Official University of Pennsylvania 2016 RD Results

Cavalier16 · March 29, 2012, 7:18pm

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 750 M, 800 WR)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 790 US Hist, 720 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/213
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (4), Chemistry (5), US Hist (5), Lang & Comp (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, Honors Philosophy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball (Captain, All-State), Club Volleyball, Math Team (Captain), Academic Decathlon (State Champs), Special Education Volunteer
[] Job/Work Experience: Hospital intern, caddie, SAT Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 150+ hours
[] Summer Activities: Work and Golf
[] Essays: Really heartfelt common app essay, solid Why UPenn essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: One very good, didn’t see the other
[] Counselor Rec: One of the best he’s ever written
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private Religious
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades, extracurriculars, essays?
[] Weaknesses: Being a white male from New England?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Displayed true interest
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Penn, Vanderbilt, UVA, UNC-CH, Tulane, Northeastern
Rejected: MIT, Duke
Waiting: Harvard

[/ul]General Comments: Thrilled to probably be a Quaker '16. Just need some financial aid to make it official.

seasmart · March 29, 2012, 7:32pm

Decision: Accepted - Wharton

So excited! Stats to come later!

enigmaticpi · March 29, 2012, 7:33pm

Decision: Rejected - Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 700 M: 800 W: 750 (W: 770 in superscore)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Chemistry: 770 Math II: 800 French: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French (4) my school doesn’t offer a lot of APs
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy for what my school offers
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not many. Music Competitions.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Biomedical Club (Co-head), Math Club, Christian Club, Math enrichment, Orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: Fast-food
[] Volunteer/Community service: 2 hospitals, around 100 hours each. Lots of little commitments, about 400 hours total
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering, travelling, relaxing
[] Essays: CommonApp: A lot of ppl really liked it and thought it was creative. ShortAnswer: A bit weak. WhyPenn?: I really liked it and felt good about it.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I think they should be fairly strong.
[] Counselor Rec: I know her pretty well.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: I think it went alright.

[/ul]Other[list]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

complexity · March 29, 2012, 7:36pm

Decision: Rejected - CAS
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740/760/800)
[] ACT: 34 (not submitted)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 730 Chem, 760 Math I, 740 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/375
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), Government (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Lab for AP Bio, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, Chamber Choir, Computer Literacy
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Significant involvement in school theatre productions, International Thespian Society (President), selective school Chamber Choir (Soprano Section Leader), church choir, Tri-M Music Honor Society (Historian), Invisible Children Club (Treasurer), National Honor Society, Science Bowl, Young Democrats Club, Class Council
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at an equine therapy program for the disabled over the summer, actress/assistant director in years of VBS programs at local church
[] Essays: Common app was on my differing strong interests in the concreteness of math/science and the spontaneity of theatre… balance of perspective, fixed and fluid outlook, yadda yadda yadda. I really struggled with this essay, probably writing a good 20 versions on different topics, and while I was somewhat pleased with the final result, it’s surely nothing spectacular. My Why Penn was pretty generic, but I really liked my creative optional.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Never read, but it’s his first year, so.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: Not the best. Pretty standard.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: BBB
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Odd first gen situation – my mother didn’t go to college and my father is absent (and consequently not shown on commonapp)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, scores to a certain extent, potentially my first gen situation
[] Weaknesses: Nothing particularly standout (essay, ECs, awards, etc)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many strong applicants
in the pool
[] Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UVA (Echols), Williams (early write), Emory, Wesleyan, UPitt, Washington College (MD); waitlisted at Princeton, Dartmouth, WUSTL; rejected from Johns Hopkins, Duke, Harvard; waiting on Middlebury.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to those accepted!

