Deferral Reversal Idea!

alanstewart
Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:03:44 +0000

From what I’ve read most adcoms really discourage sending cutty witty stuff like that. People who have sent balloons with their apps with notes like “I hope my application will float to the top” or doodling on the side of their essays to show that they are artistic usually fail. The fact is, (especially when applying to an ivy league school like Penn) they’re largely admitting you based on what you have done with your life during the past 4 years. The only conceivable reason I imagine why anyone would put something like that in your application would be to make it stand out, and it sounds like that wasn’t a problem for you. Do what the admissions rep asked for, send an extra essay, make it good, write about the Hummel thing or whatever, but shy away from sending any gimmicks.