<p>lol i was kidding!</p>
<p>Yeah I dont want to get fired until after i get paid</p>
<p>hmm... did you know that certain aim programs can encrypt convo's ;)</p>
<p>johnny, thanks for posting. Does the review of huntsman begin before january 1, the official deadline? (since you said huntsman review is done earlier than wharton and college, so that rejects can have a chance at those colleges)</p>
<p>johnny, should we send in portraits, candid shots, goofy shots.. or what?</p>
<p>what does a "temp" do??</p>
<p>johnny im just curious, are applicants from the same school but to different schools of penn *ie cas v wharton, competing with each other?</p>
<p>and thank you for answering all of our questions.</p>
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<p>Nude shots. It will help you stand out. Especially if you can tie it in to the recent high-rise sex photo scandal.</p>
<p>I sent my regular high school portrait, but I drew in a thought bubble saying "I love Penn," hence indicating my love for Penn and how really really ridiculously good looking I am. Be creative. Or naked. Or hot. Or some combination, preferably with the latter two.</p>
<p>wait, johnny. waht scandal are you speaking of? and what was that cheap shot about chinese people about?</p>
<p>johhnyk, is there a max # of kids that Penn will take from a HS (assuming it's not in PA)</p>
<p>The "cheap shot about Chinese people" was my noting that they don't seem to follow the instructions particularly well in the applications i've seen. They include either the common app or no app at all (but write something saying they want to apply) and then copies of the dozens of awards they've won (or pretended to win; that the awards are in Chinese makes them somewhat hard to verify and my limited knowledge of Chinese certainly isn't up to the task).</p>
<p>If you don't know the scandal, you haven't been stalking Penn enough. Tisk tisk. And there is no official max # but in reality of course there is. However, it is an unwritten rule and thus difficult to prove or predict.</p>
<p>I have a question: Do the admissions officers reward the applicant taking risks in the essay or do they just want to person to answer the question thoroughly?</p>
<p>Oh one more now that im on it, Do you want creative in the essay describing the courses that I want to take in Penn and why I would make a good fit there? Kinda ties into the first a tad.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Story in the DP:</p>
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<p>If you had to read the same essay 20,000 times a year, you'd appreciate some risk-taking and innovation in it. But as someone of Penn intelligence caliber, you should be able to talk about Penn AND do something exciting at the same time.</p>
<p>Not that I did, but still. The class of 2007 was practically retarded in comparison to 2010</p>
<p>gulp...........</p>
<p>thank you kindly</p>
<p>hi...im applying RD, and if there is anyway you can "misplace" my application in the "accepted" pile, i think i can make you a very rich man</p>
<p>The key to a good application: Give the admissions officers something cool to look at amidst the sea of uniformity.</p>
<p>I second legendofmax's statement, which is in itself seconding mine. In conclusion, I agree with myself.</p>
<p>My personal fantasy tactic is to coat the papers in some skin-absorbent slow-acting poison, tell them at the very end, and inform them they'll have to let me in to get the antidote.</p>