Purpender · March 29, 2012, 7:36pm

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 780 M: 760 W: 700 E: 10)
[] ACT: 34 (R: 36 M: 35 W: 32 S: 34)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Chemistry (5), Music Theory (5), Calc AB (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP / Most Rigorous (AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP US Gov, AP Physics, Band VI
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None other than National AP Scholar / School awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major, 2 years), Clarinet, Piano, Composition (submitted Arts Supplement), Jazz Band, National Honor Society (Leadership Board past two years), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), Odyssey of the Mind (8 years, world finals three times).
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Around 300 hours, hospital, church, etc. small things
[] Summer Activities: FSU Summer Band Camp, volunteering, stuff for school Band
[] Essays: Common App 9/10, my penn essays were unique and were honest!
[] Teacher Recommendation: One of them I read and it was stellar quote: “The best thing I’ve ever written about a student in 26 years of teaching,” the other one I didn’t read but the teacher really likes me
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good (large public school), counselor barely knows me
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Not Contacted
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 120k-140k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Essays
[] Weaknesses: Sat I Scores, No Hook… etc
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Composition supplement maybe?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Dartmouth, Penn, Duke (Likely Letter), Emory
Waiting on: Stanford
Rejected: Princeton, Yale (Deferred SCEA) Harvard, Brown,
[/ul]

General Comments:
Ugh I have no idea where I’m going to go. -__- Princeton was my #1 probably and I’m surprised I was not waitlisted anywhere honestly. Now waiting on Stanford.

Salamence156 · March 29, 2012, 7:58pm

Decision: Waitlisted SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR, 760 M, 760 W (2170 Total)
[] ACT: not taken
[] SAT II: 780 Chem, 770 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/530
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5, Chem: 5, US History: 5, Environmental: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP CS, AP Physics B, AP Eng. Language and Comp, AP Italian
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor [/li][/ul]

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim Team (Captain), Marching/Concert Band (Drum Major), National Honor Society (Treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours - taught swim lessons, math tutoring, mentoring 5th grade immigrant students
[] Summer Activities: Teaching Swim Lessons at a Local Neighborhood Community Center and Tutored Math
[] Essays: Common App: Talked about a band gig where we appeared on FOX Television (Totally thought it would be bland, but I guess it worked!); Supplement: Recounted an interesting experience where a college researcher came in and talked about HIV research - used that to talk about what I could glean from Penn in Engineering
[] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure; I’m sure they were decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Regurgitation of my extra-curriculars - really not special at all.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: 15 minute interview. Shortest interview of my life.[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (over 500 students in our class)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Under 50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li][/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Rank, Pretty good extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: SAT score, Almost no awards, IDK!!!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Totally thought I would get rejected!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Brown, Cornell, RPI, WPI, Northeastern; Rejected by: MIT, Stanford [/ul]

General Comments: Peace out Penn!

collegebro19 · March 29, 2012, 8:39pm

Decision: Rejected - Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 Math-700 Writing-730 CR-640(Low)
[] ACT:None
[] SAT II:Math-600 (I had a terrible day, I knew it would be awful, took it just for UPenn)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/220
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):5-APUSH 2-BIO(didn’t study at all)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP English, AP Gov/Comparative, Spanish V, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (Treasurer), Class of 2012 (Treasurer), Student Representative to Board of Education, Student Congress, School Newspaper (Sports Editor), Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis (Captain 2012)
[] Job/Work Experience: YMCA Camp Counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutoring, Book Drive
[] Summer Activities: YMCA Camp Counselor since summer 2010 for youth in local urban area
[] Essays: really solid, teachers always rave about my writing ability
[] Teacher Recommendation: awesome. my 11th grade English teacher and AP US teacher both loved me
[] Counselor Rec: I’m pretty much his favorite kid, so it was amazing
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:I’m a very good writer, I’m well-rounded, Athletic, Smart, and nobody would say a bad thing about me
[] Weaknesses: My grades could be stronger
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn’t really expect to get in. I thought maybe through my writing and the fact that I had two cousins go to Wharton that if I was going to apply to an Ivy, this would be it.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Northeastern SOM, Lehigh CBE, Union (Scholars Program-only top 60 applicants get in), Quinnipiac 4 year MBA program (30 freshman get in), Fordham, Binghamton SOM

[/ul]General Comments: I’m not really upset I just applied for fun, I will probably choose between Lehigh, Union, and Binghamton

nebbalish · March 29, 2012, 8:45pm

Decision: Accepted - CAS

WILL PUT STATS ONCE I’M DONE SOBBING/LAUGHING/EATING FROM JOY.

