<p>lol haha, i didn’t really misspell that.</p>
<p>but i referred to Penn as “the University of Pennsylvania”
is this the correct way to refer to it? do we really need the definite article before the name?</p>
<p>do people just say, “I went to University of Pennsylvania”</p>
<p>or do they say “I went to the University of Pennsylvania”</p>
<p>are you serious?</p>
<p>i am as serious as serious gets</p>
<p>I'm seriouser.</p>
<p>uhhh, I used "the University of Pennsylvania" and "Penn," and I got in, so I must've done something right.</p>
<p>People might say "I went to University of Pennsylvania" if they're Russian or Korean or some other language that lacks articles...</p>
<p>What if you sent them an email calling them "UPenn"? Honestly, I thought this was the correct acronym for their name! But I sent the email two weeks ago and they have yet to respond - have I been blacklisted for not calling them "Penn"?</p>
<p>no cuz i said "UPenn" once and i still got accepted so don't worry about it</p>
<p>I just called it "Penn", cos it sounds like it's a friend of mine, lol</p>
<p>wow...stupid question...</p>
<p>agreed with mmkay.</p>
<p>yeah well... harvard men. wat can u expect, eh? </p>
<p>lol jk</p>
<p>lol mmkay. u were calling the question stupid rite? n not me?</p>
<p>i was just being paranoid. i did say the Univ. of Penn so im fine i guess.</p>
<p>come on now. there is no such thing as a bad question. except for this one.</p>
<p>I called it UPenn several times in my essay and I got in so you're fine.</p>
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<p>. hahaha</p>
<p>ok, maybe if you referred to Penn as "Ben Franklin's illegitimate love child" you would be looked down at, but for real. "The u of penn" vs "u of penn." zomg.</p>
<p>ungst, what a great point you made. One article shouldn't matter. A couple wrong letters shouldn't matter either. They're smart. They'll know what you mean. Humans are imperfect. Keep that in your head for the future.</p>