<p>I’m glad ppl liked what I posted.
And to the above post, I applied as an international student and I still got financial aid.</p>
<p>What if you don’t have high test scores? What can a 33 on the ACT tell you? That he’s smart, nooooo. That he’s a good student, nnooooooo. Only that he did well on a particuler test on a particuler day and he might of studied his ass off. Thats why I think the ACT and SAT are to over empasized in these applications. And although it does set you aside from other applications with high GPAs I just don’t see why a test should out weigh your passion. The only standardize tests that I really have no problem with are the SAT subject tests. Their unbiased and they get to let a student shine at his own subject. Someone who is a genius at history or biology can’t show that on an ACT or a SAT.</p>
<p>I’ll repeat this once more.</p>
<p>!!! OR YOU COULD BE LEGACY !!!</p>
<p>I know two kids that got in.</p>
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<li><p>Kid1 was 3 generation legacy: 1880 SAT, 3.6 UW GPA: accepted wharton
(and no he didn’t found a business or anything extraordinary)</p></li>
<li><p>Kid2’s mother attended. He got an interview with Eric Furda.
1980 SAT, 3.4 UW GPA: accepted CAS</p></li>
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<p>These numbers are not estimates. They’re very good friends of mine and were bragging about it to me. Of course, I can only be happy for them so I’m in no way bitter. (also because I applied RD)</p>
<p>But, in my country, we call this “democratic” process nepotism.</p>
<p>yeah, i forgot to add that i got the scholarship through Questbridge. Thanks disagreement :)</p>
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<p>Such anecdotal “evidence” notwithstanding, legacy status only confers a real benefit during the Early Decision round and, even at that point, about 60% of legacy applicants (and perhaps an even higher percentage this year with the lower overall ED admit rate of 26%) are NOT accepted, as indicated by the admissions statistics at the bottom of this page:</p>
<p>[Penn</a> Alumni: Alumni Council on Admissions](<a href=“http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/overview.html]Penn”>http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/overview.html)</p>