<p>hitgirl - upenn’s name will carry you just as far as stanford or yale. you have a scholarship that you probably won’t get at either of the other schools, and you’re involved in good ECs and have solid grades. if you’re worried about law school, just remember that you’re in a great school that already carries the prestigious name and the academic rigor that law schools will respect and take into consideration when your application is against thousands of others. you’re already in a great place - rethink your choice, especially because of that scholarship. your future is still set. you’re not at some random state school - you’re in an ivy! you’ll be more than fine.</p>
<p>wow hitgirl you’re excellent. if it were up to me you’d get into any college</p>
<p>ironicallyunsure - I know the scholarship is great to have and all but I would really rather would like to go to either Yale or Stanford. But I’ll just apply to both and see what happens. If I don’t happen to get accepted to either Stanford or Yale then I’ll just end up back at UPenn which is alright.</p>
<p>DreamingBig - that’s really sweet of you to say, thanks.</p>
<p>ok, well good luck!</p>
<p>I emailed the admissions office and they advised me to take the SAT again and that they will consider my highest score</p>
<p>anyone trying to get into the architecture program?</p>
<p>wow, I can’t believe the stanford transfer thread has already started! i’m also applying as a transfer, but my stats are nowhere near as good as those of some of the other posters on this thread =(</p>
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<p>Huh? Penn does not give athletic scholarships.</p>
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<p>S has architecture??</p>
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Though weighed heavily, Stanford doesn’t base their transfer admission decisions on your GPA or “stats” alone. Rather, they look at the whole picture, so many people of lesser “stats” have as good a chance.</p>
<p>thats good to hear, but i am applying from a cuny senior college, which doesn’t really hold a candle to ivy/ivy caliber applicants. i think i can manage to get a 4.0 this semester (and i have a 3.7 overall from a very competitive, ivy-feeder HS).but i’m still worried about how name recognition will factor into S admissions.</p>
<p>So Stanford looks at applications holistically? What about the ivy schools, like Columbia or Yale? I’m under the impression that ppl w/ lower gpas have a better shot at S than the ivies, but I dunno.</p>
<p>^For what it’s worth, I believe Columbia is relatively holistic. They’ve taken people from NU who don’t necessarily have 3.7+ GPA’s.</p>
<p>heera, how would people with a lower GPA have a better shot at S? I think the applicant pool’s GPAs tend to be upwards of 3.7-3.8, and many come from highly regarded colleges (see HitGirl’s stats).</p>
<p>I looked on S’s website, and there is a an arts supplement. I’m wondering if I could submit a microdocumentary I made about the MoMA in that supplement? I also got a mutimedia newsclip publishe with NYU’s Journalism Institute. Would is be a stetch to submit that as well for the supplement?</p>
<p>@HitgirlTransfer-</p>
<p>You mentioned you have a soccer scholarship at UPenn? How is that possible? It is my understanding that Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>Has anyone started working on their essays?</p>
<p>i’m a little nervous about filling out the short essays because i tend to be overly verbose ( which is a problem with the supplement character limit) i was thinking of writing three “full” essays (500+ words) then shearing them down to meet the char. limit. but that’s going to take a while.</p>
<p>I hate that Stanford transfer requires a secondary school report- as in the report written by ur hs counselor. Its such a drudgery to go back home and ask your ol’ overwhelmed counselor back at the school who was responsible for close to 1,000 people.</p>