Official University of Pennsylvania Class of 2014 ED Decision Thread

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<p>So everyone any tips/advice on interviewing? (Arts and Sciences btw)</p>

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<p>Accepted- CAS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 690

  • SAT Math: 780
  • SAT Writing: 700 [9 Essay]
  • SAT Total: 2170
  • SAT II: 800 Math II, 720 US History
  • ACT: N/A
  • AP/IB taken/scores: Human Geo (5), Chinese (5), World his (4), Stat (5), US his (5), Calc BC (5), Physics Mech (4)
  • GPA weighted: 4.5
  • GPA unweighted: 3.93
  • Rank or % estimate: top 2%
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: great, talked about my international experiences since childhood

  • Teacher Recs: Both were great
  • Counselor Rec: She liked me alot and helped me frequently
  • Hook (if any):
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: GA

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Male
  • Legacy Yes/No: No
  • Recruited Yes/No: No
  • Important ECs: Orchestra (All stat and honor orchestra), Odyssey of the Mind (World finalist), Volunteering at hospitals (200+ hrs), etc
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: great interview, he really thought i should get in</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone who’s in, I’m excited to meet you guys, and good luck to everyone else on their college admissions process</p>

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<p>Decision & School: Accepted CAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: n/a didn’t report
[</em>] SAT Math: n/a
[<em>] SAT Writing: n/a
[</em>] SAT Total: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: US History 680, World History 690, Biology E 640, Math II 800
[</em>] ACT: 32 (took it twice, composite scores came out to be the same)
First time: English 31, Math 36, Reading 27, Science 32, Writing 11.
Try 2: English 29, Math 36, Readin 35, Science 29, Writing 12.<br>
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP US History 4, AP World History 5, AP Calc BC 5, AP Chinese 5.
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.14
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.97
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: within top 5%</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Didin’t write a pg. 217, but common app essay was about having an autistic brother, and Penn supplement was not the greatest piece ever.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: From my AP World History teacher and my AP Calc teacher, I would assume they were pretty good however I waived my rights to read them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I think, I had a rather good relationship with my counselor.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Being an immigrant (if that can be considered as one).</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MN
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Founder of World Cultures Association, Captain of Math League, AIME qualifier (but failed the acutal test), volunteering as tutor in local community center (not extensively though).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Perhaps my SES?</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I find myself really fortunate, and absolutely cannot wait to meet others.</p>

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<p>wow…there werent many blacks on this thread</p>

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<p>Way to bump.</p>

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<p>It’s funny that I get a little intimidated when I see a 2300+ SAT applicant get rejected/deferred, I always go down to their GPA/class rank and understand why. There seems to be SOME pattern in the acceptances here.</p>

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<p>there are so many ppl who got into m&t on this thread it like freaks me out.
and then some of the acceptances are pretty erratic, so i’m a little more hopeful for this friday now!</p>