Have any of you guys been contacted by KWH recently for possible recruitment? I’m a little confused about the steps to the process, so I thought this thread would be a good place for KWH people to convene and share their experience.
Hey! I started contact with KWH by e-mailing Jamie-Lee Josselyn, whose e-mail is on the KWH page. I asked for a packet of info and gave in a small sample of my work. Within a week or so, she contacted me back saying that she sent a packet and that she stored my poem with a file under my name. She also gives people interested in KWH a survey to complete about their interest in UPenn, what they believe is their strongest/weakest parts of the app, etc. I guess the process rn is to initiate contact and send her a portfolio of your work, which she will store for later review. When you apply, she’ll take a look at it and maybe give you support in admissions.
@memelover i’m at the same step too, i got contacted in july by jamie-lee and she saved a file with all my stuff in it, i got the survey a few weeks ago and completed it but since then no other updates 
have you received any other information since the survey about whether we go on to actual recruits or not?
@sillyface Hey there, another possible KWH recruit here! I also filled out the survey and sent Jamie-Lee writing samples. I asked her if she needed anything else from me, and she said nope, so I think we’ve all done what we can. Since then, she has not contacted me for an “official” recruitment or anything like that, so I’m assuming this is the extent of the KWH recruitment? (Definitely not as official as athletic recruitment I’m guessing! 
) However, if I do hear anything about it, I’ll let you all know!
Oh wow i didn’t even know this was a thing! What kind of samples did you guys send in?
@ladyfrooti i just submitted 2 poems, flash fiction piece, and i think one other ~experimental fiction~ kind of thing. u can submit any of ur creative writing to them though, whatever showcases your abilities best there’s no real criteria!
@sillyface thanks so much!
@shadyconcepts Did she let you know when she’ll be getting back to you? She told me she’d get back to me by later November…
@girl1425 no, she didn’t say anything like that. does that mean official recruitments could be sent out by late nov possibly? :-/
@shadyconcepts She told me that they review all writing samples beginning right after each deadline. Given that a couple hundred kids apply for recruitment each year, with every kid submitting 2-3 samples of writing probably, I don’t think we should worry that she hasn’t gotten back to us. I’m sure she’s super busy! Hopefully we will know in a couple weeks.
@BabylonBabylon Wow, that’s crazy! I wasn’t expecting an official recruitment going on, but that’s pretty nerve-wracking. Good luck to all of us I hope we get that recruitment!!
@shadyconcepts hopefully we’ll get in anyway even if we don’t get the recruitment
@BabylonBabylon Didn’t realize how many people submitted writing samples lol
I’m assuming you all applied ED? <:-P
@shadyconcepts I did! I’m super excited to hear back so early, but I’m also really scared. Getting rejected will surely make Christmas dinner awkward as everyone tries to console me haha. Here’s to counting down the days until December 11th!
@BabylonBabylon I feel that!! Dec 11 is actually just two days after my birthday, so… happy birthday to me whatever decision I get lol
Just got an email from Jamie-Lee saying the Writers House has officially conveyed their support for my application to the admissions office!
Same. Here’s to hoping we’ll be future classmates
Is it just a one line email?
@desie1 It was a little paragraph (like 5 sentences) that was just the gist of it!
@JessicaWang Congratulations!