Help!, Need A Perspective On This Letter!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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So today I received this email from Penn’s International Students and Scholar Services Office,

"Dear ,

If you have not yet applied for your I-20 or DS-2019, please see our website (http://global.upenn.edu/isss/new) for I-20/DS-2019 application information.

You can then access the application request at https://www.ipenn.oip.upenn.edu.

To log in, you will enter:

  • Your 9-digit admission ID or your US Social Security number*
  • Your date of birth
  • Your PIN which is 752107
  • You can use your US Social Security number if you previously provided this number to your admissions office. Please also note that this is not the 8-digit ID issued by Penn.

After you log in, you will find the following forms:

  1. Application for I-20 or DS-2019
  2. Application for SEVIS Dependent (if your spouse or children will accompany you)
  3. Shipping Request Form

Please begin this process as soon as possible, to allow enough time for all steps outlined at http://global.upenn.edu/isss/new The I-20 or DS-2019 form processing may take up to 3 weeks after we receive your complete application with financial documents and passport copy.

Resources:

If you cannot locate your admission ID, please notify your Penn admission office or department right away and ask them to send you the necessary information. If you have received your admission ID and this email from ISSS, but you still cannot log in, please send email to isss@pobox.upenn.edu (Subject Line: ‘Admissions ID Login Issue’).

Regards,
ISSS Staff"

After calling the office they told me they only send it out to admitted students usually after decisions are released. However, when I called the admissions office they said they were still making up their classes. By the way, I have not received any likely letters or AO calls. Do you guys know if this means I have been admitted and that is why they want me to apply for the international student visa as soon as possible?

2

It’s been sent in error. These emails are sent by mistake every year, sometimes announcing admission to people who hadn’t gotten in… Don’t do anything till you hear from admissions .

3

I agree with MYOS1634. Someone somewhere made a mistake. I don’t know how you can know what the mistake was. Hang tight and expect to hear more relatively soon.

By the way, I am assuming that you are NOT a US citizen nor permanent resident. If you are a US citizen but applied from abroad, it is possible that they might have missed this fact. I know someone who is a Canadian citizen who applied to universities in Canada, but from a US highschool. She got a couple of similar forms (but how to apply for a student visa to Canada). A simple fax of proof of Canadian citizenship to the universities cleared this up quickly.

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Thanks for all your help! I am a Canadian citizen attending high school in the US. Called the office again and they said you have been admitted but admissions still refuses to acknowledge anything.