<p>I have committed what seems to be the "ultimate sin" and referred to Penn as UPenn in my first supplement three times and my second supplement once. I guess from all those times I had to keep people from confusing Penn State and Penn "UPenn" became what I used normally. Should I email the office of admissions and tell them this and that it should be changed?</p>
<p>No problem…UPenn or Penn its fine…They use both</p>
<p>UPenn is fine, don’t worry.</p>
<p>^ Yep. In fact, dfree124 repeatedly called the school “Penn State” in his Penn Supplement essays, and he’s not worried about it. :p</p>
<p>Seriously, though, using “UPenn” is not a problem.</p>
<p>UPenn is fine. The school refers to itself as UPenn in the application.</p>
<p>As a general rule, it’s okay to refer to the school by the same abbreviation the school uses to refer to itself. </p>
<p>Can you refer to a prestigious Ivy league college using the abbreviated name of a large state university in the same state, particularly one that is still working its way through a huge child sex abuse scandal? Not so much. If I did, I would work.</p>
<p>cool thanks guys! Its definitely better than calling it Penn State…do you guys know when decisions are going to be released?</p>
<p>^ I don’t think the date has been released, but we can anticipate early to mid December.</p>
<p>@45 Percenter Yes I wrote both of my essays using PSU instead of Penn, and I even mentioned how I would help rebuild the football program after its devastation as a result of the Sandusky scandal.</p>
<p>^Haha I don’t want to be pessimistic, but I feel like that will hurt your application a bit.</p>
<p>Damn. I used Penn state and Upenn interchangeably. Will this hurt my chances?</p>
<p>^ Depends. Did you capitalize “State” when you used “Penn State”? 'Cause if you didn’t (like you didn’t here), then it definitely will hurt your chances.</p>
<p>@dfree124: Great strategy. Shows a lot of creativity, industriousness, and–most importantly–school spirit. Go Nittany Quakers!</p>
<p>Phew, I capitalized it - i should be fine then :).</p>
<p>It won’t hurt your chances…be worried if you made any big mistakes 
I know that since it’s your baby(I.E. college apps) any mistakes look huge.
It’s okay!
All apps go with some mistakes.</p>