"Calouro, calouro, onde é que já se viu..."
Congratulations for getting into UPenn. I was thrown to the regular adm. cycle, in spite of having FGV + USP + many other interesting prof. and academic exp. Quite ironic, since UPenn is my 7th (and last) choice. It is undoubetly a great school, but, personally, I have applied only on account of UPenn's Early Notification rsrs...
However, UMich admitted me on Jan. 06, so I am sure that I am heading to the U.S. next semester!!! (still waiting for HLS, SLS, YLS, Berkeley and NYU to choose my destination).
Saudações franciscanas!
I don't mind, but I don't think I may be of any assistance...I got into Chicago's wait list, while two of my co-workers were accepted, and I was politely declined by CLS and LSE (one of my friends made LSE).
Anyway, I graduated at USP on Dec. 2007 and I got a TOEFL iBT of 115. No FGV or anything like that, I think that most of my acceptances were probably due to internships, academic experience or that kind of reference.