Official Penn Class of 2010 RD Decisions Thread

<p>Unless a miracle happens and USC admits me, I'm stuck in Ohio :( I really wanted to get out of here. And if I can't go to my #1 in Ohio (for financial reasons) then eh I won't be as happy. :(</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got admitted!!! I will see you all this Fall. It seems like many were rejected. Keep your spirts high!</p>

<p>thanks for the sympathy lucky, it really does seem like a lot of rejections. i realllllly want to see the stats.</p>

<p>...and congratulations to all who got in!</p>

<p>accepted to huntsman baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)</p>

<p>Accepted!!!!!</p>

<p>I got in!! congratulations to everyone who did as well!</p>

<p>Accepted! =)</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got accepted...</p>

<p>And all the best to everyone over here!</p>

<p>accepted! congrats everyone!</p>

<p>dah!! I want to check but don't know my Login. I don't remember registering for one... is it the PIN that was given when the application was sent? Or was I supposed to have registered for a new login name or something? I want to know already :(</p>

<p>*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Accepted: State U (Honors), Harvard (SCEA), Emory (Emory Scholars), Rochester, BU, Columbia
Waitlisted: Wash U
Rejected: Penn, Yale</p>

<p>ACCEPTED: Huntsman</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2150
SAT IIs: 770, 740, 660
GPA: 4.0 uw 4.37 w
Rank: 8/654
Other stats: 2 5's and 1 4
Subjective:
Essays:I killed on the essays. Pretty sure that helped secure me a spot.
Teacher Recs: Have a feelin' they were good
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Hook (if any): Done a whole lot with Japanese... started my own small business
Location/Person: Glendale
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Leadership (Key Club president)</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted! (M&T)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 770 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 800 Physics, 800 Latin
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.77 W
[</em>] Rank: 1/89
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semi-Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My experiences, eh the essays were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: 4 Years Latin Honor Society; Vice-President 1 Year, President 2 Years
4 Years Girls Varsity Soccer; Captain 1 Year
4 Years Girls Varsity Tennis; Captain 2 Years
3 Years National Honor Society; President for 2 Years
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I'm in shock...
[</em>] Other thoughts: Accepted SCEA to Stanford, MIT, Caltech... Jerome Fisher is making it even harder for me to decide. [/ul]</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted SEAS! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2210 (790M, 690V, 730W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 IIC, 750 Chem
[<em>] ACT: 33 (35M, 31R, 33E, 34S, 11 Essay)
[</em>] GPA: 4.28
[<em>] Rank: 3/450ish
[</em>] Other stats: PROMYS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: No one on CC liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Wonderful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): First generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Alaska
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: None
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Luck of the draw!
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am so happy!</p>

<p>Rejected, but I don't care because it looks like I'm going to be a Cornell girl! :)</p>

<p>Congrats to all of you who got in! 2010 is the best.</p>

<p>I'll do format sometime, but I got in CAS!!! Whoohoo!!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2180 (720 CR, 730 M, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 670 Lit, 650 Chem, 600 Math Lv 1 (I know, they're bad)
[<em>] Rank: Top 5% in senior year (no definite rank)
[</em>] Other stats: International Baccalaureate Diploma, predicted 41/42
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good...wrote about a boring teacher and how his class 'inspired' me
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Alright I guess, she doesn't know me too well
[</em>] Hook (if any): Wrote and published a novel, Penn actually emailed me for the synopsis a while back
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indonesia
[</em>] School Type: Private+Christian
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese-Indonesian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**Other Factors:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:** Yearbook President, School Fund Raising Committee President, Debate Champ, hours of community service, 1st desk violist in the orchestra, Co-Editor of the newspaper, etc etc etc</p>

<p>** Why I think I was accepted/deferred:** I don't know...my hook and ECs i guess. Grades are alright, but I thought the SAT's would weigh me down.</p>

<p>** Other thoughts:** I am so thrilled! Just got rejected from Harvard, still waiting for Princeton...Congrats to everyone else who got accepted!</p>

<p>Decision: Reeeee-jected!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2230
* SAT IIs: 790 USH, 700 CHEM
* GPA: 4.255
* Rank: Top 10%
* Other stats: ED Deffered
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Neato
* Teacher Recs: Awesomeo
* Counselor Rec: Coolio
* Hook (if any): Yearbookie/Teacher
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: South Asian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Hahah copied this from another thread, I just have to change the decision on each one. Peace easy and congrats to those who are in!</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected!!!! :D</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2280 (800 CR 740 M 740 W)
SAT IIs: 800 math 2 730 italian 730 lit
GPA: 3.6ish unweighted
Rank: my school's too special for ranking?
Other stats: APs: 5 on ab calc, 4 on psych and physics c mechanics
Subjective: well when i talked to the rep he seemed to really like me NOT THAT HE NECESSARILY HAD A SAY ABOUT ME
Essays: my why penn essay kicked ass and the other one was quite good imo
Teacher Recs: i can only hope they like me as much as i thought they did
Counselor Rec: see above...
Hook (if any): i live underground in a cave and eat gophers and snails
Location/Person: bayyarea... person?
State or Country: ca
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: pasty
Gender: female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: i thought i lined my interests up with what they offer really well in the why penn essay, i originally thought it was the perfect school for me, ive always been really advanced in math (for where i live), i take hard classes during the school year and more classes during the summer, ive played violin since i was 6 and spend a lot of time on that, also a lot of time in one community service program every week, i made a point of some really intense specific interests i have that i think are pretty unique, oh i could keep whining for hours... but i need to go eat cookie dough</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2190 (700v, 720m, 770w)
[</em>] SAT IIs:730 USH, 720 IIC
[<em>] GPA: 3.83
[</em>] Rank: top 12 out of 432
[<em>] Other stats: 5 on AP US
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: bad...couldn't use my main common app one. this probably killed me.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't see it but probably quite good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see it
[<em>] Hook (if any): inuit hermaphrodite
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Football all four years, captain, NHS president, awards, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was rejected: essay
[</em>] Other thoughts: Got into Tufts so I'm happy. 2+2=4.[/ul]</p>

<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1980 (M 790, V 630, W 560)
[</em>] SAT IIs: M II 800, Physics 770, Chem 730
[<em>] Rank: top 10% I guess
[</em>] Other stats: IB diploma students, predicted: 39/42</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Top few encountered in 44 years.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: so-so
[</em>] Hook (if any): fencing..
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Jakarta, Indonesia
[</em>] School Type: Private, Christian
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:*[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: mostly art stuff
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: LUCK!!
[
] Other thoughts:I just glad I am accepted to Penn...</p>