<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800s on Math IIC, Bio-M, US History, and Lit
[<em>] GPA: 5.357/6.0
[</em>] Rank: 2/445
[<em>] Other stats: 12 APs, 5 or 6 college courses
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, but not great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: the best ever
[</em>] Counselor Rec: dunno
[<em>] Hook (if any): Don't think so, besides my awesomeness
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Memphis, TN
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Tons and tons: Quiz Bowl, Model UN, Mock Trial, independent research, Junior Statesmen president
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I am the very definition of awesome.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Probably going to UChi for personal reasons.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1420/2190
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 770 US Hist, 720 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.12/4.33
[</em>] Rank: 8/670
[<em>] ACT: 33
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): DaimlerChrysler summer exchange program, internship with US Congressman
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Michigan
[<em>] School Type: Average Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** General Comments: Can't win 'em all. Wharton was my dream, but I wasn't really expecting to get in. Life goes on and I still have some decent schools to pick from. I'm on to Michigan, Northwestern, or Cornell!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Bio, 680 Math
[<em>] GPA: 3.8uw
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: 33 ACT, APs: US History 5, Bio 5, Eng Lang 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: awesome Why Penn essay, decent p.217 essay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i think really good, I am very close to both of the teachers I had write the recs
[</em>] Counselor Rec: always has great things to say about me... yet I am scared to death of her
[<em>] Hook (if any): sort of a recruited athlete (but only finalized as of 2 weeks ago so I am guessing that had little to do in the application process)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: southern US
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: 5-sport athlete, student council E-board, very very involved in school, etc. etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: it was all in the picture they asked for.
[</em>] Other thoughts: our school sends plenty of kids to Penn so I was not extremely shocked or anything... but excited, yes![/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2210 (800 CR 610 M 800 W)
SAT IIs: 800 US History, 760 Lit, 800 World History, 720 Bio-M
GPA: 95.5 uw
Rank: 9/105
Other stats: 5s on AP US History and AP Bio.... only ones I've been able to take.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good.
Teacher Recs: Terrific.
Counselor Rec: She knows me quite well... it was very good.
Hook (if any): Nope.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Western NY
School Type: Very small public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors: Eh, not really
Extracurriculars: Really lots of great stuff.. student body president, acting, sports.
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Class rank probably hurt me some.</p>
<p>Other thoughts: Bah, I was expecting it. Just got into Hopkins today, so that was nice. Waiting on UVA, Chicago and Princeton. Best of luck to all.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 800 M 800 CR 800 W
SAT IIs: Math IIC 800, US History 800, Chemistry 800, Physics 800
GPA: 4.98 W
Rank: 1
Other stats: What do other stats even mean?</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I think pretty good, or at least unique
Teacher Recs: Didn't see them
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it
Hook (if any): None really</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: All over the place, but am from CA
School Type: Public</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800R, 750M, 730W (2280)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 USH, 760 2C, 750 CHEM
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 uw, 5.0 w
[</em>] Rank: 2/400ish
[<em>] Other stats: pretty good, different ecs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: they were pretty good, esp "why penn"
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one really good, one pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably pretty generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): not really?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[<em>] School Type: Public, ~2000
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: some different ones, two research projects (one in biochem, one in history), a few leadership positions
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: i think research experience helped
[</em>] Other thoughts: I AM SO HAPPY!</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 730V, 800M, 800W
* SAT IIs: US History: 730, Math II: 800 Spanish: 710
* ACT: 31 (did not report)
* APs: Stat 5, Chem 5, US 5, taking Macroecon, Lit, Gov't and BC Calc this year
* IBs:
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 97.2
* Rank: 6/470
* Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Lit, AP BC Calc, AP Gov't, AP Macroecon, Philosophy, Controversial Issues, Directed Study
* Number of Apps from Your School: 2 or 3
* School Profile: public, mediocre
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: NHS, Beta, Math Team, Mu Alpha Theta, Soccer Manager, etc etc
* Job/Work Experience: Kroger Pharmacy, Pharmacy Tech
* Essays (subject and responses): Diversity: Not the Token Black Guy
* Teacher Recs: awesome
