<p>So I just got my likely letter tonight (applied to the College of Arts and Sciences) and am so excited! Who else got one and for which college?</p>
<p>Congratulations! I know I was never going to get a likely letter to Penn, but can you explain what exactly they are and how many people get them?</p>
<p>I got one too! College of Arts and Sciences as well. One of the best emails I’ve ever received…
As to what they are, mine at least was an email that told me to follow a link which brought me to a separate web page, which had a cheesy-but-wonderful video at the top with the dean of admissions saying I’d been selected as a likely candidate, and a message at the bottom basically repeating that as well as mentioning some visiting days for prospective students. The video also had some pretty standard-seeming recruitment fare after the message from the dean. I looked online and it said Penn sent out about 200 letters like this last year, so I figure it’s probably a similar number this year. So definitely not to worry if you didn’t get one.</p>
<p>I just got my snail mail package! (I live in Philadelphia.) It contained the same letter from the website and a booklet called Proudly Penn. </p>
<p>SO EXCITED.</p>
<p>I got mine by email to the Engineering School. Incredibly corny video, but awesome.
Does anyone know for sure how many were sent to non-athletes?</p>
<p>Same here! College of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>CAS as well!! Quite possibly the best email I’ve gotten. :)</p>
<p>congrats all of you. when did you get these?</p>
<p>6:02 PM yesterday for me.</p>
<p>we get snail mail versions of them too right? idk why, but i’ll feel so much more confident when i see an actual letter in my hands. lol
i got my email friday night, around 6, i think.</p>
<p>all those who got their letters… can you share your stats please…</p>
<p>i got my letter/packet in the mail today! sooo excited haha. it finally sunk in when i was holding the physical thing in my hands :D</p>
<p>oh, and @SpEdDyZ: here’s a link to a thread where some likely letter recipients have posted their stats: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1097731-likely-letter-stats-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1097731-likely-letter-stats-2.html</a></p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown):2190 (780M, 760W, 650R)
ACT: Didn’t report
SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Spanish, 730 Math I, 620 US history (didn’t report us history)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/250
AP (place score in parenthesis):NONE
IB (place score in parenthesis): Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Spanish, 20th Century, Theory of Knowledge, and Psychology (Have taken these courses for two years)
Senior Year Course Load: Eight classes. Seven are IB Courses (■■■) and I have a mentorship in the field of Political Science for another period.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Governor’s Honors Program in Georgia, QuestBridge Finalist, STAR Student, and I was accepted to the Youth Leadership Hall Program and Honors Mentorship Program,.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Young Democrats (President), National Beta Club (President), Interact Club (Treasurer), Academic Team (Captain), Math Team (Varsity), Tennis (2 years), Ultimate Frisbee (Four Years), and other stuff.
Job/Work Experience: haha. none.
Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hrs
Summer Activities: Governor’s Honors Program. This was very intense. The top o.25% of GA high school students go to this.
Essays: I actually wrote my UPenn essay in five minutes. 
Teacher Recommendation: They were amazing.
Counselor Rec: Same
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: None. :D</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Latino. 
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Less than 40,000.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation. Perfect. :)</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: URM, and my Common App essay.
Weaknesses: Scores and my supplemental essay.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was completely shocked that I got accepted, but even more shocked that I got a likley letter. I really don’t know. But, I’m happy!
General Comments: I’m happy!</p>
<p>Wait, you guys got an email and a packet? What did the packet contain?</p>
<p>The packet had a letter similar to the website, an invitation for a scholars preview in april and a publication called proudly penn</p>
<p>congrats collegefreak. its a relief to read your stats. i was pretty worried about not getting an interview, so it’s good to see that you got in and you didn’t have one either</p>
<p>I got one for SEAS (MKSE). Just about an hour ago.</p>
<p>@missturkumar i also got one for SEAS MKSE today!!!</p>
<p>I also got one for MKSE (SEAS) a few hours ago. </p>
<p>Brief stats/profile for reference:
SAT: 2270 690/800/780
SATII: MathII/Physics 800/800
ACT: 35 36/36/30/36
GPA: 3.9 weighted, 3.4 unweighted</p>
<p>Dual-enrolled at local CC to take higher level math/CS classes not available at my school</p>
<p>Essay and recs were excellent</p>
<p>Awards etc:
NIC Math Contest 1st place (local contest)
NM Finalist
School Math Department Award
INL Scholastic Tournament (NSB qualifying region) allstate honors</p>
<p>ECs:
Basketball 2 yrs
Track 2yrs (TJ school record)
National Science Bowl
Lots of self-taught programming and involvement in stuff very relevant to the MKSE major</p>
<p>Summers:
Stanford EPGY Artificial Intelligence 2009
Canada/USA Mathcamp 2010</p>
<p>I did have an interview, it went very well, friendly guy, questions went both ways, he seemed to like me</p>
<p>got mine on the 4th and the packet yesterday. SEAS. pretty excited! congrats to everyone else! are any of you attending for sure?</p>