I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M IN. LIKE. WHAT. HOW. I’M LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ELSE AND I’M JUST THINKING THAT A MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE.

BUT IT’S THE BEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. :D

Calexico · March 29, 2012, 8:49pm

Decision: Accepted CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W) - single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 760 Biology M, 750 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9?
[] Weighted GPA: 4.68/5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/270
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Physics B, AP French (independent study)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Cross country captain), outdoor track, (math team captain), TEAMS, Sierra Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Chinese restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours helping a handicapped child, ~25 hours volunteering at hospital emergency department, ~75 hours research at lab
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, decent but probably impersonal
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, good
[] Counselor Rec: Decent but probably impersonal[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (unspecified)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: Unimpressive recommendations & essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing[/ul]
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** Happy that I got in. Will definitely strongly consider attending.

Admitted: Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, USC, Berkeley, Michigan, UConn
Rejected: Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Duke, MIT
Waitlisted: Brown

Ihop222 · March 29, 2012, 9:03pm

Decision: Rejected - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320- 800 Reading, 740 Math, 780 Writing
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 750 Math I, 740 Bio, 710 US
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (93.75/100)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (3), European History (3), Bio (4), English Comp (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 2 AP’s (3 is the max at my school), rest of courses were honors classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, National Honors Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Indoor/Outdoor Track/Cross Country for 4 years, Philosophy Club, Habitat for Humanity
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered around 150 hours in Paraguay over my high school years, as well as a good number of hours in Habitat for Humanity.
[] Summer Activities: Nothing too notable except summer of 2011, went to a math and science camp at the University of Michigan.
[] Essays: Went over well with my English teacher, did not write optional essay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not choose to see, but I have a good relationship with both of my teachers that gave recs.
[] Counselor Rec: Same as above.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Yes, went smoothly.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Parochial (Catholic)
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Paraguayan)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Around 100k a year.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[] Strengths: SAT, URM
[] Weaknesses: GPA, nothing besides the SAT that really stands out.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Iona College, Binghamton, University of Michigan, Fordham, RPI, Syracuse, Villanova, Johns Hopkins, Boston College, Boston University
Waitlisted: Princeton
Rejected: Cornell (and UPenn)

flyingtomato · March 29, 2012, 9:03pm

Decision: Waitlisted–Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 1 sitting ( 800 math, 780 cr, 800 w)
(2210 and 2240 first 2 times)
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): valedictorian
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 physics b, 5 statistics, 5 ush
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP spanish, AP micro/macroecnomics, AP physics C e/m and mechanics, honors college english, AP Calculus BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, a bunch of randoms, brown book award, scholar athlete
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): deca (president 12), mathletes (president 11 and 12), selective college math program, chinese language independent study, interact, spanish and national honor societies, msg varsity reporter, school store assistant manager and treasurer, more small ones
[] Job/Work Experience: sleep-away camp counselor, staff assistant at SAT prep course, Own tutoring business (common app short answer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: through clubs
[] Summer Activities: camp/camp counselor
[] Essays: good, could go either way. about being well-rounded and balance in social life and academics.
[] Teacher Recommendation: very good (didnt read, told)
[] Counselor Rec: very good (didnt read, told)
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: none

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Semi-Large Public ~1800 students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+, no FA is all i know really
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, grades, very well rounded, recs?
[] Weaknesses: not extremely specialized, not exceptional in one particular area really for a hook, Legacy (no donations) applying RD
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows really
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dartmouth (LL), brown, duke, vanderbilt, UVA echols, michigan/ross preferred admit, NYU Stern, rejected yale and princeton, waitlisted Wharton, haven’t heard from Harvard (deferred EA)

