]

wait thats so crazy

super niche too

[vapid kite]

I talked about inequity in youth recruiting

[tacit elk]

yes college deadlines r fake

all that matters is like you are within a week basically

[chilly stream]

Everything but stats is kinda flexible for t20s icl

U need that 3.6+ and 1400+ or that 10 milly dono

[muted creek]

did you end up submitting it?

[valid wagon]

no emailing needed tho?

like to explain why ur late

[unique panther]

No

[regal saffron]

is the research abstract js the first page of ur research?

[unique panther]

no....

the research abstract talks about ur approach and a hint to what u can and did achieve

i submitted mine from IEEE ICRA

its diff for each submission place

[regal saffron]

wait could u give me an example

like i thought it was the summary of ur research at the beginning of each paper

[quick glacier]

that's the abstracy

[covert flint]

when's upenn's deadline for LOCI?

[unique panther]

Yes that's what I explained....

[brisk arrow]

ty!

[buoyant bridge]

does anyone know how the DMD portfolio submission should look like?

im more of a graphics programmer/game designer than an artist

i do draw but im not that great compared to people who actually apply for art

am i supposed to showcase like games or shaders i did or would it be better to post what they suggest

[tacit elk]

i would say go for what you’re good at and maybe tack those other things on at the end if you have any of them

but if you think ho are an exceptional graphics programmer don’t worry abt making 90% of your portfolio graphics stuff

the main DMD related lab is SIGGRAPH and computer graphics is one of the main classes in their curriculum so

[buoyant bridge]

i think my games are the strongest but theyre not professional looking i dont think

this is my most graphics programming heavy game ive done:
https://youtu.be/0OXOSmn3tS4

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/752415928104386580/1399108587015503963/screenTransition3.gif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/752415928104386580/1399108585723527269/earthboundType.gif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1384753813239496876/1397035996826042409/outlines.gif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1384753813239496876/1397035997723758722/water.gif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/752415928104386580/1399108586185031850/gradientMap.gif

and these are some various other shaders

do you know if they look at like like an art portfolio

[buoyant bridge]

this one i think i should explain; its a shader that splits all brightness values and you can assign any color you want for each sector of brightness

color palettes basically

[kindred turret]

omg i was gonna do this program pls lmk if u get in this program is so goated

[buoyant bridge]

this one is also unfinished

[kindred turret]

i think they definitely care more about cs than art ur good

[buoyant bridge]

if i get in i will 🙏

[kindred turret]

i have faith in u ur portfolio looks really good!!

[buoyant bridge]

thanks

i think imma just put random things ive done relatively well and start asking for feedback on what to remove

[kindred turret]

is it due soon

[buoyant bridge]

not sure how long they want me to make it tho

i think its the 11th?

12th?

i need to check

[kindred turret]

i applied with an interest in art and design in my essay so idk

[kindred turret]

thats pretty good you still have some time

[buoyant bridge]

oh wait which major did u apply?

[kindred turret]

cas but i wrote in my supps i wanted to dual art & design

i really wanted to do dmd too but i have zero background in cs

i saw someone at penn dmd with my dream job...

[buoyant bridge]

wait i thought cas was the school name

college of arts and sciences?

[kindred turret]

yeah

they just told me to indicate school not major

[buoyant bridge]

is that a major

o

im ngl i kinda forgot what i put in commonapp

[kindred turret]

art is in the school of cas i think

[buoyant bridge]

icic

[kindred turret]

idk i was kind of confused too penn is the only school that didnt ask for a major

[buoyant bridge]

oh what job?

