I Dub Thee.....the Official Ed Decision Thread

<p>DEFERRED (M&T, SEAS)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:660
[</em>] SAT Math:800
[<em>] SAT Writing:770
[</em>] ACT:NA
[<em>] IB:NA
[</em>] # APs taken in High School:NA
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:Most competitive
[</em>] Highest SAT II:800 Math2C
[<em>] Second Highest SAT II:800 Chem
[</em>] GPA weighted:NA
[<em>] GPA unweighted:NA
[</em>] Rank or % estimate:NA</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Tiny little red dot in South East Asia
[</em>] School Type:Public when I was there. Turned private recently.
[<em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No:No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No:No
[<em>] Any major hook: Don't think so. International student not requiring financial aid perhaps. First generation to go to college?
[</em>] Important ECs:Helped my school win in soccer for the first time in ages. Industrial attachment with MICRON.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Comments:
Just curious, but, it seems like hardly anyone got accepted for M&T. Scanned through the forums and saw ONE acceptance on CC. Also saw a few who applied M&T but got accepted to SEAS.</p>

<p>Congrat to everyone accepted; deffered you'll prbably get in, stay tough!</p>

<p>Rejected: it will be OK, the world isn't over. Just breathe- Inhale- Exhale, and smile a little :)</p>

<p>deferred, I'm so broken.</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who was accepted to Penn!! I know you will love it here. </p>

<p>For the future Wharton-ites, we have created a website just for you -- <a href="http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/classof2010/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/classof2010/&lt;/a>. I hope that keeps you busy until we launch a more comprehensive (and even more aesthetically rich) version of the site.</p>

<p>Congratulations again!</p>

<p>Ah, yes...let me guess. Nobody puts up a fancy site for the College acceptees? ;)</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted Wharton *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2200 (740M 750V 710W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Fr., 750IIC
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 91-92%
[<em>] Rank: top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: strong upwards trend (from 70's to 90's)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Talked about the power of a decision- how it can change your outlook. My Why Penn was very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: horrible...
[</em>] Hook (if any): french-canadian? , entrepreneurship?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Quebec, Canada
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weak tangibles - strong intangibles
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't know, because some of my great, amazing friends didn't get in.
[/ul]Other Factors:
*General Comments: *
Stats will only get you out of auto-reject pile. I'm pretty sure that the key is to show your personality and desire to "grow" in your app.</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED WHARTON! *</p>

<p>Stats: [ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 700
[</em>] Full IB Candidate
[<em>] Highest SAT II: 760
[</em>] Second Highest SAT II: 750
[<em>] GPA weighted: Dno.. we use sum weird system.. i'd say bout A?
[</em>] GPA unweighted: ????
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top 2 in a grade of 65</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Belgium
[</em>] School Type: International Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Yes
[li] Any major hook: Well-rounded, good IB prediction, THIMUN President of ICJ... etc... but dno why i got chosen over sum of my crazily talented friends...? [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>ynos: yeah, I got accepted SEAS instead of M&T, but I'm hardly surprised. I wrote my page 217 essay about how I DON'T want to make money ;) And then I wrote my M&T essay about a charity. LOL apparently they want ambitious people in their program. Also, one of my classmates got in M&T, so I guess that contributed too. I'm happy I got in at all, and I'm actually not even sure I wanted to be in the program (and I guess they realized that too lol)</p>

<p>accepted (SEAS)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal:640
SAT Math:690
SAT Writing:680
ACT:n/a
IB:n/a</p>

<h1>APs taken in High School:six</h1>

<p>Senior Yr Courseload:ap psych, ap calc ab, ap chem, german 4, senior english
Highest SAT II:700 IIC
Second Highest SAT II:700 bio
GPA weighted:6.31
GPA unweighted:4.0
Rank or % estimate:1 out of 450</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:pa
School Type:public
Ethnicity:korean
Gender:femal
Legacy Yes/No:no
Recruited Yes/No:no
Any major hook: editor-in-chief of school newspaper, adl, special needs, female engineer (?), adopted (?)
Important ECs:editor-in-chief of school newspaper, adl peer facilitator, special needs soccer buddy, hoby alumnus, nhs secretary</p>

<p>Comments:
i am so excited for college! =]</p>

<p>Deferred Wharton</p>

<p>enough said, though im surprised at some of the admits, good job to all who got in</p>

