Always file your financials to Penn.
There is a very short window between admissions and scholarships although they mention more than a month.
LOL, you should always turn in Fin Aid documents asap, but that aside, there is still the fact that like 70% of people who interviewed will not get an A, making stressing about scholarships, Admitted Students Days, etc., moot. Best of luck to everyone and try to do things you enjoy while you're waiting!!
idkwtfigo with all the different fin aid portals honestly, so all I've done is the FAFSA. Even then I don't think I did it right because it didn't ask about my family
Same for me don't worry
Did you add it to your FAFSA after already submitting? Mine has been in review for like over a month now and I can't find anywhere to add new schools
I don't think you can until it's fully processed
FAFSA is broken as f**k this year and you won't be able to change s**t until they start releasing information to colleges, which I don't believe they've done just yet. Department of Ed will probably release ISIRs at the end of March. In the meantime, you'll have to sit tight
I just sent it to every school I interviewed at back in January...which means after its processed its gonna get sent to places that already post-II R'd me lol.
Penn has their own form on top of FAFSA right?
IIRC its the CSS profile, which I think they say is for need based aid only. Do we know if we need to fill it out to be considered for merit-based aid?
I advise people to fill it out so adcoms know you can only be considered for merit aid. It takes good bit of time and needs parents financial info and tax returns which means there wont be enough time to work on all that after the admissions.
My CSS is filled, are you suggesting I submit it to them too?
Your choice. No one knows how they make decisions although the claim is always that it is independent of financial status.
I didn't. But to be fair I think throughout my cycle I only got maybe 2 responses for thank-you notes?
Same, but I think nothing to read into there!
I didn't, but I wouldn't read too much into it. If it gives you solace, I got As and full-tuition scholarships from schools that didn't respond back to my notes, but I got the R from a school that did. lol so I'd say that in my experience, there's really no correlation. There are so many other more significant parts of your application.
I am not paying the $25 to send it unless I get in
8:30 - 9 AM EST is when they start calling based on past years - since it's via phone call they'll probably go out all morning at least
Friday?
I don't think we know, could be Friday or next week Mon-Wed
I know of someone who got the call past 5pm EST last year, so they likely go out all day
So sorry if this is posted somewhere, but do they email WL and Rs the same day typically?
Good question, just checked and apparently the portal updates with A/WL/R the same day around 4:30 - 5 PM (probably after calls are done going out)
Thank you!! Rooting for you
Thanks dude doing this research helps me cope with my sense of impeding doom. Hoping March is better for me than Feb has been
Got one from faculty not from student but dont think it really matters tbh
Interesting, I read through the past threads and saw only emails. Do you know what time he has called typically?
Same here! This is my dream program...
me tooooo i don't want to wait anymore. this wait is torture
Luckily I only have one of these to worry about🤣
