<p>Waitlisted, I guess that I'll be waiting until mid-may to see if I got in.... :1... I guess that I should be happy considering my stats.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to WHARTON after ED deferall</p>
<p>Stats:
Legacy
SAT: 1600/2370 (800M,800CR,770 Writing) Best scores combined
SAT IIs: 790 Math 2c, 760 Chemistry, 760 US History
GPA: 4.00 UW, 5.1 W
Rank: 7/650
Other stats: accomplished drummer, all state, all county, hired, drum teacher, job as math tutor
Essays: passionate
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): who knows
Location/Person:
State or Country: FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: my tenacity. ive been in touch wit hthe school since 9th grade and did not let up my emails and phone calls till a month or so after my deferral</p>
<p>Dream come true. I cant believe it. Go quakers!</p>
<p>Who gets waitlisted at Penn RD and accepted Princeton RD? Who???</p>
<p>I do.</p>
<p>*Decision:ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>my stats are a bit different since i'm an international, but here they come:
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): Cr 800, m 720 wr 680 (2200) one sitting
* SAT IIs: Latin 770 Math 2 760 bio m 730
* GPA 8.7/10 in the netherlands this is extremely high
* Rank:1/116
* Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigorous, 10 courses of which 5 different languages (dutch, english, german, french and latin)
* Number of Apps from Your School: NONE, first ever to get into and ivy leage! And i got into 4!!</p>
<p>Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:
* ECs listed on app: Student council president, student representative in school board, Theater course of 6 houres a week for three years at local college, photography, tutoring, debating team, tennis
* Job/Work Experience: tutoring, amnesty international 8 hours/week
* Essays (subject and responses): common about why I love learning
foreign languages, how I discovered my love and how I use my skills, I believe it was very good. Supplement about my passion for Photography, also good.They were both very personal and me!
* Teacher Recs: Haven't read them but I think they were very good and one of the top few of my career stuff (they told me some parts), they all know me very well
* Counselor Rec: very good, also top of career and she knows me very well as well
* Interview (feel and general location):wasn't offered one!
* Hook (if any): 5 languages and 800cr as an international? I sent in a good photography portfolio as well</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: The Netherlands
* School Type, Public, one of the best in my country and very comprehensive
* Ethnicity: White
* Income Bracket: <50.000
* Gender: Female
* Strengths/Weaknesses: languages, very heavy course load, good photography portfolio and good recommendations and essays/ very low GPA compared to american students and no outstanding Ec's and jobs</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted:I dont know, i had the most amazing luck!</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Congratulations to all of you!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>and YALE 2010 HERE I COME!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted at Wharton!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2040 (670M 670V 700W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 US Hist, 640 Bio, 760 Spanish
[<em>] GPA: (weighted) 98.85
[</em>] Rank: 3/578
[<em>] Other stats: 11 APs: (9th-11th): one 5 (spanish), three 4s (english, US hist, art hist), two 3s (euro hist, bio); taking 4 this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I think they were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 very good, the other not so much
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not sure, didn't read it, but probably really good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Hispanic?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NYC
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: weak- Arista Honor Society (community service work mostly) 11th and 12th, Mock Trial and Leadership 12th. Have had a part-time job as Assistant teacher/tutor for the past 3 years.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred:
[</em>] Other thoughts: I'm still in shock.. I was NOT expecting to get in. I almost applied to the CAS because I was so sure I didn't have a chance at Wharton.</p>
<p>i feel like i walked into a battlefield. :(</p>
<p>accepted folk should come over to the PENN 2010 myspace group!</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted SEAS *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2260
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 790 750
[<em>] GPA: 4.6 (14 APs, all As)
[</em>] Rank: 2/182
[<em>] Other stats: 35 ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I liked them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: dont know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: work on a farm, VP of a few clubs
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: solid stats, good essays
[</em>] Other thoughts: Im happy</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2050 (650R, 700M, 700W)
SAT IIs: 650 Chemistry, 710 US History
GPA: 3.90 UW, 4.38 W
Rank: 2/749
Other stats:Valedictorian
Subjective:
Essays: Went through at least 4 rough drafts... they better have been really good!