[kindred turret]

animator at disney

[buoyant bridge]

oh yeah i heard a lot of ppl go into the animation industry w that program

[kindred turret]

this person felicia chen u can stalk her too if u want shes so goated she worked on the spiderverse movie and designed cards for pokemon tcg....living the life

[buoyant bridge]

sick

[kindred turret]

but yeah if you get in this program ur like guaranteed a really good job

[buoyant bridge]

thats cool tbh

[graceful egret]

woahh this is rly cool

how did u do that

[buoyant bridge]

ty

[buoyant bridge]

which one? theyre all made differently

[graceful egret]

The one on YouTube 🙂

[buoyant bridge]

i mean broadly i can say its made with unity, but its not just 1 script

theres a bunch of managers that handle different things like these for example

then i have a bunch of helper stuff for datatypes and scriptable objects

and there are also scripts for the different ui elements

and enemy behavior

my shader work is done mostly with the unity shadergraphs feature and its mostly math heavy

i can dm you the videos i referenced for the scanline warp looking effect though

i also did do blender stuff but im far from an expert in that regard

just basic low poly modelling and rigging

[buoyant bridge]

not sure if i answered your question but yeah its a lot of different stuff ^^

i didnt make the music/sfx and sprites on the enemies though

the rest are by me

[graceful egret]

Woahh that's rly cool I didn't even know ppl did this

[buoyant bridge]

thanks again

[covert flint]

whens upenn loci deadline??

[tacit panther]

This is not really true

[buoyant bridge]

wait so @tacit elk do you think this quality is sufficient to make it mostly shader stuff?

[tacit elk]

well i’m not really sure what they consider to be good quality but if you think this is rly good then id say go for it

[oblique sleet]

if anyone know a D in senior first semetser will let penn rescind my offer? pls helppp

[tame terrace]

if its only 1 then prob not

[foggy crescent]

guys is there like any chance people get in rd without crazy ecs and essays

[red flower]

does anyone get in period without crazy ecs and essays?

[harsh locust]

a lot more people than you think

[chilly stream]

100%

[quick glacier]

youpeeen

[floral bobcat]

is there any chance olympiad kids get rejected? 100%

its a luck game, and give it your all

[clear grove]

yes

[clear grove]

yes

[vapid kite]

Yea just donate a building

Just kidding I’m sure it’s been done

[foggy crescent]

Thanks guys

[chilly stream]

again schools r hollistic and flexible

if you got the stats you have the chance to get in

[red flower]

I feel like you need to have at least pretty good essays tho even if your ec's aren't out of this world

[harsh locust]

my essays were dooks

[fair swan]

yay

[weary dove]

someone i know wrote a ty note to chatgpt and got in this year

[dreamy sun]

“this will be so quirky the aos will love it 🤤 “

[quick glacier]

fuh naw

noway

[clear grove]

sure, but the level of what is considered a pretty good essay may be lower than you expect

[tacit elk]

send fin aid office an email

[quick glacier]

bruuuhhhh ts huntsman essay is sooooo asss

why do colleges give 600 word supps

[weary dove]

cornell 🥀

[brisk arrow]

guys

where to send the loci

portal?

[quick glacier]

yes

[pearl lava]

Real

[tacit elk]

i mean huntsman is a very prestigious dual degree program

[vapid kite]

wharton is so cooked in rd

[tame iris]

Im crine he deaduzz responded 😭😭

[harsh locust]

i lowk forgot i signed up

welcome class 20230 🥀

[pearl lava]

What is tjis??

[harsh locust]

penn first hurrah

https://pennclubs.com/ is public now yay

[red flower]

assholes couldn't open it up earlier 💀

[harsh locust]

yea they couldve done it for apps

[mellow tusk]

this was open for public before

i (tried to) use it when (attempting to) rewrite my supplementals

(it didnt go to plan)

[red flower]

not during october or september for ED apps 😭

[mellow tusk]

oh yeah not during ed lol

[obsidian scaffold]

how much of a divide is there between wharton and cas academically and socially

[quick glacier]

peenisvania

pls

[floral bobcat]

whos william penn bruh

[harsh locust]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-ai-130-backpack-supreme-backpack-baby-tuff-baby-meme-gif-2218754133828871165

