Official Penn Class of 2013 ED Results

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] School applied to:CAS
[ *] SAT Verbal:730
[ *] SAT Math:650
[ *] SAT Writing:690
[ *] SAT Total:2070
[ *] SAT II: Bio 640 World history 600
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: 8 APs
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.75
[ *] GPA unweighted:
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 18/515</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: common app topic of choice on original scientific study, why penn focused on my curiosity and how penn would nurture it
[ *] Optional Essay?(Y/N):N
[ *] Teacher Recs: apparently good...
[ *] Counselor Rec: generic
[ *] Supplemental Rec(s)?: One from the mayor of our city, one from my boss at a chem lab I interned at
[ *] Hook (if any): none
[ *] Interview?: alumni that went very well, talked for like an hour and forty five minutes</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:New York
[ *] School Type: competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Y
[ *] Legacy Yes/No:N
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: N
[ *] Important ECs:</p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>4 year varsity lacrosse player, received a bunch of local awards ( MVP, best defensive, all league, "tenacious tiger," three time Scholar athlete, captain)
2 year varsity field hockey, ( MVP, best defensive player, two time all league, two year scholar athlete, captain)
Mock Trial Team- 3 years- witness, secretary of club
Spanish Club- 3 years- secretary, Co-President
Model UN-2 years- founding member, G.O rep, secretary
Science Research Club- 3 years- secretary, President have also competed in local science competitions and received 1st place
General Organization ( school gov)- 4 years
NYS Youth and Government- 3 years- Legislative Branch
National Honor Society- 2 years- Vice president
Stage Crew- 4years
SEED- 4 years</p>

<p>Volunteering
Assistant Baseball Coach- little brother's baseball team- 4 years
Assistant Girl Scout Leader- 2 years</p>

<p>Advice: Penn is truly a school that appreciates individuals and does not necessarily focus on numbers ( as you can see from my stats page). It looks at more than just standardized test scores and cares about the hard work that you have put in during high school. For those considering applying, don't let statistics deter you; have confidence in yourself and what you have done and go for it. For those who have been accepted, congratulations on your accomplishment!</p>

62

<p>Decision: Accepted!!: CAS BABY HERE I COME</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>School applied to: CAS</li>
<li>SAT Verbal: 710</li>
<li>SAT Math: 750</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 780</li>
<li>SAT Total: 2240</li>
<li>SAT II: 790 math 2, 750 history, 700 biology</li>
<li>ACT: </li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: 8 - 4 Fives and 1 Two</li>
<li>GPA weighted: N/A</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 96.2/100</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: 4/510</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I think they really helped my application stand out. wrote about my main passion for medicine</li>
<li>Optional Essay?(Y/N): Yes, it was so entertaining to me</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: read 2 and they were really good. dont know about the third though
The other one was probably pretty good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: the best in the career. he literally loves me.</li>
<li>Supplemental Rec(s)?: One from ap biology teacher (im majoring in biology)</li>
<li>Hook (if any): NOTHING!!!</li>
<li>Interview?: yes, went good</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NJ (ouch)</li>
<li>School Type: Public, about 2500 kids, sends like 2 to ives at best.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Financial Aid?(Y/N): Yep</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: Nope</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: Nope</li>
<li>Important ECs: emergency medical technician, prez of diversity club, varsity tennis, some more.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): i thought my weakness was my SAT II score in biology. i got a 700 and i wanted to major in biology at upenn. i guess it didn't phase them much.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: im so speechless. i was literally crying when i got the letter. i really couldn't believe it. i was having a terrible day at school and doing bad in some of my classes and i come home to see this, made my day so much better. i wanna wish everyone good luck in their college process and however cliche this sounds, you will end up doing amazing things if you work hard. i believe in all of you.</p>

<p>Upenn, here i come.</p>

63

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: School of Arts and Sciences
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 720
[<em>] SAT Math: 740
[</em>] SAT Writing: 710
[<em>] SAT Total: 2170
[</em>] SAT II: Chem.: 800, US Hist.: 780, Math II: 760, Spanish: 720
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Chemistry: 5, US History: 4
[<em>] GPA weighted: Somewhere between 4.0 and 4.1
[</em>] GPA unweighted: Somewhere between a 3.7 and 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: top 5%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Learning to Drive
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Y, wrote about an internship in India that I had.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: The activities director at an old folks' home where I do tech support
[</em>] Hook (if any): Tried to portray myself as an interdisciplinary intellectual; also, a language specialist (I have taken about 10 years of language credit in high school across 3 languages--Spanish, Chinese, and Latin)
[li] Interview?: Yes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): N
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[</em>] Important ECs:
-Co-Captain of the Debate Team, Secretary of Global Education for my school's chapter of Building with Books, founding member of a student-run philosophy club, started a computer tutoring / tech support program at a local old folks' home.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):
I was very lucky to have some legacy; the extra interview you can get really helps. My biggest weakness was slightly lower-than-desired SAT scores, but I made up for it with my SAT IIs.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congrats to all of the other Accepted!
To the Deferred: the admissions office just wants to see what you've got, so work hard until the end of your first semester (or however your school works).</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences
[ *] SAT Verbal: 740
[ *] SAT Math: 750
[ *] SAT Writing: 760
[ *] SAT Total: 2250
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II//760 CHEM
[ *] ACT:
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 english language/5 chem/5 us government/5 ap ab calc/4 euro
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.63
[ *] GPA unweighted: 3.96
[ *] Rank or % estimate: top 10%</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Y
[ *] Teacher Recs: both good, i would imagine
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Supplemental Rec(s)?: had one from a doctor and one from a research overseer
[ *] Hook (if any): none
[ *] Interview?:yes</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MD
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Financial Aid?(Y/N):n
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: no
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: no
[ *] Important ECs: squash, internship, science bowl team, tutoring</p>

