<p>I’m debating whether or not to post my stats…
Obviously, I’m afraid that someone from Penn’s AdCom will see them, and then reject me for some unknown CC-applicant-hating reason…</p>
<p>If you’ve posted your stats, why did you?</p>
<p>If you haven’t, why not?</p>
<p>And does the feedback from the other CC members really help?</p>
<p>............ if you are even considering this dont bother posting your stats</p>
<p>many people don't post their stats for actual predictions, they do it so they can get a couple of "OMG I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU"s. </p>
<p>I haven't posted my stats because I'm the one doing all the predicting -.-</p>
<p>haha, that's what I thought...</p>
<p>It's just to get other people to "envy" you right?</p>
<p>no, not completely. the people for whom penn is a stretch (like me for example) want to get advice and forecasts. reading that i have next to no chance of getting in motivates me to get my other apps done.</p>
<p>I actually found that posting chances threads aren't really that useful. A lot of people post chances threads because they want to feel secure and confident, and a lot of people know that, and I feel like there are a ton of people who exaggerate because of that.. I wanted an honest opinion so that I could refine my list further, but I had a hard time because everyone was telling me ohh, you'll get in blah blah, which was nice, but not that helpful. I guess it depends on what you want to get out of it.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about Penn admissions officers--there are so many applicants, I don't think they would bother matching people on CC up to people applying (whereas I'm sure Ben Golub over at CalTech does think about that kinda thing)</p>
<p>haha, maybe I'm out of the loophole...</p>
<p>But why is Caltech's Ben Golub the exception? What has he done in the past?</p>
<p>Ben Golub is an admission officer, and CalTech is a very small school, and he takes the time to talk to kids applying and get to know them, so I'm pretty sure he'd be on the lookout for people he's seen post.</p>
<p>o0o i see i see</p>
<p>well the thing is, that I can't say that my stats are so-so in terms of the entire applicant pool...
But i'm applying to Huntsman...which is SO freakin' competitive that I don't even know what to think of my chances so far</p>
<p>17 and 18 year olds are no where qualified to be judging their peer's chances, period. Most people who post "omg my chances" ask really dumb questions like "omg is a 2350 good enough for tufts?". Its all a joke, really and nobody should take it seriously.</p>
<p>Thanks DiamondT</p>
<p>Though are there any Penn alumni, current Penn students, or parents of Penn students who post on CC?</p>
<p>There definitely are a couple of current students and alumni, not sure about parents though..</p>
<p>kliuless - If you really want to get an idea, you could do a search on last years official decisions ED and RD to Penn, to see who actually got in, got deferred and got rejected from each school. That was very educational.</p>
<p>Again, in my area the easiest thing is compare by school to past decisions, but I know in some areas there isn't that much of a history.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks countdown. I think I'll try and find a Huntsman thread like that...</p>
<p>because I doubt my GC will divulge information about past year's students...</p>
<p>Don't worry about Ben. He's an undergrad at Caltech who has worked with the admissions committee in the past so he knows the bolts and screws of the whole thingamajigy. So if you want to apply to tech, ask him for chances</p>
<p>Haha I wasn't planning to apply to CalTech or any other school over there... Cali's too far away</p>
<p>wow, I didn't think that anyone from any school would take the time to match up cc'ers with applications and then judge them based on stats and opinions.</p>
<p>wow, I didn't think that anyone from any school would take the time to match up cc'ers with applications and then judge then based on "posted" stats and opinions.</p>
<p>Haha, robertson, I don't know I guess it's just an unfounded paranoia I have o_0</p>
<p>Well Brown and Yale adcoms has been tracked before visiting (<a href="http://www.p%5B/url%5D">www.p</a> rstats.com). so that theory is not that farfetched</p>