<p>my 12th Grade 1st term marks were mentioned in my Transcript (I am an international student. The academic year starts in April). Do i still need to send a Mid Year Report??</p>
<p>Awesome, daretorun! I feel the same way–I was in no way a “stellar” candidate, and I still do not really know why I got accepted. I know that I am determined enough to succeed, so, right now, I am just trying to wrap my head around being part of the Penn Class of 2015. I can’t wait to meet my fellow Quakers! Everyone who applied to Penn clearly has a bright future and I cannot be more happy for all of us!</p>
<p>lol thx for your compliment pennalum XD
although I totally screwed up on the formatting for post…aiya!</p>
<p>can’t wait til I get on campus!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to: Wharton (man, where are the Whartonites in this thread?)</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 700 Math, 740 Reading, 700 Writing
- ACT: 31
- SAT II: 740 Math II 700 Literature
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.91
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Currently Valedictorian
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Lit and Composition
- IB (place score in parenthesis):
- Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, Honors English 12, Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology, Honors Economics/Government, Guitar I
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteering, Robotics, Key Club, NHS
- Job/Work Experience:
- Volunteer/Community service: been volunteering at the library since 7th grade, also do random work in the community.
- Summer Activities:
- Essays: What do I put here? I wrote my Common App about my religious development and my supplement about Penn’s robust strengths.
- Teacher Recommendation: Got one from my Physics/Chem teacher, one from my US history teacher
- Counselor Rec: Don’t know what to say here
- Additional Rec: Got one from the volunteer coordinator at the library
- Interview: I got two interviews, one in person with a Wharton alum and one over the phone with the Co-Chair of admissions in my state. Both went well I guess.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
- Country (if international applicant): United States
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Complicated, but I think it’s 15% or 8-35k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: My essay, academics were alright
- Weaknesses: Extracurriculars were a bit lazy, academics weren’t amazing
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I definitely think it was the essay, in which I tried to demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a strong interest in Penn. I obviously didn’t eclipse other applicants in the objective category.
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else yet, since I did early decision here.
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Can someone explain this financial aid thing to me? I got a package online, which is only a loan for 5,500 dollars and Penn’s website says all packages are loan free. This obviously doesn’t include 2010’s taxes and FAFSA, but that sounds awfully low considering Penn costs 56, 000. What’s the deal?</p>
<p>[Early</a> decision admit rate falls to 26 percent | The Daily Pennsylvanian](<a href=“http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/article/early-decision-admit-rate-falls-26-percent]Early”>http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/article/early-decision-admit-rate-falls-26-percent)</p>
<p>Even though there was an 18% surge in applicants (4500 as opposed to last year’s 3800), UPenn did not admit more people than it did last year (about 1200 for both years). I feel really lucky.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2160, 730 math, 740 writing, 690 critical reading
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take ‘em
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Japanese, 710 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): took 6 so far, 5s in English Lang. and EnviSci, and fours in US History, Human Geo, EHAP, and a 3 in Comp Gov
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs - Calc BC, Chinese 4 AP, Eng. Lit AP, USGov AP, Econ, Bio 2 AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Commended, Japanese Proficiency Exam Rank 2</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (VP), California Boys’ State Delegate, Capitol Hill convoy, Track, XC, foreign exchange student for a month in Japan
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500 hours of volunteering over 4 years in Japan at a Japanese Nursing Home every summer
[</em>] Summer Activities: that, and Boys state
[<em>] Essays: my volunteering experience. i think it stood out.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: from the acceptance letter, i’m guessing they did an amazing job.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: and i’m guessing she wrote a wonderful letter too
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity:white and yellow, white and yellow, white and yellow, white and yellow
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket:*
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i think i just stood out. there’s a lot more stuff i could say about my application, but where i’m from, i’m just different</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: no one else at my school ED’d i think; i come from all sorts of backgrounds, i’m multicultural, i had a rigorous class schedule, and the thing i put my heart into, my volunteering, was very unique
[</em>] Weaknesses: my SAT score wasn’t a 2400.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i stood out.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred
School applied to: Wharton </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (780 CR, 800 M, 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1% of large public high school
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,4,4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous (All AP’s)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar; National Merit Semi; various regional and local awards in math and science, nothing big; listed as co-author for two papers submitted for publishing (does this count?)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent amount, mostly math and science focused. A few significant positions, helped start a club, basically your run-of-the-mill EC’s
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Two different summer research internships (1 at local university, 1 at out of state university) - pretty decent experiences
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150-200 hours, nothing special
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research
[<em>] Essays: haha. this is where i died. wrote everything the weekend before the Nov. 1 deadline
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 good but generic, 1 phenomenal
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, counselor loves me
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Interviewer seemed to like me; lasted about 45 minutes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None (ORM=antihook?)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Pure stats, unique internship experiences, to-be published research paper?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays, essays, essays. Having pretty average EC’s. No major awards. No business-related activities. Pretty much everything
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, seeing all the amazing stats of those who got deferred/rejected I feel extremely lucky to have even been deferred. I have no idea what put me in that defer pile instead of the reject pile. Perhaps I stood out with my math/sci EC’s just enough so that they didn’t straight up reject me? That being said, I think this is just further testament to how random the entire application process is.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere else so far</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: To the accepted: Congratulations!! All of your hard work finally paid off!! Now you can chill and enjoy the rest of senior year haha 
To the deferred: There is still hope for RD!
