<p>I was reading through some threads and it got me confused. Do legacies who got deffered have it easier to get accepted in RD? I was under the impression that most legacy defferals are courtsey defferals and that most legacy apps are not as likely to get off the deffered list. Which one is it?</p>
<p>I used to believe that many legacy deferrals were a courtesy, but I really don't believe that as much anymore. They weren't afraid to reject legacies at my school and other schools in my area. I'm sure that sometimes there is a courtesy given if there is a big donor family or one that is very involved in volunteering for Penn.</p>
<p>Penn says that legacies are given maximum consideration through ED, but are still given a small boost under RD.</p>
<p>It is not a courtesy to defer legacies, the deferral of a legacy is based on the merit of his/ her application. Legacies may have a small boost after deferral only because they have shown his/her desire to attend and are more likely to matriculate. A deferred legacy may receive more of a benefit than an RD applicant who is legacy.</p>
<p>I was legacy, my mom was an alumni interviewer volunteer for 18 years, family donated I'd say...30 grand over the years, and I still got ****ing rejected with SAT scores that put me significantly above their average score(800 V/780 M/710 W). I'm convinced they don't care about legacies anymore, let alone in regards to deferrals.</p>
<p>Wow holyspirit, that SUCKS!!! Even with donations AND volunteering? Are you sure it wasn't a mistake?</p>
<p>That would be a nice fantasy, no? I don't know. My family is too ****ed off to call them. I think my mom would threaten them with death if I/we called at this time. It's not like I was some brat legacy trying to get in just on that, all my stats were perfect for Wharton. Probably the most confusing and frustrating thing that's happened to me in my life.</p>
<p>I would call them to get some insight on this. If it was something that could affect your RD apps, I'd want to know!! As far as the fantasy that it was a mistake, stranger things have happened!</p>
<p>holyspirit...wth man? how did you even get rejected? someone like you should have gotten in with flying colors or at worst gotten deferred. I think you should call them and see *** happened.</p>
<p>I don't think I really want anything to do with that institution ever again. But just as long as we're on the topic, what is the Regional Director for Long Island's phone #?/email address?</p>
<p>man that's terrible...i mean 30k isnt much to Penn..if you tally up all their donations..but for a family to give 30k is a hell of a lot. i mean, they could have at least...deferred...but flat out rejected?! there's something wrong with this picture. especially if your mom is an alumni, who does in some way give back through interviews, etc. your SAT scores are well above average...excellent i must say. so i'll assume your GPA was up there and essay etc were good. oh and theres no way id help them out anymore....unless there was like a good enough reason to not consider you in the slightest bit.</p>
<p>I'm top 10% and my essay, page 217 one, was about an experience I had as a child and how it basically led to my development of interests in economics, politics, and business, which is essentially the BPUB concentration at Wharton that I raved about in specific detail in my "Why Penn?" essay.</p>
<p>Did other students from your HS get into Penn......were you the only denial? I'd think your mom would be phoning the alum office first.......before she rails on the adcoms.......which of course she won't do.</p>
<p>No one else applied to Wharton for ED, let alone Penn. She actually called the admissions office today I found out, but they gave some standard nonsense line of applications being up this year. Which essentially means, we didn't specifically look at your application and are just entertaining you. Does anyone have the contact info for the Regional Representative of Long Island?</p>
<p>She needs to make her contact w/ the alum office......and have a frank discussion about her contributions and your situation. Are you willing to consider a program other than Wharton?</p>
<p>If the decision itself is not a mistake, then based off what I know I think Penn has made a bad decision. And is probably sending the wrong message to the alumni. When you do a service like that to a school, you would at least hope it to do a service back. Something has to be wrong, as previously mentioned, and I do recommend investigating.</p>
<p>Though the BPUB concentration at Wharton was basically my dream program (applied Public Policy), I wouldn't really mind doing the PPE major at the regular Penn college. I'll tell her to call the alumni office. I just found out that she also was told to send my application on through the alumni council head for like the LI area, don't know if that hurt me in the end.</p>
<p>everything just went wrong with this one. I don't know if this sounds cocky, but deferral, let alone rejection, wasn't really something I was expecting...</p>
<p>holyspirit, it doesn't sound cocky at all.
Given your high stats, above-average ec's, and an 'active' legacy status, you had reason to be confident. However, sometimes in life something like this can happen. My advice, is to keep pursuing it, you never know. And even if it doesnt work out, your stats are good enough to get you into most place where you want to go. However, DO NOT let your emotions interfere with rational thought, and do not give up. Keep with it. I wish you best of luck.</p>
<p>I recently spoke to an alumnus who was involved in fund raising for his class reunion. He said he had to listen to story after story of how his classmates' great legacy kids were rejected from Penn. Legacy may be a ~slight~ tip factor, but no guarantee by any means.</p>