<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 720W, 670CR = 2190
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800Math2 780Chem, 730BioE
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10AP incl. senior year. 3 fives. 2 fours
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: MV Calc , AP Lit, AP Physics, ap chem, ap comp sci
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pres. of two clubs, science fair project winner,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: job in india, travel
[</em>] Essays: very good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: impersonal
[<em>] Additional Rec: no
[</em>] Interview: over the phone
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Indian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:100k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Math and sci
[<em>] Weaknesses:English
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: OMFG!! I was so expecting a rejection...
[/ul]General Comments:
Excited. Hands are shaking...I almost collapsed when I saw the congratulations</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 750
[</em>] SAT Total: 2230
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 760 US History 740 Chem
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.4/5
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.6/4
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Bottom of top ten percent</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Really really good, unique to say the least my letter after i got deferred was unique as well haha
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty darn good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[</em>] Hook (if any): Legacy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Important ECs: Captain of basketball team? President of a couple of clubs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
My essays were unbelievably good? this is incredible! I was deferred and I thought I had no shot!!! AHHH PENN</p>
<p>ACT:31
AP/IB taken/scores:4 AP English Lit, 4 Comp Gov, 4 World History, 3 U.S. History
GPA weighted: 4.732
GPA unweighted: 3.97
Rank or % estimate: 1/425
School: Not at all competitive public school in Nevada</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Crappy, did them last minute (the optional one was on art since I have no art credits but wanted to show that I do draw, all of them were pretty bad since I submitted my app and just finished my essays 12 mins. after the deadline)
Teacher Recs: one was great, the other was probably okay
Counselor Rec: typos, all kind of errors in factual content, etc.
Hook (if any): Low-income
State or Country: Nevada (Southern)
Ethnicity: Caucasian (Middle Eastern)
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: Nope
Important ECs: Key Club for 4 years (officer for 3), NHS for 2 years (officer for 2), internship with major newspaper (this year starts and ends), Forensics team (2 years), Newspaper staff (3 years, 2 years as an editor)
Other Factors: I e-mailed back and forth with my admissions officer because he hadn't received my things, but other than that, no interview or anything!</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: OH MY GOOOOODDDDDD! You have no idea how I feel right now. To give hope to all of the juniors out there who really don't believe in miracles, listen to my story. First, all of my materials were received in March (they got lost, teachers were lazy, etc.). I applied to Northwestern, but I ended up confusing fax numbers and faxed a NORTHWESTERN REC to PENN. I JUST sent in my midyear report last week, and I still managed to get waitlisted!!! I am so excited!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 700
[</em>] SAT Total: 2210
[<em>] SAT II: 790M2, 790Lit, 710CH
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: USH-4, USG-4, CH-3
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: 1/200</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: mediocre
[</em>] Teacher Recs: unknown
[<em>] Counselor Rec: unknown
[</em>] Hook (if any): Wyoming!</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Wyoming
[</em>] School Type: small public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: basketball (captain, all-state)</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 740
[</em>] SAT Math: 760
[<em>] SAT Writing: 780
[</em>] SAT Total: 2280
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math 2, 760 Chem, 750 Bio-M
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5,5,5,4,3
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.59
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 3/430</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: One on personal development and was very good, why penn essay had a lot of content
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both wonderful I assume, didn't read but teachers adore me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Wonderful I assume, counselor loves me
[</em>] Hook (if any): Summer research at Boston University</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Georgia
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public with Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Robotics Club [big time commitment] lead programmer and mentor, Leadership club, Science/Academic Bowl, Computer Club - president, Science National Honor Society president, tutored struggling students after school, academic letter, robotics letter</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: It was the only school that offered the major I was looking for</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all who got in! It's my first choice school so I'm satisfied.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):n/a
[</em>] ACT: 35 comp (34 E, 36M, 34 R, 36 Science)
[<em>] SAT II: 2400 MathII/PHY/CHEM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/200
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5 BIO/LANG/CALC BC
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 8 classes, maxed on APS/Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st/2000 teams in the stock market game, yielded 97% in 10 weeks by trading over 47 stocks, Science O Champ in 3 events
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (4 years Varsity Track, Captain), (3 Years Varsity Football, Captain), (Science Olympiad, Captain), (Spanish Club, Founder), NHS, State Powerlifting Champ
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 Jobs from 8th-10th grade before founding an online retail company with $3,500 which now has over $400,000 in sales
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: Various Jobs, Took Classes at Community College
[</em>] Essays: Took me over 5 months
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Best Student Ever
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Best Student Ever
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: Over 2 hours, obviously went well
[/ul]Other[ul]: Recruited for Track/Fball before a sport's injury
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Mid-West
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Started with $0 at 14 working at an auto factory, made over 100k in 4 years through business/stocks.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good with stocks..
