ED @ Penn chance

keesh17
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:04:09 +0000

The top schools really pay attention to letters of recommendation from your teachers. We were just at a UPENN info session and the admissions person said that after the transcript the letters from teachers are the most important element ahead of all other aspects (essay, test stats, extra curriculars, etc.) You can still influence those letters by having a frank discussion with your teachers and by “selling” yourself to them and by really letting them know exactly why you want to attend Penn more than any other place. My assumption is that this is really the case and it isn’t because it’s “the easiest Ivy to get into” for instance which it clearly isn’t for you (“I love this school to infinity”) but they need to know that loud and clear.