Teacher Recs: Kick Ass
Counselor Rec: Really Good
Hook (if any): artistic as well as a leader? i dunno, personable?
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/South American
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: scores, should've done a lot better
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: should have had at least a 100 pts more on the SATs
Other Factors: extensive ECs and work experience, editor in chief of newspaper, president of two clubs, founded an extremely successful mural club, traveled to costa rica and then europe for study tours, took 14 college classes and 7 APs</p>
<p>*Decision: Waitlisted (CAS, RD) *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330 (800 CR, 760 M, 770 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 750 US History, 700 Math 2
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted, school doesn't weight
[</em>] Rank: 1/385 **
[li] *Other stats: * 5 on AP US History, 5 on AP French Language, 4 on AP English Lit. My school only offers 9 AP classes total, 6 of which I will have taken by the time I graduate.[/li]National Merit Finalist
4th place at state History Day
Finalist at DECA International Competition, 5th at DECA state competition
AP Scholar
Several piano awards
3-year Varsity letter award winner + coach's award
Several art awards
[li] ** Senior year courseload: *[/li]Honors English (University of Washington curriculum)
AP Calculus AB (highest math course offered)
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
Newspaper Production
Contemporary World Problems
[li] * Number of apps from my school: ** 2 including me[/li][li] ** Prospective majors listed on app: ** Economics or Political Science[/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] ** Essays: I'm very proud of my Why Penn essay (I took what I'd wager to be a very fresh, unusual approach) and my Page 217 essay was both serious and entertaining. Also mailed in a supplementary essay.[/li][li] Teacher Recs: ** One was very good, one must have very good because she loves me.[/li][li] *Counselor Rec: * I didn't read it, but it was probably pretty unexceptional and standard. Each counselor has hundreds of students to take care of and probably up to 100 senior college recs to write. I know him pretty well, though, and he should have good things to say about me.[/li][li] ECs listed on app: [/li]Piano (10 years)
Varsity Swimming (3 years)
French Club President and VP
DECA Treasurer
National Honor Society peer tutor
Volunteering at local library
[li] ** Work Experience: ** Casting internship for a cirque production company that usually takes only college interns.[/li][li] ** Hook (if any): ** None - I'm a female Chinese-American!![/li][/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] ** State or Country: Washington[/li][li] School Type: Large public, 1800+[/li][li] Ethnicity: Chinese[/li][li] Gender: ** Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** Strong test scores and academic record and courseload all through high school. Weaknesses could be not enough sparkle and leadership in ECs, few high-level awards. And while I liked my essays, they did not stand out enough.
General Comments: Congrats to those admitted, and for those who didn't get in, prestige isn't all that matters and I'm sure you'll be happy wherever you end up! Besides, wouldn't you rather go to a school that truly appreciates and values you for who you are? I feel honored to have been waitlisted by Penn in such a competitive year, and I'll keep my fingers crossed that it'll be a good year for the waitlist. ;) ;) ;)</p>
<p>Well, I finally have recovered enough to post.</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: M: 790, CR: 750, W: 790
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2C: 800, Chem: 780, USH: 760, Bio: 750
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 3.89 unweighted, 4.4 weighted
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:
[<em>] Deferred?:
[</em>] # of apps from your school: A Lot
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: 7 on the 1-10 scale
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 Really good, 1 at least good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Hook (if any): 2 summers research, 2 college math classes
[<em>] Important ECs: Youth Philanthropy group
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Alabama
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet (small)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Not great at writing, good math
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Just not good enough[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I thought I had a good interview report. I thought I had a good chance at Penn. Guess I was wrong. Congrats to everyone that made it.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Jerome Fisher</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2350
SAT IIs: 800 790 780
GPA: 3.95 10 APs
Rank: dont know top ten %
Other stats: nope
Subjective:
Essays: i liked 2/3
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec: generic
Hook (if any): none at all
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Other Factors:[list][<em>] Extracurriculars: leadershippositions , job, sports, upenn summer program
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: upenn summer program
Other thoughts: sweet!</p>
<p>A bit late but...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted @ WHARTON!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2340 (math 800, critical reading 760, writing 780)
SAT IIs: Chemistry 770, Math IIC 800, Chinese 800, Biology M 740
GPA: 3.953/4.000
Rank:1/196
Other stats: 5s on all APs (Chem, Bio, US History, BC Calc), taking more this year (Physics C: both exams, Eng Lit, Eng Lang, Econ (Micro & Macro), Stats)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I loved them, my friends loved them, penn must've loved them!
