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<p>Ask me anything.</p>
<p>Is it too big?</p>
<p>What specific undergrad school are you in?</p>
<p>In terms of student body size? I don’t think so, but that’s my personal opinion.</p>
<p>There’s around 10,000 undergrads, so it is pretty big compared to other ivies/similar schools. At the end of the day, everyone finds their own niche in college so size doesn’t matter that much to me. My high school had around 800 students and I didn’t like that I pretty much knew everyone and found it hard to avoid certain people. That issue doesn’t really exist here.</p>
<p>I’m in the College, majoring in BBB, doing pre-med, and minoring in healthcare management in Wharton.</p>
<p>How are class sizes? Is it easy to enroll in mostly seminar classes (I prefer more discussion-based courses).</p>
<p>1) Do you think with the much larger number of ED applications submitted (almost 2000 more than last year), that they would be willing to accept more students?</p>
<p>2) If my GPA is okay, SAT and ACT scores are pretty good, I have really really good ECs, I love my essays, and am applying to an undersubscribed major, do I have a shot of getting in? I know this is barely any info, but based on everything else, do you think admissions would be willing to overlook my less than perfect GPA (3.7)</p>
<p>Thanks so much for doing this!!</p>
<p>Are you involved in greek life?</p>
<p>English2014— It really depends on what you study. The vast majority of intro level classes are pretty big. Like usually 150-250 depending. (Ex: math, chem, econ, bio, etc). I will say in those bigger lectures you will always have a recitation once a week where you meet with a TA in a smaller setting of 15-20 students. If you’re studying something like English, philosophy, history, etc. those are almost always 15-30 people, sometimes even less. Also, as you go on in your career your classes will always get smaller as what you’re studying becomes more specialized. Enrolling in seminars is pretty easy. In fact, they have a lot of reserved seminars geared towards freshmen which are really great and I highly recommend.</p>
<p>riar2496- TBH, I don’t think so. Maybe a little more, but not by a lot. Penn typically admits about half of its entire student body through ED, so I feel like increasing that figure any more would be unfair to RD applicants. Also, it’s up 2000 apps from 2008. It only rose by a tiny bit (6.6%) from last year to this year, so I would imagine there really won’t be much of a change in how many people they admit. </p>
<p>You have a very great shot. I was in the same position when applying and had the same worries as you. I also had a 3.7 GPA due to a bad sophomore year because of family trouble and stuff. I also had a 2240 on the SAT, a ton of great EC’s with leadership, fantastic recs, and awesome essays ( I seriously cannot stress the importance of the essays. It can literally make or break you.), etc. and got in ED. If you had any extenuating circumstances like I did, I would implore you to explain them in your app. </p>
<p>And no problem!</p>
<p>I’m not currently involved in Greek life but I’m looking to get involved once the spring semester starts up. During my freshman year I was really misinformed about what it was like and I also needed to bring up my grades, so I didn’t end up rushing. It has probably been my biggest regret here so far, as there’s really only one time each year that you can join, so I feel like I’ve missed out on a lot.</p>
<p>How does this sound for ED at CAS? (I am an Asian Male from Canada and hope to major in Philosophy, Politics and Economics)
2360 Superscore SAT (2350 Single Sitting), 3 800 SAT IIs (World History, Chemistry and Math II), 3.97 UW GPA, and a class rank of 3/450. 3 5s for APs, and taking 2 more this year (self-study)
Chair of a company that won an entrepreneurial competition and has investor interest.
Did an internship at Rogers (the Canadian version of Verizon), doing a business case and research. Have a job offer from them to continue working in Field Operations Management
I run my own Tutoring Business. (I tutor about 6-10 hours a week, paid)
I do screenwriting and filmmaking
And a few other leadership positions. </p>
<p>My Common App essay was on struggles with screenwriting and how that eventually led to me finding out what I really wanted to do. Everyone I’ve shown it to really, really likes it. </p>
<p>My Penn Supplement was pretty good too. I talked about escaping tunnel vision and integration. </p>
<p>Uhm, for Recommendations, I got 2 teachers who have a very good track record and rep when it comes to letters. Both like me a lot.
My additional rec comes from a high ranking Rogers Executive, and I read it. I really like it. It covers a side of me that doesn’t really show up in school. </p>
<p>And I don’t think my guidance counsellor wrote a letter.</p>
<p>Thank-you so much for answering my question.</p>
<p>could you tell me more about the dorm life at penn and the nursing social circle??</p>