<p>che3rleadrgrlie </p>

<p>I saw ur post several days ago you mentioned you are on the Gov Team. A friend of mine used to be on that most prestious team on the campus. Every year, almost half of the 24 members go to Ivies and rest of them go to Berkeley. Good luck.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 790
[<em>] SAT Writing: 690
[</em>] Highest SAT II: Math IIC 800
[<em>] Second Highest SAT II: US History 680
[</em>] GPA weighted: 101.5
[<em>] GPA unweighted: School doesn't send
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 4/186</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Public Suburban - Top third in MA
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Any major hook: Not really. I liked my essay's but they had a few grammar mistakes that I later noticed. My recommendations, I think, were phenomenal. They were probably the strongest part of my application.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>ACCEPTED: Wharton</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 630
* SAT Math: 690
* SAT Writing: 730
* IB: 38-40 predicted
* # APs taken in High School: None
* Senior Yr Courseload: 2 APs, 2 Honors, 2 Academic
* Highest SAT II: French 680
* Second Highest SAT II: 660 IIC
* GPA weighted: n/a
* GPA unweighted: 3.8
* Rank or % estimate: 1
* Intended Major: Business
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: It could've been a disaster. I wrote it during my parent's divorce so it was really honest but still really honest; Why Penn: Just said why i wna go there. Not original but very professional
* Teacher Recs: Great for Geography teacher, very good from english; waived rights to see
* Counselor Rec: AMAZING from what she tells me
* 3rd party Rec: My professor from Harvard SSP (asst. dean.)
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Istanbul Turkey
* School Type: Private Intl
* Ethnicity: Turkish
* Gender: Male
* Legacy Yes/No: No
* Recruited Yes/No: No
* Any major hook:5 languages, huge international experience, a ton of leadership activities in a leading role (ie: MUN) a huge variety of activities, great interview
* Important ECs: MUN, founded MEU, captain of football team, several huge fundraisers
</code></pre>

<p>Congrats to the class of 2010!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED SEAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 math, 680 Reading, 700 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 Math IIC, 780 Chemistry, 800 American History, 790 Chinese
[<em>] GPA: Im guessing 3.8 since our school has weird system
[</em>] Rank: 10/320ish
[<em>] Other stats (ECs, APs, Etc.): 5 AP chem, 5 AP USH (AP stats, econ, eng, bc calc this year) Active band member, math team, nothing spectacular EC
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: why penn was very short, 4 paragraphs each with a reason of why penn. second one was on comming to america and learning english
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good, one from chem teacher was probably excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:WI
[<em>] School Type:public
[</em>] Ethnicity:chinese
[li] Gender:M[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments: Congrats to all others! Im planning to post more now that Im in!</p>

<p>^congrats!!!</p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted (CAS) *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 600 V, 800 M, 570 W ( I know )
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math I: 790, Math II: 640, Bio (M): 570 (I know)
[<em>] GPA: Weighted =4.407, Unweighted = 3.926
[</em>] Rank: 5/564
[<em>] Other stats (ECs, APs, Etc.): Maybe 2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty decisive. Told them exactly what I was interested in studying, programs, activities... etc.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Incomparable
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Garbage
[<em>] Hook (if any): PA maybe.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: 4-year Class President, Student Government, FBLA Community Service Director, Varsity Tennis, National Honor Society Treasurer, Math League, Math Tutor, Spelling Bee Finalist, etc.
General Comments: I think I did pretty well in every area except the SATs... great recommendations, honest essays, extracurriculars... SATs are not everything, and Penn definitely recognizes that. Congrats to everyone who was accepted, and good luck to the deferred</p>

<p>UPENN
2010</p>

<p>Yeah, it rhymes.</p>

<p>REJECTED... from CAS :/</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 720
SAT Math: 610
SAT Writing: 740
Highest SAT II: 770 (US HIST)
Second Highest SAT II: 750 (WORLD HIST)
GPA weighted: 3.9
GPA unweighted: 3.7
Rank or % estimate: top 10%? School doesn't rank.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Philly... 30 mins from Penn...
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Essay: I thought they were really good... my rejection better not be due to them because I'm planning to submit one of them as my common app statement.
Recs: Should have been good.. got them from 2 teachers who gave me awards last yr.
Any major hook: Thought location might be one, but I'm outside the city limits.</p>

<p>My ECs were probably my major downfall... not much besides ice hockey.</p>

<p>I GOT IN!!!</p>

<p>SATs: Math- 750 Verbal- 700 Writing- 800
SAT IIs: Math 2C- 790 US History- 740
GPA: 98.1 3/209
APs: Environmental- 5 Stat- 5 US History- 5 Spanish, BC Calc, English, European History, Physics
I ALSO DO CREW!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!!</p>

<p>WHITE MALE FROM NJ!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!! SUCKS IF YOU DIDNT GET IN BUT IM GOING TO PENN WOOT WOOT!!!</p>

<p>I used my friends sign on name to write this.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED (WHARTON)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 770
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing: 800
SAT II: Biology (Molecular): 740; Math IIC: 780; U.S. History: 760
ACT: 34
AP/IB taken/scores: Biology- 5; Calculus AB- 5; Chemistry- 5; English Language- 5; U.S. History- 5; European History- 4
GPA weighted: 4.09/4.3
GPA unweighted: 3.94/4.0
Rank or % estimate: we don't rank, but i'm pretty sure i'm 10/99 (tied with another student)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Got excellent reviews.
Teacher Recs: both enthusiastically accepted my request for a recommendation, so i'm assuming they were pretty good.
Counselor Rec: not sure
Hook (if any): ??? </p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: killa Cali
School Type: Private/Independent
Ethnicity: Biracial (half African-American, half Filipino)
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: too lazy to type them.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to all who were accepted. Best of luck to everybody.</p>

<p>sorry to be annoying, but what do SEAS, M&T, CAS stand for?</p>