[/ul]General Comments: excited for college

koolkat12 · March 29, 2012, 9:08pm

^^ @rundmc me too!! haha congrats!! UPENN CLASS OF 2016!!!
i’ll post stats later!! too happy to concentrate on anything right now.

batfan · March 29, 2012, 9:17pm

Decision: Rejected (LSM Vagelos)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 single sitting (800 CR, 800 W, 760 M)
[] ACT: 36 single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.75w)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (6), Math SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB History of the Americas HL, AP Statistics, IB LA 12 HL, IB Biology 2 HL, IB Biochemistry HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish 5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF 4th Place, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, US Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Finalist, National Spanish Exam Gold Winner (96th percentile), FBLA Nationals Qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: FBLA (President 2010-present, Secretary 2008-10, District Secretary 2010-present), Video Broadcast (President 2010-11), National Honor Society (Secretary), LINK Leader (2010-present), Youth Symphony (Principal Flutist 2008-10), etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid research intern in clinical research lab at Children’s Hospital, research intern in chemistry lab at state university
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, pianist for church, flute mentor, and smaller activities
[] Summer Activities: research internship at hospital (junior-senior), FBLA Nationals (sophomore-junior), marketing internship at bookstore (freshman-sophomore)
[] Essays: What it means to be normal (experience with family member’s medical condition), vision for future of medical research
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming they’re good! We aren’t allowed to read them, but I love both the teachers who have written me recommendations and have done well in their classes.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably decent/good, but our school has 2000 students, so I’m not sure.
[] Additional Rec: I asked my research mentor to send a supplementary letter of recommendation.
[] Interview: Did not interview (was not offered one).

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 130k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, awards, test scores
[] Weaknesses: could have taken more AP exams, got a few Bs my junior year
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows? Disappointed; I am very interested in combining business and biology so LSM was one of my top choices.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Dartmouth, WashU in St. Louis (full-tuition), Rice (merit scholarships), UVA, Cornell (likely); Waitlisted at Northwestern, Hopkins, Brown (PLME), Columbia, Duke; Rejected at Princeton, Yale, Penn (LSM Vagelos), Stanford (EA); Waiting for Harvard, Amherst, and Williams

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! And to future applicants, good luck!

nebbalish · March 29, 2012, 11:38pm

^omg how did you NOT get in. Damn. Ivy league admissions are really unpredictable.

detoidi · March 30, 2012, 12:15am

Decision: Accepted - CAS

SAT I (breakdown): 730 W 720 M 670 CR (2110)
ACT: 30 (Never sent)
SAT II: 780 US History 690 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (approx.)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/84
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5), AP Bio (4), AP Gov (4), AP World (4), AP US (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Macro, AP English Lit, Honors Spanish III, Chinese 1, Honors History Elective, Literary Genre, Honors Art, Health, Gym (very very slacking). There used to be an internship at a newspaper first semester, but I dropped it second.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TASP, Questbridge finalist, honorable mention (top 22/2000 essayist for an international essay contest), local scholarships to Europe & the Middle East (didnt attend), AAJA Jcamp, runner up in a national tennis competition, #1 in state for a national essay contest, AP Scholars with Distinction, 2 local essay awards- 1st place, one honorable mention, UIl academics here and there, Student of the year- freshman
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vietnamese rap. Writing & Journalism. Vietnamese Catholic Youth organization (Leader). Teaching Vietnamese. Tennis.
Job/Work Experience: Fast food restaurants junior year
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: TASP and AAJA. Rice summer school at my neighborhood school before sophomore year. Before junior year: chilling
Essays: About Vietnamese rap (Common App) and how I overcame obstacles to academics in life
Teacher Recommendation: Never seen. But one teacher wrote very good recs last year
Counselor Rec: Good (presumably)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: So- So
Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Very high ranked public
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recent immigrant. Financial difficulties. Learn English and achieve despite language barriers.
Reflection
Strengths: Unique ECs. High achievements on writing. Nice scores for students of my background. Good and caring teachers!
Weaknesses: Senior schedule- no math and science senior year. Very slacking schedule (got me into depression several times lol). Didnt list volunteer hours on app
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I prayed. Gods mercy then poured on me. Also, I think Dean Furda was able to look past my weakness and into my stronger characters
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from all Ivies except D& C-- didn’t apply (without waitlisted), Rice, UT Austin, waitlisted Oxford college of Emory. Accepted: UPenn and Emory, 1 local school. Waiting on Stanford.

