Official University of Pennsylvania Class of 2015 Early Decision Thread

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: SEAS - Bioengineering Major</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):650 CR, 740 M, 760 W
[</em>] SAT II:770 Math II, 610 Physics, 610 Spanish w/o Listening
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.94
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) World History (4) BC Calc, NSL Gov, Lang, Stat
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Statistical Methods (post-ap, 6 kids in the class), Multivariable Calculus/Differential Equations (post BC), AP Lit, AP Physics C, Wind Ensemble, AP Spanish Lang, Internship
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Field Hockey, Varsity Lacrosse, NHS (Secretary), SHS (Secretary), Club Field Hockey and Lacrosse (took up my life!)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: religious school assistant, executive tutor for Peer2Peer tutors, Internship at National Cancer Institute<br>
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 359 Hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: went to camp/worked at camp
[<em>] Essays: Common App -really good and personal, Why Penn - specific, tied in with my common app essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was from a teacher who’s known for her recs, the other from a teacher whom i’ve had for three years
[<em>] Counselor Rec:good, made sure that he knew who i was
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: pretty good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public, 2000 students
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:F
[</em>] Income Bracket:160k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:my essays, recs, grades and internship
[</em>] Weaknesses:scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:everything besides my scores i guess, i think that taking two post ap math classes also helped me out
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:deferred from MIT, accepted into Michigan, withdrew both </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: To those of you who are reading this for next year, don’t freak out about your scores or essays too much. Just do the best that you can on your tests, and write for you and not Penn. I’m not an expert, but I’m sure that they really enjoyed reading about who I really am behind the grades and the EC’s. Sell yourself, not just your transcript, to the school.</p>

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<p>oops, forgot a few things. ECs: I played the flute and piccolo for four years, went on trips with my school to perform and played in the Pep Band all four years. I also got a few awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Maryland Scholar, and a few others, but none of them were the reason that I got in.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: College of Arts & Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 ( 680 W, 690 M, 720 CR)
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 670 Biology, 680 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): unknown (weighted, 4.0)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of ~40
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s offered by school</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A ridiculous amount, as I assume most Penn kids have!! I won’t list them all, but they span sports, music, and clubs.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Office Manager for a country club
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, among others
[</em>] Essays: My common app essay was decent (I wrote it on [failing at] surfing), but looking back, I think my Penn-specific essay was rubbish.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two that were fabulous!! (One was a former teacher/coach, current principal, and the other my English teacher)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, though I assume I had one
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Umm. Low?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’m involved in everything under the sun, from a podunk little farming town in the middle of nowhere
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything else!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Several other schools (which all offered me more money)</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I was terrified that I wouldn’t get in, thought I might scrape by. And looking at these posts, looks like I am under-qualified!! But somehow those gracious Penn Admissions guys let me in. :slight_smile: I just want to be at Penn already!! Amazing school- it’s everything I wanted. Can’t wait to meet all my classmates and traverse Philly :slight_smile:</p>