<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I am waitlisted at penn and want to send an additional letter to the university. I was just wondering if anybody knows whether i should send it to the admissions office? or to a regional representative? If i send it to the regional representative, would it be considered if my application is evaluated by somebody else?</p>
<p>Send to your regional person. Make it personal.</p>
<p>cfuc_4...I was also waitlisted and I contacted the admissions office to see if there was anything I could do to really bolster my chances. They told me to send a letter to my regional person of no more than 2 pages and that they prefer it by e-mail, as it is more direct and less likely to be misplaced, and just more convenient for them in general.</p>
<p>Hopefully that helps, good luck to you and maybe...hopefully we'll see each other at Penn next year =)</p>
<p>Hi Serra!</p>
<p>May I ask you which email address they gave to you? I got only one for international admissions and the lady I called today didn't seem to be overly informed with the process in general.</p>
<p>Let's hope, wait and see.</p>
<p>well, if you send it to the admissions office, isn't it still directed to your regional admissions officer?</p>
<p>and I didn't really make my letter personal, just provided updates
how personal do you make it?</p>
<p>I actually got a call from some chairman for my area or something who gave me the name of the regional representative who I should direct my letter to...he sounded extremely enthusiatic :)</p>
<p>hey David...when I talked to the lady in the admissions office, she didn't directly give me the email...she directed me to the Penn admissions website to get it. I'm not sure who your regional director is...I'm from the Bay Area, so hes most likely different lol...I'm in a bit of a rush atm, but I'll come back later and post the link! Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Oh, and neutralnuke, I made my letter very personal: but that is a personal choice. It will either work really well, or get my application thrown out: I'm taking a big risk...the admissions office said nothing on how personal it should be, they only told me to keep it at 2 pages max. I figure if they're giving me this space I might as well make it into the most I can!</p>
<p>are we supposed to send the letter around now or when we send our final transcripts, etc.?</p>
<p>final transcripts?
You only send them if...just if you get in.
Send the letter now.</p>
<p>Yeah...why did they send a final report form?? Its not like they'll have time to receive and review it anyway...</p>
<p>my regional adcom said that just incase I got in from the waitlist, I could send it in.
But yeah, still doesn't make that much sense to send it to all waitlisted applicants.</p>
<p>are you suppose to get excited about the school to which you submit your commitment deposit?
and if yes, as waitlist chances of admittance are slim at best, how can you be excited and still write a letter stating you love Penn more at the same time?</p>
<p>I know the name of mine (Mrs. Leshko if I am correct right now. It's not too hard as she's the only one for whole Europe but I can only find her phone number (which only directs me to the office of intl admissions... :/)</p>
<p>Well, how personal should it be? It doesn't matter as long as it works, I'd say. What if he/she falls ill and you are reviewd by someone else (yeah I know that's unrealistic ;) ) + you don't know anything about your rr. That's the reason why it's recommended not to elaborate on religous or political beliefs...</p>
<p>I think that it's a good thing to at least address your rr in the email you write. When I sent out my other wait list letter on tuesday, I e.g. expressed my sympathy with all those who suffered from the shocking event on monday. It really wasn't meant to show off or to make use of something horrible - it really was something I wanted to say, and as I don't have any contact to other Americans in general, I thought that this would be the best place.</p>
<p>And that is something which is important: What your personal contact might be - it should be something which really is of interest to you - not what you might think could be of interest to the adcom. Btw., she wrote me a short but warm email back.</p>
<p>I don't know whether that is fine in America, but I for instance also addressed my RR with her prename instead of her surname and kept it pretty informal. Now that the rush is over - we are candidates who should have a "face" to be admitted. We are much more than numbers - we are basicly equally qualified.</p>
<p>We are on the same playing level and a SAT which is 50 points higher than the one of a friend won't make a difference now. If you have grades to send in, it might help you - if you don't then your letter and your essays will have to pull you.</p>
<p>At least, this is what I believe :) </p>
<p>I wish you good luck - we'll all need it.</p>
<p>i called them today and the lady told me to send it to the office of undergrad afmissions.. so i sent it to there??</p>
<p>thanks for all the help guys. Just another question. In the letter, is it ok to re-highlight briefly my extracurriculars and why i'm still a good match for penn? Alhtough i already talked about these in the application and in my original essay?</p>
<p>Ok please ignore my last question, I have a new question. If I'm applying for financial aid, should i send in my 2006 tax returns, if i have just recently completed them??</p>
<p>was wondering the same...</p>
<p>any news on the email address question as of so far ?</p>
<p>Dave</p>
<p>See this helpful article:</p>
<p>Do send them a letter saying you're still very interested. Don't rehash old ground or make yourself a pest.</p>
<p>Do be realistic - last year they had like 1500 people on the waitlist and took 15. Chances are excellent you ain't getting in no matter what you say in that letter so don't obsess overly. </p>
<p>I think they view the waitlist as a "consolation prize" , a nice way of saying "you're perfectly qualified and we would have taken you if we had room. No hard feelings; make sure your little brother applies and apply here for grad school." The calculation of yields is a pretty exact science - they know within a percentage point or two that 3610 admits will yield X accepts - they have no good reason to waitlist even 1/10th the number of people that they do, except for what I just said.</p>
<p>last year, they took 30, most of which were wharton</p>
<p>year before, they took about 100, most of which were from CAS</p>
<p>i got the figures from my admissions officer.</p>
<p>Hey those numbers don't sound too bad :)</p>