<p>I just had my Penn interview today. It went superbly – my interviewer and I were like twins in terms of our interests. We both shared similar passions, engaged in similar activities, and knew many of the same people; in a way, it’s a miracle we hadn’t crossed paths before this interview. He also gave really good advice about navigating through Penn’s academic and social life. The interview definitely increased my interest in Penn.</p>
<p>As of today, I just received a very nice email from my regional admissions officer 
I had the opportunity to meet her early in the Fall. I hope the email means something positive !</p>
<p>Sorry I didn’t answer before! I just checked this thread. Anyway, when I was 10 I enrolled in a local college Italian course and it was so scary since I was the only kid there. I would get Cs in the tests and it was horrible. Eventually, I left those classes and started to read and read and read and watch movies in Italian. I would have to say that the culmination of my learning experience came when I visited Italy: I was placed in the middle of Rome and my grandmother (speaks Italian but not Italian) told me to find my way to our hotel. And there, I spoke Italian fearlessly. After that, I enrolled in private conversation classes to fix my grammar here and there and prepared for the AP. all in all, an integral part of my life :)</p>
<p>^
That’s really great!
I know firsthand how being immersed in the country is best for practicing the language.
When I went to China for 2 weeks, I learned so much and became way more comfortable with speaking and those two weeks made me realize where I would go should I get the opportunity to study abroad.
Italian is pretty, I hear my friends speak it when they have a test. But speaking French and Spanish make Italian understandable for me. Gotta love Latin-based languages :)</p>
<p>I’m so impatient! I really want the results right now!!</p>
<p>Its funny to think that only 1 more person applied this year. what are the odds?</p>
<p>lol I think I’m that one extra person sometimes because im the only one in my whole school district than even applied to Penn.</p>
<p>Sent from my SGH-T769 using CC</p>
<p>Haha well my friend and i are the only two people in my school’s history who applied to penn :)</p>
<p>I want Penn so bad it actually hurts right now lol. Is anyone getting super tired of waiting? 
Because I am.</p>
<p>CC should make a chat room, lol. It will make chatting/ranting easier while we wait for our doom/heavenly destiny in late March.</p>
<p>@SirStPierre
I’m just expecting doom on D-Day. But at least we all have each other here! A chat room would definitely facilitate things.
Just a question: would your username have anything to do with Georges St Pierre (UFC fighter) or are you a fellow Canadian?</p>
<p>^^^ I’ll PM you :D</p>
<p>And I’m expecting doom, too… But I can’t kill that single ray of hope inside :(</p>
<p>Happy Chinese New Year guys 
Wish you receive the decision/offer you want this year :)</p>
<p>Haha. @Ragdolls and @Ishmi16</p>
<p>One of my best friends is also applying to Penn (Wharton).
But I think we are probably the only two people form our school who’ve ever even considered applying to Penn.
And the chances of us getting in are so slim that well… there’s nothing I can do but hope
Still, attending college with a best friend from high school would be very cool !</p>
<p>I completely agree @PennDream !
I would love to attend either Penn or Harvard with my friend (only 2 US schools that he applied to) because he is always supportive.
When I thought that I had no chance, he knew that I wanted it and kept telling me how great it would be to have me there and that we could rep our school together :P</p>
<p>I’m gonna repeat what shontaya said and wish you all the best with college admissions results this year :)</p>
<p>If you guys don’t mind, can you post your objective stats when you post your acceptance/rejection (obviously acceptance for all you guys)? like::::::
ACT/SAT:
SAT II:
GPA:
Rank in HS:
APs:</p>
<p>I’m a Penn hopeful – currently a junior. I want to see if its even worth applying to Wharton with a 28 ACT. I was further discourage to apply when I saw they only accept 5’s on every AP exam except German. lol I’ve only gotten 4’s on all my AP exams…</p>
<p>^
There is a results thread every year for stats such as those. These threads are meant to be informative, so that future applicants can see what students were accepted/rejected in the past.</p>
<p>In my case, I’ve just been stalking them. Beware of CollegeConfidential! It makes you even more obsessive during this interminable wait for results!! :P</p>
<p>^ True.</p>
<p>And I’ve been stalking them too, just to bring my hopes down whenever I feel that I’ll get into Penn!! :p</p>
<p>^ Haha me too!
During the whole admissions process in December, a number of CC results would come up in my Google searches. And I read them all.
A few weeks ago, I thought Oh what the hell. I am joining too.
It’s nice knowing that you are not the only one freaking out over admission decisions :)</p>
<p>To all those fighting the “freak out” awaiting decisions: you’re missing out on one of the best times of your life. This is your last semester of a successful HS career. You should be having a ball. Why? Because there is nothing you can do about what will happen. Where you’ll be in Sept is largely already decided – from here on out, it’s just details. So why worry about something you can’t alter?</p>
<p>When I was in your shoes, I knew I had done everything I could so decided to go out with a bang. I asked out all the girls I hesitated to before. I cranked on my grades and 4.0d my entire senior year despite having one of the most crazy ones in my school’s history. I did it to prove to myself I could – not b/c to impress anyone else. I had tons of good memories w/my friends.</p>
<p>Guys – go out and enjoy your lives. You’ll be fine in Sept – wherever it is.</p>
<p>^ Well pretty much what I had been doing, up to my graduation day !! :p</p>
<p>Though it just stays there at the back of my mind, the decisions!! 
But I see it as another experience - part of every HS senior’s life!! :)</p>
<p>Anyway, ya - there’s no point of worrying now. We’ve done our best and we’ve shown who we are to the adcoms. If they like us - we get in, if they don’t like us - maybe we are not good fits for that school and as such probably wouldn’t enjoy it there anyway!! :p</p>