<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: LSM (vagelos life science and management)
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 770
[<em>] SAT Math: 790
[</em>] SAT Writing: 740, 11 essay
[<em>] SAT Total: 2300
[</em>] SAT II: 800 math2 800 biom 800 chem 800 us history 790 physics
[<em>] ACT: 36 (36 for all except science which I got a 35)
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5's on bio, chem, physics b, and envisci. 4 on US History
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.6
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[li] Rank or % estimate: 6/400</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were my best essays ever :p
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): yes definitely. I think that was my best essay ever and I'm sending it to my other schools.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I don't know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: none
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[li] Interview?: yes it was fun </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: nj
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: femail
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): yeah
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[</em>] Important ECs: a lot of science awards, science and math team, tennis, leadership, volunteering</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): I did research at summer camp and sent in abstract</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: heh, I'll have an advantage for LSM I think in the RD round since I did apply early…and i'm quite nervous for MIT on Monday gahhh</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences (Classics, Biology)
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 760
[<em>] SAT Math: 780
[</em>] SAT Writing: 770
[<em>] SAT Total: 2310
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Latin, 730 World History, 730 Math II
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 AP Calc AB, 5 AP World, 5 AP US; additional 6 APs this year.
[<em>] GPA weighted: 97/100
[</em>] GPA unweighted: Unknown
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top 5%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Outstanding.
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Yes.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Should have been terrific.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been great.
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: Someone on board of trustees.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Classics.
[li] Interview?: Yes.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Independent, ~215 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): No
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[</em>] Important ECs: Treasurer of National Honor Society (helped create/run revamped peer tutoring program), President of Classical Cultures Society (Treasurer two previous years), on executive board of State Classical Culture League, Latin Honor Society, Editor-in-Chief of literary magazine (Asst. Ed-in-Chief year prior), Witness in Mock Trial (Two years), member of anti-destructive decision group. All activities have more than two years of involvement, most are all four years. Programs over the summer: NYLF on Medicine, New York Film Academy Film Camp, Math Course.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): Meh SAT IIs, I guess. I dont know. Nothing else was weak.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Two others from my school applied to Penn ED, both got in, although to different schools/programs. Im happy for them. But, as Shakespeare said, woe is me. </p>
<p>Yes, Im being completely honest about my Stats.</p>
<p>hey guys first post. I CANNOT ****ING BELIEVE IT. THIS IS MY FIRST POST. YES IM A LURKER. AHAHAHHAA BUT OMGAWD IM SO HAPPY I CANT BELIEVE IT. N IM REALLY NOT AMAZING COMPARED TO THE REST. SO U KNOW ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. ANYONE WHO READS THIS NEXT YEAR. ITS POSSIBLE. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[/list]Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: CAS
[</em>] SAT Verbal:710
[<em>] SAT Math: 780
[</em>] SAT Writing: 620<--retarded i know
[<em>] SAT Total: 2110
[</em>] SAT II: chemistry 790 math II 790 math I 750
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: IB predicted grades only. 41 plus ee n tok
[<em>] GPA weighted:
[</em>] GPA unweighted:
[li] Rank or % estimate: top 10% i think</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: idk i think it was ok. i tried to be as real as possible though. about a trip to the market in india. n my whypenn essay just tried to show how much i loved sociology and like points on how penn could serve as a school to help that
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Yes. i love my optional essay. its the only one i liked
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good not great. but my teachers like me fine
[</em>] Counselor Rec: AHAHHAHAHA long story. but ok. good I GUESS
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: sorta. one from my year 10 since i changed school then
[</em>] Hook (if any): international
[li] Interview?: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]*Location/Person: south east asian *[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type: private but top
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): no
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No:no
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No:
[</em>] Important ECs: none really. some overseas community service (with small leadership). particpated in a drama stuff. uh class committee</p>
<p>[/ul]*Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): sats was bad. ecs wasnt anything no real ecs no real leadership. essays was ok. u know. strengths was just, idk I THINK NOT BELEIVEING THAT I WOULD GET IT. seriously. it worked. just be humble for the whole thing n hope they take u for whoever u are. * </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:</p>
<p>I STILL CANNOT BELEIVE IT I CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT BELIEVE IT. sorry for making this my first post. im really realy RAELLY happy n congrats to everyone who got in. and as cliche as this amy be, through this months or mainyl this whole week. CCs forums n the people all seem so amazing and great. so just thank you. idk what else to say. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! HHAHAH sorry sorry.</p>
