Official University of Pennsylvania Class of 2015 Early Decision Thread

mumurthigal · December 10, 2010, 2:49pm

because the other one has gotten spammed by countdowns. DO. NOT. POST. UNLESS. ITS. A. DECISION. CC has been helpful to all of us and by posting countdowns, you spam the thread and you are NOT helping future students!

remove spaces to make it look good.

[size=+2][color=green]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=orange]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=red]**Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]School applied to:[ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]

AND IM SERIOUS. there better be no posts until 3 or you officially cannot understand the English language (if you sincerely cannot understand English, I apologize. no insult intended)

moneymaster · December 10, 2010, 3:02pm

**Decision: REJECTED **
School applied to: Wharton

Stats:[ul]
[] ACT: 32 Superscore, 31 in one sitting (Did not report my SAT score of 1990 anywhere!)
[] GPA: 4.05 W, ~3.7 UW
[] Rank: Top 10%
[] Other stats: Total # of APs in HS: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Pretty good, solid essays about my business ventures
[] ECs: I am a Volunteer Firefighter, volunteer at the first aid squad as well, treasurer of FBLA, SGO Executive Board member, NHS member, black belt in karate, Heroes and Cool Kids (mentoring program), and TONS of volunteer hours
[] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see them but probably good
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it but probably good.
[] Hook (if any): Nada
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: New Jersey
[] School Type: Public (~2000 students)
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:** My app was mainly focused on my volunteer work and the small business that I created. I thought my interview went well.
General Comments: Oh well, I guess I’m going to Rutgers lol. Congrats to everyone that got accepted!

avenlea · December 10, 2010, 3:09pm

Decision: Rejected
School applied to: CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 SAT
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: none
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): I took 6. Most kids at my school take 3.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English, AP Statistics, AP Spanish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots, but obviously not good enough
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours
[] Summer Activities: classes at berkeley and community service
[] Essays: on my dad + why i wanted to go to penn, i thought they were good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: i think they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: i thought it was good
[] Additional Rec: really really good
[li] Interview: there’s no interviewers in my area[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 150K +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): im from maine. my dad almost died

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extracurrics + “story”
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA obviously
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to all the schools i applied to except penn.

[/ul]General Comments: can’t say i’m not disappointed. but it wasn’t bright for me in the first place

mumurthigal · December 10, 2010, 3:11pm

i’ll get us started then.

Decision:Rejected
School applied to: Wharton/ M&T

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170- 800 M, 680 C, 690 W
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 790 MII, 760 Bio, 730 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/321
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4, 4, 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, Adv. Journalism, CAD I
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): couple statewide journalism awards, NMSF, AP Scholar w/ dist.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (drum major), newspaper (writer, sports editor, media editor), crew (spring and fall season), jazz band (club rep), indoor track, spanish honor society (tutor)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150ish hours at senior center
[] Summer Activities: Drum major academy (2010)
[] Essays: eh, conservative, but i thought they were average to good
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably fine
[] Counselor Rec: generic
[] Additional Rec: nope
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: ORM (aka overrepresented minority- Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Leadership, test scores
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were rejected: GPA
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere yet…

[/ul]General Comments: well, the dream of attending Penn is over… but in all honesty i expected this. now its time to wait for the 23rd when Michigan releases their decisions

sk8ergirl001 · December 10, 2010, 3:14pm

WHARTON: ACCEPTED! SO EXCITED
Will post stats soon!