[brisk arrow]

how long should the loci be

[brisk arrow]

also should it include only major related stuff

[weary dove]

[tacit elk]

how you not know bro

[red flower]

he founded new hampshire

[chilly stream]

I founded new hampshire

[floral bobcat]

brudda im intl

i dont do us history

i love penn but like im not gonna figure out who founded new hampshire or wtv

[red flower]

he founded pennsylvania lmao

it was a joke

but you could also probs make the connection of william penn = pennsylvania especially when the poll was about possible founders of upenn

[floral bobcat]

but thats benjamin

[brisk arrow]

how long should the loci be

[brisk arrow]

??

[unique panther]

STOP SPAM MSGING THIS IN ALL GROUPS

Ppl will respond when and if they wish to

[floral bobcat]

fax lol but be a bit chill dude

[floral bobcat]

i think an ideal loci is around 400-500 words

[brisk arrow]

spam is an overstatement i just put it here and in app-ques

[brisk arrow]

alr tyy

[unique panther]

If ppl reply it's alr otherwise leave it, stop bothering everyone

[median imp]

im international too but i think he meant that william penn founded the state while franklin founded the actual uni

[clear grove]

one page

[quasi wren]

Lmao why does it im a counselor

[harsh locust]

waittt send the full thing im nosy

[pearl lava]

Lol

[red flower]

benjamin franklin founded upenn but william penn founded the state and it could probs be inferred that william penn founded the state because the state comes before the university 😭

and like... penn = pennsylvania

but it's not the deep I just find it funny lol

[weary flare]

this is hilarious

[weary dove]

💀

LMAo

[floral bobcat]

oh no

i got hit by senioritis

[weary dove]

same

[brisk arrow]

upenn take me upenn take me upenn take me upenn take me upenn take me upenn take me upenn take me

[floral bobcat]

write them an email bro

[chilly stream]

https://tenor.com/view/does-he-know-paul-dano-riddler-somarra-gif-835799788689308789

[harsh locust]

i mean this in the nicest way possible but it is not allat

[tame terrace]

thats easy for u to say 😭

[harsh locust]

like for the sake of not outing myself i wont say anything but just know theres a lot going on w/ '30

[tame terrace]

wdym im confused

[tame iris]

Wymmm im curious

[fair swan]

whaat

[brazen coral]

theres always at least one who claims this

some kid in gen chat monday night said usc was gonna make a blog post abt decisions on tuesday

they did not

buddy claimed to have "internal notes from the admissions office" about it

[harsh locust]

its just student drama that probably happens every year

i was half joking but like some of the stereotypes are true

[fair swan]

oop

[harsh locust]

im not hating guys 😛 i love ts school

[pearl lava]

Whatt

[pearl lava]

Wdym

[harsh locust]

you can tell some people are insecure abt the penn state thing 😭

[pearl lava]

Wait can u explain more idk anything 😭

[tame terrace]

i didnt know people acc took that seriously

[harsh locust]

penn gets mistaken for penn state sometimes

and people take it a little too seriously

like even when its satire

[pearl lava]

Omg

Its never that deep

[fair swan]

whaat

[brisk arrow]

wtf

no way

[covert flint]

when is upenn's loci deadline??

[brisk arrow]

sent loci

https://tenor.com/view/infinity-machine-geometry-gif-5859492

[brisk arrow]

15th feb for all supp materials and updates but best to send mid jan-end

[jolly tiger]

is it possible to submit a music supplement as an applicant to wharton?

[clear grove]

apparently not

[jolly tiger]

darn that’s okay

i guess i’ll just leave it

[compact estuary]

im having trouble with my loci trying to talk about "why penn" without rehashing my supplementals

[weary dove]

Maybe relate it to your updates

[compact estuary]

i talked about the not declaring a major while applying, interdisciplinary work, picked out 2 classes and a professor to mention, the netter center, and prism
would it be beneficial to maybe speak to a student/professor to try and find more reasons?

