<p>....deferred</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 710
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 720
SAT II: 660 IIC, 740 Spanish, 780 US History
ACT: None
AP/IB taken/scores: USH, 4
GPA weighted: no idea
GPA unweighted: no idea
Rank or % estimate: 14/300</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very Excellent
Teacher Recs: Average/Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Female Caucasian from Wisconsin... hopefully a school they want ppl from</p>
<p>[ b]Location/Person:**
State or Country: WI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Student Council Newsletter Editor, Spanish Honor Society Historian--but this involves tutoring each week for 2 hours in the city, Varsity Cross country
Other Factors: I'm pretty
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: hoping for the best in April</p>
<p>Oh man krabble, sucks to hear that...hopefully the admissions officers will realize the error of their ways and have you join us next year.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Deffered [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 790 V, 740 M, 710 W
[ *] SAT IIs: 730 Chem, 790 Math IIC
[ *] GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.5 W
[ *] Rank: not known
[ *] Other stats (ECs, APs, Etc.): Took four AP's before senior year, got fives for all (English, Chem, Comp and US Govt), taking five AP's this year.
brief EC list: Captain of Crew, Online Editor at Large of newspaper, Congress debate team captain, swim team (varisty lettered)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: darned if I know, I had fun writing them
[ *] Teacher Recs: double darned if I know, hopefully good
[ *] Counselor Rec: hopefully good
[ *] Hook (if any): hookless
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:the great state of MD
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[ *] Gender:Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: TE Lawrence once said: "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." For all those who got accepted, godspeed. For those who got rejected, keep dreaming big and fulfilling those dreams. And for those in the middle like me, good luck. :)
[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Deferral (CAS)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 650
[</em>] SAT Math: 750
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT II: 760, 710, (650)
[<em>] ACT: --
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Chem (4)
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.35 out of 4.6
[</em>] GPA unweighted: ~3.9
[li] Rank or % estimate: 22 out of 650</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I liked my personal statement; my "why Penn" essay could have used some work.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but I'm guessing they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: " "
[</em>] Hook (if any): Pennsylvanian?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Varsity Tennis (4 years) and captain--probably only one mentioned right now[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I appreciate Penn for the suspense. Not as appreciative of the deferral.. but at least I still have my health.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I'm not as crushed as I thought I would be. Maybe I'm just so happy you guys got in :)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!! (SAS)
Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 700
* SAT Math: 740
* SAT Writing: 720
* SAT II: Math IC: 700, US history: 720
* ACT: not taken
* AP/IB taken/scores: US history: 5, French Language: 3
* GPA weighted: n/a
* GPA unweighted: 4.0
* Rank or % estimate: 3/55
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Great!
* Teacher Recs: Great!
* Counselor Rec: No idea
* Hook (if any): Legacy
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: DE
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: F
* Legacy Yes/No: yes
* Recruited Yes/No: No
* Important ECs:Secretary of Student Council 4 years, Captain of Academic bowl team, figure skating 10 years, classical piano 10 years, 50 hours community service...etc
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: CONGRATS TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!! Let's talk :)!!</p>
<p>REJECTED from penn ED...</p>
<p>-BOTh my parents went there and give them lots of money
-SATs: 2340 (780 v, 780 math, 780 writing)
-SAT IIs: 790 world history, 770 math
-APs: psych 5, world history 5, english 5</p>
<p>i mean...rejected?!?</p>
<p>wow chelli....that is shocking..i'm sorry to hear but its also hard to believe</p>
<p>rutgers has its own std :p so i guess that is true</p>
<p>[size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Rejected [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 630
[ *] SAT Math: 670
[ *] SAT Writing:580
[ *] SAT II: 660 (US HISTORY) 620 (Math 2c)
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores:
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.0
[ *] GPA unweighted: 3.7
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 15%</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: I thought they were great
[ *] Teacher Recs: -
[ *] Counselor Rec: -
[ *] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: VA
[ *] School Type: Small/Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: no
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: no
[ *] Important ECs: Spanish Language Exchange
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Penn is a great school and I just want to congratulate everyone who got accepted. It's been great getting to know a lot of you on this board and we sorta were like a little family. Good luck! [ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO WHARTON!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 770
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 720
[</em>] SAT II: 760 2c, 710 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 4 Taken (5,5,4,4) , 6 More This Year
[<em>] GPA weighted: n/a
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[li] Rank or % estimate: n/a, but high up there</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not that great...I did them the night before.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Absolutely none.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: St. Louis, MO
[</em>] School Type: Private, good reputation
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Nothing too important. I was head of a couple clubs and was editors for both school publications.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I had a great interview. I had an upward trend of grades.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all who got in. Condolences to all that need them. I look forward to meeting all of my fellow Penn students of the class of 2010!!! Yeah Baby!!!</p>
<p>DEFERRED... damn</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 650
SAT Math: 730
SAT Writing: 670
(my sats are my weakness... i'm not a good test taker)
SAT II: 690 1c, 750 Spanish
ACT: 30 (really good all except science.. filling-in-bubble issues)
AP/IB taken/scores: 3 taken, 3 more this year... my school doesnt offer that many
GPA weighted: n/a
GPA unweighted: n/a, but at my school Bs are like As.. it's INSANE
Rank or % estimate: n/a, but def top 15%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: really good.. wrote narrative of an experience in the catwalk of a theatre... writing is supposedly my "thing"
Teacher Recs: very good... english teach said i was the next joan didion...