* Counselor Rec: awesome
* Interview (feel and general location): Starbucks, cool, nice guy
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
* Optional Essay Submitted: Governor's Honors Program
* State or Country: Georgia
* School Type, Average Stats of School: public, ****ty
* Ethnicity: African American
* Income Bracket: upper
* Gender: Male
* Hooks: none really
* Strengths/Weaknesses: kicked out of school in 7th grade
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: luck
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Good luck to all; don't fret; AA works</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 760, M: 750, W:800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chemistry: 690, Math IIC: 750, US History: 780
[<em>] GPA: 4.77 weighted, 96.95/100 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 1/75
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Bausch and Lomb Science Award, Harvard Book Award, MA Association of Superintendents Award, and more. Two 5's and a 4 on APs last year. All As except for one A- (AP US History, which I actually got a 5 on) through time of application/midyears.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Solid, but I sort of BSed the Penn-specific one.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent, only the highest praise. One teacher wrote me a recommendation without telling me, that was how much he liked me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Skipped pre-calculus to go straight to AP Calc junior year.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Public (~300 kids in total)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President of Amnesty International, Art Club, National Honor Society; member of Science Society; actor/set-painter for Drama Club; columnist/cartoonist for newspaper; volleyball (2 years, captain one year); softball (1 year); oil painting lessons; several singing groups
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted, etc: My interview was probably the worst I had for any school. I didn't really connect with the guy. Penn wasn't at the top of my list, and I think that might've shown.
[</em>] Other thoughts: I'm not really disappointed at this. It was the only school that kept me from saying that I got accepted to all of my schools (MIT and 2 other Ivies did accept me), but I also can still say I didn't get rejected. UPenn just wasn't as good a fit, in retrospect. I'm going to decline my spot on the waiting list.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 760 m (or 800 on old)/750 v/780 w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 phys, 770 bio-m, 780 math 2c
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 uw/4.6 w
[</em>] Rank: no ranking in school
[<em>] Other stats: fu foundation applicant
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i wrote this essay in a few days, but i spent a lot of time on it. i was really creative, and i liked it a lot more than my others.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: don't know.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don't know
[<em>] Hook (if any): ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
haha, this was one of my top two choices...i got into the other, though! i'm going to columbia.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720M, 720V, 780W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 720 Math IIC, 680 French
[<em>] GPA: 3.7 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: excellent "pg. 217", boring "Why Penn"
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[<em>] Hook (if any): This was my problem.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: USA
[<em>] School Type: Prep/Boarding, top 5 schools in the nation
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President of the Jewish Students Organization, Varsity Football letterman, Senior writer for the school paper, lead in a school play, a host of other minor things.
[<em>] Why I think I was rejected: No hook.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Penn has been my dream for a while but I'm most likely, and very happily, heading off to Georgetown.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330 (800M, 800CR, 730WR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio-M - 800; Chem - 780; Math IIc - 780
[<em>] GPA: 3.79UW, 4.08UCW
[</em>] Rank:
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): Dupont Challenge Winner, Siemens Semifinalist, Intel Semifinalist, Prudential Spirit of Community Award
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: private, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: research, community service, political club, varsity tennis, saxophone, tutoring
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/waitlisted: 5 people applied ed to penn and got in from my school. Pretty much all my friends got waitlisted. I think unless you show interest in Penn they won't take u in.
[</em>] Other thoughts: not too bummed, already got into amazing schools. Congrats to everyone who got in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M/700V/730W 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780IIC, 770Chem, 760 Bio
[<em>] GPA: 4.32, 4.0/4.0
10 AP classes, 3 College (psych, multivariable cal, C++)
[</em>] Rank: 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: specifics were BAD. common were OKAY
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good - Very Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Pubic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Taiwan
[li] Gender: M</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] AIM: asfsamurai3
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President of 3 clubs, Concertmaster of Orchestra, Vice President NHS, etc...