To the rejected: Don’t give up hope, this is just one school. There are many more amazing schools out there. Apply to some, and I’m confident you will end up somewhere amazing!
*Note to future applicants: start working on your essays early, like August early! You may think that you have enough time to write them in a week or a few days, but trust me that is not the case! I had to learn that the hard way.
Again, I feel veryy lucky to have been deferred. There were a lot of rejectees I saw who definitely deserved to be deferred more than me. Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Acceptance count through #187:</p>
<p>Accepted - 81
Deferred - 16
Rejected - 21 </p>
<p>CC Acceptance Rate = 69%</p>
<p>Deferred with a 35, lots of extras, from the northeast, white, male Will try for RD, good luck to all who got in, and all who were deferred.</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 700 Math, 800 Reading, 740 Writing (Super score)</li>
<li>ACT: none</li>
<li>SAT II: 740 Literature, 800 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No Rank or percentile at my school</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on US History, European History, and Psychology. 3 on AP Physics and a 2 on Calculus AB</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Statistics, Advanced Drama, Leadership, AP Government, Service Learning, AP Macro Economics</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Nothing big. NHS, National merit commended, some school awards, Presidential Award for Community Service</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial Team Captain, Lead Roles in multiple Musicals and Plays, Soloist in two choir ensembles, Senior Class President, Founder and President of Political Debate Club</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hours. Taught a course on the dangers of tobacco to middle school kids and interned at a non profit protecting the arts. </li>
<li>Summer Activities:Internship at a law firm, Spanish classes, internship at a non profit and other volunteering</li>
<li>Essays: Common application one was unique and about Indian Sandwiches, Why Penn was a bit generic I’m afraid</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Both really good. One from History/ Mock Trial Coach/ Econ teacher who loves me and the other from an English teacher who is also a fan. </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: counselor is also my Leadership teacher so it was amazing</li>
<li>Additional Rec: I interned at a law firm and the senior partner was a Wharton grad who wrote me a letter.</li>
<li>Interview: no interview sadly</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): California</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): United States</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Indian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Upper (150,000 plus)</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: Leadership positions, community service, and internships</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT score highest individual sitting (2140) was not the greatest. Also, I’m not the best writer so my Penn supplement might have been a bit generic.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m Indian and do not have perfect SAT scores. Also, my Penn essay was not the greatest piece of writing although I slaved over it. </li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Have not applied yet.</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments: Really disappointed. I thought I had a decent shot but oh well. There are other great schools out there!</p>
<p>andaluza - not accepting you is Penn’s loss.
dont crib at all.
I am sure a top school will accept you based on your life history. Just bring it out in your essays.</p>
<p>rejected…
will post stats later</p>
<p>I hope you guys are ready for college. It will definitely be a lot harder than you’ll think. Have fun and congrats.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to:CAS</p>
<p>**Objective:[ /b][ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):790 Reading(I read real good), 680 Writing, 650 (ain’t so good with the numbers though:) )
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Bio, 800 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5US , 5 Euro , 3 English, 5 US Government , 5 comparative
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Rigouous.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Conmended </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior class VP, Political Debate, Crew (4 years), Track and field (3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Community Service, Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all cool
[<em>] Essays: Common App…Good?, Why Penn?..Great.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Favorable
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Favorable
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Good,Virgillio Aquino</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type:Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity:White Boy
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: about 80,000 per year for family
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Like reading books</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Memory
[</em>] Weaknesses:Grades, general lack of effort/motivation/initiative
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:your guess is as good as mine
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Wow, Penn is all ****in over the place. I think I might take a shot at wharton after reading this thread</p>
<p>can someone post what the deferred message says? just curious</p>
<p>Here is what the deferred message says:</p>
<p>Dear XXXXXXXXX, </p>
<p>The Admissions Selection Committee has chosen to defer our decision on your Early Decision application to the University of Pennsylvania. After careful consideration, the committee has decided to wait until the Regular Decision notification date of March 30, 2011, to make a final decision. We realize that you may be disappointed with this delay, but please know that your commitment to join Penn`s community will be thoughtfully evaluated during the Regular Decision committee process.