<p>Wow, I'm very impressed by everyone who posted so far. My condolences to Amadeuic, with your stats you'll certainly get in somewhere great during RD. Good luck to those deferred or rejected, and congratulations to everyone else.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: M&T, SEAS secondary
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[<em>] SAT Math: 750
[</em>] SAT Writing: 750
[<em>] SAT Total: 2200
[</em>] SAT II: 770 Bio E, 760 Math II, 710 Lit
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Bio 5, Chem 5, Eng Comp 5, US Gov 5
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.6
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0 (I think: no B's only 2 A-'s all HS)
[li] Rank or % estimate: 3/462</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay: Wrote about my chem teacher, Penn Essay: Quirky essay that's styled after a speech from V for Vendetta. Didn't do optional.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Strong science background; maybe my Penn essay (I closed saying "Puck Frinceton")</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northeast PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy: No
[</em>] Recruited: No
[li] Interview: No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: didn't really expect M&T, no outstanding leadership.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Good luck to everyone else and see you at next year!</p>
<pre><code>* School applied to:
* SAT Verbal: 590
* SAT Math: 600
* SAT Writing: 650
* SAT Total: 1250/1800? My math is no so good
* SAT II: Spanish: 800 Chinese: 800 Math 2: 430
* ACT: Somalia cannot aford to ahve ACTs
* AP/IB taken/scores: Psychology, 2
* GPA weighted: 2.7
* GPA unweighted: 2.5
* Rank or % estimate: 3/4
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: i have civil war inmy village
* Teacher Recs: my family wrote best words about me than my siblings
* Counselor Rec: our schoolhouse had no tyranics
* Hook (if any): National Somalian Track and Field: 400 m in 47 sec
* Interview: travelled 500 km to nearest town with power to meet with only other Somalian to go to university
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Somalia
* School Type: private, only most royal familes send children to learn
* Ethnicity: Somalian
* Gender: Male
* Legacy Yes/No: no
* Recruited Yes/No: track and field
* Important ECs: help family with farm chores
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I am so happy to be going to AMerica where people can be who they want to. My family is so sad to be losing their top son. I hope to run and run and run at university! Go QUAKERS!</p>
<p>I'm betting it's because my junior year winter/spring grades dropped...and they want to see my senior fall grades, but funny thing--I don't HAVE ANY because I was on leave.</p>
<p>Guess I had better finish those last few essays...this sucks.</p>
<p>Stats:
School applied to: Nursing
SAT Verbal: 700
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing: 740
SAT Total: 1450/2190
SAT II: Biology M – 760, US History – 780, Math II – 760
ACT: didn’t take
AP/IB taken/scores: US History – 5, Stats – 5, euro-5, egnlish language-4
GPA weighted: 4.02
GPA unweighted: 4.0
Rank or % estimate: 6/300</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good-no mistakes-except for submitting 2pages instead of 1
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): parents work there? nursing school?
Interview: random phone interview from assitant dean of admissions in nursing</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:PA
School Type: public - surburban<br>
Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: nope
Recruited Yes/No:
Important ECs: quiz bowl, math club, sci club</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Yay!!! congrats to all who got accepted! SAT scores to a certain point does not matter.....don't slack off on essays.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: SEAS
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 670
[<em>] SAT Math: 750
[</em>] SAT Writing: 680
[<em>] SAT Total: 2100
[</em>] SAT II: Math II-710, Biology (M)-720
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: BC Calc-5, Biology-4, Currently in Stat, Physics C, Micro, and Psych
[<em>] GPA weighted:3.9? my school does it weird
[</em>] GPA unweighted:^see above
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top 6%, school doesn't rank</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not bad, not bad. Im not a writer.
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Did it; it was adorable.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One from Physics teacher freshman year and currently, one from history/econ teacher. Never read them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never read it. I dont really know her well.
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: None.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Legacy-father attended, uncle attended, grandfather taught for 30 years.
[li] Interview?: Yes, in March of '08</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public, large, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Yes
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[</em>] Important ECs: TONS of theatre and choir, teen pep peer leadership (taught sex ed to freshmen), nhs, counselor in training/counselor at overnight girl scout camp, treasurer of french club/french honor society</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): i had quite the connections haha.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<ul>
<li>School applied to: CAS</li>
<li>SAT Verbal: 790</li>
<li>SAT Math: 800</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 740</li>
<li>SAT Total: 2330</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 800, World History 800</li>
<li>ACT: n/a</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: Calculus BC 5, World History 5, Chemistry 5, US History 5, English 5 </li>
<li>GPA weighted: 4.1</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 3.80</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: 5%</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: CAS
[</em>] SAT Verbal:
[<em>] SAT Math:
[</em>] SAT Writing:
[<em>] SAT Total:
[</em>] SAT II: 720 Bio 780 US History
[<em>] ACT:32 Composite
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 4 US History, 3 Physics B, 2 Lit and Comp
[<em>] GPA weighted: no idea
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: 8/330</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good maybe?
