<p>hey abhimanyuk, how can you apply for aid at first and then withdraw it? i read in a document from Penn that internaitonals who apply for aid in the beggining cant change it, atleast thats what i read....but yea, most of the internaitonals i know who got into Penn were those who paid full....this year has record number of internaitonals, i just hope the majority of them are applying for aid lol, so it gives me an edge :D....cuz i got deferred from ED, M&T, and i heard that most kids who get off the deferred list are those not askin for aid</p>
<p>btw how do u plan to get an 80 lakh loan in india lol, i dont think they give out student loans of that amount, those kinda loans are mostly home loans</p>
<p>damn...</p>
<p>this just gets better and better...</p>
<p>ceebrown how do u know 90% of internationals apply for aid? arent most internationals who apply to the US for undergrad from wealthy backgrounds and dont need aid?? but i hope ur right though lol</p>
<p>sorry about getting deferred to reg dude , but i dont think paying full means entry into wharton. A guy in my school has 2100+ SAt, 2380 sat 2's top notch Academics and belonged to a very rich background, and he got rejected altogether .</p>
<p>I also didn apply for aid at Penn but at CAS and got rejected outright and last year a guy from my school got into wharton with a 2060 and with Financial aid, he was good, but not wowzers...</p>
<p>som1, was that person you were talkin about an international? and if so, from which counrty? how is it possible that a 2060 international applicant gets into wharton with aid but a 2100 gets rejected askin for no aid? it doesnt make any sense lol..... im an indian applicant btw and have been living in the US for 1 year now....judging from abhimanuk's posts, it seems as though not asking for aid and good scores mean almost automatic acceptance for internationals....</p>
<p>yea dude he was an internatonal applicant from my school from pakistan . Yes of course not asking for aid is a big big plus but i dunno that guy's essay's mustve been top notch... Stuff like this happens alot , used to make me pretty angry at first but meh...we gotta deal with it like every1 else :P</p>
<p>With schools like Penn, just having high numbers isn't going to guarantee you a spot; there are far more applicants sporting high SAT scores, high GPA, etc. than there are spots for those applicants. The difference between a 2060 and a 2100 isn't that big...what it comes down to then is the subjective judging (extracurriculars, recommendations, essays)</p>
<p>Frankly with schools like Penn, having high numbers gets your foot in the door, but it by no means is a guarantee. All we as applicants can do is complete our application the best we can and hope for the best. Comparing yourself to other accepted/rejected candidates is only going to drive you mad, in my opinion, because so much of it is a crap-shoot.</p>
<p>well said dancer,</p>