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Just ordered t-shirts. Pretty much as official as it gets.
That doesn't make sense though. April 15th is the deadline but I'm sure people make their final decision before then. So the wait list would move as people make their decisions. And the wait list email didn't say anything about a hard deadline about when we'll stop or start finish hearing.Yes because those people technically have the chance to change their minds and accept the spot until the deadline. It's an agreed upon deadline by all schools. No wait lists are touched until after April 15th. Plus most schools accept more than their class size assuming not all will accept the offer anyway.
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That doesn't make sense though. April 15th is the deadline but I'm sure people make their final decision before then. So the wait list would move as people make their decisions. And the wait list email didn't say anything about a hard deadline about when we'll stop or start finish hearing.
Thanks for the info! That kinda sucks then because I got into another school so i'd have to confirm there and probably make a deposit, which I'd loose if I heard I got into Penn after April 15th and wanted to go to Penn.Changing their minds isn't exactly the term I'd use, but each person who gets an acceptance has until April 15th to make their decision, but the rest of the post makes sense. They send out more acceptances than they have spots because they know not everyone is going to accept. They will not begin offering people spots off the waitlist until they have heard from all those people with hard acceptances. The list might move, but they won't be calling you until after that date. Pretty sure every school won't call until after the wait list. I'm also speaking from experience after being on a grand total of 6 wait lists (including Penn) over my two application cycles.
Thanks for the info! That kinda sucks then because I got into another school so i'd have to confirm there and probably make a deposit, which I'd loose if I heard I got into Penn after April 15th and wanted to go to Penn.
So I'm officially submitting the paperwork to confirm my seat with UPenn! There was a little bit of pause after getting into VMCVM (my IS), but not much . PennVet 2020!
I'm in the same boat. What tipped your decision in favor of Penn?
I also need to get the hell out of Virginia. It will always be home for me, but I've lived here my entire life (Suffolk and C'ville) and I'm ready for something new.I'm in the same boat. What tipped your decision in favor of Penn?
Ability to network, as dictated by faculty caliber/reputation and their willingness to interact with students, overall school resources (this is where the whole "Ivy League" bit actually matters), general vibe/goodness of fit, NIH funding and resultant research opportunities, and diversity of opportunities abroad. I'd also like to start a research initiative in Panama (where my wife is from, conveniently), in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute, to address the massive amount of unstudied disease transmission that goes on as a result of all of the transoceanic and transcontinental commerce. I think UPENN is more likely to have the money and resources (and thus enthusiasm) to support this.
I also need to get the hell out of Virginia. It will always be home for me, but I've lived here my entire life (Suffolk and C'ville) and I'm ready for something new.
Hopefully we'll meet sometime! I love Central America and I'm passionate about helping the animals in that area in any way. I'd love to talk Panama with you and your wife. One of my goals is to go back there to help with spay/neuter programs.Ability to network, as dictated by faculty caliber/reputation and their willingness to interact with students, overall school resources (this is where the whole "Ivy League" bit actually matters), general vibe/goodness of fit, NIH funding and resultant research opportunities, and diversity of opportunities abroad. I'd also like to start a research initiative in Panama (where my wife is from, conveniently), in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute, to address the massive amount of unstudied disease transmission that goes on as a result of all of the transoceanic and transcontinental commerce. I think UPENN is more likely to have the money and resources (and thus enthusiasm) to support this.
Leaning towards Penn, but the money is making this decision very difficult.
Hopefully we'll meet sometime! I love Central America and I'm passionate about helping the animals in that area in any way. I'd love to talk Panama with you and your wife. One of my goals is to go back there to help with spay/neuter programs.
P.S. Confession - when you first started posting, I read your name as "Jessica" for some reason, so I was surprised to learn you are male.
I've been to Costa Rica, Panama, Belize and Honduras. Central America is really one of my favorite areas to visit, though I really want to go to South America too. In Panama I visited Casco viejo (Panama City), boquete and bocas del tores.Nice! So my wife is actually starting med school in the fall as well (we're aware that this sounds completely crazy) and we sort of have this dream of tying the human and animal realms of medicine together someday when we're "functional doctors" who are capable of independent operation. I personally hope that we end up working in public health down in Panama for a solid chunk of time, perhaps doing disease surveillance, but I guess right now there's no telling where we'll end up. Since you mentioned you'd like to "go back there" have you been to one or several central American countries already? And I have to admit that the bit about my username was pretty amusing
Ability to network, as dictated by faculty caliber/reputation and their willingness to interact with students, overall school resources (this is where the whole "Ivy League" bit actually matters), general vibe/goodness of fit, NIH funding and resultant research opportunities, and diversity of opportunities abroad. I'd also like to start a research initiative in Panama (where my wife is from, conveniently), in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute, to address the massive amount of unstudied disease transmission that goes on as a result of all of the transoceanic and transcontinental commerce. I think UPENN is more likely to have the money and resources (and thus enthusiasm) to support this.