If I have one piece of advice, please take strong course load senior year (4 APs are enough) and never underestimate your situation. I went into senior year thinking Im a strong enough applicant to the Ivies, and as you can see, I was rejected from everywhere.

Please dont do Questbridge Match program. Be a finalist, and thats it. But no more. The truth is getting match is very hard (1%). Take that chance to apply to your favorite school EA/ SCEA/ ED.

Caperi · March 30, 2012, 12:49am

Decision: Accepted - SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690 CR)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio, 700 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (otherwise DNR)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None (school uses honors in lieu of AP)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (editor in chief), Robotics (captain), Diplomacy club (president), Mock Trial, Tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer lab research at UPenn
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, TA at local sunday school
[] Summer Activities: Above mentioned hospital volunteer, travel, above mentioned lab research
[] Essays: Outstanding
[] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[] Additional Rec: Solid
[li] Interview: Went decently well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Foreign born immigrant (but at age 2)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Teacher recs, essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths, maybe the “hook” helped
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Johns Hopkins, WashU, PSU (Schreyer Honors), Pitt (Honors)
Waitlisted: Harvard, UChicago, CMU (CS)
Rejected: Princeton, Yale

[/ul]General Comments: Probably going to be attending UPenn, and I’ll take a shot at my #1 choice Harvard’s waitlist. Good luck to everyone!

sauternety36 · March 30, 2012, 12:50am

Decision: Accepted - Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800CR, 790M, 800W), one take
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96% (no 4.0 scale)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank, but 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc AB
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Maximum course load, took most difficult academic courses offered
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Canadian National Impact Microcredit Entrepreneurship Competition (National Scholarship Award/one of two winners), Royal Commonwealth Society Essay Competition (Silver Award), numerous school academic + volunteer awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Started a foundation to provide microloans and donations for families in developing countries to start businesses by selling arts crafts (President, Founder, 2 years), Student Council Vice President (joined for 5 years), Junior Achievement Vice President of Sales and Marketing (student-initiated company), Model UN Club President (joined for 3 years), Varsity Badminton (3 years, silver at city champs)
[] Job/Work Experience: two business internships, summer job at an Exhibition for 4 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at senior home for 3 years (piano accompanist), administrative volunteer at a women’s organization (1.5 years), teen mentor for elementary school students (1 year),
[] Summer Activities: Internships, hosted a benefit concert and other fundraising activities for my foundation, volunteering, work
[] Essays: Common App was unique but a little risky (about my illiterate grandmother), Penn Supplement was very sincere and “me” (linked it to my entrepreneurship competition), and for my optional supp, I wrote a poem about a chess game that was a metaphor for my journey/character, so that was definitely risky but it paid off!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read any, but one of them was definitely awesome (my teacher ran over the word limit)
[] Counselor Rec: Read it, very flattering
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): (International)
[] Country (if international applicant):Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None at all![/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique ECs, strong stats, good essays, great recs
[] Weaknesses: Lack of APs (school didn’t offer many), Asian, International
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Yale, Penn (Wharton), Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, Bowdoin, Colgate, McGill
Waitlisted: Williams
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Wesleyan
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea - I really didn’t expect anything at all, especially from such a prestigious school and program, since I am ORM + International + never got an interview!

