Penn 2017 ED Discussion Thread

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I don’t think that the Admissions Office necessarily frowns on an applicant simply because he/she took the SAT more than twice, but my understanding is that it’s not something they encourage. Up until the Admissions web site was completely redone this year, there used to be the following language:</p>

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<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: Required Tests](<a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/20110610033554/http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/testing.php]Penn”>http://web.archive.org/web/20110610033554/http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/testing.php)</p>

<p>For what it’s worth.</p>

<p>Also note that in the current testing FAQs, they specifically say:</p>

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<p>[Penn</a> Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/testing-faq]Penn”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/testing-faq)</p>

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<p>They’ll give greater weight to the ACT:</p>

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<p>[Required</a> Testing for Freshmen - Penn Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing]Required”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing)</p>

<p>Many applicants do better on one than the other, so I wouldn’t worry about it. :)</p>

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<p>Thank you 45% !!!</p>

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<p>Thanks 45%. I increased my CR score to 800, combined with Math 720 and Writing 720. I now have a 2240. Nothing but the waiting now.</p>

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<p>does anyone not have his/her portal yet?</p>

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<p>Yup Wharton3 I’ve had mine for a few weeks now. Did I read that decisions are going out December 12??!?</p>

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<p>^ That’s a guess that’s been going around here. Apparently we’ll be receiving emails from Penn pretty soon about when the actual decision date is.</p>

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<p>^ And if they use the same page for decisions that they have used the last few years (it’s not the same as your regular Applicant Portal), the date and time will also appear here:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.admissions.upenn.edu/decisions/mydecision.php[/url]”>https://www.admissions.upenn.edu/decisions/mydecision.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Wharton 3. If you don’t have My portal login info yet you really need to call them now!!!</p>

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<p>Wharton3, I got my portal login the day after I submitted my app. You really should call them asap!! Did you check your spam folder?</p>

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<p>Chance meeee!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1422354-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1422354-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>wow i’m stressing out… then again maybe they’re waiting for me to send in my SAT II scores on december 4th… because i was supposed to send them my 2 SAT IIs a long time ago but because of Sandy the test was postponed and i’m only gonna hear back from collegeboard on dec 4th… and i tell specify this to my regional officer so she might’ve told the admissions people to hold on to my file</p>

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<p>^If you’re worried about the status of your application, just give the admissions office a call. I’ve called them a few times to clarify some things, and they were extremely nice about it! And then you’ll be able to put your worries to rest :)</p>

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<p>Compulsively checking my email in ten-minute intervals for the message that’ll inform us when decisions will be released.</p>

<p>I love Penn, but all this waiting is making me wish I hadn’t applied ED so the rejection won’t hurt as much. It’s like a courtship ritual: as ED applicants, we profess our sole devotion to Penn. But if we’re rejected… </3</p>

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<p>^I know what you mean. I’m already pretty sure I’ll be rejected, but I know that once I see it on paper (or pixel, I suppose), it’s going to hit me like a sack of bricks.</p>

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<p>Does anyone else have any info pertaining to the decision date? I really want to know when to expect it urghhhhh</p>

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<p>I don’t know if this really belongs in this discussion thread, but I was wondering-
My school has trimesters and our first tri grades come out this friday. If the school sends them by monday or so, do you think they’ll even be looked at?
I know it’s really not a big issue at all, but I worked really hard expecting these grades to be the latest on my transcript (the grade deadline was supposed to be about two weeks ago but they extended it for some reason) and got the highest grades I’ve ever gotten which also bring my unweighted gpa up a bit.
It would be nice to know this work might be seen by my ed school before decisions are made…</p>

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<p>^They’re in the process of reviewing applications as we speak, so if they’ve already gone through your file…</p>

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<p>^^If I were you, I would not send it.</p>

<p>Does anyone know the correct decision date?</p>

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<p>I’m a dad and I’m as excited as my D. Hoping that a lifetime of really hard work nets her her number one choice.</p>

<p>I know that she and kids like her work extremely hard, play hard and usually carry a huge load on their shoulders as leaders of multiple organizations.</p>

<p>Good luck to all.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/1403802-official-columbia-university-class-2017-ed-results-25.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/1403802-official-columbia-university-class-2017-ed-results-25.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>According to the Columbia thread, there’s a way to find a potential ED date on your CSS profile… I think it’s under “acknowledgements”… Can anyone verify that???</p>