<p>Hello! I am on the undergraduate wait list at Penn for the class of 2012. I want to go to Penn if accepted.
Everyone needs to calm down with the wait list. I need my own thread to make my point.
Penn has until June 30 to make all final acceptances. So please wait one more month (you have already waited 2 months, so one more won't be too much).
Just because you were not accepted yet means nothing.
I have heard nothing yet since the blue reply card was sent to me. Penn has not emailed me nor called me.
Penn will accept more people if necessary in the second round.
Not everything you read here is accurate. For example, I read that Penn is supposedly only accepting people from the College of Arts and Sciences. That is wrong.</p>
<p>If you are on Penn's wait list, it means that you are academically successful. Do not stress over their decision. If you've made it this far, then I'm sure you have other great schools that you could attend. We are all brilliant students. We will do great wherever you go. If UPenn is your first choice, then you probably will accept nothing but Penn as your school. Well, for those of you who are so fixed on Penn, I advise you to look into your other schools. This may be hard to swallow, but life is not fair.</p>
<p>In my case, I applied to Johns Hopkins Early Decision. I wanted to go there so much. I was deferred to Regular Decision and later rejected. I felt bummed for a while, but when I realized how great my back-up school was (Maryland), Hopkins's decision didn't affect me anymore.</p>
<p>If Penn is still your first choice because they will offer you great financial aid, then you may have to take out more loans and pay more money at another schools if you don't get into Penn. But then again, I'm sure one of your other less selective schools has offered you attractive financial aid.</p>
<p>If Penn is still your first choice because of its Ivy League prestige, then I'll say that prestige for undergraduates is overrated. Graduate, professional, and medical schools are where prestige is more significant.</p>
<p>Remember that this year was the worst in history in terms of college admissions. If this was any other year, most of us would be going to Penn.</p>
<p>Stay realistic. Two years ago, Penn admitted only 6% from the wait list (this is fact--"The Best 361 Colleges" by Princeton Review).</p>
<p>This whole post may seem depressing, but I want to bring you all to truth and reality. If you don't get into Penn, you will enjoy another college. Look into your schools that you will attend if you don't get into Penn. You'll see how great they really are.</p>
<p>Once again for emphasis, I DO want to go to Penn. If I don't get in, I'll still be excited for Maryland. All of us need to be excited for our back-up schools. College will be great and academically stimulating, even if you don't go to Penn or another very prestigious school. Remember, organic chemistry is organic chemistry. The same material is taught everywhere for the most part.</p>
<p>And just because you don't get into Penn doesn't mean you won't be successful. And if you do get into Penn, don't think you are set for the rest of your life. Wherever we go, we still have to put in the effort. And then we'll have success wherever we go. I hope this helps.</p>