<p>So in my Penn supplement, I wrote about how I want to live in Philadelphia and I want to go in Pennsylvania politics. I didn't necessarily talk about Penn's programs or anything. I did mention that Penn would prepare me and provide me with connections for a career in politics and internships. Do you think that was the wrong approach?</p>
<p>Uhmm although wrong approach might be a strong answer, but essentially yes… I looked at all the admissions blog posting from UPenn as well as accepted students from years past and all of them are about two things: Penn as a university and your picked school: CAS, Wharton, etc…And academics/service/research using ur background/interests/goals as a backdrop to describe Penn and its opportunities
But I dont think you should panic and do something rash and call admissions or something. As long as you talked about Penn in some manner, I dont think you will get kicked out for writing it…IDK tho im not an admissions person and my opinion is that they wanted something alittle bit different.</p>
<p>You wrote the complete opposite of what they were looking for. Sorry</p>
<p>Maybe it wasn’t exactly what they are looking for but I wouldn’t too much about it, as long as it was of high quality.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. I wanted to sort of steer away from talking about what everyone else probably discussed. And I thought it was one of my better supplements where my passion for politics was clear. I just hope that they understood that I want to go to Penn just as bad as I want to live in Phili.</p>
<p>Admissions officers would probably then question why not apply to Drexel or Temple? Those schools are also in Philadelphia. I think you really needed to show why you wanted to attend UPenn and from the sound of your essay that is not clearly conveyed.</p>
<p>If you were coming to college confidential to seek reassurance… you came to the wrong place. All you are going to get is critiques that will only make you feel worse.</p>
<p>You already submitted your application. I had a similar essay that did not strictly adhere to the prompt and I got into Wharton. Ad Officers won’t discard your application because it doesn’t follow the prompt. If it is unique in enough it could even help you. I know if I was reading hundreds of applications I would prefer to read about someone’s passion than a list of programs.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it.</p>