Official University of Pennsylvania Class of 2015 ED Decisions Thread

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81

<p>Decision: Accepted
Wharton
</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): superscore-2190, 10 ESSAY (670CR, 800M, 720W), best in one sitting-2170
ACT: 35 (34E, 34M, 34R, 36S) 10 ESSAY
SAT II: 750MathII, 700USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/350ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4), Lang (4), taking
Senior Year Course Load: APs – Euro, Calc AB, Psych, Gov, and Macro, rest are honors</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (member 4 years, officer for 3 years, president of chapter senior year and secretary of region senior year), French Club, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Pizza Hut, Sears Electronics Associate. Worked 2 jobs over the summer
Volunteer/Community service: Not much, helped with numerous red cross blood drive, led volunteers at one
Summer Activities: two jobs, not much time for any other activities. Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week (PFEW) summer 2009
Essays: I thought they were phenomenal, definitely creative
Teacher Recommendation: one was great, other was good
Counselor Rec: i didnt see it, but she has loved me for all four years. she claims i am her best student
Interview: none?</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: very smart Public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 60K combined family income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college student :)</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, GPA, essays, my hook, job experience
Weaknesses: okay SAT and Recs, APs, not much volunteering
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i guess everything about my app screams WHARTON
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere yet :slight_smile:
General Comments:
SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF PENN15 :slight_smile: CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL :slight_smile: AND CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN!</p>

82

<p>Did u find out???</p>

83

<p>Accepted to SEAS!!! So happy right now! Maybe I’ll post my stats later.</p>

84

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

<p>**Objective:[ /b][ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hard
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of social justice/service oriented leadership positions, school newspaper, varsity swimming, club sports, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 600 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Ligeguard/swim instructor
[<em>] Essays: I didn’t like my Common App essay, but my Penn supplement was good I guess.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic probably
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: Pretty normal I suppose, I had a lot of questions which was good.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private/Preparatory/Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >500,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, passion in social justice/service
[</em>] Weaknesses: Common App essay perhaps?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly I have no idea, probably URM woops :wink:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m super excited to meet you all!</p>

85

<p>[size=+2][color=green]** Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]School applied to: CAS[ /size]</p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 700 M 710 W 670, 1410/2080
[ *] ACT: DNT
[ *] SAT II: US History 700, Lit 740, Math 2 640 (I think?)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure, 4.04 weighted (not a ton offered at my school)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/190 (I was top 5% til a new school was built and class split)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment/AP Calc and College Writing, Honors Physics, Business Mentorship Program at JMU, Advanced Choir, Jazz Band, Honors Government
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots of acting, best actor/honors actor for District, Regional and VTA (Virginia Theater Association) type stuff. Some academic stuff too, but nothing HUGE</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mostly theater, I also have lacrosse, football, and tennis (the last of which is still current for me). I’m the actor/singer of my school. My main ECs involve musical/play leads along with Drama Club President and some other club involvement
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Various stuff, Haunted Cave at national park, running chains for junior league football, environmental pick-ups, things like that. I don’t have any that have monster hours in them, but I do have a good variety that adds up.
[ *] Summer Activities: VA Summer Residential Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts (That’s definitely my biggest, and I scored highest out of my county in the adjudication) Other than that, some theater, learning piano, my own ways of being productive for the most part
[ *] Essays: I’m in the upper crust of my school’s toughest English class as a writer, and I went through multiple drafts. My personal was VERY personal and dear to me; it spoke of a huge ongoing struggle in my life. My Why Penn was very heartfelt, with parallels to Ben Franklin and earnest interests/speculations pertaining to my potential time at Penn.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One Glowing (drama teacher) and one that was also pretty darn braggy (my college writing teacher)
[ *] Counselor Rec: The counselor this year was new, but I had some good chats with her. She pretty much hit my good ECs and explained one of the lighter aspects of my course load.
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: None</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I know of… Maybe low income?</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: Theater EC, Summer Gov School, Essays
[ *] Weaknesses: SATs, Courseload/GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly think it was my essays, my area’s level of competition, and the amount of info I soaked in at my visit to Penn
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b] For those who were not accepted, admissions are basically a crap shoot; the information I posted above can surely attest to that. Your work ethic and open mind will get you further than any degree, Ivy or otherwise, could.</p>

