Official University of Pennsylvania Class of 2015 ED Decisions Thread

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<p>Decision: Rejected
School applied to: CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800R 690M 760W = 2250 (single sitting)
[</em>] ACT:n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Chem, 640 Math2, 600 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):n/a but predicted 37-8/42 @ IB
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):sitting in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Maths HL, Econ HL, History (Asia) HL, French A2 SL, English A1 SL, Chemistry SL and TOK.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]Rugby (12 years club, 4 years school) (captain of forwards) (MVP etc.),
Club tennis (4 years),
Club golf (4 years),
Model @ charity fashion shows,
MUN,
Student Council (worked with French G’ment),
Varsity XC (1 year)
JV B-ball (1 year)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: approx. 250 hrs -> through CAS as well
[<em>] Summer Activities: Yale Summer Session
[</em>] Essays: Everybody thought they were brilliant, especially the supplement and the CommonApp was very experimental. However I caught a small error in my ComApp after I sent it in.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Honest and presumably good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Definitely excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: English professor at Yale
[</em>] Interview: With an alum of my school, very good</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT (born and have residency)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong (lived for 15 years, residency as well)
[<em>] School Type: Extremely small private
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Diversity, essays, recommendations, SAT1
[</em>] Weaknesses: Transcript, SAT2
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know… I think my SAT1 didnt arrive there on time or wasn’t fully considered (November rushed)? My essays were perfect I thought apart from that small error. Friends and family who are alums thought I was a shoe-in… </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
■■■.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), APUSH (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots of leadership awards, National Achievement Outstanding Participant</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of 4 clubs and various other extra curricular activities.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I have 2 jobs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: TONS of community service
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lots of different summer programs, including volunteering at a museum and National Hispanic Institute summer programs
[<em>] Essays: Common App was kind cliche got good, Why penn was great!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both my teachers love me. I work for my teachers husband. The other way thinks Im the greatest person ever
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Supposedly she loved me and thought I was adorable. (She knows the Executive Director of a program I’m in and told her I had a great interview)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, live in Philly, National Achievement Outstanding Participant</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea I am in total shock right now and I can’t believe it. Absolutely can’t
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No where! First acceptance!
[/ul]General Comments: I am so excited right now and I am in utter disbelief. I haven’t eaten all day and I couldn’t sleep last night. congrats to everyone who got in and if you didn’t, it’s ok, im positive you’ll end up in a place where you’ll be successful</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 R, 800 M, 800 W
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Math II, 620 Lit (…I know, not good)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 ~ ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs out of 6 classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Er…AP Scholar with Honor…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Student Council, Youth Symphony, Tutoring ~blah blah etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting HAHA
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours @ library + over 100 from school
[</em>] Summer Activities: business camp, volunteering
[<em>] Essays: I thought weren’t deep enough T_T
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived my rights
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Pretty well I thought</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public ~ 3000 students
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~ upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I sent in an art application but never got a reply…it might’ve gotten lost…who knows…</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays weren’t strong enough, etc
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none yet</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: It’s fine. I didn’t really want to go to a big city school, to be honest. Congrats to everyone who were accepted and to those who weren’t, remember there are other opportunities.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:690 M:710 W:710
[</em>] SAT II: Maths:780 Physics: 780
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No idea im an IB student
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank :S
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis)::S
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): well I just got a 42 this semester
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim team captain, director of comm. service for interact club, varsity athletics: 2nd place in regional tournament, guitar, other stuff but im tooo jaded to mention them right now…
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: director of community service for the interact club so I’ve dont alot of comm.service
[ *] Summer Activities: built a school in Ethiopia for a deaf community
[ *] Essays: well I had a typo in my supplement :S but my commonapp must have been good I suppose?
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good i think
[ *] Counselor Rec:good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:none</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Ghana
[ *] School Type: boarding school
[ *] Ethnicity:AFRICAN
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket: …very high…
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t think I have any</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:really really active guy with awesome transcript
[ *] Weaknesses:SAT1’s x.x
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea, maybe its because im hot :smiley:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:ed…NO REGRETSSS WOOOOHOOO IM A FREAKING QUAKERRRRR NOOOOOWWW</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]</p>