lightofthedawn · December 10, 2010, 3:17pm

Decision: Accepted
School applied to:CAS

**Objective:[ /b][ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M 800 CR 710 W (2310)
[] ACT: -
[] SAT II: 800 MII, 800 Chem, 740 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/455
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 45
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Aime qualifier a number of times but nothing really spectacular.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of performing arts, lots of leadership; i value depth over breadth though
[] Job/Work Experience: nil
[] Volunteer/Community service: some
[] Summer Activities: na
[] Essays: tried to be unique. i realize that ‘great’ is unhelpful, so i’ll just say that i tried to imagine what most people would write and did the opposite while being MYSELF
[] Teacher Recommendation: one really excellent (not because it’s peppered w/ adjectives but because i trust it’s got specifics), one good
[] Counselor Rec: generic but good
[] Additional Rec: -
[li] Interview: Lovely[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): -
[] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[] School Type: Independent and not an ivy-churning machine so there’s hope : )
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender:female
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: i really don’t know
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i love penn; i think with my mind and feel with my heart
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/ul]General Comments: crying. cannot wait to meet others

buddyD · December 10, 2010, 3:28pm

Decision: Deferred
School Applied to: Wharton

SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math 790 CR 760 Writing
SAT II: 800 US History 790 Chemistry 750 Math II
Unweighted GPA/Weighted: 96… /102… top 5%
Average ECs essays teacher recs and just about everything else. White male from undesirable location.

General Comments: I mean I was definitely qualified and I figured cause I applied ED I’d have an advantage, I guess with 18% raise in applications the accpetance rate isn’t gonna be as good this year. Well I’ll see if I can get in regular but after this I would probably rather go somewhere else cause quite frankly Penn is beat.

Staller · December 10, 2010, 3:28pm

Decision: Accepted

School applied to:CAS

**Objective:[ /b][ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 790 M 800 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math II 770 US History 730 Lit 730 Math I 680 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH - 5 Writing and Comp - 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous course
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]**Subjective:[ /b][ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Every academic team and publication my school has, and started a couple websites
[] Job/Work Experience: Almost none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer tutoring, fundraising, and the like
[] Summer Activities: None other than tutoring
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic I think
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: Ok but short.[/li]
[/ul]**Other[ /b][ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: PRivate Jewish School
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]**Reflection[ /b][ul]
[] Strengths: SATs and Essays and Counselor Rec
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/ul]**General Comments:[ /b]

neuron39 · December 10, 2010, 3:33pm

Accepted ED!
Will post later

pennbound1393 · December 10, 2010, 3:34pm

Decision: Deferred
School applied to: CAS

**Objective:[ /b][ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR 640 M 650 W 2070
[] SAT II: Biology M: 680 Spanish 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12 percent at very very very prestigious school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro 5 World 5 Lang 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 6
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lit/IB Spanish HL, IB Theatre Hl, IB Bio HL/AP Bio, IB English HL/AP English Lit, IB Math SL/ AP Calc AB, AP Comparative Gov, TOK, IB Contemporary History
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eh… stuff

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre, over 1000 documented hours, treasurer, spanish honor society vp, more stuff but thats the most important stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: part time job
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ for CAS
[] Summer Activities: working, theatre
[] Essays: really good, wrote a poem for whypenn.
[] Teacher Recommendation: no clue but i think they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: standard
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: went amazingly[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: College Prep, consistently rated in top ten.
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really any.

[/ul]**Reflection[ b][list]
[] Strengths: essays were really good. i come from a really good school so my gpa etc is actually better than it looks. my interview.
[] Weaknesses: sat.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: sat…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ehhhh.