<p>To those who did get accepted, I look forward to romping with you in Philly!</p>

86

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

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 720 math 720 writing 630 reading

  • ACT:
  • SAT II: 680 math 1 history 750
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): (School places a max on how many APs we can take) History-4
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: Ap stat ap lit ap calc ab
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too many

  • Job/Work Experience: Work at someplace during summer
  • Volunteer/Community service:
  • Summer Activities:
  • Essays: great
  • Teacher Recommendation:g
  • Counselor Rec:
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview:great
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

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

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type:small
  • Ethnicity:
  • Gender:m
  • Income Bracket:
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): had a hook but did not work out
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: i had a good hook

  • Weaknesses: sat scores i suppose
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments</p>

<p>Sorry for being blunt. Not in the mood to be all happy, but I am not so upset either. I was never sure whether Penn was my top school, and I told all my friends that I hope to be deffered and then accepted. Just annoying that I was the only one rejected from my school and that I now have to try for the remainder of the semester. Congratulations to all!</p>

87

<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Wharton School of Business</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 math, 770 writing, 760 reading)

  • ACT: 36
  • SAT II: 800 bio, 800 math ii, 730 lit
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/740
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5’s (literature, calculus bc, psychology, government, world history, biology, statistics)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): /
  • Senior Year Course Load: all honors/AP courses
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit scholar?
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): leadership team at church (chairperson), badminton team (possible captain), math team, science olympiad, club badminton

  • Job/Work Experience: hostess at a chinese restaurant
  • Volunteer/Community service: missions trips in the summer at downtown chicago
  • Summer Activities: internship at argonne laboratory, work, missions trips
  • Essays: great! worked so hard on these…started them in the summer.
  • Teacher Recommendation: great! opted out of reading them.
  • Counselor Rec: great! opted out of reading them.
  • Additional Rec: /
  • Interview: /
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

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

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public
  • Ethnicity: asian
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: 150-200k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): /
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: TRANSCRIPT (i worked really hard in high school…straight A’s and A+'s, few A-'s,) and essays. :slight_smile:

  • Weaknesses: awards, leadership
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably my transcript
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: /
    </code></pre>

<p>can’t wait to meet you all!!! class of 2015 :)</p>

88

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

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown):800 math 710 writing 730 reading</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 math 2, US history 710, Chem 720</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): (School places a max on how many APs we can take) Gov and Politics-5, US History-5, Chem-5, Eng Lang/Comp-5</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Ap stat ap bio ap calc bc ap physics c</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Phi Beta Kappa, National Merit Semifinalist</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle scouts, SPL, big hiking stuff, community service), trumpet (several awards), piano, unique clubs</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:</li>
<li>Summer Activities:Duke TIP, hiking stuff</li>
<li>Essays: great (I thought</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation:great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:I thought it would be great. </li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview:great (I thought)</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant):GA</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type:small</li>
<li>Ethnicity: mixed asian and hispanic</li>
<li>Gender:m</li>
<li>Income Bracket:</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): had a hook but did not work out</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: i dunno</li>
<li>Weaknesses: don’t wanna judge that</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments
How was I not even deferred?</p>

89

<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2240- 740 reading, 780 math, 720 writing
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:Math II 780, US History 780, Chem 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%, 345 students in my class
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):in IB, no scores yet
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Calculus, IB Physics Themes, IB English 4, IB Psychology, IB Chem, IB Spanish 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Sports, Habitat For Humanity, Science League, Relay For Life (captain and committee head)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer @ Brown, Spanish Immersion Program, 2 Classes at Boston University
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I know him really well because he is also my swim coach
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: good hooks
[</em>] Weaknesses: Chem SAT II
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know and I don’t care because all that matters is that I was accepted =)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: So freakin happy you have no idea =)</p>

