Fall 2016 UPenn Transfer Thread

Have you guys submitted all your financial aid requirements yet? I’m having a little trouble getting information about my non custodial parent and I don’t think I can get everything in on time.

Call them. They’re pretty helpful with any issues.

Hello, everyone, I am a hopeful prospective student who is applying as a Gender, Sexuality and Women’s studies major and I was wondering if anyone knew of a specific phone number that would allow me to ask about my college transcript, as I submitted it a month ago but it has not been checked off, which, of course, worries me a little-- if you know of a phone number/specific e-mail, that’d be great (I called 215 898 7507 but I can never reach an actual person)!

But yes, here are my stats for anyone wondering:
HS school GPA: 3.3 AND 4.9 (unweighted and weighted)

Community College in Miami, FL – GPA 3.83
I’ll be entering as a junior if accepted
Internship at our local LGBTQ organization and research with professors/field organizers that, I believe, will change the landscape of the LGBTQ+ movement
Volunteer with two separate organizations that focus on reproduction rights and immigration rights-- we canvass, assemble petition-grabbing sessions, speak with voters/non-voters make sure abortions are accessible and folk’s health come first and help our undocumented community here in South FL
I work at a movie theater part- time (I love cinema and I intend to do my concentration on the LGBTQ community and pop culture/media–and yes, I am a queer student)
I study improv and have been doing so for 2 years now at a comedy theater that resembles that of the Groundlings/The Second City-- I wrote about my plan to dissect comedy and activism work as well

2 letters of recommendations from an English professor and a Humanities professor, as well as a letter from my supervisor at my internship (I sent this extra letter because one of my professors took really long to submit the LOR–I hope they accept it!)

I have a few friends who transferred to Penn and were admitted to Penn right after high school, and they have kindly expressed to me what it means to be queer on campus (or at least what they themselves have experienced/have seen), and so I wrote about the noted lack of awareness when it comes to the trans, queer and intersex communities and what I can bring to the table and how I would work with the communities at Penn that are working to bring awareness at this moment

I don’t know what my chances are, but I do have hopes I get good news next month! But yes, anyone know of a phone number that’d allow me to speak to someone about my college transcript? I know it takes weeks, but I am worried
Anyway, good luck to everyone!

^ And yes, I am having problems with the css profile–what the flip

Is anyone applying to the Penn Engineering college?

@ivybound5 I am!

Have you heard anything from them since you submitted everything? The wait is torture…

@ivybound5 I have not

I’m applying to seas too

Hi,
I found this thread pretty late. I’m applying to SEAS too (mechanical engineering).

Anyone applying to Wharton?

SEAS Computer Engineering haha.

I’m applying to computer science

I’m applying to Wharton as a junior

I am applying to CAS as an ECON major.

I am applying to CAS as a sociology major

I am applying to CAS as well as a biochemistry major

What do you guys think my chances of getting an early decision are if i call admissions and ask? I was accepted at Northwestern and have to respond to their offer of admission by the 27th. I’d assume chances of an early decision are pretty low, but there can’t be any harm in trying, right?

@yuzuru19 I am applying to Wharton, are you leaving an undergrad B school?

@jwalters1 Yupp! wbu? I’m applying as a sophmore transfer