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It's taking a long time for penn to mark me as complete. is that normal or should i give them a call?
It's taking a long time for penn to mark me as complete. is that normal or should i give them a call?
ohh wow! thanks bradstein! it has been 18 days and I was getting antsy. 😛It's normal. It took them 28 days to get my letters.
ohh wow! thanks bradstein! it has been 18 days and I was getting antsy. 😛
I didn't do it.Did anyone here NOT do the optional essay?
ohh wow! thanks bradstein! it has been 18 days and I was getting antsy. 😛
i didnt do the optional essay and what are you talking about fuzzywuz? dont you just check off your top 3 activities?
no that's the part that's not in...sorry i wasn't clear. but i sent the LORs on july 20. most other schools got it 3 days later, but still waiting on penn!Atleast your LORs are in.
I guess waiting is waiting at any stage.
Did anyone here NOT do the optional essay?
i didnt do the optional essay and what are you talking about fuzzywuz? dont you just check off your top 3 activities?
So did anyone's application fee get processed/paid by their bank yet? I see above that a couple people checked their bank statements and found no UPenn payment... same in my case. I've been complete for about a month now too and have a "payment confirmation code".
I'm obviously not mad about this -- but should I be worried? (if everyone else's payment went through)
yeah that's all you do
there was no optional essay
So did anyone's application fee get processed/paid by their bank yet? I see above that a couple people checked their bank statements and found no UPenn payment... same in my case. I've been complete for about a month now too and have a "payment confirmation code".
My AMCAS has been verified since the second week of July, but I still haven't received a secondary invite 😕
does anybody know what the protocol is if i want to send a supplementary letter of rec to penn?
Rotations are only Mon-Thurs 🙂 No weekend shifts! (so says the M3s I talked to).
Does anyone have any recommendations for where to park on campus? I'll be driving in on the morning of my interview. The website gives the locations of several parking garages, but I was wondering what would be the best place for finding a spot and getting to Stemmler Hall easily.
Tessa, if you're in Newark, I would recommend (if the schedule works out) taking the SEPTA R2 (get off at University City, it's a one-block walk to the hospital and three blocks to Stemmler). Parking isn't super hard in University City but it's a bit pricey.
That being said, if you're allergic to public transportation or terrified of being late (understandable), I would recommend two options.
First, if you don't care about price and want a super short walk, you can park in either the Museum garage or the Penn Tower garage, both of which have entry points on Convention Blvd (just Google Map that). They are like $14-19 for a day.
If you'd prefer something cheaper, you can try the lot at 34th and Chestnut, I think it is $12. But, that's a bit of a hike in interview clothing.
Good luck on your interview day, don't be nervous at all -- we are super chill here.
I'll definitely have to check out the SEPTA schedules...I didn't even think of that since I don't go into Philly very often.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Ohhhhh, we're interviewing people from my undergrad again. Or maybe you're just the one a year I used to seek and never find in person 🙂 Are they still super critical of the MD/PhD pathway at Delaware?
Nothing really to add except I used to commute on the R2 from Newark, DE (I lived on Ritter Lane for most of college) to my first lab rotation here. The problem with this is that the R2 schedule is really really restrictive. I was told by the lab manager that this sort of 9-5 hours wouldn't cut itIt probably still doesn't run to Newark at all on the weekends. But that's a tangent.
Nope, the R2 still doesn't run to Newark on the weekends. There aren't many evening trains that get out there either, but there should be enough to get me to Penn and back for the interview. I might have some time to kill, but it's still easier than dealing with traffic and parking.
I haven't heard anything critical about MD/PhD here, but I was never seriously considering it either.
As for UD students, there are definitely others applying to Penn, so hopefully I won't be the only one this year. 🙂
Thanks for the replies.. I was just curious..
I was also wondering...for that question that ask you to "LIST" your primary activity/job if not in school.. do they want something descriptive?
Volunteer in clinic.
VS
Volunteer in clinic to learn about blahblahblahblah and work on projects blahbalhblahblah.
Does anyone know whether Penn favors its own undergrads...maybe just a little? 😳
Does anyone know whether Penn favors its own undergrads...maybe just a little? 😳
Did any of you guys answer the optional question? What qualifies as "special circumstances"? thanks!
It selects against its own undergrads. Every Penn undergrad applies to Penn Med and there are very many qualified undergrads from Penn. Penn could easily fill its med school class just with Penn undergrads. So I've always been told that Penn puts a sort of artificial cap on Penn undergraduate admits and only takes the best of the best of their own in order to promote diversity.
[email protected]What was the email address that we were supposed to send interviewer thank you notes to? I can't find the piece of paper they gave me at the end of the day.
Thanks