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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My high stats DC applied to Penn on a lark. I don't have high hopes, but you never know.

Anyhow, if you're applying to Wharton, my impression is that you need HYPSM-level credentials--i.e., immaculate stats, national awards, major hooks, and great fortune. For the other Penn programs, students [i]may[/i] be admitted with [i]marginally[/i] lower credentials, but it's still a crap shoot.

As mentioned above, Penn has a reputation for (a) "work hard play hard" culture, (b) competitive students, and (c) preprofessional focus, although this will vary from student to student and program to program. Two or three decades ago, Penn had a reputation for being extremely graduate-focused to the neglect of its undergraduate programs. But I think Penn has largely corrected that perception.

For my kid, I'm wondering if Penn's competitive reputation extends to Penn's humanities and art programs. I went to a T20 school with a reputation for competitive intensity, but whatever the premeds, engineers, and CS students experienced at my school, I never felt any competition as an English major.

Incidentally, the University of Pennsylvania itself prefers "Penn" instead of "UPenn." I know because I looked it up to make sure that DC's supplemental essay used the preferred term. That said, enough people use the term "UPenn" that I couldn't say it's wrong. See [url]https://thepenngazette.com/penn-v-upenn/[/url]. [/quote]

Penn grad with dc there now and agree with everything here. 
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