90

<p>[size=+2][color=red]**Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]School applied to: wharton[ /size]</p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 W/M/R 700/800/650
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 800/800/740 math2,physics,bio:m
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.971
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/481
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):9 AP’s by senior year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Good
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Decent
[ *] Summer Activities: Good
[ *] Essays: Porbably horrible
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: no idea
[ *] Counselor Rec: no idea
[ *] Additional Rec: really good
[ *] Interview: decent</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: taiwanese
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 100-160k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti-hook: asian</p>

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

<p>[ /list]**General Comments: Affirmative Action should be abolished[ /b]</p>

91

<p>

<size=+2><color=green><b>Decision: Accepted< /b>[ /color][ /size]
<size=+1>School applied to:CAS< /size></size=+1></b></color=green></size=+2></p><b>

<p><b>Objective:< /b><list>
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR 780 W 740 M
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 740 Biology, 740 World History, 720 US History, 690 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/458
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), World History (5), Biology (4), Chemistry (4), US History (5), Psychology (5), Language and Composition (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Calculus BC, AP Government, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics C E&M, AP French 5, AP Literature and Composition
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar with Honor</list></b></p><b>

<p>< /list><b>Subjective:< /b><list>
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Book Club (Co-founder and co-president), Beta Club (vice president), Model UN (co-president), Mu Alpha Theta (secretary), French Honor Society (secretary), National Honor Society, English Honor Society, French Club, Dance (14 years-ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, modern: 23 hours a week), Piano (11 years)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, volunteer work through Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta, French Honor Society, Book Club and National Honor Society
[ *] Summer Activities: Ballet Summer Intensives (since 6th grade)
[ *] Essays: I think good–very Penn specific
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Waived my rights
[ *] Counselor Rec: large public school–no idea
[ *] Additional Rec: dance teacher: very good
[ *] Interview: brief (about 25 minutes) but I guess it went well!</list></b></p><b>

<p>< /list><b>Other< /b><list>
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: large public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k +
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy (mom), sister at Penn</list></b></p><b>

<p>< /list><b>Reflection< /b><list>
[ *] Strengths: valedictorian, extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT IIs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: University of Georgia, waitlisted/rejected: nowhere!</list></b></p><b>

<p>< /list><b>General Comments:< /b> Congratulations to those accepted and good luck to everyone who was deferred or rejected!

</b></p><b>
</b></b></b></b></b></b>

92

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

<p>So soooo so excited to meet you all, fellow Quakers!</p>

93

<p>To all of those who received rejections from Penn: I am so sorry. I know you feel terrible and empty, but I just wanted to give you some good news – the pain wears off soon. I am a year ahead of you. This time next year you are going to be in an amazing college and loving life. I promise. Every person I know who didn’t get accepted into their first choice ends up loving the school they attend. So many of these people say things like, “I had no idea how much I’d love __________; I am so glad I came here.” </p>

<p>So please don’t use one decision as a basis to judge yourself. The admissions process is not perfect. Some luck is involved. But you will be alright soon. You’re a great person with a lot of talent, and today’s decision will only make you stronger! That much I can promise you.</p>

94

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

<p>**Objective:[ /b][ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2310 (790CR, 800M, 720W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 690 Lit, 760 MII, 700 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Class Not Ranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Spanish 5, Art History 4, US Government 5, 4 more pending.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs (Stat, Psych, Calc AB), 2 Honors, 2 Regular
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-finalist (as of now), Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Crew (Team Captain), NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Athletes for Charity, 3 or 4 more minor clubs.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 Hrs, mostly done at a nursing home.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Competitive Summer Rowing Camp
[<em>] Essays:Pretty good, about (8/10)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One great, one pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Went very well, talked for about an hour and a half, very positive experience for both of us.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):N/A
[<em>] School Type: Well Ranked Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good hooks and decent ECs and SAT </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I am in absolute shock. This entire experience is surreal. I’ll see everyone who got accepted next fall! Those of you who were deferred or denied keep your head up, I’m sure you’ll all end up at great schools. GO QUAKERS, PENN 15!!! :)</p>