[<em>] Weaknesses: i really don't know
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:......
[/ul]General Comments: someone please tell me what went wrong, rejected everywhere.</p>
<p>Stats: [ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:770
[</em>] SAT Math:700
[<em>] SAT Writing:720
[</em>] SAT Total:2190
[<em>] SAT II:720, 700
[</em>] GPA unweighted:3.95 [/ul]</p>
<p>*Subjective: *[ul]
[<em>] Essays:good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:?
[<em>] Counselor Rec:he said good
[</em>] Hook (if any): [/ul] </p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:NV
[</em>] School Type: private catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: white and hispanic
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No:no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No:no
[li] Important ECs:music</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]*Other Factors: *</p>
<p>**General Comments/Congratulations/etc: **penn was not very giving with FA :(</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (800W, 780M, 770CR)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 Math 2, 800 Chem, 770 French
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.72W, 4.0UW
[<em>]Rank: 3/316
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME 2 years, 5s on 5 AP tests, 4 on 1.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Glowing
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: A bunch. Leadership, community service.
[</em>]Awards: Lots, some fairly prestigious
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] =] I’m not staying on the waitlist--I'm going to MIT. =]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: didn't report SAT
[</em>] SAT Math:
[<em>] SAT Writing:
[</em>] SAT Total:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 Bio, 5 Eng Lang, 4 USAP, 4 Euro, taking 5 APs this year
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.8
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/44</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Thoughtful; my Why Penn essay described my first moment on campus
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see
[</em>] Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Louisiana
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Volunteering/ Student Council</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I am SO excited. I applied to 5 ivies and this is the only one I'm accepted at--but that's okay! Penn was my second choice and a great match for me. I'm so excited! I'll (probably, depending on FA) see y'all in august!</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: TX
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[ *] Recruited Yes/No:
[ *] Important ECs: Leadership in several clubs, orchestra, lifeguarding, hebrew high school, etc</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b] Very little faith in Wharton right now.</p>
<p>[ b]<em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc..:[ /b]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *] SAT Verbal:690
[ *] SAT Math:740
[ *] SAT Writing:710 - 12 essay
[ *] SAT Total: 2150
[ *] SAT II:800 math 2, 780 phys, 710 french
[ *] ACT:
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores:
[ *] GPA weighted:
[ *] GPA unweighted: 92.9%
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 8/950</p>
<p>[/ul] b]Subjective:**[ul]
[ *] Essays: First Experience one was superb (spent many hours), why penn was very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Superb
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good, but she doesnt know me
[ *] Hook (if any): From Canada?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[ *] State or Country: Montreal Quebec Canada
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: Editor of science journal, class representative, quiz bowl</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b]
Honestly, its a crap-shoot. I got lucky
[ b]<em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc..:[ /b]</p>
<p>I retook the SAT's went from 2090 to 2150
I knew my English marks weren't great, so I got another recommendation from my english teacher from last semester (where i did well), and improved my SAT verbal from 620-690</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1430/2180 (760m, 670cr, 750w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 mathII, 620 chem
[<em>] ACT didn't submit
[</em>] GPA: 3.77
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i thought they were amazing...clearly they blew
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great, he loves me
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: georgia
[</em>] School Type: independent
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Extra Curriculars: president of habitat for humanity, community service leadership board, president and founder of international relations club, vice president of food bank club, editor-in-chief of school newspaper, instructor for outdoors club, freshman trip group leader, NHS executive board, president of earth advocates, writing center tutor
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: very involved/gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: who knows...?[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i'm really upset. i LOVED penn and thought i had a chance...</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2400
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 770 Physics, 720 Math 1
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5s on Physics B, World History, US History
[</em>] GPA weighted: 105.something
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 99.57
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/500</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Solid. One was on my lifelong love for math, the other on my MUN experiences
[</em>] Teacher Recs: All three were excellent to my knowledge
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Decent public, sends 4-5 to Cornell and maybe 1-2 to Dartmouth/Brown out of 500 seniors a year
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Model UN, Mathletes (VP), World Language Honor Society(Pres), National Honor Society(Treasurer), County Math Team</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: No major awards or community service. My interview was with an old friend of my dad's but I may have come across as trying to backdoor into Wharton by mistake. (Which I wasn't.) </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: <em>Shrug</em> surprising, kind of, but I got this after my Harvard acceptance email, and with Yale EA under my belt as well, I'm fine. Congrats to all!</p>