<p>well all my counselor did was send out a course description because she didnt want to be the judge of how a class is taught. could i write a letter and send it to penn? it would probably have less weight than if a counselor did it but i know my counselor would be happy to talk to adcoms at penn i would assume. idk, i just dont want to seem paranoid about this thing with my counselor because she thinks the course description will be enough. 
so could i just write a letter instead? would that be viable?</p>
<p>so u think if I am not applying for creative writing but science that they would not hold it against me verses someone who did</p>
<p>I submitted my app yesterday at 1 in the morning to CAS and I also plan on majoring in BBB. My GPA is abysmal but hopefully everything else in my application will cover that up, upenn is my first choice and i hope to see all of you guys there next fall</p>
<p>Is the app deadline Dec 31st @ 11:59pm, or Jan 1st at 11:59pm? Iāll probably get my stuff in today, but I just want to be safe in case I donāt.</p>
<p>i think its jan 1st 11:59 pm</p>
<p>Yeah, if the date is āJan 1st,ā they mean Jan 1st 11:59 PM. You should definitely send it before that time though! </p>
<p>@ dontstopbelievin - a letter from you is definitely better than nothing. Why donāt you ask your teacher to write penn a letter describing how his class is?</p>
<p>shes worse than my counselor. i know for a fact that she wont write me one, she wonāt even write rec letters for her students unless sheās had them for a full year. but okay, ill write them a letter. thanks An0maly!</p>
<p>by the way, happy new years guys :)</p>
<p>AHHHHHHHHHā¦
PENN IS MY #1 CHOICEEEEE.
I hope i get in. haha.
Gud luck guys! :)</p>
<p>actually, question. who do i write to? and would i send in a letter rather than an e-mail? because whenever i sent in an email, i never heard back from themā¦</p>
<p>I sent in my common app and supplement today (sent in payment a few days ago) but have not yet received the common app receipt email. Iām sure the website is getting overloaded with all of us typical Ivy-hopeful-procrastinators submitting just hours prior to the deadline. Anyone else not get an email yet like that? (Not talking about the one from Penn, the email from Common App)</p>
<p>Edit: Got the emails about two hours after submitting instead of instantly like usual.</p>
<p>happy new year every1. we have a great year ahead.
journey to upenn has begunā¦</p>
<p>Is anyone elseās Portal not workingā¦?</p>
<p>i didnt even get my portal stuff yet?</p>
<p>Sent my app in, good luck everybody!</p>
<p>actually, question. who do i write to? and would i send in a letter rather than an e-mail? because whenever i sent in an email, i never heard back from themā¦ </p>
<p>^^just asking again cuz i dont think anybody saw the question.</p>
<p>my G.C made a mistake while submitting my secondary school report. Instead of writing my GPA as 3.83 she wrote it as 3.67. She has done a follow-up email. but will it even work.
fortunately, if transcript is looked atā¦the gpa for commonapp SR is clearly indicated as 3.83</p>
<p>wat would happen to my fate??? oh godā¦suffering from series of misfortunesā¦ donot add on top of it by not replying!!</p>
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<p>Send a letter through snail mail with your name, birthday, and commonapp ID and just tell them whatever you need to. </p>
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<p>I heard colleges prefer snail mail, so have your GC send a physical letter as well.</p>
<p>@canned_dice okay so Iām not the only one whoās portal wonāt open.</p>
<p>IM APPLIED TOO! 
just submitted my app today. </p>
<p>can i ask when do we get the info for our portal??? do we get it through an email like a day later?</p>
<p>@nelesy - Mine doesnāt open either. Good to know itās not my internet lol.</p>
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<p>They send an e-mail, although it was a few days later for me.</p>