65

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* School applied to: CAS
* SAT CR: 650
* SAT Math: 680
* SAT Writing: 650
* SAT Total: 1980
* SAT II: Biology E- 690, Math 2- 720, US History- 760, World History- 710 Chem- 630
* ACT: 32 (E 27, M33, R33, S34)
* AP/IB taken/scores: Bio-5 World- 5 USH- 5 Stats-4 English lang-4 Chem-3 HUG (self study)-5
* GPA weighted: 97.558
* GPA unweighted: idk
* Rank or % estimate: 6/275
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: good, on history
* Optional Essay?(Y/N): No
* Teacher Recs: amazing
* Counselor Rec: really good
* Supplemental Rec(s)?: No
* Hook (if any): Black
* Interview?: No
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: NY
* School Type: public, idk normal competitive/competitive
* Ethnicity: Black
* Gender: Female
* Financial Aid?(Y/N): Yes =]
* Legacy Yes/No: No
* Recruited Yes/No: No
* Important ECs: SAC, class offices before, Tennis, Mock Trial, Academic league (college bowl-ish) pres/vp for all the clubs i listed, Girl's State (comptroller)
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): weakness: SAT </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: CONGRATS I'M SO EXCITED</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] School applied to: Wharton
[ *] SAT Verbal: 750
[ *] SAT Math: 780
[ *] SAT Writing: 740
[ *] SAT Total: 2270
[ *] SAT II: Math II - 800 Chinese 800
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: IB Diploma (no scores yet)</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good.. I think
[ *] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Y
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Same
[ *] Supplemental Rec(s)?: Yeah, one.
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *] Interview?: Nope</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: China
[ *] School Type: Intl
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Financial Aid?(Y/N): N
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: N
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: N
[ *] Important ECs: leadership program, 2 varsity sports, lots of community service, debate team..</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):[ /b] </p>

<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b]
Kind of a bummer, but congratulations to all those accepted :)</p>

67

<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred M&T[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] School applied to:
[ *] SAT Verbal:
[ *] SAT Math:
[ *] SAT Writing:
[ *] SAT Total:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores:
[ *] GPA weighted:
[ *] GPA unweighted:
[ *] Rank or % estimate:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Optional Essay?(Y/N):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Supplemental Rec(s)?:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *] Interview?: </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Financial Aid?(Y/N):
[ *] Legacy Yes/No:
[ *] Recruited Yes/No:
[ *] Important ECs:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):[ /b] </p>

<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc: [ /b] kinda sucky but whatevea</p>

68

<p>SUMKUTEANGEL CONGRATS! THE SCORES THE POSTED HERE IS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR OTHER POST IN OCT.SAT I or ACT: 1870 590 CR, 670 M, 610 W, 27 ACT WHATS UP?</p>

69

<p>Wharton: Accepted</p>

<p>I guess my 2100 on SAT didn't drag me down after all. Might post stat later.</p>

70

<p>hey spsdds
if u look threw my thread u'd notice tat i had updated the scores. Those r the old ones. I took the sats again in november n got the 2040: 690 CR, 670M, 680 W n act in october with the 30.</p>

71

<p>good job guys, a lot of u are getting accepted.</p>

<p>Deferred: Wharton
2310 SAT, Rank: 3/800, APs: 5: Bio, Euro, Chem, Calc AB, English Lang. 4: US. 3: Span. Lang.</p>

<p>Too depressed to put up other stuff. Feel worthless.</p>

72

<p>ACCEPTED: WHARTON</p>

<p>I'll post up stats later</p>

73

<p>there seems to be a trend that sat scores are becoming less important especically through this thread although the sample is too small to be accurate. any one care to make a compilation of the stats sats similar to tat of dartmouths so we can see if teres a pattern or sumthing?</p>