[weary dove]

Yes speaking to someone there esp a prof can give you good specific details that you may not be able to find easily online

i dont think you need to mention so much "why penn" in the loci

[compact estuary]

cool
the only prof i know is a wharton one so ill ask if she knows any cas people maybe if i dont get enough info i want

[compact estuary]

yeah my advisor said mention a few things but keep it short

focus on the updates but also make sure they know youre still interested in penn specifically i think

[weary dove]

yeah

[verbal drum]

you already explained why penn, this is should be more of a focus on stating how penn is still your first choice no matter what

even if it isnt

[foggy crescent]

Pencilvania

Ahahahaha

[terse flicker]

how long are your guys letters of continued interest

[compact estuary]

around a page

[brisk arrow]

a page

[clear grove]

focus it on updates

[clear grove]

should not be longer than a page

i actually think shorter is better, within reason

[graceful egret]

Does upenn do interviews?

[harsh locust]

not anymore i think

maybe nursing has one still from what ive heard

[pearl lava]

Yes they do

[chilly stream]

idk but they still do them they havent been evaluative in a couple years

[weary dove]

they dont do them

starting this cycle

[chilly stream]

yikes you again

bro above legit said nursing does em

[vapid kite]

Wharton pls man

[summer cargo]

any1 here in wharton / upenn cas econ

[harsh locust]

js ask ur question

[summer cargo]

alr, so what exactly does Wharton look for in an applicant

and does recruiting differen from penn cas econ and wharton for high finance

[red flower]

look at their values on the wharton website

[harsh locust]

interest in business to fuel positive change, leadership, strong background in math

positive economic and social impact

[harsh locust]

from what i heard it’s a bit easier as wharton?

[summer cargo]

strong background in math?

[harsh locust]

yea i mean it’s good in general

[summer cargo]

uh yeah exclusive recruiting events maybe I think

[harsh locust]

they prefer calculus and stats

[summer cargo]

how do you make your ec's sound like genuine and nice bc mine are but I feel like im wording them in a way that seems like I did them for college

and your essay

[harsh locust]

just put it bluntly and say what you did

[summer cargo]

bro what is CUNY Mamdanistan Institute of Technology is that just MIT?

[harsh locust]

yea

[summer cargo]

I live in NY never head of ti

holy cracked applicant, cs?

[harsh locust]

Voynichese Studies

[summer cargo]

..

fr?

[harsh locust]

yes

[summer cargo]

cap

no major at MIT like that

[harsh locust]

i didn’t declare yet

[summer cargo]

bro def a cs major

oh ok

[summer cargo]

btw

does MIT

care about math awards if applying to the business school?

[harsh locust]

awards are lowkey not that important

[summer cargo]

not even for MIT, i feel like everyone is AIME qual

do they look for stem?

[harsh locust]

that would be statistically hard

[harsh locust]

sure

[summer cargo]

does EA have worse odds than Rd

for mit

[harsh locust]

i’m sure it’s about the same

[mellow tusk]

strong background in math ☹️

[pearl lava]

For upenn do they still have the mls program?

Molecular life science one

[harsh locust]

do you not

[summer cargo]

its all in context no?

[harsh locust]

is that VIPER

[summer cargo]

like what your school offers vs taken

[harsh locust]

they won’t hold it against you probably

[summer cargo]

hmm yea I sacrificed my entire summer so I can be 1 of 10 kids taking calc 3

so hopefully that provides benefit lol

[pearl lava]

No

[vapid kite]

Viper is like energy research or sum

[verbal drum]

google

[verbal drum]

???

they care about awards in general

and you cant apply to the business school

its mba only

[summer cargo]

wdym cant you like select the school ur intending on majoring in?

