UPenn Fall 2020 Transfer Thread

I was also confused about this. I assume they may have left the same website code they had for incoming freshman and they forgot to edit that out.

Accepted into the College of Arts and Sciences as a South Asia Studies major!

Accepted into CAS for International Relations as a sophomore admit!

3.94 GPA
1520 SAT
800 Math II, 740 U.S. History
Three ECs, two are music related and one is a literary debate society.
8/10 essays
9/10 recs, one was from a seminar and the other was from my Spanish teacher that really loved me in her class.

I was accepted into CAS as a sophomore studying bio!

Top 40 Uni
3.93 GPA when applying
35 ACT
800 Math II and 800 Bio M
9/10? Rec’s - My teachers liked me, I contributed to the class through discussions, did well etc.
9/10 Essays - Probably what got me in, and what can make or break an application. Please work hard on these, be genuine, yet be creative!

EC’s - Operation Smile Member and was in a Scholars Program/Extracurricular
High School EC’s - had leadership and research experience

Advice: Make sure your reasons for transferring essays are solid. You’re basically answering the “why this university” question within it.

It seems like everyone is getting accepted left and right
 This is honestly so disappointing. I didn’t think Penn admissions would be this incompetent for this year. smh :neutral: My acceptance doesn’t mean much of an achievement


Finally I’ve been trying to find other people in nursing haha! I can’t pm yet

Removed EM address
ED

Has anyone heard back with financial aid yet?

@tfs73 more people getting accepted, if that’s the case, doesn’t diminish the quality of the school or who it’s looking for. The percent admitted hasn’t been above 10% in who knows how long; it was 5.9% last year for transfers. It’s a huge achievement regardless.

Nothing back from financial aid yet?

Is there a GM for the admitted?

@SunnyD342 I went to the accepted students webinar yesterday, and they said they’re working on a GroupMe (and a Facebook page, if I’m not mistaken). They should be coming soon, I think.

@ccheriem Nah I haven’t heard back yet. Have you?

Is Penn State University a highly rated school to transfer to UPenn from?

I notitced some folk on here are attempting to transfer from UPenn from North Carolina schools
 Does the school necessarily matter that you’re trying to transfer out of from? Does UPenn have certain biases towards certain schools?

@xal123 I’m not sure if anyone else has heard back yet, but I got my financial aid notification on the 21st. Definitely attending!

Also an FYI for anyone who may not know—the 2020-21 Penn student transfer Facebook group is up.

Hey @ccheriem what’s it called? I can’t find it. It’s only showing UPenn Transfers 2019- 2020 and 2018-2019


Hi! For those who’ve committed already, how much was the deposit? I can’t find a specific amount.

https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/06/penn-transfer-student-acceptance-rate

Congrats again to those part of the 196 :smiley:

@alexandriaOG Hey! I have some questions about the transfer process, I’m a new user so could you pm me please?

woah! Congrats! What were your stats and EC’s if you don’t mind me asking