65

<p>Decision: Accepted to SEAS</p>

<p>School applied to: M&T (SEAS ED)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math : 770 CR : 710 WR : 720 9 Essay Total : 2200
ACT: na
SAT II: Math 2 : 800 Phy :800
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): gr 10 : 94.8. Gr 11 = 92, Gr 12 1st Term : 93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% of 109
AP (place score in parenthesis): (independent) Phy B - 5 / Phy C Mech - 4 / Calc AB - 5 / Stats - 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Indian syllabus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective: ??
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (school Captain) Gavel Club (President) etc etc (there are loads…)
Job/Work Experience: at a Printing Press
Volunteer/Community service: withheld due to reasons
Summer Activities: Loads…
Essays: Probably the reason i got in :slight_smile:
Teacher Recommendation: Both Brilliant!!
Counselor Rec: V Good!!
Additional Rec: Brilliant!!
Interview: Went Well
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India - Living in Dubai
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 150000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Passion
Weaknesses: SAT, GPA</p>

<p>YAY!!!</p>

66

<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to:CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:730 M:770 W:780 (1500/2280)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Chem:740; BioM:710; US History:660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): approx 3.8 (95.7/100)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro(4); Lang(5); Psych(5); USH(4); Chem(4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Physics B, AP Spanish
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor in Chief), Peer AIDS Educators (President), Student Executive Council member, Photojournalism (officer), Building with Books (President), BBYO (Secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked for SAT prep company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing home, peer tutor
[</em>] Summer Activities: Travel, NYU Precollege, Science Research
[li] Interview: Great, lasted for about an hour</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY (Long Island)
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Income Bracket: 200,000+</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: great, unique essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: jewish white girl from long island–highly overpopulated at Penn
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’M TOO HAPPY TO CARE
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: Wharton</p>

<p>(Didn’t make M&T)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR / 800 M / 800 W
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take 'em.
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry / 800 Physics / 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 (4.452 Weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 APs (seven 5’s and one 4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Several math and science competitions. (Spanish Honor Society Vice Pres.; Math Honor Society Officer; Science National Honor Society Executive Member)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nah.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 700 Hours (mostly at a rural mental health facility)
[</em>] Summer Activities: see above
[<em>] Essays: I worked a lot on them. Some humor.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Speculation: One was really good the other was good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think it would have been really good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope.
[li] Interview: Went very well. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: standardized tests, volunteering, activities, course rigor, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of business, no hook
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not one thing in particular. Everything together.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: For future years’ applicants, don’t worry if you don’t have plenty (or any) business ECs. Do volunteer work that means something. I’m happy and I look forward to meeting all the others at Penn. If you were rejected, it is not the end.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800M, 750CR, 800W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 US History
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5), US Hist (5), English Lang (5), and a few others
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: all APs (Calc BC, etc)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit</p>

<p>[/ul]**Subjective:[ /b][ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t want to list them but they are decent
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[li] Interview: Went well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academic credentials, Essays, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too competitive, no hooks</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**General Comments: **I will live.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: Jerome Fisher M&T</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 Math, 760 Writing (one sitting)
ACT: 34
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 770 Bio-E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/485
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (5), Calc AB (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Eng Lit, AP Gov’t, Hon Econ, Hon French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Mostly for FBLA (State and Nat’l levels)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Regional & local president), Student Council (Treasurer), Science Olympiad (Founder & President), TV Studio (anchor), Asian Culture Club (China booth organizer)
Job/Work Experience: Independent Research at Penn (11th grade summer), Oral English tutor in China
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering @ ER (since 9th grade)
Summer Activities: NYLF/MED, NYLC, PFEW, Independent research, Hawaii science trip, FBLA Nationals
Essays: Common app about my flight back from China; Penn specific one about my personal Penn journey, M&T essay about my research in polylactic acid plastic and how it changed my view on environmental science
Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem (fantastic), 10th grade English (bragged about my writing skills and extracurriculars), FBLA advisor
Counselor Rec: Probably really good
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went so well!
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA resident
Country (if international applicant): Had to apply as a Canadian student
School Type: Big (2000 student)
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection: I am so happy!!!
Strengths: Extracurriculars, personality, essay
Weaknesses: SAT CR score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really showed my passion for Penn through my essays and at the interview I explained my interests in combining engineering and business very well
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Penn Quaker!!!</p>

<p>The one I made earlier had waitlisted instead of deferred, so I fixed that.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred/b]</p>