[verbal drum]

no

MIT is one school for undergrad

the business school is for MBA and is seperate from the undergrad facilities

[summer cargo]

so what is the finance major ppl always take

[vapid kite]

business school is not the same as undergraduate business program is what he's trying to explain

[pearl lava]

I have but when I applied to penn I noticed they were the only ones not included in the drop down

Viper, Wharton, and other programs were

[summer cargo]

ah ic

[chilly stream]

Wharton is better

[chilly stream]

They will invite you to mls in april/may based on what you put as your major in the commonapp and how cracked you are

[keen haven]

Where should you send your LOCI?

applicant update or email or?

[harsh locust]

how many do they usually invite

[chilly stream]

Idk maybe 30-50

But at least half drops out in the first 2 months

[summer cargo]

by how much

and do they like entrepernuers or like policy type ppl

[chilly stream]

A decent amount

[chilly stream]

They like bankers and consultants

[summer cargo]

to get in wharton?

from what I seen they reject hardo finance applicants

[chilly stream]

No they like those types of ppl when ur in

[summer cargo]

what abt to get in

[chilly stream]

We dont know

Its hollistic for a reason

[verbal drum]

opposite

[summer cargo]

wait r u serious?

I thought the super hardo kids always got rejected like the ones with lots of internships

and they focused on like community impact + preprofessional

[harsh locust]

whered you hear this from 😭

[chilly stream]

Well when it comes down to it, the school is a business and they want to students that can make the most money so it makes sense why they want to accept some of those kids

[verbal drum]

prob one of those cope tiktokers who swear personality > any other part of the app

[compact estuary]

theres something in the portal for it

[pliant fog]

ironic given this whole social impact thing lol

[chilly stream]

I mean it makes sense

Dont think its rlly that ironic that the top business school like finance bros

[unkempt field]

depends

[pliant fog]

yea idk if finance bros really be helping the community tho

[chilly stream]

They make the money and donate it back 🤷‍♂️

[pliant fog]

that makes sense lowkey

[crude jacinth]

anyone here know if penn orch difficult to get into

[verbal drum]

more entrepreneurs over policy

any ivy orch is hard to get into

[quick glacier]

peeeen

[empty rover]

doesnt make a massive difference. a lot of the recruiting process is about either 1. ur output in terms of quality & quantity of cold emails 2. what connections you're going into the process with (will upperclassmen vouch for you and try helping you, did you meet people freshman year who are analysts by the time u start recruiting, family/friend nepo connections, etc)

once you get the interview, which is done by having people push for u on the other side, it's all fair game

[chilly stream]

I mean its the difference between a top target and a target which is a sizable difference

its much easier to network within wharton too imo cuz theres a bunch of events only to us

plus many pre prof clubs curb admissions towards majority wharton kids

Ofc once you get the interview its all fair game atp but getting there is more difficult as a cas econ

[verbal drum]

Sizable is questionable

Tangible yes, sizable maybe not

Even if a lot of opportunities are Wharton exclusive cas does benefit a lot more from the Wharton school vs other schools economics

[tacit elk]

i am wharton

like literally my last name is wharton

[harsh locust]

first name evil last name palantir

[burnt tinsel]

r u a descendant of joseph wharton or smthn

[red flower]

probs the same reasoning as why there's very few einsteins left lol

[empty rover]

This is a wso take, not accurate for recruiting - im a jr and my friends in cas had the same exact opportunities as me and other friends in wharton

[verbal drum]

yes and no

you do not have the exact same opportunities

neither do you have the same look in recruitment

but its not a huge difference

or sorry

your friend

[pliant fog]

wso mentioned on a2c

[chilly stream]

Yeah ofc cas econ and wharton 100% can break into the same banks but you have to put in sizable amount of more effort, which is what I mean

[chilly stream]

Yeah more effort i mean

Some guy at like idk Ross definitely can break into anything but they js gotta network hella hella

[pliant fog]

@chilly stream how tough is MBB from wharton

[chilly stream]

Not tough at all

[pliant fog]

really?

i heard it was harder than IB

[chilly stream]