I'm currently working with STRI!!! (Short term fellow) I'm planning on applying to UPenn this upcoming cycle, small world. [Panama is amazing btw!]
Ah man, that's awesome. I was really hoping to do one of the short term fellowships as an undergrad or directly after graduation, but never did get myself organized and apply. Hoping to make amends to that in the next couple of years. How do you like it? And yeah, Panama is great. I'm really hoping that my wife and I can live/work down there for a few years at some point.
I got accepted back in mid January, and am sending in my paper work and deposit to make it official this weekend. Does anybody know when we get invited to the facebook group? I got the first email congratulating us and telling us about the facebook group and then at the end it said, "We will be sending you a separate e-mail shortly with a link to join the group!". But that was a while ago, just wanna make sure I didn't miss an email or anything.
I was accepted early January and got the email to join, and I know several people accepted afterwards who got it as well. You may want to email them to get the link!
Yeah I actually just double checked through my emails and found the invite email with the link. So I did just miss that email. Thank you!
Was this after the call or letter?
okay thanks!This was after both I believe. I got the email probably a day or two after I got the letter.
Out of curiosity, are you not still considering Cornell?I'm in the same boat. What tipped your decision in favor of Penn?
Out of curiosity, are you not still considering Cornell?
I definitely know that feeling of frustration, in terms of coordinating with a spouse... my wife starts med school in august, either at uva or upitt, so it's felt like a bit of a wild goose chase trying to make decisions on where to apply, where to actually interview, and, of course, where to attend. Best of luck to you and your husband! At the very least, you have some seriously great options to pick from!I'm still considering them. Before moving here, I spent 2 years in western NY (in the city where my husband grew up, about an hour and a half from Ithaca) and got to visit the school twice. I really love the school and the area, but logistically, the location is more difficult for us to handle than Philly or Blacksburg, since my husband has to stay in NoVA. I've been focusing on Penn and VM for that reason, but Cornell did offer me a small scholarship, which is great. So I'm not ready to decide that picking Cornell is out of the question. Before we moved out of NY, I really wanted to go there as my top choice, but without the IS tuition and without my husband living either with me or only an hour and a half away, it gets messier. I have a feeling I'm going to be one of those people who takes until April to decide, which is no fun for anybody.
I definitely know that feeling of frustration, in terms of coordinating with a spouse... my wife starts med school in august, either at uva or upitt, so it's felt like a bit of a wild goose chase trying to make decisions on where to apply, where to actually interview, and, of course, where to attend. Best of luck to you and your husband! At the very least, you have some seriously great options to pick from!
Yet another question for the current Penn students - I'm visiting over Spring Break to look at apartments. A realtor suggested one to me, rent is great, it's pet friendly and only 10 min from the school... my issue is that the company that rents out the building is called "Campus Apartments." I asked them if the building is mostly undergrad or grad students and they told me they weren't allowed to share that information. Does anyone have any knowledge of the company, do you know if their buildings tend to be noisy with lots of undergrads or if they're ok? The best the guy could tell me was that they have never had any noise complaints from the building...
Great to know, thank you!A lot of vet students live in their apartments but I'm not sure if they've had issues with noise complaints or anything. It really probably depends on your neighbors as it's a pretty decent sized building. I have heard of some issues with getting repairs done but since they don't really have pet restrictions, a lot of people still go with them.
So what rotations are required depend on what you declare your major as. However, everyone is required to take LA Medicine, LA ECC and LA Surgery ( I honestly think they should swap Field Service for this since the surgery rotation is like all ortho stuff). On the small animal side of things, everyone has to take Medicine (4 weeks vs 2 weeks for every other rotation) and Soft Tissue. Beyond that, the required rotations are major dependent.
In regards to electives, there are a ton and I honestly don't know all of the ones off the top of my head since I'm only a SA major. I didn't feel like I had to go to another school to get anything because Penn has everything I needed. Externships are fairly easy to schedule and can be done anywhere. You're allowed x amount of credits as externships before having to file extra paperwork to do more for credits, but I've heard it's pretty easy to get it all worked out. You just have to get them approved in 3rd year.
What I've heard as I looked around was maybe 5? Have you gotten your number already? I was gunna wait another week to ask.
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Just got my PennKey today! I think I sent all my info in about 2 weeks agoSo I just got by deposit confirmation back. Any ideas on when we're supposed to get our PennKey, etc?
Just got my PennKey today! I think I sent all my info in about 2 weeks ago
I actually never got a confirmation email that they received my things...When did you get the original confirmation email saying that your materials had been received? I actually mailed everything off on Feb 19th, but just now got the email about it being processed.