Vagelos Schedule

Venkat89
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:51:16 +0000

I dropped Vag before I was ever admitted. My Why Penn essay was about Vag. I wasn’t admitted directly because I applied ED, but during my Penn Preview session I talked to my adcom who said a quick email to Ponzy should get me in (considering I had 5s in AP Chem, BC Calc, 800s in MathIIC, Chem, and Physics C and Calc III under my belt from senior year on top of a year of research at NIH). However, I thought long and hard before sending the email and figured I wasn’t interested enough in science to pursue Vag. Sure enough after a semester at Penn I dropped my Chem major and am pursuing Econ. That didn’t stop me from learning a lot about the program before hand. It also helps that I know nearly 10 people who are still in the program.

I think I know way too much about Penn. I really should have pursued the whole tour guide thing.