Quaker2B · December 10, 2010, 3:41pm

Decision: Accepted

School applied to: Huntsman Program

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Spanish Reading, 750 USH, 750 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (5), USH (5), taking Calc BC, Bio, Spanish Lang, and Spanish Lit this year
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB+BC, AP Spanish Lit, AP Bio, Psych-type elective, IR-type elective, 2 semester English electives (hardest available course load throughout)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won a national essay contest, some sports stuff[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Internationally-ranked athlete (National team, All-American, etc), lots of political involvement (internship, Model Congress Head, etc), Head of 5 clubs at school and in some others
[] Job/Work Experience: Referee for sport I compete in
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not too much, Special Olympics and activities through clubs at school
[] Summer Activities: Political internship one summer (for Congressman during Senate campaign), lived in Spain another summer, Stanford EPGY two summers (Java/Robotics and Economics)
[] Essays: Huntsman very strong, but long, CommonApp fine in quality but probably fitting for the program, Supplement concise (wrote it when it was 250 words max) and took a unique angle
[] Teacher Recs: Probably both great though one would’ve been more focused on the Huntsman subject area than the other (didn’t see)
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good (didn’t see)
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: No interview[/li]
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] State: PA
[] School Type: Small, highly competitive private
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: F
[] Income bracket: High, did not apply for aid
[] Hook (if any): Recruited, Legacy, parent on faculty, pretty extensive international traveling (maybe for Huntsman?)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Hooks, ACT, ECs, generally solid essay writer
[] Weaknesses: Not much volunteering, business-specific experience
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they were impressed that I could maintain a deep commitment to ECs I’m passionate about while also participating in a sport that took a lot of time
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Likely letter/ED so nowhere! Recruited by HYPS (+Duke, Northwestern, Columbia and some others) [/ul]

Keasbey_Nights · December 10, 2010, 6:08pm

Decision: Accepted, M&T

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740 CR, 770 M, 790 W, 10 E)
[] ACT: did not take
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 US History, 800 Math II, 740 Biology M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/316
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eleven 5s, one 4, one 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Music Theory, AP European History, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Art History, AP Computer Science A (FLVS), AP Statistics (FLVS), AP Environmental Science (FLVS), band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, 2nd place in Florida musical composition contest, winner of Rotary-sponsored Florida speech competition, more minor stuff[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior State of America (treasurer of Southeast U.S.), saxophone performance and composition, National Youth Rights Association of Southeast Florida (Projects Adviser), Palm Beach County Democrats, Interact Club (founder / president), Environmental Club, Quiz Bowl Team, French Honor Society (treasurer), Mu Alpha Theta (co-founder / co-president), tutoring for both volunteer hours and for money
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Little League baseball coach (four seasons and counting), Palm Beach Democrats club, whatever goes on with Rotary, random stuff through NYRA and NHS and Environmental Club
[] Summer Activities: taking classes for fun and broing it out
[] Essays: Common App essay was an analysis of three pieces of music I’ve written and how they each reflect different things about me; Why Penn wasn’t anything creative but I made a point to express my specific interests in economics and in Penn’s parliamentary debate team; M&T essay connected my huge interest in politics to why I wanted to study business and engineering and how I want to use it
[] Teacher Recommendation: Calc teacher’s was glowing and special, with several specific examples of what set me apart from others; APUSH teacher’s was strongly supportive but not written well and a bit generic
[] Counselor Rec: Really generic, which surprised me since the counselor has known me quite well for all of my high school. She’s generally viewed as incompetent by students in my school, though.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: My interviewer asked me to be a mentor for his 10th grade son. I don’t think it could have gone much better.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Public magnet arts school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: low six figures
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): aunt taught graduate biochemistry classes and is current getting a degree in public health from Penn’s grad school?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extremely rigorous transcript (lots of outside classes), great test scores, M&T essay really linked my passion for politics to my skills and love for science and economics
[] Weaknesses: I had absolutely no major awards (disregarding National AP Scholar and NMSF); I had no extracurriculars at ALL in engineering or business
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to Auburn a few weeks ago with a full ride (assuming I get NMF)

[/ul]General Comments:

Don’t be afraid to apply to Wharton, SEAS, or M&T just because you haven’t done extracurriculars in the pertinent fields. I was able to show competence in science and economics with a genuine desire to study business and engineering. I don’t doubt that my acceptance was because I identified how the things I chose to pursue in high school relate to what I want to do in college.

