<p>Total applied: 42
Accept: 19
Defer/Reject: 14
Applied but did not post results: 9</p>
<p>***Worst case scenario admit rate: 45.2% *<a href=“includes%20unknowns%20as%20deferrals/rejections”>/B</a></p>
<p>Phew. Hope this condensed thread is helpful to future Wharton applicants!</p>
<p>Feel free to comment or add stats.</p>
<p>Thank you so much travelbug i love you! :D</p>
<p>Wow…thank you and congrats!</p>
<p>My pleasure! And thank you :D</p>
<p>Not a problem. See you next year!!</p>
<p>I have a strong feeling that if you had not been accepted, you would not have gone through the trouble of making this travelbug, haha, acceptance into college makes people do good things.</p>
<p>Actually … 20 Accepted!! Don’t forget me 
I’m so excited I can’t wait!</p>
<p>Are you only including single degree admits? If not don’t forget me too!</p>
<p>@ TheWikiMan- Haha, that might be true…</p>
<p>@ kaykay766- I’m so sorry! I posted your stats, but somehow missed your username in the list in #20! Including your acceptance, that means that (again, worst case scenario) 20 out of 43 CCers were accepted ED to Wharton, for a 46.5% acceptance rate. </p>
<p>@Quantifier- These were only to single-degree Wharton ED kids; I copy-and-pasted their stats from the Penn ED Decisions thread, but did not include any dual-degree applicants’ posts. But congratulations on the health care management program!!</p>
<p>Congrats again to skaggs, kaykay766 , TheWikiMan, Quantifier & all the other new Penn and Wharton '15ers! Best of luck to all RD applicants.</p>
<p>Based on this Wharton’15 list, I couldn’t find any IB student was accepted by Wharton. Almost all the studnets accepted by Wharton are AP students. Does this mean Wharton prefer AP student to IB student?</p>
<p>I was accepted to Wharton and I was an “AP student” but I have talked to some of my soon to be classmates, and there have been quite a few IB students, maybe 5-6 that I definitely know of. They are seen equally so don’t worry about that.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Wharton
Username: dnomyar105</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780CR 8000M 720W 2300
ACT:no
SAT II: 800Math 2 800Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no
AP (place score in parenthesis): calc bc(5) chem(5) USH(5) Chinese(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):no
Senior Year Course Load:All AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HSK scholarship
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):a whole load. eg pres of 3 clubs and student council
Job/Work Experience: lab assistant at NYU
Volunteer/Community service: over 300 hours
Summer Activities: yeah
Essays: perhaps they made me seem too pretentious although I was being honest…-_-
Teacher Recommendation: excellent
Counselor Rec:excellent
Additional Rec:no
Interview:excellent
Other
State (if domestic applicant):MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Typeublic
Ethnicity:asian
Gender:M
Income Bracket:200K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):naw
Reflection
Strengths: test scores/ EC/
Weaknesses: essay? I don’t think they believe a 17 year old has read “Security Analysis” by Benjamin Graham…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: phillip’s academy along with a whole lot of good schools is right next to my school. Penn probably met their quota in my region =(
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:none yet
General Comments:</p>
<p>Oh well, kinda happy I didn’t get in considering I forgot to apply for financial aid. Every cloud has a silver lining…Other than that, congrats to everyone who will be going to Penn! </p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Wharton
Username:thatkidd</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT: 34, 35 superscore (36 m, 34 r, 35 s, 33 e)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92, well over 4.0 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t do it but definitely top 10% of class of 700+
AP (place score in parenthesis): not great 5 3 3 3 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): none offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP CHem, AP stats, Dual enrol math at Georgia Tech, Dual enroll eng at GPC, directed study on stock market
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not sure, AP award</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, SNHS, Beta Club, Change Corp, tons of tutoring, varsity soccer two years, captain of club soccer, club BB, golf, tennis team,
Job/Work Experience: Referee on weekends
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, volunteer youth basketball coach during winters, soccer training
Summer Activities: Counselor at biggest summer camp in Southeast all summer long with awards and promotions from it
Essays: Very sincere, insight on me on both, but guess not what they were looking for
Teacher Recommendation: one very good, one not sure
Counselor Rec: generic
Additional Rec: from camp, i’d assume it was good
Interview: couldn’t do it</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Enough
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): grandfather alum but contributed nothing to school, so basically no</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, GPA/rigor, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Essays, AP scores, reccomendations
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m guessing weaknesses but honestly don’t know/ want to know!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: into GaTech and UGA, so waiting on honors programs and presidential scholarship semifinalist at Tech, so I’m fine off
General Comments: I was upset at first about not getting in, but im gonna save a ton of money and not feel obligated to work as hard as I can to succeed. I’m gonna change my major now, which kind of annoys me, but you gotta go with the flow…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Wharton
Username: kmg6404</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR 770 M 770 W (10 essay) - 2240. Took it twice. The last time I took it was the January of my junior year
ACT: None
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 / 3.86 / 3.94 (9th/10th/11th). Cumulative unweighted GPA was 3.8. I go to a boarding school in NC.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A. However, I was listed on the Cum Laude.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calculus AB (10th), 5 Chemistry, 5 Stats, 4 Euro History (all 11th), English Language, US History, Biology, Calculus BC (all 12th)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Most challenging. Especially, my math course was challenging. (It was a second year college level class)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Cum Laude Society, Some awards from Debate Competitions, Recognition of Leadership from one newspaper.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President (12), VP (11), Class Rep (10,9)), Choirs (Chamber+chorus+chapel): 2.5 hrs of practice every week, Business-oriented internships for two summers at SAP, Dorm Prefect (12), Dorm Proctor (11), Honor Council Member (12), Musical (12)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, volunteer work in several different places
Summer Activities: 9th: Volunteer Work, Cancer Research at a national university
10th: Volunteer Work, Business Internship at a company
11th: Volunteer Work, Business Internship at a company</p>
<p>Essays: I am not a perfect writer. However, I spent three digit hours on my main essay only. My Common App main was, therefore, stronger than I thought it would be. Also, out of all the supplements, Penn supplement was the most flowing.
