OH NO! I emailed them and asked a stupid question..now a very bad ansewr

is this good or bad?

Hello,

I would like to learn more about the type of students and teachers at
Penn/Wharton. Could you please simply describe to me the differences in
course-load and homework between a typical freshman at the College and a
typical freshman at Wharton?

Also, what is the intra-relationships between the students–do most freshman
know most other freshman or at least know of them? i.e. how different is it
from a typical high school “family” setting?

Thank you for reading my long (and confusing) questions!
Felix

Oh, one more question. I know that Penn is a school filled with life (the
party ivy). Do teachers ever party with the students?

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reply:

ear Felix,

To understand the course load of a typical freshman in the College you will have
to contact the College of Arts and Sciences. Wharton freshman typically take
the following courses:

Fall
ECON 001
MATH 104
MGMT 100
Language
Writing

Spring
ECON 002
OPIM 101
STAT 101
Language
Liberal Arts

There are 2500 members in each entering freshman class at Penn and Wharton
typically has 500 freshman so it is unlikely that you will know all of the
freshman of know of them. You will certainly know the people that you have
class with - from all of the four undergraduate schools at Penn - as well as
those who live in your College House and those who are in your Orientation
group. So you definitely have the opportunity right off the bat to meet other
freshman from different schools and different college houses, but you will not
know all 500 Wharton freshman or all 2500 Penn freshman.

Penn is known as the social ivy and our students definitely appreciate the
balance that they have between their academic and social lives. However, this
does not extend to faculty members as it would be extremely inappropriate for
them to party with students. I’m shocked that someone would even ask that
question.

If you need anything else, please let me know.

Thank you,
Tiffany

SHOCKED THAT SOMEONE WOULD EVEN ASK THAT QUESTION

ohhh crap

maybe i wasnt thinking right when i emailed them at 3 am

is this a NEGATIVE thing for me

i hope they wont remember me…hope it wont affect me

<p>ohh</p>

<p>u know how they have a system that “tracks how much contact you’ve had with the school?”</p>

<p>would this go under the “bad” contact check box?</p>

<p>

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<p>They just don’t give it a rest, do they?</p>

<p>well, is my email gonna make them “mark me down” for a “stupid and bad question”</p>

<p>I guess you could change your email address if bothers you so much.</p>

<p>…i should apologize and say that i didnt mean it “directly” and that i was only joking at 3 oclock in the morning</p>

<p>right??</p>

<p>Don’t worry about it.</p>

<p>They will track you by your social security number, but not by your email address. If you are paranoid, change the email address or don’t give it to them on the application.</p>

<p>My perspective:</p>

<p>While the question about profs partying with students may seem a bit silly, I think Tiffany’s “shocked” reaction is absurd. Her reaction is unjustified. She must have been having a long day…</p>

<p>I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.</p>

<p>ok thanks people lol</p>

<p>i think she was kind of having a longday too.hopefully</p>

<p>it was suppose to be a silly/nonrealistic question
didnt thought they would take it directly</p>

<p>It’s hard to be funny in emails because some people are so literal. That is what the :)'s are for.</p>

<p>Dude, my professor took my class back to his apartment and got us all drunk on martinis and bourbon. Profs definitely “party” with students, although maybe not in the frat party sense of the word.</p>

<p>Blacklisted for life.</p>

<p>i know for a fact that the ivies have a common policy that some sorts of correspondence have no bearing on the application (i.e. phone calls) for the precise reason that it would be too stressful for applicants to worry about how they present themselves every time they contact the office. this policy most likely includes emails.</p>

<p>I just want to know why you asked the question?</p>

<p>I think was an overreaction on her part. </p>

<p>My guess was that you may have ticked her off a little by calling penn ‘the party ivy’.</p>

<p>don’t worry : )</p>

<p>yes… in fact, she will hunt you down and kill you in your sleep</p>

<p>come on… just change your email</p>

<p>… or do nothing. The probability that it will affect your chances of admission is negligible.</p>

<p>You seem awfully wound up over a little thing. Relax, and save your stress for the big things ;)</p>

<p>Unless you follow up with more questions of that ilk, I doubt that your e-mail will hurt your admissions chances.</p>

<p>I do, though, suggest that before asking any more questions of admissions, you check on the web page and see if those questions are answered. It is probably irritating for adcoms to have to answer questions that are on their web sites.</p>

<p>For instance, info about the freshmen classes of Wharton and Penn students should be available on-line.</p>

<p>In addition, ask yourself whether you are asking good questions. For instance, given the size of Penn did you think it reasonable that all freshmen would know each other?</p>

<p>Also, it might be helpful to reflect that whatever your high school experience is, it is not the universal experience. Many high schools have more students than do some colleges. Many high schools are very small. One can’t generalize.</p>

<p>The question about partying just seemed silly. My guess is that the adcom responded the way that she did because she wondered if your whole e-mail was a joke. Considering that she probably has just finished spending lots of hours dealing with selecting the incoming freshman class, she probably didn’t have the patience for time wasters or jokesters.</p>

<p>Unless you persist in sending such e-mails or unless you ask similar questions during an interview, I doubt that anyone will remember this gaffe when you apply.</p>

<p>Why would you ask if professors partied with students?? I think those questions would be better answered by students who currently attend the school anyway.</p>