You cannot be more wrong. Penn LPS students go through a rigorous and selective application like anyone else, and OF COURSE the criteria may be a bit different since LPS is NONTRADITIONAL and CAS is for TRADITIONAL students. However, according to UPenn’s OFFICIAL website:
Penn LPS students EARN THE EXACT SAME BA DEGREE as CAS students, and have EVERY privilege as Penn undergrads. LPS students are only another division of the several division of undergrads, CAS, Wharton, etc at Penn
Hi,
I applied to Penn CGS in 2007 with a 3.5GPA from a community college. I was rejected because I had one “D” on my academic transcript, despite having 12-A’s and 6-B’s at that time. They also told me that my essay responses were weak, which I felt I answered to the best of my ability. I became so upset by that revelation when I contacted the Admissions Office. Unlike yourself, I was never given the opportunity for Provisional Status that would have allowed me to prove that I was ready to handle the academic rigors at Penn CGS. But Silvia Buan, the admissions director who I talked told me that it didn’t matter. All because of one bad grade that I got in an intro. to Logic class, which had no academic support service in place to help those who were having problems with the classwork. In retrospect, I wished I have never enrolled in that class. But at the time, I wanted to take a course in Logic to help strengthen my critical thinking skills. I never imagined that the class would be so boring and only covered 2 chapters out of the entire semester. It has remained my worst class to date.
I would love to know more about your experiences at Columbia GS and UPenn LPS. Let me know.