To all those deferred and rejected, hang in there. One of my best friends got deferred from Columbia yesterday and another got rejected, but both are taking it well and using it as an opportunity to identify weaknesses in their applications and fix said weaknesses. The decision of a college admissions committee has no bearing on your personal worth or intelligence. With that being said, I wish everyone the best on their college quests.

blueee · December 10, 2010, 8:14pm

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):800CR 760M 750W (Taken in one sitting)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800Bio 790World 760Lit 680Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5World 5Psych 5U.S.History
[] Senior Year Course Load: Murderously hard. All my classes are APs. (But the three years before I did pretty much nothing.)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Semifinalist. Silver National Scholastic Writing Award. [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art club (VP, co-founder). Literary Magazine. English Department Volunteer. Policy debate team–quit after one year.
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community service: 80 hours in a Nursing Home.
[] Summer Activities: Film class last summer. Not much generally.
[] Essays: Stupendously good. I’m not lying either. Writing’s my forte.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good.
[] Counselor Rec: Should be good.
[] Interview: Alright. Was nervous as hell. We didn’t become best friends but it was civil.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 30k/annum
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Writing. SAT and grades.
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe people didn’t wanna be English majors?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else.

[/ul]General Comments:
I suppose CAS really isn’t too hard to get into either so please apply if you’re considering it!
Thank God! I’m very happy and stunned and amazed ^^

neuron39 · December 10, 2010, 8:52pm

ACCEPTED CAS

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR, 740 M, 750 W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 790 Chem, 790 Bio, 750 Math, 700 Spanish
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/545
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Six 5’s, Three 4’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Mostly AP’s
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS, Nat. AP Scholar

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tons of Dance-related activities
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Jamba Juice, babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 800+ hours-a lot!
[ *] Summer Activities: Duke TIP, summer camp
[ *] Essays:Better than average
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Superlative
[ *] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:He said I’m PERFECT for Penn

[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper-no financial aid
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[ *] Strengths: A real passion for dance (Team Captain, performances, Club Founder)
[ *] Weaknesses: None, really, but there are thousands of applicants like me
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

ZWPLeft3 · December 11, 2010, 1:07pm

Decision:Accepted
School applied to:

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): none
[] ACT: 34 composite (32 english, 36 math, 35 reading, 33 science)
[] SAT II: none
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/705
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), APUSH (5), Lang n Comp (4), Environmental Sci (5), Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: rigorous ( 4 AP’s, band, Calc A, Spanish 4, Physics 121 online)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (principle), Spanish Club (officer), SGA (senator), Lacrosse, Journalism, Mu Alpha Theta, Tri-M Music Honor Society, NHS, Science NHS, English NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics
[] Summer Activities: none
[] Essays: good; my common app essay was an extended metaphor about me living two states away from my parents for the semester. My supplement detailed some of my more unusual interests that UPenn would allow me to continue studying (like Czech)
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but I imagine very good
[] Counselor Rec: no idea
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none available[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
[] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (though 1/4 Czech)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:150,000-180,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: being creative with essays and conveying thoughts well, as well as grades and the ACT
[] Weaknesses: leadership and community service EC’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had the pleasure of meeting my regional director (a member of the adcom) at “Exploring College Options” and she took an extreme interest in me
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UA, Auburn, Purdue

[/ul]General Comments:

