University of Pennsylvania

2020 University of Penn New Supplements Just one more week until the Common Application opens. Enjoy this last week of freedom. The University of Penn released its new supplemental essays that all applicants must answer. Rather than one longer piece, students must now answer two shorter prompts. I’m glad they […]

2020 University of Penn New Supplements

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2017-2018 U Penn-Specific Prompts Released Prospective applicants to the University of Pennsylvania recently received an email with the 2017-2018 writing prompts. The email started with a great quote from Ben Franklins: “Write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” That is great advice for all college applicants. We posted […]

2017-2018 U Penn-Specific Prompts Released

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U Penn 2014-2015 Writing Supplement To Remain the Same Directly from Dean Furda of U Penn “Excitement for the Class of 2018 remains strong yet we are constantly thinking ahead.  High school juniors, parents, and counselors: I am excited to provide an update on the Penn Writing Supplement on the Common […]

U Penn 2014-2015 Writing Supplement To Remain the Same

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