<p>Well first as an introduction, I was waitlisted to Penn and decided to accept to the waitlist offer last month.</p>
<p>Okay and this just happened, around 2 hours ago:</p>
<p>I’m in night class, messing with chemicals and stuff and I get a call on my cell. It’s some obscure number, but as the teacher doesn’t really care anyways, I pick it up.</p>
<p>“Hello?”
“Hi is this ___ __?”
“Yes this is.”
“Hi I’m (I forgot) Chamberlain, from the University of Pennsylvania…”</p>
<p>And I cut him off. Like, I know night chem isn’t the best time and place to have such an important phone conversation with someone from Penn, but I was really abrupt…</p>
<p>“Oh! Um, I’m in class right now…”
“Oh okay, I will call you back later.”
“My class ends in 2 hours”
“Okay, I’ll call you then”</p>
<p>(It was 8:00PM Pacific time, which is 11:00PM Eastern, when he called me, so I really wasn’t thinking straight when I told him to call 2 hours later…)</p>
<p>…So what does this mean? Did I get off the waitlist? Or is he calling to tell me I was rejected? I am anxiously waiting for his call right now…</p>
<p>Hey guys, thanks for your interest in my case.</p>
<p>Anyways, he was very vague in his phone call, and equally as vague in his follow-up e-mail. It reads something like this:</p>
<p>“…Over the next few days, ----, please think through your desires about which institution you would wish to attend. If you conclude that Penn is your school of choice, we will consider your candidacy in subsequent wait list committees later this week…blah blah…I ask this only in that we wish to move swiftly in concluding wait list activity, and hope to reach out to students who have used these last five or six weeks since original decision notification to clarify their desires…”</p>
<p>Well, I really don’t know what he’s trying to say. I’m thinking he’s just screening potential waitlistees to see if they’re still interested…nothing groundbreaking.</p>
<p>But I am in a conundrum. Penn was originally one of my top choice schools, and I got waitlisted. I got accepted to Brown and I think I’ve fallen in love with everything about it, like the Open Curriculum and the happy environment and intimacy and stuff (except the cost), and I like how Brown is top 5 in pre-meds matriculating into med school (I plan on going to med school). But now I might have a chance at Penn, I don’t know what to do. I have probably another day or two tops before I tell him that “yes, I am still interested in Penn” or “no, I’m happy at Brown”</p>
<p>So does anyone have any advice? Like comparisons between Penn and Brown’s pre-med programs/reputations? Because I think that’s the most important issue for me. (Obviously this is in the Penn forum, so there might be a little bias…haha) Or any feedback would be nice. Thanks! I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>And I’m sorry if it seems like I’m whining about choosing between two really great Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>it really sounds like you know a lot about brown and that you really do love brown. if thats the case just stick with brown… penn USED to be one of ur top choices, but things change.
Go with your intuitions… whatever feels right is probably right.</p>
<p>oh, and tell them RIGHT when you decide so you don’t hold onto a position that someone else may want REALLY BADLY (like two of my friends who cried over being waitlisted at the ivys for like a week or more… hah)</p>
<p>That’s probably BRUCE Chamberlain from Upenn. The only experience I have with
him is when he told me that I had to finish a few courses or my admission would be rescinded. In your case, it’s probably to see if you’re still interested in attending.</p>