<p>School applied to: CAS Chemistry</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M:800 CR:740 W:700 (10 essay)
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800 Chemistry:760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): like 3.8 or something
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Chemistry 5, Stat 4 Plan on taking: Macro and Micro Econ, Physics E+M, Physics Mechanics, Calc BC
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Micro/Macro Econ
AP Physics C Mechanics/E+M
Spanish 5
British Literature
Personal Finance
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Silver and Bronze Medals on National Spanish Exam (don’t really know if these mean anything), some town poetry award… department awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Indoor Track, JV Soccer 3 years, Host/Sports-broadcaster on radio station, soccer refereeing, babysitting (haha i dunno why i listed this), Cycling, Varsity XC
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
soccer refereeing, babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: absolutamente nada
[<em>] Summer Activities: Soccer camps, working out, chilling,
[</em>] Essays: I had a really hard time finding an idea i could comfortably work with. I guess I’m a decent writer but i think my essays could have been better. The Why Penn was pretty generic.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good for both, had my english and AP Chem teacher write em
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t really interact with her that much, but we’re on pretty good terms
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: i was nervous, it was meh</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public, sends a butt-load of kids to good schools year
[<em>] Ethnicity: very white and pale
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Over 500k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:SAT Scores ('cept writing)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, extracurriculars,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have really crappy ecs, tons of legacy kids from my school applied (although I don’t know if penn has a quota from each school, i like to blame my deferral on this haha)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet
Other top choices are Michigan, Tufts, Cornell
[/ul]General Comments: I expected to be rejected, what with the 18 percent increase in applicants, the super-competitive pool. I guess I have to wait for a few months for the “official” rejection letter.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: SEAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 Writing 750 Reading 750 Math (2190)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take.
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 780 Literature, 710 Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable) My school doesn’t rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Language.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus, AP US Government, Spanish 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Tech Club (Head of Advertising)
Fencing
Student government
Played Chinese instruments for 5 years - guzheng and pipa.
Took part in Miss Teen Chinatown, performed, did a speech, the wholeshebang.</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Interned at NASA doing research on cloud computing and point to point suborbital flight.
Interned at my school building computers
Interned at school district setting up computer labs.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Tutored kids in reading
Cleaned up beach.</p>

<p>[<em>] Essays: Good - my teachers liked it. Wrote about my pageant experience.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, my teachers liked me I think.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t do one.
[li] Interview: Went really well, I think we connected.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Small public charter school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese!
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NASA? Pageant?</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: No idea…I can’t believe I got in.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low SAT, school is fixed track.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know why…seriously @@
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere else.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Can’t wait to see you all at Penn!</p>

72

<p>Accepted! I will post details later!</p>

73

<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: seas
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:690 M:710 W:710
[</em>] SAT II: Maths:780 Physics: 800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No idea im an IB student
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank :S
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis)::S
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): well I just got a 42 this semester
[li] Senior Year Course Load: IB subjects: PHYSICS HL, CHEMISTRY HL, MATHEMATICS HL, ECONOMICS SL, FRENCH SL, ENGLISH SL.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Subjective:[ /b][ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim team captain, director of comm. service for interact club, varsity athletics: 2nd place in regional tournament, guitar, other stuff but im tooo jaded to mention them right now…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Some resrearch on pancreatic cancer cells not sure if that should be in the field below… or not :S
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: director of community service for the interact club so I’ve done alot of comm.service
[</em>] Summer Activities: built a school in Ethiopia for a deaf community
[<em>] Essays: well I had a typo in my supplement :S but my commonapp must have been good I suppose?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good i think
[<em>] Counselor Rec:good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: boarding school
[</em>] Ethnicity:AFRICAN
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Income Bracket: …very high…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t think I have any</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:I’m a really really active guy with an ivy league transcript
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT 1’s x.x omg…but I think they overlooked that since I have a strong transcript AND I received 100% in all components of A level mathematics…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: im pretty active, ive travelled around on community service ventures and even decided to complete my junior and senior years of college in a different country for the sake of the experience ( no parents involved…was tough getting them to agree to it…love em anyways <3)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: …ED…NO REGRETSSS WOOOOHOOO IM A FREAKING QUAKERRRRR NOOOOOWWW</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I made a typo in my essay so I was extremely happy coz I thought I would be deferred at best. Guess someone up there is looking out for me and decided to make the admissions officer a tiny bit more stressed out than usual :P</p>