Counselor Rec: I have no idea, but hopefully he wrote good things… He was in charge of the Student Council for 3 years
Additional Rec: School Headmaster (Penn’s distinguished alum)
Interview: Didn’t have one</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant): I am at a school in NC, but I live in Korea.
School Type: Private Boarding
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Enough to send me to Penn for four years.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Leadership</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: School GPA (even if it adds up to be 3.8, I made it to Cum Laude, and I had only one B on my transcript), good teacher rec, GOOD ESSAY.
Weaknesses: Asian with relatively low SAT score.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Thank you FURDA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tulane (EA/ Accepted with Presidential Scholarship), U Chicago (EA/ Deferred)
General Comments: Good luck to everybody!</p>
<p><strong><em> Edit of sjn732’s stats </em></strong>
(I just realized that the first time I posted sjn732’s stats, I actually re-posted AznCo0Co0’s under sjn732’s username. These are her actual stats, retrieved from the Penn '15 ED Thread.)</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted
School applied to:Wharton
Username: sjn732</p>
<p>Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (CR-780, M-760, W-800)
- ACT: 34
- SAT II: Math II-720, Physics-800, U.S. History-770
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 742
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (5), U.S. History (4), Lang/Comp (4), World History (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics SL (6), Spanish B (5)
- Senior Year Course Load: IB Psychology, AP Calculus BC, IB World Literature, Chemistry I H, IB Government, symphonic band, marching band
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist, music-flute (state/national)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): symphonic band (1st chair), marching band (section leader), symphony orchestra (principal flutist), Spanish honors club (secretary), NHS</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: interned at local city hall over the summer</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: tutor elementary school kids, Red Cross</li>
<li>Summer Activities: see above</li>
<li>Essays: common app-about diversity, Penn-very specific, unique</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: math and physics - pretty good?</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: great!</li>
<li>Additional Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Interview: n/a</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NV</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Korean</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: $100,000-120,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation college</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: GPA, rank, music (I also sent a music supplement)</li>
<li>Weaknesses: ethnicity, extracurriculars other than music</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay, music</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 1st notification!</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments:
I can’t believe this happened!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred
School applied to: Wharton
Username: blankusername </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (780 CR, 800 M, 770 W)
ACT: None
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1% of large public high school
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,4,4
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous (All AP’s)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar; National Merit Semi; various regional and local awards in math and science, nothing big; listed as co-author for two papers submitted for publishing (does this count?)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent amount, mostly math and science focused. A few significant positions, helped start a club, basically your run-of-the-mill EC’s
Job/Work Experience: Two different summer research internships (1 at local university, 1 at out of state university) - pretty decent experiences
Volunteer/Community service: 150-200 hours, nothing special
Summer Activities: Research
Essays: haha. this is where i died. wrote everything the weekend before the Nov. 1 deadline
Teacher Recommendation: 1 good but generic, 1 phenomenal
Counselor Rec: Very good, counselor loves me
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Interviewer seemed to like me; lasted about 45 minutes</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >$200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None (ORM=antihook?)</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Pure stats, unique internship experiences, to-be published research paper?
Weaknesses: Essays, essays, essays. Having pretty average EC’s. No major awards. No business-related activities. Pretty much everything
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, seeing all the amazing stats of those who got deferred/rejected I feel extremely lucky to have even been deferred. I have no idea what put me in that defer pile instead of the reject pile. Perhaps I stood out with my math/sci EC’s just enough so that they didn’t straight up reject me? That being said, I think this is just further testament to how random the entire application process is.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere else so far</p>
<p>General Comments: To the accepted: Congratulations!! All of your hard work finally paid off!! Now you can chill and enjoy the rest of senior year haha
To the deferred: There is still hope for RD!