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all those who are accepted! I am still trying to decide between Yale and Wharton, which is super super super hard! Anyway, good luck to you all!

filomatiche · March 30, 2012, 1:21am

Decision: Accepted - CAS (Likely)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (710 CR, 780 M, 780 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II 780, Literature 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/547
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3), World History (4), United States History (4), English Language and Composition (5), Psychology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit, AP Computer Science A, AP Physics B, AP Biology, French Level III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay-Straight Alliance (President), Speech and Debate (Treasurer), UIL Math/Computer Science, self learning two languages, self learning guitar, work with middle school students/the town under district leadership program
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Medical/dental clinic with a lot of patients who didn’t speak English, hospital, tutoring (including some foreign language stuff and English to ESL/immigrant students)
[] Summer Activities: See volunteer/community service.
[] Essays: Passable/good? Common App was about how my personality clashes with the way my parents raised me and the perspective I gained from that (pretty much screamed, “Hey, I’m Asian” to be honest). Why Penn was about how I often suffer from the [Tetris</a> effect](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect]Tetris”>Tetris effect - Wikipedia) and as a result, continue to blame tadpoles for hiccups.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent. From my physics teacher and psychology teacher.
[] Counselor Rec: Really great! He knows me and my story pretty well and his letter reflected that.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Didn’t have one.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I have no idea honestly! My likely letter had a note from the Dean of Admissions about the accomplishments my GSA and I have managed to achieve though, so I’m going to assume ECs even though on paper they don’t stand out (I did write about GSA for the extracurricular short answer). Possibly essays and counselor rec.
[] Weaknesses: Asian interested in STEM without any outstanding STEM ECs/awards, awards, and when compared to others who are qualified I’m honestly pretty average!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea! While I didn’t spend as much time as I should have on my apps, when I was completing them last minute, I knew I wanted to convey my motivations and personality as clearly and as well as possible and how that is all present in everything I do.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Tulane, UT Dallas, UPitt. Rejected at Yale. Waitlisted Brown. Waiting on Harvard but fully expecting a rejection.

[/ul]General Comments: I originally wasn’t going to post my stats on here, but I remembered what it was like as a junior trying to figure out where to apply and how intimidating and disheartening it was to see Asian Americans with 2400s and 4.0s and great ECs be rejected so I wanted to post this so others would realize you don’t have to prodigious in order to get into a top school. I am so excited for the upcoming year and am glad I went with the strategy of only applying to schools I love.

linzabwe · March 30, 2012, 1:22am

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 780 M 700 WR 680
[] ACT:31
[] SAT II:Bio 620 (shouldn’t have taken it) Math 2: 660 Lit, 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 134
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): taking them this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc AB, AP Lit and Comp, AP US Gov, Physics, Spanish 4, do band and choir count? and PE?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, not major at all but it’s the best I’ve got[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): every choir imaginable, lots of theater type stuff, cross country manager, church activities… I could go on for a while
[] Job/Work Experience: local grocery store for about a year
[] Volunteer/Community service: mostly through church, 3 mission trips
[] Summer Activities: Iowa Ambassadors of Music Choir (summer tour in Europe)
[] Essays: pretty good, kinda strange
[] Teacher Recommendation: both were rather good, although I found out later one mistakenly thought I asked him to write me a scholarship recommendation
[] Counselor Rec: probably very generic but nice
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: upper 100,000 range
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing, unless you count being from Iowa[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: most essays, scores, gpa/class rank, heavily involved in ECs
[] Weaknesses: I thought my “why Penn?” essay was pretty generic, also not enough leadership positions
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my intro to penn essay was probably the strangest essay I’ve ever written, but I’m guessing they liked it.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to the U of Iowa, waitlisted at UChicago, rejected UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, Harvard (that was for kicks and giggles), still waiting to hear back from Stanford (dream school) and Georgetown.

[/ul]General Comments: I honestly can’t believe I got accepted to an Ivy League school. I will probably end up going here, and I’m so excited! This may be cheesy, but to everyone out there who comes from a small town where no one cares about going to a decent college, there is hope! I’m so happy :)

EllaVirginia · March 30, 2012, 1:27am

Accepted to Jerome Fisher!!!

I am so excited.

Also was waitlisted at Columbia and rejected at Harvard.

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