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<p>DEFERRED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550/1600; 2350/2400 (superscore) 2320 (single sitting)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: Math2 (780), US History (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97UW/4.65W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/821
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on World History an US History, 4’s on APES and AP Art History and a 3 on Lang (oops) lol
IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, H. Econ, H. Anat., AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Gov (most rigorous load available)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Distiction, National Merit Commended, Student of the year awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Habitat for Humanity (president and co-founder), DECA (VP), Science Olympiad (Treasurer), Model UN, Varsity Tennis for 3 years (JV captain)
Job/Work Experience: I work as an admin. Asst. at an insurance place. 8 hr/wk
Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours
Summer Activities: Internship and got my work professionally published; I also took a physics course at UCLA
Essays: good but not excellent; they were definitely passionate thought
Teacher Recommendation: okay, nothing outstanding
Counselor Rec: probably a little better than generic
Additional Rec: from my research mentor; excellent
Interview: didn’t get one :frowning:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: Sandwich-maker
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
Reflection
Strengths: overall well-roundedness
Weaknesses: AP scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly thought I had a great shot of getting in… and I kinda blew off first semester of senior year. I’m not disappointed, just surprised</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: SEAS </p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b]</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): CR 780 M 700 R 800 one sitting: 2280

  • ACT: 34
  • SAT II: (canceled scores so idk)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (we rank by decile)
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 5 APWH 5 Environment 4 AP Language 4
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): none offered
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Gov, AP Chem and AP Lit
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really, just AP Scholar with Honors, and Bausch math and science award
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): just average, did computer engineering work, taught myself C++, am Editor-in-Chief of my school newspaper, did research, mock trial, varsity tennis and lots of violin. Nothing outstanding or “nationally recognized”

  • Job/Work Experience: worked for a newspaper (local) and was paid, opened a small business
  • Volunteer/Community service: Minimal but some.
  • Summer Activities: Internship with Local Supreme Court and worked in a lab
  • Essays: I like to think they were great, but I think they were just kind of average.
  • Teacher Recommendation: I know one was amazing because we are incredibly close, I look up to her for everything. The other one’s probably alright.
  • Counselor Rec: I have no idea!
  • Additional Rec: -
  • Interview: Nope!
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): NY

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Parochial, I’m the first to ever go to Penn although we’ve had Yalies and Cornellians
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender:Female
  • Income Bracket: less than 200,000 but more than 100,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None! I thought I was going to get a rejection for sure!
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: None really…

  • Weaknesses: Test Scores, GPA everything?
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea! I’m just so grateful have been given this chance and am astounded that I got in even though I was so underqualified! :frowning:
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pitt Honors College
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: I don’t know how I got in; seeing everyone who was accepted has humbled me. I’m still kind of scared that I’ll get an email that says something along the lines of “nevermind”. :frowning: This is a prime example of someone getting in who really was not that phenomenal and I hope to give future Penn hopefuls hope that there is always hope and that you don’t need a 2400 5.79 GPA and be able to play the violin with your toes, while blindfolded to get in. I’ve never been more grateful in my life. :)</p>

<p>For all those who were accepted, I am excited to befriend you! For those rejected, smart intelligent people will always succeed, a school can’t change that. And for all those deferred, good luck and I hope to see you join Penn15!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2340 (770 Math, 770 Reading, 800 writing)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 770 physics 770 Math II 790 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.8/100 on the Canadian system
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, Advanced Functions, Economics, English, Accounting, Intl. Business, AP Physics and Chemistry,
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Awards (school and regional champions and the like) for various Math competitions in Ontario, finalist in several business competitions and stock market competitions (won money prizes for the latter).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Club (President), Tycoon (business) club (President), Reach for the Top Club (President), DECA club (Liaison officer).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Waiter
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at Ontario games and school library
[</em>] Summer Activities: none
[<em>] Essays: Common app was good (I think), Why Penn was slightly above avg
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but most likely generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read but most likely generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: went very well; it lasted for 2 hours and the interviewer told me about a party for accepted Penn students.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ontario
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:100-200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, GPA, Interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s, recommendations, lack of AP courses
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:lack of very good EC’s or recommendations, International applicant, ORM.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere else yet</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I guess I won’t be going to that Penn students party. I was hoping for at least a deferral…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS </p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b]
SAT I (breakdown): 620 CR 780 M 790 W [2190]
ACT: 33
SAT II: 750 Math II 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk unweighted, but 4.25 weighted (out of 4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #4 out of 410, top 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): did not submit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 2 Honors, pretty rigorous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book Award, Lang. Arts Award, Honor Roll, Community Service Awards</p>

