<p>wow i’m not sure…it just looks you were super lazy your first two years
that’s definitely going to be a tough call for the admissions officers
did you explain the lower gpas in any parts of your essays or during your interview?</p>
<p>Samonuh are you on Parchment too? That name looks really familiar.</p>
<p>Does anybody else think it sucks that all of their friends/family are like “You’re for sure going to get in!”, just cause they don’t know how tough college admissions is? If I don’t get in, I feel like it’s going to be worse cause all of my friends/family think it’s so easy…</p>
<p>Yeah, thats why I only told my immediate family members (3 people). Well, and you guys haha</p>
<p>But it doesn’t matter what other people think, they’re not the ones going to college for you.</p>
<p>Well, if you (hopefully) get in, everyone who knows how hard it is to get in will respect you immensely for getting in.</p>
<p>That’s true.</p>
<p>@maani9422: I wish I did that. It’s just that when I get nervous, I tend to talk a lot, so I talk about Penn A LOT to other people. And plus, college is a huge topic at my school, so when other people ask me, I feel obligated to tell them the truth. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have such a big mouth…hahaha</p>
<p>accordingtome, I have a similar situation at my school. All my peers talk about is college. I was sick of the way they were treating others and did not want to be a subject of their condescension, so I decided to keep things of this nature as a secret. Whenever anyone asked me where I was applying, I’d say the local community college. I found that this didn’t even stop their intrusion on my personal choices because I started receiving comments like “you could do so much better, don’t apply there!” and “why would you want to do that?!” Even if I wanted to go to cc, what difference would it make to them? Now when people ask I either say a bunch of random colleges in my home state, or if they’re real jerks, I say it’s none of their business.
Even the one friend I confided in by telling him a couple of schools that I’m applying to ended up telling several people and I had to narrowly avoid it by saying I backed out of applying to Penn because it wasn’t for me. </p>
<p>Sorry for my rant but I’m really sick and tired of how unsupportive kids are, even to their own friends.</p>
<p>I know what you mean…ive gotten extremely close to letting it out during intense college admissions conversations. I don’t know how I’ve held it up this long. But if you don’t get in, it’s really no indication of how qualified you are. In the 2015 thread, someone with a 1750 SAT score got in and several with 2350+ didn’t. So don’t worry about what others may say because you’re going to get into a good school. Not getting into Penn shouldn’t completely define you if it happens.</p>
<p>It’s Ivy league admissions…the competitions cutthroat. It sucks but we have to deal with it if those are the schools we want to go too.</p>
<p>I tried so hard to keep my mouth shut about Penn…</p>
<p>…it didn’t go so well. The entire class knows I think hahaha. Now, I’ll feel horrible if I don’t get in and godly if I do (how superficial of me, I know).</p>
<p>@laodicean, I’m totally in the same situation. I’m one of the few that is applying anywhere ED, so in all of my nerdy classes, people constantly ask me about Penn. It’s getting ridiculous. I know admissions doesn’t define me, but I think it would change how some people look at me…</p>
<p>Exactly! The entire “honors bubble” knows where I’m applying, and I keep telling myself that what they think doesn’t matter, but subconsciously I feel that my admission to Penn will somehow justify all my hard work and stress. It’s a horrible feeling.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not one of those kids that was set on Penn my entire life. In fact I only made the decision to ED there a week before the original deadline. I guess I was one of the flip-floppers between my top schools (until I realized that PENN IS THE BEST!). I feel like if I don’t get into Penn, I’ll get a lot of crap about how I kept switching schools and that’s why I didn’t get in.</p>
<p>My schools pretty competitive. There’s like 10 Penn EDs, 3 Harvards, 2 Yales, a few browns, a few dukes, at least one MIT. They don’t notice if my name doesn’t come up in conversation.</p>
<p>My school is competitive too. I’m almost certain 10+ people applied to Yale SCEA, 3-4 to Stanford, a couple to Brown, Columbia, and Duke. Unfortunately, I have NO idea if anyone else applied to Penn ED (originally the track star of my school was going to because he got recruited, but they weren’t giving him any money so he backed out). Someone got into Cambridge already also (yes, the one in UK).</p>
<p>Apparently, my name comes up in conversation ALL the time. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing, but it annoys me that everyone knows where I’m applying.</p>
<p>My school isn’t really competitive. I think the only other person applying ED is this guy to Duke, which means more attention on me…</p>
<p>On another note, do you guys think it will be December 9?</p>
<p>Haha, it’s strange. I was planning on EDing to Duke for the longest time until Penn blew it away.</p>
<p>Well, I hope it’s December 9…I’ve already marked my calendar.</p>
<p>ME TOOOOOOO!!! oh my gosh I’m like dyingggggggggggg hahaha. Ok a bit melodramatic but still! </p>
<p>Are you applying to Wharton/where are you from?</p>
<p>8 at my school did ED. Last year, 16 overall applied (dunno how many ED) and only 2 got in! But 2 years ago, 16 applied and 6 got in. I’m only a junior (why am I even posting in this thread?) but if when I apply it’s a year that 6 get in, I will be soooo happy! Outside of the smart kids (honors) bubble, a lot of kids think that it’s easy to get into colleges. They have no fricken idea. If I don’t get into Penn next year I feel like it will justify the non studios kids who didn’t work hard and got into a decent school. I know it’s terrible to feel this way, and if I don’t get into Penn I’ll probably go to some other school that’s slightly worse than Penn. Whatever, end rant.</p>
<p>@accordingtome</p>
<p>I applied to the M&T program → SEAS if I don’t get in. You?</p>
<p>Yeah, I think it’s going to be December 9th because the past few years have always been on that Friday. Dukes on my RD list if I don’t get into Penn.</p>
<p>I applied to Wharton…seems like there is no rhyme or reason to admissions :/</p>