<p>The Kelly Writers House’s recruitment director liked the sample of writing I sent in for her consideration. She has contacted the admissions office and let them know I am a candidate of “significant interest” to the Kelly Writers House. Her email notes that while this is not any sort of guarantee of admission, it does become another part of my application. Anyone know how influential this is? </p>
<p>If it helps, I’m applying ED to Wharton but wish to pursue a double major/minor in Creative Writing.</p>
<p>Psychedelia,
I’d say that the additional recommendation is definitely helpful. Obviously you’re passionate about writing and your application probably did show a lot of dedication to what you like to do. Think of your extra help as icing on the cake of your app- if you can write good enough for the director of the Writers House you must have nice accomplishments in writing elsewhere as well.</p>
<p>^That’s certainly a good way to look at it! Thanks for your reply. I haven’t actually participated in many large writing competitions. I hope my essays helped show my strengths.</p>
<p>Did any of you guys also send November SAT’s to Penn ED? On my SAT score page it says that Penn received my scores on November 18th. That is only 12 days after the November 6th deadline, so I feel hopeful that they will actually get them in time to read my app. Are any of you guys dealing with this?</p>
<p>Also, do any of you guys know the actual process Penn uses to read and make decisions on apps?</p>
<p>New to CC. My D applied ED to Wharton. This site has been very helpful si signed up. Good to all. So many outstanding young people are proof that this country is great. I’m thankful for that today</p>
<p>Not 100% sure about this but:
There’re subcommittees that are responsible for reading applications from certain states/countries. It is usually composed of a regional director and two or three other people (alumni/outside hires, but most likely alumni). The people other than the regional director read each application independently and note whether to accept or reject. The regional director can decide to go with their input. If there’s discrepancy of opinions, the regional director will put the application in question aside for the selection committee discussion that will take place after all applications are read from each region. At the selection committee discussion, each member in attendance has one vote. Not sure what percentage is required to admit the candidate though.</p>
<p>does anyone know how many early applicants of the class of 2016 were wharton applicants? Because i’m getting the feeling that 75% of the people on CC are applying to wharton…scary</p>
<p>@baseballkid224: I didn’t contact the Kelly Writers House after sending my sample in. I had assumed, after waiting for some time for a response, that the director had read and disliked them. Then she contacted me.</p>
<p>@everyone wondering if 99.999% of the ED apps are for Wharton: well, I doubt CC is an accurate sample of Penn ED applicants. But I’d guess a large percentage is for Wharton, just because we business people enjoy increasing our chances…</p>
<p>Penn claims that Wharton has the same admission rate as the other three schools, but I find that a little hard to believe. I feel like the admissions office would hesitate from publishing the fact that Wharton is more selective than the other schools. They might think that it would devalue the acceptance to non-Wharton Penn. Even so, I do know quite a few people who are applying to Penn CAS ED, so who really knows? </p>
<p>Wow, and December 12th… That’s a shockingly quick turnaround time, considering the November 6th extension. The sooner the better though, even if December 12th means rejection. Knowing earlier is always better.</p>
<p>^ Does Penn really claim they have the same acceptance rate? It’s pretty obvious that Wharton has a lower acceptance rate than the rest of Penn.</p>
<p>I really hope, as a CAS ED applicant, to be pleasantly surprised come December 12. Good luck to everyone else with their applications, and I look forward to sharing results in the near future.</p>