2006 Fall Semester OFFICIAL UPENN transfer Applicant Thread!!!

Transfer Students
1041

<p>Is there anyone who applied as a junior transfer?I'm a chemical engineering student at PSU.I want to transfer to Upenn as a junior(ie. im applying this fall-sophomore year).And consequently,i know my college grades will be more regarded than my high school stats.What are my chances?</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL
G.P.A- 2.97
SAT- 1200-620M 580C(took it only once in the 10th grade after moving to the U.S from china-im originally from africa though-mom is a diplomat so i've travelled a lot)
I want to try and explain my poor highschool record in my application-Just moved away from my mom who i'd lived with for 15 yrs,had a rough time adjusting when i moved to the U.S,etc.Do you think this is a good idea?Or should i just forget about that</p>

<p>COLLEGE
First Semester
Calc 1 B
Gen Chem 1 B+
Gen Chem 1 Lab A-
Honors English Composition B+
Honors Theatre 105 B+
G.P.A- 3.26</p>

<p>Second Semester
Calc 2 A
Honors Gen Chem 2 A-
Physics(mechanics) A
Engineering Design and Graphics A-
Microeconomics A
G.P.A- 3.88</p>

<p>Cum. G.P.A so far- 3.6</p>

<p>Assuming i get a 4.0 next semester, i'll have a 3.75 G.P.A by the time im applying..I hope an improvement in grades counts for SOMETHING.</p>

<p>-I tutored Calculus 1 and Gen Chem 1 my freshman year and will be tutoring Calc 1,2 and Gen Chem 1,2 this fall.
-I'm doing an NSF-REU chem engr. internship in two weeks(research)
-I received a $6000 chem engr. scholarship right before summer break,from the chem engr. department in my school(surprised the hell outa me..didn't apply for it)
-I'm fluent in french and just started learning chinese
-I'll get excellent recs from my math and physics professors.I've established great relationships with them and they actually wrote the recs for the internship i'm about to start.
-Active member of honors club
-And i should have really good essays</p>

1042

<p>yeah they all start with 898, so most likely there all office numbers. how likely is it any of them are sitting around in their office?</p>

1043

<p>Transfer Unite!!!!!!!!! Let's All Call Those F*** Up Advisors On Monday! This Is Crazy!!!!!</p>

1044

<p>i have no idea why i'm not hungover right now.</p>

<p>i definitely should be.</p>

<p>i'm really hungry.</p>

1045

<p>gee, i wonder what someone was doin last night :))) the munchies = ?</p>

1046

<p>I really want to hear from frickin Penn like BY tomorrow.</p>

1047

<p>Penn is disorganized and awful. This is absolutely unacceptable.</p>

1048

<p>You know...the schools I applied to were either small and organized (Swat, Wes) or large and disorganized (Penn, the now-infamous Chicago).</p>

<p>Also - I saw an article somewhere yesterday saying that 25% of college students now transfer at some point during their college careers. Inteeeresting.</p>

1049

<p>that is because all the community college students are counted*</p>

1050

<p>bball, i heard from penn on friday the 12th. (Your pm box was full, so I thought I'd just post here since its not private or anythin).</p>

1051

<p>wow....maybe, they did it in random waves</p>

<p>that gives me hope, i thought all of the strong accepts were in the first wave</p>

<p>and ur harvard strong man</p>

1052

<p>Yeah I really don't know what they're doing. Of all schools I've ever applied to, I have to say that Penn handles its transfer admissions in the worst possible way. Shame on them.</p>

1053

<p>yeah it seems kinda random. i got my acceptance several days ago but im an international student and i submitted my app on the last possible day</p>

1054

<p>why would mr. sanguine getting accepted last friday (during the first wave) prove anything about strong applicatns getting it after the first wave, bball?</p>

1055

<p>so basically...
nobody on the post (including me) got a decisions from the
"suppposedly last Friday" second wave???
that's sad........</p>

1056

<p>Timber, it's because I was rejected at Penn in the first wave, so maybe it's not true that they sent out all the strong acceptances first.</p>

1057

<p>Perhaps they looked at all the strong and/or unusual applications first?</p>

1058

<p>i think that anyone who got a decision on the second wave will find out by mail...i mean, just by how its gone so far.</p>

1059

<p>Just wondering, is there a third wave in Penn's admission process?</p>

1060

<p>Probably, should be the very last one. Late Mayish I'm guessing.</p>