To the rejected: Don’t give up hope, this is just one school. There are many more amazing schools out there. Apply to some, and I’m confident you will end up somewhere amazing!
*Note to future applicants: start working on your essays early, like August early! You may think that you have enough time to write them in a week or a few days, but trust me that is not the case! I had to learn that the hard way.
Again, I feel veryy lucky to have been deferred. There were a lot of rejectees I saw who definitely deserved to be deferred more than me. Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Updated numbers…</p>
<p>ACCEPTED (21)</p>
<p>kmg6404
TheHmmmm
itsinreach
TheWikiman
hopeful201
Matts1213
travelbug
AznCo0Co0
Skaggs
Candygyrl0811
Ethereality3
Radco85
Idontjoke
Ih8artichokes
Qazplm
Maybobby
Whartonatpenn15
Mumbaicab
ZWPLeft3
Dnjsmom’s son </p>
<p>DEFERRED (8)</p>
<p>thefreakedout
meganlovestheUN
ipod4life
buddyD
jwg257
brendalicious
Petree
blankusername</p>
<p>REJECTED (9)</p>
<p>saints2009
mathematicism
haloshots
ellipsis1
clouder
Teeninvestor
Mumurthigal
dnomyar105
thatkidd</p>
<p>UNKNOWN (8)</p>
<p>gmabcd
chiefs2010
Phwool
elec
reiddou
DaPinkMenace
Sustainableaidan
Euroazn</p>
<p>Total applied: 46
Accept: 21
Defer/Reject: 17
Applied but did not post results: 8</p>
<p>***Worst case scenario admit rate: 45.6% *<a href=“includes%20unknowns%20as%20deferrals/rejections”>/B</a></p>
<p>Sorry, this may be not the right place to post this question. But I believe many of you in this list can answer this question. Does anyone know which IB math class (SL vs. HL) is required for Wharton admission? I am in the middle of choosing IB courses for my junior year. I want to know if I can take IB math SL course so that I can reduce my workload. But I also don’t want to pick the wrong course and minimize my qualification in Wharton admission. I am shooting for a full IB diploma and I will have 4 HL IB classes if I have to take Math HL class. I am not sure if I can handle 4 HL classes well in terms of time management. thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred M&T with preferrence for Wharton -then deferred Wharton
School applying to: Seems still M&T and then Wharton
Username: Wudman
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 700 W, 800 M (1530/2230)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math IIc, 790 Math I, 750 Bio-M, 760 Chem, 750 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1 of 318
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5), Bio (5), Euro (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 5th yr of French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, AP Scholar, AIME, Boys State
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (officer 3 yrs including last two as President). Math (President 2 yrs) - Mu Alpha Theta member, Knowledge Bowl, Church Youth Group Leadership, Varsity Golf 3 yrs (2nd team all Seattle District - 2011 State Champ qualifier - May’11), Many individual golf tournaments during school year and all summers
Job/Work Experience: Seattle large law office of Philadelphia law firm where named partner has a professorship named after him at Penn Law School. Accounting assistant for corporate tax preparation of a local company.
Volunteer/Community service: Homeless shelter in Seattle and summer trips to work with at-risk youth in different cities. 2 time award winner for community service.
Summer Activities: Golf, FBLA Nationals, WA Business Week & WA Business Week - Manufacturing
Essays: Not sure.
Teacher Recommendation: Stellar
Counselor Rec: Very Solid
Additional Rec: Amazing, but just sent along with update as requested by Penn Admissions
Interview: Didn’t hurt, maybe helped.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $135,000 {but two kids, so FAFSA EFC is only about $16K}
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: GPA / Class Rank / Hardest Curriculum at my H.S.
Weaknesses: SAT CR and Writing, Didn’t know to do whatever I could to be involved with research in summers instead of following my passions (as recommended by Penn Admissions presentations). H.S. doesn’t allow students to take APs before junior year (so will only finish with 8)
Why you think you were Deferred: In reading from others on CC after being deferred, it seems to have been because I hadn’t taken AP Physics and Chem before Senior year. The way my HS structures things, it wasn’t a possibility while continuing with a foreign language all years of HS. I also didn’t perform any research even though I live across the Puget Sound from closest research universities. It would have helped had I thought through the critical need of including an engineering pursuit for my college education earlier in HS. It likely would have led me to seek other opportunities that weren’t offered at my H.S. Sigh.
General Comments:
It is wierd that, after being deferred by Wharton, I have been placed back in the pool for M&T-Regular where I checked the box on the Penn Supplement to SOLELY be considered for Wharton. I’ve continued to keep my 4.0 while having AP Chem and Physics first semester. I’m also in application process for summer research opportunities (but its likely too little too late for Penn - but much better experience and money than just getting a summer job, so I’m kind of psyched about those potentials). </p>
<p>I haven’t totally given up on Penn, but I’m reading up a lot more on the schools I am in (Michigan and GA Tech) and others still outstanding (Carnegie Mellon, and other reach schools MIT and Stanford). Maybe Wharton for my MBA?</p>