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): nope
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good hopefully
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: veerrryyy good from the head of this summer school i worked at
[</em>] Hook (if any): urban school, very diverse, lots of urban community service ECs
[li] Interview?: yep, went well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Urban Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N):dunno
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No:No
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No:No
[</em>] Important ECs: captain varsity tennis, captain varsity golf, golf league all-star, captain mock trial, worked around the city for various education groups... taught at a pretty tough summer school, taught golf to dudes at youth centers across city, ran math workshops with other kids throughout city</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: CAS
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[<em>] SAT Math:800
[</em>] SAT Writing: 750
[<em>] SAT Total: 1500/2250
[</em>] SAT II: Chem: 800, Physics: 790, Math II: 790
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 on Chem, Physics B, C:E&M, Calc AB; 4 on CompSci AB, Physics C:Mech
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.52
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.76 (upward trend to 3.9 soph and 4.0 junior)
[li] Rank or % estimate: 13/273</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: All good
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Y
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one great, one good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?:
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[li] Interview?: N</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WV
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: indian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): N
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: N
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: N
[</em>] Important ECs: none really, but spent many hours with computers (programming and hardware related things), placed 2nd in state for math/sci bowl, 3rd in state for physics, several years of instruments, significant hours of tutoring and volunteer work</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):
Weakness: EC, GPA, rank
Neutral: Essays
Strength: SAT I, SAT II</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Sucks to be deferred, but I can't say I'm surprised. Congrats to all that got in!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: Huntsman- College & Wharton
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[<em>] SAT Math: 780
[</em>] SAT Writing: 800
[<em>] SAT Total: 2380
[</em>] SAT II: Biology E- 800, Math 2- 790, US History- 790, Chinese 790
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc AB, Statistics, Biology, US History, Chinese
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.22
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.85
[li] Rank or % estimate: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, very creative
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Yes
[<em>] Teacher Recs: teachers loved me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: loved me, was my mock trial coach
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: No
[</em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[li] Interview?: No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: small public, ranked in top 100 of US News & World Report
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Applied, didn't get any
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[</em>] Important ECs: Swimming, Mock Trial, Speech & Debate, French Club, Link Crew, School Site Council, summer internship at The Economist</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] School applied to: CAS
[ *] SAT Verbal: 750
[ *] SAT Math: 760
[ *] SAT Writing: 730
[ *] SAT Total: 2240
[ *] SAT II: Chemistry 790, Math IIC 790, US History 760
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calc BC- 5, AP US History- 5. Taking 5 AP course this year
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.55
[ *] GPA unweighted: 3.93
[ *] Rank or % estimate: Around 18/600 or Top 3%</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Common App- very good. Why Penn- It was decent. The analogy was kind of interesting but the actual Why Penn part was not amazing.
[ *] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Yes, this was my favorite one!
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good. They wrote recs for a lot of kids though so some parts may be a little bit generic. Overall really good though.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never read it. She likes me, and I go out of my way to get to know her since my school is so big.
[ *] Supplemental Rec(s)?: No. Was going to send one, but the letter was bad so I opted not to.
[ *] Hook (if any): None
[ *] Interview?: Yes</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: Competitive, large public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Y
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: Newspaper Editor, Current events club, Varsity Tennis (Sectional champs), KM; a couple others. President of one club, two more board positions. Very involved in volunteering at and getting grants for a local organization.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):[ /b]
Weaknesses: Not a lot of huge in school leadership positions. (Everyone seems to be president of 5 clubs) Very competitive school; a lot of smart people so hard to stand out.</p>
<p>Strengths: Very involved in organizations I care about. Conveyed that I am a fun and passionate person who loves sports in my p.217. Well rounded.</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b]
I'm very happy that I got in. Now I can relax a bit. I'm usually a pretty chill person, but I may have seemed to have OCD on CC. Really, I'm back to normal and just excited to enjoy senior year. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>School applied to: CAS
SAT Verbal:800
SAT Math:710
SAT Writing:730
SAT Total:2240
SAT II:US History 740 Math II 740
ACT:34
AP/IB taken/scores: 8 APs
GPA weighted: 4.06
GPA unweighted:3.90
Rank or % estimate: inside top 10%
Essays: Seemed pretty good- what do I know?
Optional Essay: Yes
Teacher Recs: IDK (waived)- hopefully OK
Counselor Rec: Ditto
Hook (if any): Legacy
Interview?: Yes
Financial Aid?: No
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: Yes
Recruited Yes/No: Uh, no.
Important ECs: Lots of instrumental music, Eagle Scout, NHS, Key Club, etc etc</p>