95

<p>Congratulations to Class of '15! Now you can sit back and relax (and laugh at your friends while they sweat through RD). You did it!</p>

96

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS (intended major: International Relations)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2230- 770 reading, 740 math, 720 writing
ACT:
SAT II:Math II 700, US History 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%, 570 students in my class
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5/5/5/5/5/4/4/3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP distinction, little things, nothing major</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Tons of community service and volunteering and mission trips, Debate, Marching Band, political campaign internships, at risk youth coordinator, etc…
Job/Work Experience: Worked as the coordinator at an at risk centre
Volunteer/Community service: A LOT
Summer Activities: law office internship, marching band camps, etc
Essays: I think this was my strongest portion of the application. Common app talked about being a witness to child slaves and learning to love others without patronizing them
Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t read them
Counselor Rec: Haven’t read them
Additional Rec:
Interview: Via SKYPE - it went well, it wasn’t some intellectually charged conversation or anything, but we did talk about international issues and such for about an hour. </p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): CANADA!
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian<br>
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~90,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays. The whole, “tell what you can bring to the Penn community, and not just what you want from it” is entirely true, IMO
Weaknesses: SAT scores (I had a couple more SAT IIs in the low 600s and my 2230 is superscored)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: All I know is that I worked hard, and I’m grateful that they saw that.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>General Comments: Very Very happy. Good financial aid, also.</p>

97

<p>ACCEPTED :slight_smile:
Happiest day ever!!!
can’t wait to meet everyone!</p>

<p>for those defered/reject, i know you heard it many times but you will end up somewhere amazing! looking at some of the stats of people rejected/deferred, i have no idea how i got in!</p>

<p>will post stats later</p>

98

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: Roy and Diana Vagelos </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800,800,800) - one sitting
ACT:NA
SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem - 770, US History - 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA : 4.54
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis):Chem (5), Bio (5), Eng. Lang (5), USH (5), Stat (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Euro, AP Comp Sci, physics honors, human anatomy and physiology, Monsters in Literature Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
Subjective:Decent, although I thought my penn supplement for the Vagelos LSM was really good.</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant):NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Medium Public, very competitive
Ethnicity:Chinese
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:Pretty high up there.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited Athlete (although I’m not sure if it played a part in the decision for Vagelos)</p>

<p>Strengths:SAT, Weighted GPA, Fencing, Essays
Weaknesses:UW GPA, other ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong essay, fencing, SAT, grades</p>

<p>General Comments: I knew beforehand that I was accepted into CAS because of fencing, but the Vagelos part was a complete mystery until today. I doubt that athletics helped me very much for Vagelos since they are very selective.</p>

99

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (740 CR, 780 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 710 chemistry, 730 french, 790 math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): chemistry (5), english language (5), us history (4), french (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP economics, AP calc AB, AP bio, french literature, english
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): uh…ap scholar with honor, national merit commended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): club that donates to local hospitals (president), athletic training (everyday after school), french honor society, photography, tutoring
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: over 300 hours at hospital getting prescriptions for patients and keeping them company
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: went well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private, very competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: ec’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: i’m kind of heartbroken.</p>

100

<p>Decision: Accepted, M&T</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740 CR, 770 M, 790 W, 10 E)
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 US History, 800 Math II, 740 Biology M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/316
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eleven 5s, one 4, one 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] 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</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] 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
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] 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
[</em>] Summer Activities: taking classes for fun and broing it out
[<em>] 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
[</em>] 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
[<em>] 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.
[</em>] 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.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet arts school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] 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?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] 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
[</em>] Weaknesses: I had absolutely no major awards (disregarding National AP Scholar and NMSF); I had no extracurriculars at ALL in engineering or business
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to Auburn a few weeks ago with a full ride (assuming I get NMF)</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: </p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>