<p>@sk8ergirl001, I think the results are posted by 3pm. It’s just that anytime you login into the application portal between 3-7, they’ll direct you to the decision portal. </p>
<p>I have no hope. Maybe it’s better this way.</p>
<p>Here’s the actual defer letter for anyone interested lol</p>
<p>December 10, 2010
Dear XXXXXXX,</p>
<p>The Admissions Selection Committee has chosen to defer our decision on your Early Decision application to the University of Pennsylvania. After careful consideration, the committee has decided to wait until the Regular Decision notification date of March 30, 2011, to make a final decision. We realize that you may be disappointed with this delay, but please know that your commitment to join Penn`s community will be thoughtfully evaluated during the Regular Decision committee process.
This year, Penn saw its largest-ever pool of Early Decision applicants, with a truly impressive set of talents and achievements. Penn defers less than a third of its Early Decision applicants, and we do so only after serious consideration of their academic and extracurricular accomplishments. Last year, approximately 10% of deferred applicants were admitted to Penn during Regular Decision.
The Admissions Selection Committee chooses to defer a decision when we wish to have more time to evaluate an application in the context of the broader applicant pool. Because we want to give your candidacy the fullest consideration, we ask that you have your guidance counselor send us a mid-year report that includes your first-semester grades when they become available. The "Midyear Report" form is available on the Common Application`s website.</p>
<p>As a candidate whose application has been deferred to Regular Decision, you are no longer bound by the Early Decision agreement. Please be sure to read the Frequently Asked Questions for deferred applicants on your Decision Portal for additional information.</p>
<p>On behalf of the entire Admissions Selection Committee, I thank you for applying to Penn.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Eric J. Furda C’87
Dean of Admission</p>
<p>Accepted!!! So happy!</p>
<p>here’s the acceptance letter, for those interested:</p>
<p>December 10, 2010
Dear XXXXXX,</p>
<p>Hurrah, hurrah Pennsylvania!</p>
<p>Congratulations! Welcome to the University of Pennsylvania and the College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2015! On behalf of the entire Penn community, we are delighted that you chose Penn for your undergraduate education. Our Admissions Selection Committee members appreciate the efforts made by you and those who have supported you. We also appreciate the hard work and individual excellence reflected in your application.</p>
<p>Penn received over 4,500 Early Decision applications, our largest number ever. You and your fellow Early Decision applicants are the most widely accomplished in Penn<code>s distinguished historyscholars, scientists, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. You hail from 44 states and 32 nations. I look forward to welcoming you to campus as part of Penn</code>s 259th class since Benjamin Franklin founded the University.</p>
<p>Through your search for knowledge, devotion to service, and engagement within your community, you will contribute to the vitality of the university and to the city of Philadelphia. In your academic and personal pursuits, you excel at the highest levels. In all these ways, you already demonstrate commitment to the goals and philosophy of this university. Happily, this is only the beginning!</p>
<p>I urge you, as one of the newest members of the Penn community, to make these next four years a springboard for lifelong learningtake risks, explore, discover.</p>
<p>This is the beginning of a spectacular journey.</p>
<p>For the Red and the Blue,</p>
<p>Eric J. Furda C’87
Dean of Admissions</p>
<p>Lol i had to read the acceptance letter 5 times before i was sure that it was real and that i wasn’t dreaming. :)</p>
<p>“Congratulations” was all I needed! But yeah, I logged out and logged back in to make sure it wasn’t a fluke.</p>
<p>question…my friend told me he got accepted, and when I asked for what the acceptance letter said, he said somewhere along the lines of…
“After carefully reviewing…we are able to offer you a place …What we do makes the world move, and now is your chance to make your mark…celebrate your acceptance by clicking the link below (some link connecting to the penn facebook group)…”</p>
<p>Is this legit? o.O I believe a friend’s rejection letter said “we are UNable to offer you a place…” that’s what got me suspicious. o_o</p>
<p>^Fatum
Look at post #44 in this thread. It has the entire text of the acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Yeah I saw it! That’s what got me suspicious in the first place…but this guy keeps on telling me how happy he is to get in. O.o…do people lie like that?!</p>