2010 Upenn Supplement essay topic

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Benjamin Franklin established the Union Fire Company, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the American Philosophical Society, Pennsylvania Hospital, and, of course, the charity school that evolved into the University of Pennsylvania. As they served the larger community of Philadelphia,each institution in turn formed its own community.
Which of the academic communities and social communities that now comprise the University of Pennsylvania are most interesting to you and how will you contribute to them and to the larger Penn community?</p>

<p>okay so this is the supplementary essay topic for upenn 2010 and I want to get started as soon as possible. What I am wondering though, is what exactly does it mean by 'academic communities' and 'social communities' in upenn? Do the academic communities refer to the different schools within upenn? And the social communities refer to clubs and various activities? If anyone (applicants or current students) have any ideas please let me know! thanks!</p>

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<p>Yes, I’m confused too! I was always used to the standard, “Why Penn?” essay.</p>

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<p>LOL. What do you mean by you were used to the standard “why penn?” essay? You only apply once and roll with the prompts.</p>

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<p>I was just going to research the clubs I would be interested in.</p>

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<p>i’m also interested in how to approach this topic…it’s not really a “why penn” essay</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/755275-academic-community.html?highlight=academic+community[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/755275-academic-community.html?highlight=academic+community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks ifisher.</p>

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<p>thanks a lot!!</p>

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<p>Sure, no problem. It’s kind of funny, because I thought I saw something similar posted a few weeks back…So I searched for about 2 minutes, found the link, and could’ve unknowingly gotten a few people into UPenn. Good luck, guys!</p>

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<p>Dude, I hope they never, ever have that prompt of write page blah of blah of your life’s story! I hated that one sooo much! This one looks like it’d be that much better!</p>

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<p>^^ that’s the optional essay, still in effect.</p>

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<p>^ That one’s not that bad lol, you can pretty much do whatever you want. I thought they meant an autobiography of my life so far so I wrote about something in middle/high school, totally not where 217 would technically be in my lifespan…</p>

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<p>can sports count towards “academic” and “social” communites?</p>

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<p>Yeah. I’d assume so. In academics, there are several courses that overlap with sports, whether it be how sports relates to economics, sports medicine in science, intramural clubs, in my school we have an “Athletes Helping Athletes (AHA) Club,” in the student newspaper there is a Sports Section, generally sports “jocks” hang out together, so that contributes to the “social community.” I’d assume there are many more ways, but those are just a few that came to mind.</p>

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<p>Usually, these types of topics allow an applicant to demonstrate his or her academic and career interests, and any future ambitions that one believes are worth mentioning.</p>

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<p>super bump, thanks guys.</p>

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<p>How come the supplement doesn’t show up on the common app? Do you have to apply early decision to see it for now?</p>

<p>EDIT: Sorry, I didn’t notice the year on the topic.</p>

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<p>Penn’s website states that their supplement will be released in mid-August.</p>