<p>which probably means i'll be rejected by the other ivies i applied to.</p>
<p>which means it's georgetown for me as well, careym and cny. see you guys next year.</p>
<p>Decision: rejected.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210- 800 v, 690 m, 720 w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 literature, 780 us history, 720 math lvl 2
[<em>] GPA: 4.045
[</em>] Rank: don't know
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on ap eng lang and us history, 4's on us and comparative gov as well as latin catullus/ovid. i'm also taking 6 ap classes this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i was pretty happy with them... i wrote about how my ancestors came to america with the quakers and so it was fitting that i should want to be a fighting quaker. i had a lot of fun with those essays, unlike the others for so many schools. don't quite know why, but for some reason i really liked writing these for penn.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good, one particularly glowing i think
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent, i love my counselor
[<em>] Hook (if any): umm... speech and debate national level competitor? don't know
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: virginia
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: speech and debate- nfl qualifier, cfl qualifier, semi- and quarter-finalist at a couple of national level tournaments, 6th place finalist at yale speech tournament, 2nd place at state, 4th at districts, theater, president of a mentoring program, president of latin honor society, national latin exam gold medal, national honor society officer, ap scholar with distinction, national merit commended</p>
<p>[li] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: don't know. : (</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Other thoughts: i really loved penn. this is depressing guys!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT: 2140 M-740 R-730 W-670[/li][li] SAT IIs:USHistory-740 Chemistry-770 MathIIC-680[/li][li] GPA: **3.98[/li][li] **Rank: **9/229[/li][li] **ACT: **31 [/li][li] **Other stats: Took 5 APs up to this point, 4 on four of them, 3 on one. This may have looked bad... was totally expecting at least 5's on three of them.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Risky... I did them entirely on my own so maybe some errors, but people have told me they were "good" risks.[/li][li] Teacher Recs: Probably Excellent - my teachers love me and one says I'm one of the brightest he's ever taught = good sign for rec[/li][li] Counselor Rec: Probably very good -- I hope she mentioned I have the hardest schedule in senior class... would be rank 1 with weighted ;o[/li][li] Hook (if any): Very involved in church, leading everything - serving in National Presbyterian General Assembly this summer as Youth Delegate.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country: Oregon[/li][li] School Type: Public[/li][li] Ethnicity: Korean[/li][li]** Gender:** Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Senior class president, senate president, tennis captain, model UN president, praise leader, bible study leader, Presby. GA delegate, newspaper editor, bowling team, tutor, NHS, soccer, ... yeah... General Comments: I applied for Wharton, didn't get in. Meh... my test scores could be better -- I was scoring 800's on practice Math SATI's and IIC's but couldn't pull it on test day. Oh well. Also took the ACT with 2 hours of prep total... could have easily pulled that to a 33-34, I think. Oh well, I'M IN AND THAT ROCKS. YAY.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780 M; 670 CR; 670WR; (2120 total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIc; 760 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.50 W; no unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 12/760 in very competetive school
[<em>] Other stats: ACT: 33; APs: 5s in CalcBC, CompSci A, Chemistry, Government; 4s in Macro/Microecon
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: WhyPenn rocked; statement was decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read but expecting 1 Stellar and 1 decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read but expecting Pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Summer research internship
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL, USA
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: founded a programming club; services coordinator at a service club, varsity (non-captain) quizbowl team and varsity (non-captain) math team
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Why Penn essay has to be it. I poured my heart out there. It apparently worked :)
[</em>] Other thoughts: I'm VERY excited; I thought I would definitely not get in since my parents didn't let me apply ED.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Oh I'm not disappointed at all with gtown, but its 20 min from my house, I was hoping to get away, don't give up on the waitlist, my sis with her horrible stats got in gtown waitlist</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720 M 790 V 740 W (2250 total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Writing 760 Math IIC 760 US History
[<em>] GPA:102.85
[</em>] Rank: 1/105
[<em>] Other stats: AP's: Euro History 4, US History 4, English Language 4[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: They were okay...I don't even really remember what I wrote for Penn
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:Tae Kwon Do (first degree black belt), 10 years of piano, community service as teacher's assistant at chinese school, Mentoring Program, Drama Club, Jazz Band, Vocal Ensemble, Orchestra, Band, Chorus, Student Government Vice President, President of National Honor Society, Lots of school committees, National Merit Finalist, IBM Honors Math and Science Program, Columbia Honors Science Program, Junior Statesmen at Yale Summer School, Ithaca College Summer School
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I don't know, but I'm glad I was accepted!!
[</em>] Other thoughts: CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT THIS FAR :) I wish they could have accepted everyone but that's just not realistic, I guess. Penn, here I come!!</p>
<p>haha, i just go rejected from penn- so its gtown for me too- as u can see from my username- that is NOT upsetting news... I'M ECSTATIC!!!! GOOOOO HOYAS!</p>
<p>rejected and depressed...i have really good SAT scores and GPA but i know my EC's weren't as good. i'm pretty sad...at least now i know what to do if i wanna get into a good grad school</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: Verbal: 680 Math: 780 Writing: 700<br>
ACT: 34 composite
SAT IIs: 800 Math-II, 780-U.S. History, 770-Chem
GPA: 4.0 unweighted 4.79 weighted
Rank: 1/405 (both weighted and unweighted)
Essays: worked so incredibly long on them, also sent in a supplemental essay about my skateboard resale business
Teacher Recs: sent in 3 recs, they should all be stellar (u.s. history teacher who used to teach at UVA, chem teacher who apparently wrote that I was a God, econ teacher as well
Counselor Rec: should be at least reasonably good
Hook (if any): nothing really, white middle eastern (Turkish) male here, maybe my own business
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Turkish
Gender: Male
Main Extracurriculars: own my own skateboard resale company (profit+some nonprofit stuff too), producing a skateboarding video, working 10+ hours a week at a real estate office
Awards: nothing too special, won a skateboarding competition once, AP scholar with distinction, Maryland Distinguished Scholar Honorable Mention
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Good ACT/SAT-IIs, grades/val, skateboarding biz/video, supplemental recommendation, supplemental essay, overall insane effort on my application before and after original deferral
Other thoughts:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=503180886802633928&q=wharton&pl=true%5B/url%5D">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=503180886802633928&q=wharton&pl=true</a>
^^just about summarizes it:)</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!! HOOORAY!! To happy to post stats! =D For those who got in congrats. For those who didn't, don't worry life will take you were you need to be.</p>