<p>Well let's start a thread with our results so future applicants can benefit. Just use the template below. Please keep this thread clean and JUST post your RESULTS, NO other chatter.</p>
<p>Make sure you remove the space right after the first [ in each line!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 720
[</em>] SAT Math: 720
[<em>] SAT Writing: 760
[</em>] SAT Total: 2200 (first and only time)
[<em>] SAT II: Bio E 730, Math I 710, Lit 640
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: World History 3, US History 4, Lang 3, Physics B 3
[</em>] GPA weighted: n/a
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.77
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: just outside of top 15%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Amazing, a framed narrative about my investing experience and the motorcycle purchase that it resulted in.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great (albeit generic) rec from bio teacher, never read my other teacher’s (Assume it was good too)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic I guess
[</em>] Hook (if any): First generation to college</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ga<br>
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Investing? If that even counts. Generic community service club for 3 years (no leadership)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: gosh darn it, I’m sure my crappy rank and ec’s killed me</p>
<p>TIME TO START FILLING OUT OTHER APPS BABY!</p>
<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc…:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 750
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2190
[<em>] SAT II: 750 (Bio- M), 720 (US History)
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.90
[li] Rank or % estimate: 33/556</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App: really unique, I wrote from the perspective of different people. Penn Essay: showed my knowledge of Penn… I poured my heart and soul into that essay.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Laudatory, personal, and well written. I also got a recommendation from a Nobel Prize laureate.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very personal and telling… especially since I have 556 people in my class.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Legacy</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Y (mom and three grandparents)
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: N
[li] Important ECs: Too much to list but varsity sports, many leadership roles, columnist in school newspaper, founded many clubs, 150+ hours of community service, and many summer activities/trips/ect… </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Showed my passion for evolutionary biology </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 690
[<em>] SAT Writing: 700
[</em>] SAT Total:2090
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M- 770 US History- 750 Math II- …
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores:10 total. 4 5’s and 6 4’s
[</em>] GPA weighted:4.3
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.6
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top fifth</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great?
[</em>] Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: bengali
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: music stuff</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>**General Comments/Congratulations/etc: **'twas expected of course.</p>
<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc…:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 680
[</em>] SAT Math: 760
[<em>] SAT Writing: 780
[</em>] SAT Total: 2220
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 790, Physics 700
[</em>] ACT: 33 Composite
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Statistics 5, Microeconomics 5, Macroeconomics 4, Calculus AB (this year), Physics B (this year), Chemistry (this year)
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.93
[<em>] GPA unweighted:3.9
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 4-5%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: commonapp essay - about cricket, penn essay - okay/good, pg 217 - i thought was out of this world
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both were pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Was pretty good
[</em>] Hook (if any): International athlete?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Middle East
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Cricket captain (6 years club, 2 years international); 1st place regionally. 2nd place internationally[/li]Basketball (4 years); 1st place regionally, 3rd place in an international tournament
Website Designing (since middle school); have designed 3 pretty well-known websites
MUN (4 years); president of economic & social commission, ambassador, thimun 2010
INJAZ (Small business competition); president and financial director of company
Amnesty international (2 years); vice president and activities director
NHS (2 years); very involved and active</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
I seriously dont know what i did wrong
i made my application as strong as i possible could have
congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Ireland
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Irish/American
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: no
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: no
[ *] Important ECs: spent a month last summer in ghana, a month the year before in africa as well</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 800
[ *] SAT Math: 660
[ *] SAT Writing: 700
[ *] SAT Total: 2160
[ *] SAT II: MATH 2 750, SPANISH 760
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: AP US HIST 5, AP CHEM 4, AP EURO HIST 5, AP spanish lit, AP calc AB, AP English lit, AP environmental science.
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.5
[ *] GPA unweighted: 3.9
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 3/39</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recs: amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: amazing as well
[ *] Hook (if any): am american/latino</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Panama
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Latino/American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: no
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: no
[ *] Important ECs: lots</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:690
[</em>] SAT Math:800
[<em>] SAT Writing:710
[</em>] SAT Total:2200
[<em>] SAT II:800-Math II 750-Spanish
[</em>] ACT:33
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores:
[</em>] GPA weighted:3.9
[<em>] GPA unweighted:4.1
[</em>] Rank or % estimate:Top 5%</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC 800, Chem 800, Physics 800
[</em>] ACT: 32 (writing 28, math 35, reading 30, science 35, essay 12)
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC/ABsub - 5, Physics C Mech - 5
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 96.8
[li] Rank or % estimate: 1/110</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: umm why i want to/have to become an engineer- normal topic but interesting
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one of the best they have ever written - at least what my GC said
[<em>] Counselor Rec: i would assume really good. i knew him since gr.8
[</em>] Hook (if any): research n lot of EC with leadership</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: ontario, canada
[</em>] School Type: private - one of best in canada
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: check my profile… too sad to write more than necessary…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: congrats for ppl who got in! well i knew i would be deferred at best cuz of my horrible act score… so… yeah…</p>
<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc…:
ummm… ionno any recommendations?</p>
<p>Congratulations! On behalf of the entire Penn community, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Wharton School Class of 2014.</p>
You guys’ll do great!</p>