I mean in terms of other schools

Wharton is a top target

Ofc its still hard but you have the best springboard at wharton

[pliant fog]

👍

[empty rover]

It’s kinda complex bc for MBB intern recruiting is very hard while FT is much easier (way more spots for FT than for interns in consulting) ib on the other hand is the opposite where almost everyone breaks in through the summer internship

And MBB networking isn’t needed (a huge +), but learning how to case is a lot harder than IB technicals (takes a TON of practice, and lots of practice with other people is basically mandatory to be able to case well)

But also depends, some people pick up on casing very easily

[empty rover]

I mean outside of the tippity top spots, which tbh ur odds of getting even if ur in wharton are still pretty low regardless, i think theyre all the same for banks

[empty rover]

Im assuming cas gets less seats, but also probably has less people seriously recruiting no?

[pliant fog]

appreciate the insight 🙏

[verbal drum]

yes and yes

priority is given to wharton then cas

but like you said not a lot in cas vs wharton will be applying

but the main differentiator is the quality of the firm in which you recieve an internship

[verbal drum]

nothing is really that tough if your from wharton

just keep your gpa up and do your internships

you will end up somewhere good

[chilly stream]

Fr ppl here tbh do aim too high

Like even a mm is still a dream job for many

[summer cargo]

interesting

[summer cargo]

r u wharton?

[tame iris]

R there any wharton upperclassmen here tryna nepo me into some clubs

🥹🥹🫰

[tame iris]

If we tryna break into mbb which clubs should we recruit for 🤔🤔

[compact estuary]

submitted my loci and grades 🕊️

and ik im late on that but my report card was delayed due to weather
dont ask me how that makes any sense thats just what my school said

[fair swan]

lmafo

[chilly stream]

Pay me robux

Ill get u in wufc

[tame terrace]

is this enough

[chilly stream]

folk

[pearl lava]

Can I have some pls

For the poor

[tame terrace]

command + shift + c

[keen haven]

can I too 🥺

[tacit elk]

yeah

[tacit elk]

^^^

mbb much easier for ft than intern

intern mbb very hard

[pliant fog]

oh aight

so if u do get mbb intern is that a lock for FT basically

[tame iris]

If intern mbb very hard what other expeirences should u build up before recruitng for FT 🤔

[pliant fog]

basically anything lol

anything business adjacent

[empty rover]

Yea

[verbal drum]

good luck with that lmfao

😭

[tame iris]

Hey penny wenny got me !

[quick glacier]

am i stupid what is ft

oh full time LMAO

there is no reason to abbreviate that

[weary dove]

hi

[compact estuary]

i just found out theres 2 admissions people who couldve read my loci but i only adressed it to one of them how cooked am i if i got it wrong

i probably shouldve assumed thered be more than 1 philadelphia enrollment officer but my advisor gave me just 1 name and said to address it to her

[brazen coral]

No

You’re not cooked

It’s not your job to know exactly how the office works

The only way I’d say you’re cooked is if you managed to address it to a person at an entirely different school

Like those two officers should know of each other to know what you meant to do

Ngl I see people sometimes just address “[school] admissions office” as a whole on LOCIs

[compact estuary]

yeah i said "dear [name] and the penn admissions committee"

just in case

[quartz basalt]

how did you find that?

[compact estuary]

on this page https://admissions.upenn.edu/visit-connect/meet-penn-admissions/enrollment-staff theres 2 people listed as reading philadelphia applications

[chilly stream]

Two ppl could read the loci but I would assume only one tbh

[compact estuary]

yeah ik my concern is that i addressed it to one person and the other is reading it
but its probably fine

[chilly stream]

Thats a really tiny thing

Dw abt it

They will not notice

[compact estuary]

fellow deferred legends remember to submit your locis before tomorrow❕

[mellow tusk]

is there a reason for this

i didn’t ed just curious lol

[harsh locust]

deadline

[mellow tusk]

oh there’s an actual deadline wow

[royal crater]

wouldnt it be kinda fried to send the loci on the last day lol

[tacit elk]

no who cares

[brisk arrow]

the best day to send it is 14th feb

1 day before

[jolly tapir]

Is there a reason for thiss?

