Chance Me: Rural School

idontjoke
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:43:38 +0000

@OP: I may be wrong, but I don’t think that being bisexual will claim you as a minority. After all, everyone could claim that (no offense to you).



Incorrect. Penn is beginning to actively recruit LGBTQ students. While I don’t believe they are going to implement a “sexual orientation” box in their application, students are “flagged” who are active in LGBTQ activities or mention it in their essays.

@OP While your minority status can help, you have to keep in mind that Penn is notoriously a very LGBTQ friendly school, and therefore attracts the best of the best in LGBTQ students, so you will have considerable competition. I wouldn’t say that your stats are horrible, but I wouldn’t say they are traditionally what gets admitted at Penn. Best of luck!