74

<p>I just don't get it. </p>

<p>High SAT scores are the worst reason I can think of to reject someone that doesn't cross over into racial discriminatory territory. </p>

<p>It seems like people with lower scores get in, but still, this is absurd.</p>

<p>Maybe they're just letting HYP take us?</p>

75

<p>Accepted to Wharton, prolly not gonna post stats
I think it's safe to say CC kids killed at Penn this year...lots of acceptances</p>

76

<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS)</p>

<p>Statistics:
- SAT Critical Reading: 690
- SAT Math: 760
- SAT Writing: 770
- SAT Total: 1450/2200
- SAT II: 790 (Math II), 770 (U.S. History), 750 (Chemistry), 730 (Math I), 680 (Biology)
- ACT: N/A
- AP/IB Taken: 5 (Calculus AB), 5 (English Language), 4 (Chemistry), 4 (U.S. History), 3 (European History)
- AP/IB to Take: Calculus BC, Biology, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and English Literature, Physics B (maybe)
- GPA (weighted): 4.42
- GPA (unweighted): N/A
- Class Rank or % Estimate: 2 out of approximately 125 (Estimated)</p>

<p>Subjective:
- Essays: Very good CommonApp essays. I spent a lot of time writing them. After reading it several times, I did not find a single error or something to change. I talked about opportunities in my “Why Penn?” essay, particularly internships, research, and Philadelphia culture
- Teacher Recommendations: Very strong. I read two of my three and one of them was outstanding.
- Counselor Recommendation: Strong, I assume.
- Hook (if any): I really emphasized my outstanding work ethic in nearly all of my essays, and my standardized test scores and grades supported this claim. Also, my brother is currently a junior in SEAS, which certainly did not hurt.
- Interview: They did not ask me for one.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania (outskirts of Philadelphia)
School Type: Private, Catholic, all-boys, and college preparatory
Ethnicity: White-skinned Indian (Asian)
Gender: Male
Financial Aid: Yes, but I do not expect any
Legacy Yes/No: Does my brother count?
Recruited: No</p>

<p>Academic Distinctions:
- Presidential Scholarship to my high school
- Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction
- Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award
- Several academic excellence awards
- Distinguished Honors
- First place in local math competition
- Spanish Honor Society
- Perfect Attendance</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
- TUNED-IN (computers): co-president and webmaster
- Mathletes
- Forensics
- Campus Ministry
- TEAMS (science)
- HiMCM (Mathematics Contest in Modeling)
- Community Service Corps
- National Honor Society
- Junior Varsity Tennis
- Toastmaster’s Youth Leadership: president
- Kokikai Aikido: since 1998
- Temple University Summer Academy for Molecular Life Sciences: A grades
- Altar Service
- Spanish summer class
- Hospital volunteering: more than 150 hours</p>

<p>Notes:
- Sincere congrats to everyone else who got accepted! For people who got deferred, do not get down on yourself. Use it to motivate yourself even more!</p>

77

<p>Whoops, I meant 2220</p>

78

<p>hi from the stanford thread -
congrats you guys! lots of acceptances on here.
to what someone else said about the trend with the SAT scores, do you think some of you guys could post how many times you've taken the SAT? i always thought that getting a high score after taking the test multiple times counted against you so i wanted to see if that's true with these results.</p>

79

<p>Musicgal: I took them three times for my high score of 2310.</p>

<p>My highest single-sitting is a 2270, though, so it's not exactly a world of a difference.</p>

80

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: Wharton
[</em>] SAT Verbal:660<br>
[<em>] SAT Math: 730
[</em>] SAT Writing:720
[<em>] SAT Total:2110
[</em>] SAT II: Chem:770 Math II:800 Math I:800 (wanted to make up for my bad sat I math
[<em>] ACT: Composite:34 reading:33 math:36 english:34 science:34
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Stat (5), WHAP(4), Chem(5), USAP(4), CompSci A (4), Phy B (4), Eng Lang(3) L
[<em>] GPA weighted:….
[</em>] GPA unweighted:4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate:1/646</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Worked hardest on why penn, common app was about leadership, autobiography was about a week at boys state
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Y
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Turned in two good ones plus one supplement great one
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not bad for a couselor with over 400 students
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?:Yes from class sponsor
[</em>] Hook (if any): No sir, I wish
[li] Interview?: Yes, short twenty minutes on my birthday haha</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas (represent!)
[</em>] School Type:Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Y
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: No, everyone’s a longhorn in my family
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[</em>] Important ECs: Class President, Eagle Scout, Varsity Tennis, Cross Country, Interact Community Service Treasurer, UIL Academic V.P., Founded Ping-Pong Club, Boys State Supreme Court Justice, Yale Book Award, some other random clubs and work experience
[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): weakness is no hook for sure, hopefully not many people apply from Texas though</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Goodluck everyone wherever you may end up!</p>