[chilly stream]

Cuz you have the most time to get updates

[clear grove]

big brain

[chilly stream]

🧠🧠🧠

This is why i am a finance major

[brisk arrow]

your interest in the uni will be implied cause its valentine's day

if u send on 15th then its too late

[jolly tapir]

Oooh wow

Thanks for the info

[brisk arrow]

did you perchance get deferred

[jolly tapir]

No i got rejected by upenn

Im just curious in case it works in other unis hahah

[brisk arrow]

ah

good luck

[jolly tapir]

Thankss

Im waiting for umich as well

[brisk arrow]

i see

hope u get in

[dreamy sun]

oh baby this is upenn

not penn state

[summer scarab]

my bad

💀

[dreamy sun]

haha ur good

[keen haven]

lmao 😭
open your loci with “will you be my valentine?”

[vapid kite]

Wharton RD yes yes

[clear grove]

yes

[quick glacier]

peeeeeen

[clear zinc]

Penn

Guys if i apply for cs major cause my non existent ecs are of cs, but actually want to major in finance, does that work?

What am i saying

And do good letters & grades make up for bad ecs

[solid bough]

i think you should apply for the major you want to apply for, and you can explain why you shifted from cs to fin, that would be interesting!!

[solid bough]

to some extent 🤷‍♀️

why do you think you have bad ecs

[clear zinc]

The thing is ive never been interested in CS, but in my country we’re offered to take either bio or cs so cs was the better option for me

[solid bough]

ohh i see

[clear zinc]

Also CS extracurriculars were a bit more feasible for me

Female in a conservative family at a 3rd world country 🥀🥀

[solid bough]

ah

i think cs and finance are in different schools schools righ

[clear zinc]

I didnt even know i could apply to an intl uni, i only got my long awaited permission before the start of junior year

So thats why I think i lack

[solid bough]

you still have time now

[clear zinc]

Ive done self research and self learnt coding and after effects (ae i loveeee)

[clear zinc]

In Penn?

[solid bough]

yeah

unless if you’re doing their main college l&s i think

[clear zinc]

Yes im trying but its all so difficult 😭 i will persevere tho, penn is my dream

[clear zinc]

Oh

So major shift isnt possible then

[solid bough]

i mean

maybe but it’s really difficult if you want to do the finance in wharton right

[clear zinc]

Yeah

And my whole application is curated for CS

But i only express a strong interest in finance by words

[solid bough]

i think you should still apply to wharton

[clear zinc]

Then i guess itll be hard

[solid bough]

you can do that!

bc as long as ur truly passionate about it i don’t see why you shouldn’t take your shot

[clear zinc]

Oh i see

But if all my ecs are CS based, and i express interest in finance and also state my conditions is it okay

Also i love your dc profile its so adorable

[solid bough]

i think so, aos will consider everything holistically

aww thank you :3

[clear zinc]

Oh okay!!

Are you a penn student?

[solid bough]

no lol

i applied to penn on a whim 🥀

[clear zinc]

Ohhh 😭😭😭😭

Youre not an intl right?

[solid bough]

no i’m us based

[clear zinc]

Also what are your views on cs!

[clear zinc]

I see!!

[solid bough]

applied cs 💔

i think illl be okay

it’s not like i wanna do software engineering

[clear zinc]

You applied this cycle?

[solid bough]

yeah

[clear zinc]

Same

[clear zinc]

Woah

And decisions will be out this month right

[solid bough]

yeah this month is gonna suck butt for me 😪 but i don’t really want half of my schools anymore

i’d be ambivalent for penn, since cs is kinda same with umd at least by the rankings n stuff