<p>**Subjective:[ /b]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, hospital volunteering, peer leadership, lacrosse, tutoring
Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s Cashier for 2 years, gotta love it… Grocery Store Cashier now
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteering, NHS community service projects, preschool volunteer for kids with special needs
Summer Activities: Nothing really
Essays: Really Good
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, probably good
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Didn’t have one.</p>

<p>**Other[ /b]
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public High School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: wont qualify for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i’ve overcome a learning disability & hearing impairment… if that counts</p>

<p>**Reflection[ /b]
Strengths: GPA/ class rank, Recs, Essays, character traits
Weaknesses: CR SAT score, not really any leadership, no engineering or science related activities
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay explains what i’ve overcome, good grades & recs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NOWHERE! Penn is my one and only :wink: hehe</p>

<p>**General Comments:[ /b]
I AM SO HAPPY & SURPRISED! Congrats everyone who got in! Those of you who got deferred or rejected, keep your heads up, it will all be okay in the end! Never give up! Good luck!</p>

<p>those of you who have not yet applied, the key is making your application stand out… you have to prove to Penn why YOU, over all others, deserve to get in.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred
School applied to: Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 R, 710 W, 770 M (1530/2240)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIc, 750 Bio-M, 710 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (Top 25%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 1 Honor, 3 College courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate, Badminton, Graphic Design, Student Leadership, ec.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Korean school volunteer for 3 years / 5 hrs a week + assistant teacher
[</em>] Summer Activities: Asia, had to stay at hospital with parents (mother is diseased.)
[<em>] Essays: Not sure.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Stellar
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Not so great.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male<br>
[</em>] Income Bracket: $125,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen in America?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay / Recommendatinos
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA / SAT
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: I guess I wasn’t too amazing with my GPA. Sigh.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Good luck everyone…
I’m giving up on Penn. Time to pursue Northwestern Kellogg’s / NYU Stern!</p>

79

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): superscore 2120 W750 11 essay CR740 M630
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Literature 800 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91/4.73
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/143
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) AP Language (4) AP Euro (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Psych, Hn Theatre Arts IV, Independent Study, Hn French 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of club for social and environmental awareness, 640+ hrs of community service at a camp I’ve been going to since I was 5, lots of environment related ECs, TONS of theatre involvement, history clubs, agh i can’t list all of them because I’m so excited but a lot
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid intern at a camp
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tons.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to france on a language exchange program, oneon one shadowing of a congressman
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were great, they got a lot of really really good reviews. Why Penn was super heartfelt.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Great, they both knew me really well, I’m BFF with one of them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I don’t really know though I don’t know her that well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: One from my camp leader, I’m sure it was good.
[li] Interview: I thought it went really well. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): AMERICA
[<em>] School Type: public magnet, pretty good school, really competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: standardized test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know, I genuinely thought I would be rejected and my birthday is tomorrow and this is the best present EVER! I could not be happier. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NONE UPENN ED!!! </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Also, a word to those who thought penn was superficial, its obviously not, I think I pretty well exemplify that. </p>

<p>A word to those who are reading this in a year, good luck. I’m honestly a pretty normal girl and I can’t believe that this is happening to me now. Try your hardest, and don’t give up. </p>

<p>A word to my fellow 2015 EDers I CANT WAIT TO MEET YOU!</p>

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<p>I’ll post my stats here too (in other one as well)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: Huntsman Program</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 36
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Spanish Reading, 750 USH, 750 Lit
[<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): English Lit (5), USH (5), taking Calc BC, Bio, Spanish Lang, and Spanish Lit this year
[</em>] 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, NMSF</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 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
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Referee for sport I compete in
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not too much, Special Olympics volunteering and activities through clubs at school
[</em>] Summer Activities: Political internship one summer (for Congressman during Senate campaign), lived in Spain another summer, Stanford EPGY two summers (Java/Robotics and Economics)
[<em>] 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
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably both great though one would’ve been more focused on the Huntsman subject area than the other (didn’t see)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good (didn’t see)
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: No interview</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State: PA
[</em>] School Type: Small, highly competitive private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income bracket: High, did not apply for aid
[</em>] Hook (if any): Recruited, Legacy, parent on faculty, pretty extensive international traveling (maybe for Huntsman?)</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Hooks, ACT, ECs, generally solid essay writer
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not too much business experience maybe?
[<em>] 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 up a lot of time
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Likely letter/ED so nowhere! Recruited by HYPS (+Duke, Northwestern, Columbia and some others) [/ul]</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone accepted, I can’t wait to meet you next year! And to everyone rejected or deferred: it’ll all work out in the end :)</p>