AsTheMoonBleeds · December 12, 2010, 2:59pm

Decision: Accepted

School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I: Reading = 660, Math = 640, Writing = 730
ACT: Composite = 31, English = 34, Math = 30, Reading = 29, Science = 29, Combined English / Writing = 33 (essay = 10; highest = 11)
***Test scores are from one sitting, but are also highest
SAT II: Biology = 720, Chemistry = 730
Unweighted GPA: 3.89
Rank: 2nd of 163
AP: (there are only 9 officially at my school; I took 7 officially; Comp Sci unofficial 8th)
oBiology (4),
o Chemistry (4)
o Calculus (3)
Senior Year Course Load:
o AP / UConn English IV,
o AP / UConn Latin IV,
o AP Calculus BC,
o Honors Independent Study Computer Science (for AP test),
o Honors Independent Study Organic Chemistry,
o College Preparatory Online US History, and
o PE 11 (need two more for graduation requirements)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
o AP Scholar,
o CT Young Writers Poetry Champion,
o CAPT Scholar (CT Academic Performance Test) Advanced Scholar,
o National Honors Society,
o Science Merit Award (unique school award made for me)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
o Student-Principal Liaison: report to principal with student issues
o Missions committee for NEAS&C (Student Liaison): helped make school mission and conducted surveys
o Chemistry Club (President 12, Vice President 11): conducted experiments, led inquiry
o Scientific Inquiry Club: researched topics to present in small group discussion
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Over 750 hours (including 500+ tutoring)
Summer Activities: None
Essays: Extremely strong! Common App Personal Statement is guaranteed to be a unique topic of academic, passionate, and personal proportions (Presocratics logic throughout the ages in about 750 words). Supplement showed extreme interestnowhere else could be Penn to me!
Counselor Rec: Very strong
Additional Rec: Very strong (included 3 teachers: 1 chem., 1 bio., and 1 English)
Interview: None
Other
State: Demographically poor region of Connecticut
School Type: Public w/ one of the highest drop-out rates in CT annually (currently 3rd)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Working Poor; low end of 60K-100K
Hooks: First generation college student, Demographically poor residency
Reflection
Strengths: My essays, which were sincere, thoughtful, and (very) passionate, in addition to my recommendation letters, and community service (tutoring, especially) are very likely my strongest assets. I think my first generation and income statuses helped, too.
Weaknesses: My scores were not amazing, I lacked official leadership positions, I am not an athlete, I have no work experience, and my extracurriculars are few (but involved).
Why you think you were accepted: I am convinced my passion was the biggest factorI applied to Penn because it was my number one, not just the Ivy most likely to accept me! My unique essays, strong letters of recommendation, impressive transcript, and relatively impressive test scores (in relation to my status) probably were huge factors, too.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied ED, so I did not apply anywhere else.
General Comments: Penn is completely devoted to excellence, service, and diversity, so keep that in mind! Be sincere, and do not be an Ivy snob; apply to Penn because it is an amazing school! Penn wants intelligence and practical application.

quakergirl93 · December 13, 2010, 5:50am

Decision: Accepted

School applied to:CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 670 M 710 W
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 670 Math I 630 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1 out of 77
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Third Best Speaker in the Country (for debate), Two-time regional finalist for debate, two time Math Area Divisions Finalist, Reader’s Digest Essay Writing Contest runner-up,
School subject award in composition, literature, math, history, home economics, language studies.

[/list]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate Varsity (Co-captain)
Badminton Varsity (Captain)
Prom Committee (Secretary)
School Musical (Director)
Class Musical (Lead Role)
National Debate Tournament Organizing Committee (Head of Finance)
Math and Chemistry Training Pool
School Paper
Contributor to a National Newspaper
Member of a Professional theater troupe
Member of the school chorale
Model United nations

Job/Work Experience: none

Volunteer/Community service:
Tutor peers
Distribute solar-powered lights around my country
Volunteer at local hospital
member of red cross district senior council
teaches orphaned children how to read and write
made a badminton clinic for orphaned children
poll-watched at recent election
helped build houses in impoverished areas

Summer Activities:
academic seminar in one of the local universities
badminton training
debate camps
travel

Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: really good
Counselor Rec: really good
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: really good

Other
State (if domestic applicant): n/a
Country (if international applicant): South East Asia
School Type: Private Catholic all-girls School
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy

11boylec · December 13, 2010, 5:47pm

Decision: Accepted
School of Nursing Sciences

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 640 CR, 690 W, 710 M
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: 700 bio, 680 math II, 600 literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t rank, but probably within top 15% of a very competitive school
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Lang and Comp (4), Psychology (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 2 Honors, lots of electives
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chorus (section leader), musical theater, peer mediation (80 hours of work a year)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: In a doctor’s office ~6 hours a week for 2 years, as a camp counselor for 3 weeks (195 hours total)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: peer mediation (80 hours a year for four years); at a children’s camp for 3 weeks (total ~120 hours)
[ *] Summer Activities: working at a children’s camp
[ *] Essays: strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: not sure, strong I assume!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: Very nice

Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
[ *] Strengths: The school I came from, GPA, extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely because I applied to the nursing school. Also Penn really likes my high school (they took 7 kids ED)
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Pitt, but I’ll have to withdraw my application!

