<p>Hey. lets all talk about how much this sucks. kay?
kay good.
what's everyone going to do now? What other colleges are you applying for? Do you think you honestly still stand a chance in RD? What more are you going to do to push for penn?</p>
<p>just a few convo starters....
im not gonna give up until april when a decision is final. lol</p>
<p>I’m still set on Penn, but applying to Brown, Tufts, BC, and BU regular decision. I was already accepted to Drexel, which is my safety. It does suck, and it makes you feel as though you’re not good enough.
As for my chances RD…I’m not so sure. I realize that the majority of HYP applicants use Penn as a “safety,” but I’m hoping that some weight is given to deferred ED applicants. I’ll write a letter in January regarding recent accomplishments and stating why Penn is (still) my number one choice. I suppose that’s all we can do…
April is so far away!!</p>
<p>There’s no way I’m giving up 
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<p>I LOVE Penn. But I’m forcefully applying to NYU Stern, Columbia, Brown, WashU, Emory, and a couple others.</p>
<p>I already got into UMich and UIUC so I guess that’s good…</p>
<p>I’m still feeling the effects of being deferred. I know we should be happy that we didn’t get rejected but its still hard 
Penn has been my dream for as long as I can remember.
Hope we get in RD, how important are our semester grades now?</p>
<p>Yeah, i need this group.</p>
<p>I plan on applying to UCs ( i’m from oregon so cali would be awesome) santa clara, cornell, NYU, USC and vandy.</p>
<p>I feel like I won’t get into Penn, but i’m not giving up.</p>
<p>Ya how crucial is our semester report? I personally don’t think I’ve gotten deferred because of my grades since I’ve been pretty consistent throughout high school but I’m pretty sure I’ll be getting a B in Calc this semester so hope thats not THAT bad</p>
<p>yeah calc is hard this year! i hope not too important-i’m just worried because i moved to michigan for senior year so i’m wondering if they’re waiting to see how i do at my new school.</p>
<p>hey yankee, i thought the UC deadline was Nov 30? or maybe thats just like berkeley, etc?</p>
<p>lol what would you guys do if after getting deferred ED you get waitlisted in April?</p>
<p>^ go crazy haha</p>
<p>yeah, the application was already due and I got it in 
i really hope we all get in!!</p>
<p>i can’t believe we have to wait so long haha!</p>
<p>i would be like. wow i really am not good enough. lol
i think its bc im an asian female.
asian=over represented
female= just plain sucks to be one thats trying to get into a highly selective college.</p>
<p>yeah i really hope that the B wont shoot me down in calc. like i got a b the 1st quarter, probably an a- this quarter…technically im not in “calc” but im in math sl and my teacher made our curriculum the same as the AP calc class which is different than other math sl classes in other IB supporting schools. </p>
<p>ill probably bomb the midterm tho…or maybe…B at best.</p>
<p>my teacher faxed that in–that shes pretty much teaching us the AP calc course…so maybe they’re waiting to see how im doing in that? thats all i can think of.</p>
<p>ive been accepted to…OSU (ohio) and im probably going to put the deposit in (osu is my safety school but was my first choice before i fell in love with penn)</p>
<p>but alas, im applying to harvard yale stanford (my parents want me to. if i couldnt get into penn i dont stand a chance lol) notre dame (on my own) miami u of ohio (my choice), casewestern (my choice) northwestern (my choice) and georgetown (kinda my choice…)</p>
<p>i sent an email to my regional director–she replied saying that she wanted to talk to me directly over the phone about it (is this common?)
and she said she was 100% backing up my application and thought i was a good fit (this is why i think statistics threw me down) and that she’d do everything to make my app sound appealing and that she was going to definitely mention this personal correspondance</p>
<p>but even tho she said all that, i feel like every regional director is pushing for their regions deferred 100%, right? bc if they werent, then people would just be rejected?</p>
<p>so. im definitely going to write them a nice letter, not a please get me in letter, but a passionate letter (that sounded kinda wrong?) to show how much i would love to be a part of their community. and an updated resume. other than that, im trying to move on. im trying to be a pessimist. im treating this like a rejection for sure that way my motto can apply</p>
<p>my pessimistic motto:</p>
<p>lifes great being a pessimist–either you’re constantly being proven right, or pleasantly surprised (:</p>
<p><3 sarah</p>
<p>Yeah, does anybody know if we have a slight edge since we were deferred? I know 10% get in, but the fact that we ED-d should count for something shouldn’t it?</p>
<p>im not sure, i dont think that it does right off the bat, i think that it would if in a statement to admissions you say that penn is still my number one–it was my absolute first choice in (enter month or some date here) when i committed to applying early decision, and it remains my first choice up until today
that way you’re mentioning that you were that committed and it restates to the committee that you did indeed apply ed</p>
<p>for deferrals, it’s not just a huge bag of applicants with “deferred” written on it; they have a list that they separate by how good they think your chances will be. strictly because of numbers, there will be kids who they want to take but cannot and thus get placed at the top of the deferral list and taken easily come RD time</p>
<p>okay can someone help me out with this? where do i find the information with my regional director? i’m from oregon ( northwest) and i want to find out where to send it to, i really want to send stuff to him/her. thanks!!</p>
<p>cj, i think i kinda get what you’re saying…but im also confused lol
where’d u hear this? (im not questioning you im just curious lol) bc i know that every school kinda does it differently
and…if they think you’re at the “top” of the deferred list–why didnt they just let u in to begin with?—with that, when you say bc of numbers is it so that they can still say that they let this small percentile from ED (aka for their stats?)</p>
<p>just tryna get that cleared up…</p>
<p>hopeful2b… here
[Penn</a> Admissions: Contact Us](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/contact/]Penn”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/contact/)</p>
<p>make sure u contact them first before sending them stuff–dont wanna overwhelm them unexpectedly</p>
<p>rather overwhelm them with a heads up lol</p>
<p>haha yeah that would be bad if they forget who applied ED! yeah i’ll definitely be sending a letter…i’m going to put my heart and soul into this thing. if it doesn’t happen at least i’ll know i did everything i could.</p>