Counselor Rec: really good.. she was also my AP US hist teacher
Hook (if any): passion for set design/construction... have a portfolio and everything.. doing an ind. study this year and have been doing it for like 6 years
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Top prep school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: varsity ice hockey, the set design thing, regular column for school paper, writing stuff, acting, president/founder of scrabble club (hell yessss)</p>
<p>i'm bummed, but i still have hope :)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED CAS</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 630
SAT Math: 610
SAT Writing: 660
SAT II: 730 US History, 650 Lit, 640 Math IC
AP/IB taken/scores: 4 taken
GPA weighted: 92
GPA unweighted: 96.7
Rank or % estimate: 7/465</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: friends loved them
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): hm dont think so</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Coaching cheer/dance, Student gov pres, president of Greek youth group, PALS club-works with special ed, hospital volunteer, Greek folk dancing, some other stuff..
Other Factors: Everything I do I put my heart into, I think my commitment showed
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I really thought my SAT scores would keep me out..seeing the scores of all the people who got rejected/deferred..anyway Congrats to the class of 2010 and best of wishes to all those who are still dealing with this college application insanity...you're gona do fine =)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 670
[</em>] SAT Math: 760
[<em>] SAT Writing: 670
[</em>] SAT II: 800/770
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 16 AP/IB classes, scores for AP: 5,5,5,5,5,4
[<em>] GPA weighted: N/A
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: 1/516</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I revised them 10 times, no joke! haha...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Read 1, that was all about debate. And the other one, my teacher told me it's really good, but I don't know.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably really good, she really likes me.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Debate, ECs, Awards, Service, Penn summer program</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Utah
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Debate, Service, DECA[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I had an awesome interview. There was a lot to talk about, and I think my ECs, leaderships, and awards really made up for my SAT score.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all who got accepted! To those deferred, don't lose hope! To those who didn't get in, hope you will all end up somewhere nice!</p>
<p> b]Decision: ACCEPTED HUNTSMAN**</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 730 V, 780 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 US His 800 Math IIC, and so on
[<em>] GPA: 4.13 W
[</em>] Rank: not known
[li] Other stats (ECs, APs, Etc.): 8 APS</p>[/li]
<p>brief EC list: Debate Society Head, Student Government, MUN, school newspaper, </p>
<p>[<em>] Essays: were okay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: really really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: hopefully good
[</em>] Hook (if any): hookless</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country:Korea the Southern part of it
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender:Female</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED from WHARTON (dubya tee eff mate)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 780
[</em>] SAT Math:790
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT II: 800 US His, 700 Chem, 700 World His, 630 Bio
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Euro His/US His/Physics B - 5, English Lang/Comp - 4
[<em>] GPA weighted: Who cares, they re-weight anyway.
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 96.37
[li] Rank or % estimate: School doesn't rank</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Awesome. Seriously, worked forever on them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I would assume great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Eh she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but still.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Antihook: 5 kids from school applying to Penn</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Long Island, NY
[</em>] School Type: Public, Crazy Competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Officer/Captain Quizbowl Team, School Paper Photographer, Yearbook Photographer, Treasurer for Community Service Org., Wall St. Economics & Finance Club, the list goes on.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Nat. Merit Semifinalist
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Bummed.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED TO WHARTON</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 790
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 750
SAT II: 800 chem, 800 math iic, 780 us hist
ACT:
AP/IB taken/scores: 5, 5, 5, 3
GPA weighted: 4.5?
GPA unweighted: 3.9?
Rank or % estimate: top 5%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recs: dont know
Counselor Rec: crappy
Hook (if any): Internships, wrote a book, composed music, went abroad for community service, captain of academic team, three varsity sports</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: no
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: no
[ *] Important ECs: see hook?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to SEAS (didn't get into M&T)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 800
* SAT Math: 740
* SAT Writing: 760
* ACT: --
* IB: --
* # APs taken in High School: 7
* Senior Yr Courseload: most demanding
* Highest SAT II: 780 (US History), 780 (Math 2C)
* Second Highest SAT II: 770 (Chemistry)
* GPA weighted: 4.02
* GPA unweighted: 3.7
* Rank or % estimate: Unranked
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Competitive private
* Ethnicity: Indian
* Gender: Male
* Legacy Yes/No: No
* Recruited Yes/No: No
* Any major hook:
* Important ECs: varsity basketball captain, Physical therapy internship+ job (work experience)
</code></pre>
<p>defered...is it equivalent to rejection?</p>
<p>*Decision: haven't checked yet *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 690
[<em>] SAT Writing: 610
[</em>] SAT II: 690, 680, 610
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: n/a...only 2 classes total (out of two possible)
[<em>] GPA weighted: idk, like 4.1 (ranked 27, but my GC used uw rank)
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[li] Rank or % estimate: 9/469</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: idk, somewhat clever, maybe, but the last one was written the day of submission (1/11), and was factually inaccurate (said i woke up and checked my decision...turns out not entirely untrue)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: idk, all 2nd box, one 1st box for potential
[<em>] Counselor Rec: fan-frickin-tastic. i was shocked
[</em>] Hook (if any): 5 hurricanes, crappy school opportunities</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country: </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Irish, baby. ok, white
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: mine own, i hope :(
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: hah! (no)
[</em>] Important ECs: soccer (55 hrs/wk, pretty much)
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
i'm so happy for y'all that got in! dw, man, this sux. i'll see u on the cornell board ;)</p>