ED: Penn, Cornell, or nowhere

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I just returned from visiting a few colleges in the Northeast (Carnegie, Penn, H, Y, and Cornell). I am having a hard time deciding if I still want to ED to Penn or ED to Cornell instead. I don’t even know if I should ED. Penn has a strong psychology program which is very appealing right now. But Cornell’s surroundings are very nice and the people and classes sound good as well. I’m just not sure if RDing will give me a good chance for either school. Just to give you a brief glimpse of who I am, here are some stats</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3ish weighted 3.9ish unweighted. easily in the top 10%.
SAT: 2080 (Composite) Math 740, CR 690, Writing 650
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math IIC 770, taking Bio and Chinese in the fall.
APs: Psych 5, Comp Sci A 5</p>

<p>Next Year’s classes:
AP Calc BC
Ap Phys
AP Chem
AP Bio
AP Eng
random electives</p>

<p>ECs:
Debate (Variety of awards), Teen Crises Helpline volunteer, founder/prez of school breakdancing club, VP of local Youth Organization of Chinese Americans, Working Part-time all year round at Kumon Math and Reading, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Chi Pi, Tennis, Robotics, and some other stuff.</p>

<p>Lastly, my grades have been improving drastically year after year and I am interested in psychology.</p>

<p>Thanks again guys, I truly appreciate it. And throw in some humor too, I’d love a good laugh.</p>

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<p>i hope you realize that cornell's environment changes drastically come wintertime... sure ithaca is gorges but it's coooollddd</p>

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<p>I hope you have a good way to get to cornell. I got into cornell rd, visited once, and immediately decided i wouldn't go b/c just getting there was a living hell.</p>

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<p>yeah, it took such a long time to get there and it really is in the middle of nowhere. although now that i think about it, that part is very appealing...</p>

<p>I had trouble deciding where to go for either school too, but I ended up picking penn for the flexibility and easy commute</p>

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<p>elaborate on "felixibity" will you please?</p>

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<p>you can take almost any class you want, you can dual degree, you can transfer, etc, you are not locked down to a certain program at all.</p>

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<p>honestly, if you can't decide on a school to apply to ed, maybe you should just apply ea to other schools or just rd everywhere. if you are not 100% sure that that is the school you want to go to, i definitely wouldn't apply ed.</p>

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<p>From experience I can tell you that PEnn is an easy commute. Especially if you are coming from the north (New York) down to Pennsylvania. The SEPTA system is very convenient.</p>

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<p>if you're coming from ny, don't take septa. Take the chinatown bus for $20 round trip, two hours each way</p>

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<p>I took nj transit to SEPtA. I did not want to take the china town bus since i did not know the area around Penn that well and I was worried that the China Town bus would not get me near PEnn. As opposed to 30th street station being in the vicinity of Penn.</p>

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<p>how much is septa to ny?</p>

<p>fyi in the future, there is a septa stop in ctown, or you can take a cab</p>

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<p>redcomet- who do you debate for?</p>

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<p>Penn, because it's better, because Philadelphia is better.</p>

<p>If you want nature, we have the glorious Biopond--and hey it's right next to where the new Psych building is going.</p>

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<p>ah yes, the biopond...</p>

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<p>biopond...That's interesting. That could be another good facility to write about</p>

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<p>Septa does not go to New York...... Amtrak maybe... but not septa....</p>

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<p>Unusual, if you're applying, I highly suggest you be careful writing about the biopond. It is INFAMOUS for people going there to smoke (not cigarettes either).</p>

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<p>oh wow. What is the biopond anyway? Is it a park or something? The name tells me that it might be a pond full of.. bio.</p>

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<p>"redcomet- who do you debate for?"</p>

<p>I debate for Parkway West High School. It's in the E-MO district.</p>

<p>And yea, what IS the Biopond?</p>

<p>Oh, and thanks for all the responses guys, it really helps.</p>

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<p>lmao yeah, maybe the biopond would not be the best thing to write about, admissions might get the wrong impression... I have no idea what it is exactly but a lot of people go there to smoke</p>