<p>Hi guys. Congrats on your acceptance.</p>
<p>I will be a CAS student and probably will double major in Biology and Physics.</p>
<p>It would be great if you guys could post your schools and intended majors.</p>
<p>Hope to see you guys on locust walk on the upcoming fall :)</p>
<p>P.S. What dorm would you guys say is the best for freshmans?</p>
<p>Hey!
Congratulations on your acceptance too.
I’m going to be a Wharton student and I think I want to do two concentrations in Finance and Actuarial Sciences with a possible minor in CAS.
See you at Penn, haha! </p>
<p>About the dorms, I’m completely in the dark, but I wanted to know too, haha.</p>
<p>This has personal bias, but here’s my ratings of the dorms.</p>
<p>Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware, Riepe: These are the three Quad dorms… they all have air conditioning and decent rooms; they are 90% freshman and pretty social… everyone wants to live here, and so should you. Mixed gender living (as are all of the dorms) with common bathrooms (there is a separate men’s and women’s room)
Kings Court/English House: Enormous rooms but no air conditioning… not all that social and not particularly good facilities, but everything works just fine; also common bathrooms for the whole floor, like the Quad
Gregory College House, Stouffer Commons (including Mayer): apartment style living; most apartments are 2 or 3 person ones, in which you will have your own room with a common bathroom. Terrific facilities, and many people stay there multiple years, but not terrific for meeting people
Hill College House: Incredibly small rooms, mostly doubles… only ten or fifteen upperclassmen out of 500 total residents, so it’s essentially a freshman dorm. VERY social, and each suite develops its own identity. Living here you sacrifice good facilities for a fun social environment; Personally I’d never live in Hell again, but that’s because I find making friends very easy… those who have a bit of a harder time enjoy Hill a lot since everyone basically keeps their doors open all of the time
Du Bois: Traditionally black dorm which has extremely good facilities; not particularly social and not very many freshmen, but definitely worth looking into
Sansom Place West: No freshmen live here
Sansom Place East: No undergraduates live here
Rodin, Harnwell, Harrison: The three high rises; mostly upper classmen, but usually there are a couple floors of freshmen; apartment style living… it can be difficult to make friends here, but some residential programs are worth applying to… Arts House is on the 12th and 13th floors of Harnwell and one of my good friends is the RA on that floor this year and likely next year, so if you’re interested in theater or music, apply to that program!</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that’s all of them</p>
<p>My friend just got into UPenn, her parents are all from UPenn. Is this a coincidence?</p>
<p>@chrisw Thank you so much for the advice! Very, very useful. :):)</p>
<p>@MrPropapanda Well, alumni S/D do benefit a little from parents’ status, but not that much. She still has to be a great student. :)</p>
<p>I’m going to be a Wharton student and am looking into accounting… but I’m totally open to perhaps changing my mind haha. Looking forward to filling out those dorm papers and getting that Penn email address. ;D</p>
<p>Hey current penn students, i have got admitted into the huntsman program this year and as per my knowledge all huntsman freshers have to stay together at the kcech. Can i pls know the pros and cons of this?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I’m in CAS and I’m looking forward to seeing you all at orientation =D</p>
<p>CAS and and hopefully an IR major</p>
<p>I thought most freshmans were in the quad…dont know much about the other housing choices</p>
<p>CAS
Not sure about major
Pretty exciting.</p>
<p>I’m going to be a CAS student as well.
Regarding major, I’m thinking about international relations, can’t wait 
see you all at orientation!</p>
<p>My kid plays an obscure sport that Penn has. She is very good at it. Won a national championship last weekend. Also has VERY good grades (4.0 unweighted), strong APs, will be a National Merit finalist, 2310 SAT plus the usual glut of extracurriculars. The UofP coach asked her if she wants him to put her on his list which should boost her likelihood of acceptance from 25% to 100%. Penn is her top choice but there is a another school that is a close second. A third school has offered her the complete full ride. She feels that given Ivies can’t offer sports scholarships, that she should wait and see what Penn’s financial aid package is going to be versus other schools. Your thoughts?</p>
<p>Wait for what? Telling the coach to put her on his “list” isn’t committing her to Penn. Unless Penn is promising a “full ride” (which they evidently are not) she should maximize her (already excellent) chances of being accepted and wait for the FA package to make a decision. Just my opinion…</p>
<p>Kennedyiti, i’m in the same exact situation as your daughter. I’m being recruited to run track at UPenn and the coach asked me if I wanted him to support my application. I said yes because I do love Penn, and it is one of my top two. It is not yet a verbal commitment so I can still choose between schools. Ask the coach for a pre-estimate form to determine how much financial aid you will likely receive.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone here! :D</p>