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: luck, obviously. i cussed very loud when i read my decision
[</em>] Other thoughts: yay!? [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220 (700R, 740M, 780W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Chemistry, 750 Math 2
[<em>] GPA: 3.85 UW, 4.25 W
[</em>] Rank: HS doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I though they were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Not a whole lot of EC's
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Probably because of my small list of EC's.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Disappointed, but life will go on. I got into my top choice, UCLA, so even though that is where I was going to go anyway getting waitlisted still doesn't feel great. Congrats to all who got in, you deserve it!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1940
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 1: 770 Math 2: 690
[<em>] GPA: 3.2
[</em>] Rank: 27/172
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: outstanding
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Pakistan
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Hiking, Table Tennis, Soccer, Basket ball, Gaming...
[<em>] Why I think I was rejected: Because I'm Asian?!
[</em>] Other thoughts: It all depends on luck. And mind you luck rhymes with the "F" word :p</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (C: 750, M: 760, W: 800)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 730, Math Level 2: 710, US History: 630
[<em>] GPA: 4.33 W
[</em>] Rank: na
[<em>] Other stats: Was homeschooled for eleven years, transferred to private school in PA to take APs in senior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent, but my essay on boot camp and the military probably didn't go over well at a liberal school like Penn
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it
[li] Hook (if any): Music (although Penn only employs part-time music faculty, so it's not a hook there; basically, they hire music teachers depending on the demand)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Private school in PA, got 3 kids into Penn ED, but only 1 RD (out of 15)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American :(
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Extracurriculars: Great in my opinion, but the military focus was probably not Penn's cup of tea.</p>
<p>Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Just too many apps like me, great SATs and GPAs, excellent extracurriculars. Unfortunately, I'm not a URM, my school was blacklisted after they already took 3 (out of class of 130) ED, musical talent doesn't mean crap to Penn, I'm not a recruited athlete, and I don't have connections in admissions. Also, interest shown does NOT matter no matter what others might say.</p>
<p>Other thoughts: Congrats to those who got in. I'm not unhappy at all because I got into WUSTL and Johns Hopkins and am still waiting on my overall number one choice, Notre Dame. The only bad part is that I was planning to use Penn as a tool to get more grants from other schools. Oh well.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2200 - 690 Critical Reading, 800 Math, 710 Writing
SAT IIs: 800 - MathII, 790-French, 670 - Physics
GPA: 3.6uw, 4.3w
Rank: 36/441
Other stats: AP USH, Stats,French- all 4's
Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Superb
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): ?
Important ECs: Varsity Soccer, winter track and spring track! fundraising for Aids in the carribean (too many hours) French and math tutoring! a bunch of insignificant other stuff!
Location: West Orange
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public, Suburban
Ethnicity: Black and poor
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths = Sports and Math, extra courses I take; Weaknesses = sat ii physics!!
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: really dont care!
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:
*SAT I (by section): 2270 (760 M, 730 R, 780 W)
*SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Bio E, 710 Physics
*APs: two 5's, two 4's
*GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97/4.0 unweighted, 4.8/5.0 weighted
*Rank: top 5% out of class of 541
*Senior Yr Courseload: tough
*Number of Apps from Your School: a lot
*Other stats: National Merit commended, AP scholars thingie, MD Distinguished Scholar HM</p>
<p>Subjective:
*ECs listed on app: volleyball, violin, biology club, tang soo do (karate), chorus, volunteering
*Job/Work Experience: work at a Kumon (tutoring) place, NASA internship
*Essays (subject and responses): BSed the Penn specific one, great p.217
*Teacher Recs: probably good, didn't read
*Counselor Rec: probably good, didn't read
*Interview (feel and general location): good
*Hook (if any): NASA SHARP internship, captain of volleyball team, president of Biology Club</p>
<p>Location/Person:
*State or Country: Maryland
*School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): great, colleges love us
*Ethnicity: Asian
*Income Bracket: middle class
*Gender: female</p>
<p>Strengths/Weaknesses:
*Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: essays were just decent, didn't show enough interest
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm upset about being waitlisted...anyone know the chances of getting accepted later?</p>