This year, Penn saw its largest-ever pool of Early Decision applicants, with a truly impressive set of talents and achievements. Penn defers less than a third of its Early Decision applicants, and we do so only after serious consideration of their academic and extracurricular accomplishments. Last year, approximately 10% of deferred applicants were admitted to Penn during Regular Decision.
The Admissions Selection Committee chooses to defer a decision when we wish to have more time to evaluate an application in the context of the broader applicant pool. Because we want to give your candidacy the fullest consideration, we ask that you have your guidance counselor send us a mid-year report that includes your first-semester grades when they become available. The "Midyear Report" form is available on the Common Application`s website. </p>
<p>As a candidate whose application has been deferred to Regular Decision, you are no longer bound by the Early Decision agreement. Please be sure to read the Frequently Asked Questions for deferred applicants on your Decision Portal for additional information. </p>
<p>On behalf of the entire Admissions Selection Committee, I thank you for applying to Penn. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Eric J. Furda C’87</p>
<p>Here is what the accepted message says :</p>
<p>Dear XXXXX,</p>
<p>Hurrah, hurrah Pennsylvania!</p>
<p>Congratulations! Welcome to the University of Pennsylvania and the <em>School you applied to</em> Class of 2015! On behalf of the entire Penn community, we are delighted that you chose Penn for your undergraduate education. Our Admissions Selection Committee members appreciate the efforts made by you and those who have supported you. We also appreciate the hard work and individual excellence reflected in your application.</p>
<p>Penn received over 4,500 Early Decision applications, our largest number ever. You and your fellow Early Decision applicants are the most widely accomplished in Penn<code>s distinguished history—scholars, scientists, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. You hail from 44 states and 32 nations. I look forward to welcoming you to campus as part of Penn</code>s 259th class since Benjamin Franklin founded the University.</p>
<p>Through your search for knowledge, devotion to service, and engagement within your community, you will contribute to the vitality of the university and to the city of Philadelphia. In your academic and personal pursuits, you excel at the highest levels. In all these ways, you already demonstrate commitment to the goals and philosophy of this university. Happily, this is only the beginning!</p>
<p>I urge you, as one of the newest members of the Penn community, to make these next four years a springboard for lifelong learning—take risks, explore, discover.</p>
<p>This is the beginning of a spectacular journey.</p>
<p>For the Red and the Blue,</p>
<p>Eric J. Furda C’87
Dean of Admissions</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take them
- ACT: 30 (oy…) 31 superscore (still oy…)
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
- Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li><p>Foreign language magazine (founder/chief editor)</p>
<ul>
<li>Schools newspaper (op editor)</li>
<li>Community service initiative book mobil, that collects and distributes books to underprivileged schools in the area (vice president)</li>
<li>Breast Cancer Awareness (treasurer)</li>
<li>Varsity soccer for 4 years. Won prep state championship last year </li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: </li>
<li>Founded a tutoring company that donates 20% of its profits each month to a different charity. Now has four branches, including one in DC. Has grown much in the past 2 years, with a website, advertisements, appearances at local events to gain support, etc </li>
<li>Internship summer of 2009 for Brazilian news channel TV Futura</li>
<li>Internship summer of 2010 for Brazilian talk show Manhattan Connection</li>
<li>Internship late summer of 2010 - october of this year for NBC host Pedro Andrade</li>
<li>Worked over the summer, and currently, work for a boutique in my town</li>
<li>Previously did stenographic work for a Brazilian journalist on his second novel, as well as compiled articles from Folha’s database for his novel </li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: </li>
<li>Advised an independent study in Portuguese for a peer for 2 years</li>
<li>Junior PR assistant for a cancer organization called Angels of Hope</li>
<li>Event coordinator for the Brazilian NGO, Brazil Foundation</li>
<li>Volunteer at my town’s library</li>
<li>Essays: wrote about how being exposed to the brazilian mentality has morphed my character. turned out well.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: fantastic</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: assuming fantastic </li>
<li>Additional Rec: none</li>
<li>Interview: went really well </li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): NJ
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: competitive private school
- Ethnicity: Brazilian
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket:*
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i guess urm
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: my background
- Weaknesses: my ACT sucked
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM status, my extra-curriculars and my academic performance at my school
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: I’m literally still in disbelief. Friday was the happiest day of my life.</p>
<p>I’m definitely going to take a shot at Penn… this year has been crazy for admissions for a lot of kids at many schools going by these threads… jees!</p>