Teacher Recs: Didn't read them - submitted two
Counselor Rec: Glowing
Hook (if any): NHS president, yearbook editor in chief, national merit semifinalist, AIME qualifier, summer biology research</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: China
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female</p>
<p>General Comments:
This is so surreal! I'm going to college in just a few months! :D</p>
<p>Accepted to CAS!!!!</p>
<p>Haven't decide major yet! :S</p>
<p>It seems that Wharton has rejected a lot of qualified students. Is it much harder to get into than CAS?!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (M&T)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280 (760,760,760)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 750 Chem, 750 US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.3
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: AIME qualifier, Presidential Service Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I looked back at my essays and realized that they were really really good. IM me at AmitTLP if you have any questions, but they were specific, original, honest, and edited 15 times.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I submitted 4. If I had to do it again I probably wouldn't have submitted one of them, I'm sure they were all great and one or two might have been amazing.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't see it, but from what he tells me, amazing
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Bay Area, CA
[<em>] School Type: Secular Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: ASB President, Varsity Football Captain, Varsity Basketball Captain, JSA, and a bunch of other stuff, submitted 3 page resume
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: my essays and my extremely strong extracurricular, showed that the program was a PERFECT fit for me
[*] Other thoughts: Met my regional admissions officer on 3 separate occasions, talked to the director of M&T a few weeks before the decision, I don't know if it helped or not.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to the School of Engineering and Applied Science. :)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2040
* SAT IIs: Chem 780, Phy 740, Math II 660
* GPA: 3.96
* Rank: 1/42
* Other stats: AS-Level Biology A, Chemistry A, Maths A, Physics B.
A-Level Expected results : Maths A, Bio A, Chem A, Phy A
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays:wonderful
* Teacher Recs: excellent
* Counselor Rec: good
* Hook (if any): ? Can't think of any,
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Saudi Arabia
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: Asian American
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Lots
* Awards : Numerous
* Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I seriously don't know why; Stanford, Yale, MIT and Caltech just rejected me.
* Other thoughts:
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: Accepted to SEAS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT composite: 2260 (790M 730CR 740W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II & Chem - 750, Physics - 740, Spanish L - 730
[<em>] GPA: 4.5 weighted
[</em>] Rank: 5/235 - went up 1 right before mid-year report :)
[<em>] Other stats: Rensselaer Medal Award, Nat'l Merit Commended, Nat'l Spanish Exam awards... small things
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: okay. talked about indecision for p. 217; looked up some really obscure things for the "why Penn" essay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: focused a lot on academics :\
[</em>] Counselor Rec: semi-generic
[<em>] Hook (if any): none that I know of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (mentioned on app): Sign Language Club (secretary), lit mag (editor), AcDec, Math Team, SHS
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: essay topics, maybe?
[</em>] Other thoughts: Holy cow, I was totally not expecting this... this just made my decision ten times harder. Congrats to the people who got accepted, and good luck to everyone with their final decisions![/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted! but unfortunately not coming due to PLME at Brown</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M:790 CR:720 W:700
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem:790 MathIIC:760 Spanish:740
[<em>] GPA: 3.89
[</em>] Rank: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty hack
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Hook (if any): French Horn - 1st chair VA All-state band, 3rd chair CT all-state orchestra,
TJHSST (Magnet Sci&Tech School) for 3 years.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: Female in Engineering</p>
<p>Interesting...Most of the kids who were accepted were in the top 5% of their high school classes. Many were ranked #1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Most of the kids rejected were below the top 5%, or went to schools that did not rank. Is it reasonable to conclude that Penn puts more emphasis on class rank than SATs and other factors?</p>
<p>for schools that don't rank, i think upenn can tell somewhat your standing by the applicants from your school. of course, all the applicants may be top students, but that's where the regional admissions officers know your school's status</p>