Okay thank you so much! I hope you will share what you learned on the call on Monday!
As someone whose high school doesnāt have strong connections to Penn, do you think I donāt have a chance of getting admitted? Additionally, after I sent my LOCIāI havenāt sent any email reiterating interestādo you all think I should or do more? Thanks.
Iām in the same shoes as you, Iām personally not going to send in anything else because i demonstrated my interest pretty well in my LOCI (at least I think so) and I have no updates. But if you do want to upload anything else, upload it in the portal because when I called in they said they prefer it in the portal so the whole team can see.
To directly answer your question, if thereās any updates you have send them if youāre just trying to demonstrate interest, there isnāt that big of a necessity. Again, thatās just my personal opinion but Penn does prefer direct uploads to the portal and not emails to regionals admissions as other schools would prefer or encourage.
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For those who might be interested:
Dartmouth
2020
Admitted 1972
1057 Enrolled
Waitlisted 2661
1945 Accepted Waitlist Offer
95 Waitlist Admits
2019
Admitted 1876
1193 Enrolled
Waitlisted 2151
1381 Accepted Waitlist Offer
0 Waitlist Admits
They have publicly announced that theyāre reached their full class and will not be using the waitlist anymore this year (quite typical of Dartmouth).
Did anyone call the admissions office today? Iām international and itās quite expensive to call overseas, so if anyone has done it I would be very happy if you could share.
Hi! When I called on Friday, they told me that they had just finished reviewing transfer applications that week which had them occupied. Iām guessing they will focus more on our waitlist applications now that they have more time to do so. If they utilize the waitlist, decisions may come out anytime in May and June!
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Thank you! Do you think they will utilize the waitlist? Iām very concerned about that.
Iām a transfer applicant - did they say transfer apps were finished being reviewed? Thanks for any and all info!
No Problem! I am not quite sure because this is such an unusual year. However, I feel like there is some hope for us!
Hello! I am 90 percent sure the admission officer said they had just finished!
This thread is very silent lol. Did everyone lose hope? Or are there not much waitlists?
Calm and quiet before the storm.
If I just got an announcement letter from my school that I will be receiving an Honor Award at the Academic Awards Banquet on Thursday, do you think I should send that as an update on my portal?
I would upload it as long as itās not a generic award.
Definitely not generic. This is 1 of 10 top honor awards given at my school each year. 3 are for athletes and the other 7 are academic/leadership honor awards. I donāt know which one in particular I will be awarded.
Trying to decide should I let Penn know I am getting one, but I donāt know which one until next week, OR should I wait until I receive the award and then let them know.
I tend to want to let them know now as they make final decisions for the first wave of WL admits, but I donāt want to be a pest.
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4th call to Admissions after Commitment Day:
I asked about waitlist activity and if the class was full this year. The guy was being generic and said that they canāt release such information BUT he said that theyāll be using the waitlist this month, through next month and maybe even July. Then I asked the question āso the waitlist will be used this year to some extent right?ā. The guy answered āyesā.
I personally think that his response gives me the impression that they definitely will use the waitlist, maybe not to a big extent, but they WILL! And although this is not big good news, itās better than what I had originally expected (none to very limited). Itās also hard to explain in words but the way he was taking really made it sound like they are using the waitlist to a extent this year.
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oh thank goodness.
youāre doing godās work.
I called too! Very similar answer, but much less info than what you got. They said that we will start the waitlist decisions in the month of May and will go all the way until July. But when I asked if the class is full, he said he will not release that information.
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The person I called said the same thing when I asked about class fullness but he said theyāll be using the waitlist which is more positive than what Iāve been hearing last week. (I called three times last week and all three of the people that answered the phone made the statement āwe might not use the waitlist at allā so what the guy said today sounded very positive to me).
Iāll call again tomorrow and if the vibe theyāre giving off is the same then we might as well assume that thereāll be waitlist activity (maybe not a lot but at least not limited).
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It really is a good news. Thank you!
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