Guess if I got into Penn

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math 770 R+W
SAT II: 800 Bio E, 790 Math II, 800 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 45/400
Major Awards: National Merit, Competition Music Awards, State Basketball, State Soccer
AP Scores: Chemistry 5, US History 4, Music Theory 5, Calculus 5,
Senior Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Seminar, AP Com Sci, AP Macroeconomics
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Basketball Captain Varsity) 3 years, JV Basketball 1 year, Varsity Soccer for 2 years, Volunteer work with ~150 hours in hospital, (Engineering Club), AAU Basketball, Football 1 year, (Math Team)
Job/Work Experience: Coached athletic camp for 3 summers, worked as referee for a league basketball club
Volunteer/Community service: At hospital volunteering and shadowing a relative doctor
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Probably a 3 or 4, not that impressive Imo
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Strong, half the recommendation letters were from coaches and half from teachers and counselors

Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: First Gen

Reflection

Strengths: Passion for sports and math
Weaknesses: essays, academics
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Athletics?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Yale (accepted), Syracuse (accepted),

General Comments : I think I got lucky with athletics

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Congrats! You got in or you wouldn’t have posted this. Glad you got lucky with your athletics, as you stated at the end. What sport?

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Isn’t Yale’s early action restrictive ?

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I don’t know. The GPA and class ranking is concerning. I would say the volunteering pushed you over the edge and got you in.

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Pretty sure you can’t apply to any two Ivies early, so I don’t think this is true.

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Recruited athletes have their own application process.

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Test scores are good, but gpa is not, and you aren’t in the top 10% of your class. That tells me that you are capable of doing the work, but you won’t get in without a hard hook.

If you are good enough at your sport they will admit you. If you got in to Yale, you are probably going to be admitted to Penn too unless the coach has a different need.

Congratulations! Are you headed for Philly or New Haven?

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Are you a recruited athlete? If not, I think the first gen hook is the reason you got in.

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MODERATOR’S NOTE:
I fail to see the purpose of this thread. You want us to guess? Tell us or don’t tell us - your option, but since you know the answer, I’m finding the guessing game aspect pointless. Closing thread.