<p>I just really answered the question... why? because of the programs I like, what I like about Penn, and why I am a good match. I guess I was a bit serious but also somewhat humorous (my counselor told me that the essay was very humorous)... the most important thing, I believe, is to answer the question first and be creative later.. but what the heck,,, everything is up to you! :)</p>
<p>what i like about pennn - he rly knows how to dancee - when he goes up, down, jump around, talk abt that romaaaancee</p>
<p>what i like
what i like about penn
what i like
what i like about penn</p>
<p>ahhahha... yeah... im bored</p>
<p>haha its ****ing sunday morning at 10 and im on. i hate myself sometimes.</p>
<p>but yea i suddenly feel like my why penn essay was really deficient because it was way more serious. i seriously did a 5 paragraph essay with three major reason which i explained very well. but there was a lack of humor and comical pop culture references.</p>
<p>I hope you realize that that was a joke Reactionary. I want to go to Penn because they make it easy to minor in engineering. I want to learn some engineering in college, but am too undecided to finish with an engineering major in 4 years. I figure I can either try to minor in engineering, or just take a bunch of fun intro classes and labs and getting a broad look at engineering. (I have it narrowed down to BME, CS, EE, ME, materials science, and applied physics)</p>
<p>^^paro, thatas a good song... nice work</p>
<p>lol u do kno thats a real song, right? (what i like abt youuu) just that hpm_twista's line up there inspired me :)</p>
<p>i kno it is... thats y i said it was a good song... lol</p>
<p>Well I sort of saw it as a joke (I mean in the sense that no one would put something like that in an essay), but your answer is still a bit confusing. Did your essay include anything about engineering or not? If you're not gonna major in it, why did you include it?</p>
<p>++ it sucked as a joke</p>
<p>well the thing is you have to describe your courses of study at Penn. If you don't mention your major or classes you want to take, you really did not answer the question. I had to answer the question, even in a joke post. I fail at online jokes. I am better in person.</p>
<p>Yeah but the engi... nevermind.</p>
<p>++ it didn't really suck
+++ I was just getting back at you for pointing out my failure to spot your joke
++++ jealousy ftw</p>
<p>How did people show creativity/personality in their short answers?</p>
<p>Short answers: how I have fun - paddleboating, and about the time my friend and I went and everyone stared at us because we couldn't get back in the boat.
professor - can't be really creative, i just said dr. allan pack.</p>
<p>My friend who is a sophomore at Penn said she talked about how she can't speak Tamil. I should have mentioned how I forgot how to speak Kannada :(</p>
<p>Ha, that reminds me of my why penn. I talked about how I can't speak Cantonese, but I could learn at Penn.</p>
<p>yep, me as a real student on penn also...well now its not as creative since a lot of people did it :(</p>
<p>BAD NEWS GUYS: you know how a lot of you are saying that your "Why Penn" essay was done as if you were already on campus; well i was at my school library the other day and i was looking at this book called 100 great college essays and this one girl that applied to Penn did that exact same thing. She wrote about how she would spend her days at Penn walking around campus and describing the personalities of different buildings and how they reflect her personality. I dont know but if i were you i would be worried that the adcom might think you guys plagiarized. just a thought</p>
<p>I think I was just very straight-forward with my answer. First paragraph was about my OMG I LOVE THIS SCHOOL reaction when I first visited, second paragraph was about my major/all the porgrams at Penn that own for my major, third paragraph was about how I love the liberal arts edu they offer/the seven sectors etc, and the 4th was just kind of a closing paragraph where I talked about how I could contribute to the debate team as I could contribute to Penn as a whole yaddayddaydaydya I LOVE PENN pick me pick me etc. !!!</p>
<p>I'm sure even though a lot of them wrote it as if they were already a student at Penn, they wrote it in their own unique ways. There is a lot of flexibility in that approach.</p>
<p>I was pretty straightforward and serious with mine, so this doesn't apply to me.</p>
<p>I had a very short intro, then my second paragraph was about a specific class I wanted to take at penn (canto), my third was about my major and a reference to penn's crazy study abroad programs. My 4th was about my visit to penn and the "feel" that I got. And my closing paragraph was just a summary about how all of these things combined make Penn my perfect college.</p>
<p>Yea I didn't waste my time talking about each Penn building.</p>