upenn supplemental question

[dentalkid11]

For those of you who applied to penn, how long were your answers to the supplemental questions? i feel like mine are really long.......theyre all around 1-1.5 pages, per question.
how in depth did you go ? especially for "WHY" penn. i dont know if i should save all my detailed answers for this question, for a potential interview, or if i should go the whole 9 yards in the supp

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[dentalkid11]

bump bump !

 

[Swoops]

Yeah you might want to cut back a little bit. I can't remember what the supplemental instructions said exactly, but I remember it saying something about answering in a reasonable amount of space or something like that. I felt like some of the questions required more room but others only needed a little space. The most space I used was a little under 3/4ths of a page. Others were maybe 1/2 a page. Why penn was one of my longest...be concise. They have a ton of applicants to read through. I would be a little irritated if someone sent in a 5 page packet to read when they could have expressed the same message in 2 or 3. Just my thoughts...I kept it short and sweet.

 

[aznboi89x]

Yeah you might want to cut back a little bit. I can't remember what the supplemental instructions said exactly, but I remember it saying something about answering in a reasonable amount of space or something like that. I felt like some of the questions required more room but others only needed a little space. The most space I used was a little under 3/4ths of a page. Others were maybe 1/2 a page. Why penn was one of my longest...be concise. They have a ton of applicants to read through. I would be a little irritated if someone sent in a 5 page packet to read when they could have expressed the same message in 2 or 3. Just my thoughts...I kept it short and sweet.

I just finished a 2 page essay. I listed all my activities so thats probably why it was that long. thats what she said.

 

[wo5678]

Mine was about 2 paragraphs for each question. I think a page for each question is too long. They got so much to read already.

 

[Dusk]

Mine was one page total for all the questions, and I got an interview this cycle. So I kept it short and to the point.

 

[Tunaman]

mine was one page total for all the questions, and i got an interview this cycle. So i kept it short and to the point.

+1

 

[Zbtb7]

Mine was one page total for all the questions, and I got an interview this cycle. So I kept it short and to the point.

Ditto

 

[colombianDDS]

All my answers combined were about 1.5 pages and I got an interiview 8/20 (not saying my supplement answers got me the interview) but that does seem a bit long. But then again, everyone is different and if you feel confident with your answers then you should submit them.

 

[ASAHLexD29]

OMG! How are you guys able to write so little? I ended up with paaaages and tried really hard to cut down.. did u guys just not write too many details? For example, for the second question, I wrote about a few activities but talked a lot of detail about my interactions with different people in those activities.. was that too much?? Did u guys do 1.0 spacing? or 2? I did 1.5 lol

 

[minafeet]

i got an interview too and my answers were all two to three paragraphs and pretty short. at MOST half a page. good luck!

 

[dantemac]

A few paragraphs - half a page each, perhaps. [Accepted last year and attending now]