<p>If I get deferred->accepted, I’m not going to go!</p>
<p>That’ll show the long-established major university with thousands of competing applicants.</p>
<p>sarcasm doesn't write well</p>
<p>i'd go to brown if the letter saying i got off the wait list came with a complimentary kick in the balls.</p>
<p>Ditto...if I had balls...but if I did, I'd love Brown to kick them in exchange for acceptance...maybe they can write an optional "physical" essay into their application so I can make that happen...</p>
<p>haha i don't care how i get in</p>
<p>Agreed...As long as I get in (hell they can do w/e they want to get me in - ill do it) I don't care how/why/where/when</p>
<p>Perhaps it is time to introduce THE THUNDERDOME as an appropriate means of admission. 100,000 protractor wielding students enter, only a thousand survive....</p>
<p>if i get into another ivy, i.e. yale or harvard, i would go to yale or harvard. unless i got into PLME. </p>
<p>if i got into penn, i might think about penn but would most likely go to brown, same with duke. who knows. >_<</p>
<p>Penn blows ( I worked there for 3 years ) ... the people are more "dickish" than all the other ivies, and people in there are so cocky. Harvard and Princeton are no less</p>
<p>hmm, does it? my school has "a relationship" with penn, i.e. about 4 out of our class of 50 attend yearly (in general). LOL @ dickish, and what exactly are they so cocky about? ;)</p>
<p>I kinda got the "cocky" feeling from Penn myself. Actually, I never even made it onto campus: the admissions speech at my school completely turned me off before I even got a chance to wonder if I should visit. the admissions officers had a very annoying presentation that was something like: "Our school is the best. We are superior to other institutions because: (insert reason here). You will be very lucky if we even consider you". It was cold and uninviting, the complete opposite of the Brown admissions officer who came to our school. He was so focused on talking about Brown's individualistic approach and the need to have a personal attachment to the school of choice. I just got more of the vibe that Brown actually cares about the applicant as a person, whereas with the Penn presentation, I got the feeling that applicants and undergrads there were more of a statistic. </p>
<p>Anyway, I don't know much about Penn, so I don't wanna offend any penn people that might be reading this, I just think your admissions officers need to change their attitude and come up with a better presentation!</p>
<p>Frankly Devushka said it best: "Our School is the best"...nearly everyone thinks it is amazing just because theyre there and that no other ivy can touch it. Moreover, I've written papers for penn (radiology/biophysics) and frankly they don't respect your work at all in research. If my department and my boss weren't as amazing as they were, I would never have worked at Penn (well...the pay was good too lol)</p>
<p>yeah, i was totally into MIT until my interviewer made me hate it by telling me how competitive/egokilling it is. Then again, she was in her 8th year of graduate school so who wouldn't be cynical at that point.</p>
<p>Nevertheless it totally turned my attention to brown as a better option. unfortunately i don't have much of a better chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>Since its adding to the acceptance, rather than flattering you, I think that you are refering to a "complementary" kick.</p>
<p>Then again, if you think you are being flattered and praised for your acceptance, you are correct.</p>