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MerryHolidays

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14. Penn is a wonderful school!

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #13)

Fri May 14, 2021, 12:25 PM

May 2021

I could not believe Trump during the Presidential Debates in the Fall 2020 when he boasted about going to an Ivy League and tried to slam Joe for going to Delaware for undergrad and Syracuse for law.

You, your wife, and basically the entirety of the distinguished alums of the University of Pennsylvania must have been collectively shouting to your screens "will you shut up, man!'

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The Harvard University admissions rate is now 3%..... [View all] brooklynite May 2021 OP

There are also deferred first years coming in this fall. Lots of institutions are scrambling. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #1

Not having SAT/ACT tests has to make chowing candidates so difficult jimfields33 May 2021 #2

What's a diversity acceptance rate? Dream Girl May 2021 #3

Universities don't "require" AP scores... brooklynite May 2021 #5

I Mispoke. Some elite high scold are moving away from AP courses. Dream Girl May 2021 #6

More schools ARE moving to the International Baccalaureate program... brooklynite May 2021 #8

Few college actually give college credit for AP courses. Some allow students to skip out on basic Dream Girl May 2021 #10

Anyone who has Netflix should watch the Operation Varsity Blues docudrama MerryHolidays May 2021 #4

My kids all have Advanced degrees, keithsw May 2021 #11

I have advanced degrees too and went to these "selective" schools MerryHolidays May 2021 #12

Ditto... brooklynite May 2021 #13

Penn is a wonderful school! MerryHolidays May 2021 #14

And PS.... MerryHolidays May 2021 #15

Dang. There's an 'application fee' these days? Hugin May 2021 #7

Hmmm, are you certain? Bucky May 2021 #21

Nope, not a cent. Hugin May 2021 #23

Why would the 90% bother to apply? dawg day May 2021 #9

Because they all believe that they part of the 10% fescuerescue May 2021 #16

Reminds me of Todd Sniders Statistician's Blues.... GumboYaYa May 2021 #22

We greatly misuse our colleges and universities. Yavin4 May 2021 #17

Maybe they can apply and actually get in to UPENN-- Trump's alma mater andym May 2021 #18

Not at all MerryHolidays May 2021 #19

How'll they achieve their primary objective of recruiting students who'll become wealthy benefactors Klaralven May 2021 #20