General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! And to everyone else who was deferred or denied, don’t worry! There’s a better school out there for you!

PennProspective · December 15, 2010, 7:10pm

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (M:720, CR:780, W:800)
SAT II: Biology:760, US History: 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (5), Modern European History (4), English Language (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Psych, AP English Lit, AP French Lang, AP Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society; French National Honor Society; National Merit Scholarship Corporation Commended Student; Trinity College Book Award; AP Scholar (I forget which one… sorry)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
West Hartford Board of Education Student Representative; Student Council Executive Member; Drama Club; Vocal Training (6 years); Piano Lessons (12 years); Solo Choir (highly selective A Cappella group at my school); Vocal Jazz Quintessence (VJQ) (highly selective, 5 person, all female vocal jazz group at my school); Varsity Golf; Varsity Soccer; Crystalline Expressions (The jewelry business that I started); etc, etc

Job/Work Experience: …nope haha

Volunteer/Community service: CCD Teacher at my church; Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Volunteer; Choir Member & Lector at my church; Selling my jewelry to benefit various charities at several events over the years

Summer Activities: Umm…

Essays: Fairly strong, I suppose. Wrote my CA essay on being a person that is motivated by the journey rather than the arrival at a goal, have learned that this is a positive aspect of my personality and therefore plan to continue to cultivate it in my life, blah blah blah. I guess my “Why Penn?” essay was good too, although I hadn’t considered it to be particularly compelling prior to getting my acceptance letter haha.

Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea what they were like, but I asked for three. One from my AP Bio teacher from sophomore year (I know they say not to do that, but I really loved that class and was an active, gregarious participant); one from my AP US teacher from junior year (whom I also had as a freshman, for World History); and one from my AP Eng Lit teacher from this year (whom I also had as a sophomore).

Counselor Rec: I’m guessing it was pretty good, although I waived my right to see it.

Additional Rec: I think someone from my town’s Board of Education wrote one for me, but I’m not sure what it said and I didn’t ask her to.

Interview: Nope

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. Although I sent in a tape of me singing… does that count?

Reflection
Strengths: Essays, recs, transcript, singing, maybe ECs?

Weaknesses: No work experience, race/geographical desirability, no research or summer activities, no hook

Why you think you were accepted: I have noo idea… I’m still really puzzled actually.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No where Went ED

General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted, that is absolutely fantastic and I look forward to maybe meeting you next year! To everyone who was deferred, keep your chin up. You’ve got tons of options now, and there’s still a chance that you’ll get in RD. Good luck! And to those who were denied, I’m sorry Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to the college admissions process; they have to deny qualified applicants merely because there isn’t enough space. I wish you well, I’m sure you’ll all do wonderful things in the coming four years. Best of luck!

I guess I’ll need a new username now… :)

jpgpenn · January 8, 2011, 11:44am

[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[size=+1]School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences

**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 770 Math, 800 Writing — (superscored)
[ *] SAT II: 790 Math II, 730 USH, 720 Bio-E, 690 Math I
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 96.72
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4), Lang & Comp (5), Statistics (5), World (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, College Italian
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Writing Competition Winner, National Merit Commended Student, Connecticut College Book Award, AP Scholar with Honor

[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class President, NHS President, Varsity Tennis, Site-Based Team Student Leader, Vice President of Italian Club, Vice President of Miracle Club, Treasurer of Italian Honor Society
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Film Production Company, Bookkeeping and Accounting Work over the summer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Veteran’s Administration, Miracle Foundation–(100+ hrs total)
[ *] Summer Activities: NYFA Film Camp, SVA Film Camp (soph and junior summers)
[ *] Essays: Exemplary
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Exemplary
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: None

[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, ECs, SATs
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT IIs–no 800s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]

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