full-ride at upenn??

[Sir William Osler]

anyone get the scholarship? I noticed that someone posted about it? i guess they have already given them out .

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[bots]

Osler,

I received a half-scholarship. I PMed you this question, I'll give to everybody now: does anybody know how many people get scholarships, and if anybody gets a full ride, how many people have that? Thanks.

BOTS

 

[UCLA2000]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by bots:
•Osler,

I received a half-scholarship. I PMed you this question, I'll give to everybody now: does anybody know how many people get scholarships, and if anybody gets a full ride, how many people have that? Thanks.

BOTS•••••hmmm half is that 16k renewable? Anyone get a full ride?

 

[UCLA2000]

Are merit scholarhips included when a school determines how much need based financial aid you get? Or do they calculate the need based...and then add the amount of merit to it?

 

[Sir William Osler]

i heard they gave out 11 scholarships and i'm assuming those are the full-rides but they could be a mixture of full and 1/2's. congrats bots. that's really an honor.

 

[UCLA2000]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Sir William Osler:
•i heard they gave out 11 scholarships and i'm assuming those are the full-rides but they could be a mixture of full and 1/2's. congrats bots. that's really an honor.•••••Yeah you could be right...
Grats Bots looks like we'll most likely be at the same school next year. I just gotta check out my financial aid package!

 

[bots]

Thanks guys,

UCLA, it is 16k/year, renewable. Osler, I'm pretty sure that they give out 11 full ones, I'm not sure how many half ones. Either way, I'm very excited.
Osler, I like your name as well-- I was thinking of calling myself Halstead, but you beat me to the punch. Good luck with the rest of the schools you all applied to.

BOTS

 

[Premed315U]

Hi,

I'm a junior and interested in UPEnn. Could you please post your stats and things that you think got you in with the scholarship?

Thanks so much!!

 

[synite]

im blown away....i got the full-ride.

there's 11 of them this year...the website says so. also, the notification was written as part of my acceptance letter (there wasnt a separate letter about it). looks like penn is it for me...

 

[BlackPuma]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by UCLA2000:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by Sir William Osler:
•i heard they gave out 11 scholarships and i'm assuming those are the full-rides but they could be a mixture of full and 1/2's. congrats bots. that's really an honor.•••••Yeah you could be right...
Grats Bots looks like we'll most likely be at the same school next year. I just gotta check out my financial aid package!•••••hey just curious...how come u love upenn so much? what was it about that school?

 

[Premed315U]

Hi Sinite,
Wow, CONGRATS!

 

[Premed315U]

Hi Sinite,
Wow, CONGRATS!

Could you please list your stats and the thing that you think helped you get the full ride? I'm interested in UPenn, so I'm curiuos if I am anywhere close to what it takes.

Thanks bunches

 

[SMW]

Wow!! Synite, that is so wonderful (and you are so deserving!).

 

[radiohead_fan]

forward those stats to me if you can as well!

 

[serpiente]

Premed315 and Radioheadfan--
FYI Check out the last few pages of the "Official UPenn thread" or the Penn waitlist thread. Many "statistically" highly qualified applicants (~38 MCAT, 4.0GPA etc)
were not even accepted say nothing of receiving a full tution scholarship. I'm sure that a lot more than stats factors into Penn decisions, so I don't think knowing this person's stats will help you guys in anyway. However there may be something else unique about him/her....

 

[cipher]

•••quote:••• Could you please list your stats and the thing that you think helped you get the full ride? I'm interested in UPenn, so I'm curiuos if I am anywhere close to what it takes.
••••A friend of mine who graduated last year was granted a full scholarship to UPenn so let me give you a little info on him: 41 MCAT, 3.98 GPA, valedictorian, at least 1 publication, travels to Guatemala to help take care of orphans in indigent communities, Truman scholar...and I think he may have the ability to walk on water.

 

[UCLA2000]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by WatchaMaCallit:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by UCLA2000:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by Sir William Osler:
•i heard they gave out 11 scholarships and i'm assuming those are the full-rides but they could be a mixture of full and 1/2's. congrats bots. that's really an honor.•••••Yeah you could be right...
Grats Bots looks like we'll most likely be at the same school next year. I just gotta check out my financial aid package!•••••hey just curious...how come u love upenn so much? what was it about that school?•••••Why do I love Penn...

Ranked #3, only 1.5 year of bookwork, pass/fail, ivy league, away from Los Angeles (thank God), I have friends there, Phili is the 5th largest city in the US, supportive faculty, and students seem very happy.

 

[synite]

i'm echoing serpiente....i dont think stats will tell you much. but for those who asked, my GPA is 3.8 and MCAT is 39. i think it helped that im coming from the social sciences, since the scholarship criteria mentioned something about diverse interests outside medicine. i have a lot of leadership demonstration. good research experience, and international as well (but not much basic science research). great recs too. i dont think any one thing on my application screamed out....i guess the whole package spoke well of me. i cant believe i'm so fortunate.

thanks all for the congrats...