Official Penn Transfer Thread Fall 2008

[jack_bauer76]

anyone else, get their notification of missing materials via email?

[2ndchance]

Do admissions officers typically have contact with students prior to getting the admissions decision? As in having a conversation via email of some sort?

[jack_bauer76]

In a post on the Penn forum, one of the regular HS applicants mentioned that a regional admissions director contacted him via email, asking about specific thing he mentioned in his essays.

I'm sure any kind of contact initiated by the Penn side indicates that they have some particular interest in your application.

[2ndchance]

so...how many transfer applications did penn get?

[Beatri60]

i'd like to know that too, but that information cannot be available (at least not right now), can it?

[inkofvixx]

I got a notification saying my midterm grade report was missing. I'm disappointed; I sent it in on time.

Are we gonna post stats as transfer students to see how we stack up?

[alpharosean]

I haven't sent it in, but my notification says they got it... how strange

[isthisit]

i called them yesterday because i sent in my midyear report as well but they said they didn't receive it. the rep who picked up said that you should just resend it to be safe but if you really don't want to it's fine cause they have a large stack of documents they haven't filed yet and it's probably in there

[Sachmoney]

Okay, so just today I get an email about a mid-term report. I'm not too happy about submitting a mid-term report. Why do I have to go to all of my professors and be like "hey, I'm leaving!"

[mememe245]

I totally agree Sachmoney- it's pretty awkward. I'm in the processing of hunting down profs etc.

[blinktwice]

so these notifications were by email?

[Sachmoney]

Yes sir. from Penn Admission (xfer) addressed "Penn Transfer App: Follow up for Missing Materials."

[jack_bauer76]

When I spoke to the admissions lady on Monday, she said all necessary notifications of missing materials will be sent out over the "next two days" <-- which I guess implies that all such email will be sent by end-of-business today.

Also she said "no news is good news," meaning if all your materials are properly in, then you won't receive an email. BUT I'm a little worried, I'm thinking receiving the email implies interest on Penn's part. Also, I believe there are people on this board, who have received an email, which just confirms that all material has been submitted..or am I wrong?

To everyone's who received a missing materials notification:

In the first email you received from Penn about missing materials, were you missing AT LEAST 1 document? OR was it just an indirect confirmation that all materials had been received?

[BK22889]

I was missing the midterm report, I wouldn't put too much weight into any of it, it certainly was not any type of personal email or anything, that might have implied some interest

[soz]

I received the missing materials notification on 4/16 and it says I was missing a professor recommendation(!) I contacted the professor immediately and she insists that she sent it, but offered to fill out another one and fax it in that same day.

I called the Office twice and both times they said they couldn't check my file to see if they misfiled the original recommendation or tell me if they had received the new one. They said to respond to the notification e-mail. I did, and it's been over a week with no response.

(Also... if people were still asking about the postcard thing, I sent Part 1 of the application way back in November and received a letter, not a postcard, with login and password for the decisions website.)