Penn App. - Q & A!

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<p>Two questions:</p>

<p>I'm filling out the application by hand (too many typos).
For the activities and honors section, I cannot fit all of mine onto the lines provided. (I don't mean 'I have too many' - I plan on attaching a sheet for those), but for some of them, I cannot fit the entire name of the activities or honor onto the lines provided without going off of the line and looking like a little kid. What to do, what to do...</p>

<p>If your parents never attended college, do you simply leave the 'College attended' part blank? Or put N/A? GAH. Why am I stressing over literally, two letters. Well, two and a half....</p>

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<p>My suggestion would be to try and see if you can write in a smaller handwriting or shorten the names up. Other than that, I don't think they would care if you attached another sheet and spelled out the activities.</p>

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<p>Just abbreviate the best you can - they know the space is limited, and you are submitting another sheet anyway. For the other part I would write something like "Did not attend."</p>

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<p>Another itty bitty question (death in the details):
For each essay, it says not to exceed one page. Okay, mine are all one page single spaced. However, I know how much my teachers and the such adore single space.</p>

<p>So, do I stay within the limit and burn their retinas?
Or go over, just to make it easy on the eyes?</p>

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<p>Stay within one page, but make sure it's reasonably formatted. I wouldn't go lower than 11 or 10 font, and don't have crazy margins. </p>

<p>As long as it's reasonably formatted and easy to read, you should be fine.</p>

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<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 unweighted/3.9 weighted
Rank: 25/1250 (its a big school)
SAT: 1510 (770 verbal 740 math); 2280 (800 writing, 740 math, 740 verbal)
SAT IIs: math II 800, US History 760, Literature 790</p>

<p>Relatively good ECs: President of a buncha clubs (speech and debate, National Honor Society), play piano, volunteer a lot</p>

<p>What are my chances at Wharton in Upenn? (I applied ED)</p>

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<p>they take your highest in each section so you really have a 2310</p>

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<p>thanks for the update. what are my chances at wharton? I hear its pretty competitive so i'm not expecting much</p>

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<p>please can anyone give feedback? i'm stressing!</p>

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<p>I would say you have a shot at Wharton. Your stats won't be close to the best in the pile, and your ECs won't stand out. That said, you're still in the ballpark.</p>

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<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 5.86/4.0
Rank: 2/~235
SAT: 2300 (770 math, 750 cr, 780 writing)
SAT IIs: math II 770, chem 710, spanish 680</p>

<p>how much will that 710/680 detract from my app? i mean i think my other stats are above average</p>

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<p>It depends what school you are applying to and probably the 680 will not detract at all as they only take your top 2 SATs IIs.</p>

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<p>how long are the two essays supposed to be? For Essay 1, the one asking why Penn is a good match, do they expect it to be a decently long paragraph or a lengthy essay describing my love to Penn thoroughly? thanks</p>

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<p>and another question, is part 1 supposed to be submitted before part 2, or can I submit together at the same time?</p>

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<p>always faithful: Penn says that your essays must be kept to one page. This means reasonable font and margins, and anything that's kept within one page, single or double spaced, is fine.</p>

<p>Part one should be submitted before part 2 just so they can get your application file open and contact you for interviews and such. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks, helix</p>

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<p>EDers, did you guys single space or double space your essays?</p>

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<p>I single space them both, and I have like .1 margins on one and 1.0 margins on the other</p>

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<p>I single-spaced both of mine, but double spacing is fine as well if you don't have as much to say.</p>

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<p>12pt 1 inch margins double space</p>