Official University of Pennsylvania Class of 2015 ED Decisions Thread

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

<p>[size=+1]School applied to:[ /size] SEAS and CAS: Artificial Intelligence</p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):None
[ *] ACT:30 (34E, 27 M, 32 R, 27 S)
[ *] SAT II: Bad, bad, and worse- did not send them
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):U.S. History, Calculus, Bio, Literature, Psychology
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Calculus, Spanish V
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Let’s just say i was the pres. of EVERYTHING, but i actually enjoyed it
[ *] Job/Work Experience:work in a clothing store, INTENSE research at a major research institution
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:1000 + hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Nerd Camps and Volunteer work
[ *] Essays:About learning to become comfortable with myself. My supp. essay was boss.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Bothe AMAZING
[ *] Counselor Rec:Fantastic
[ *] Additional Rec:From my mentor- did not read
[ *] Interview: Really good!</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Midwest
[ *] Country (if international applicant):US
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:AA
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket:mid. class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, met with a couple of people in admissions</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:Essays, Activities, GPA, Recs
[ *] Weaknesses:Test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:God took a big “achu” in my application!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Penn ED</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b] I’m sooooo excited, but sad that none of my friends got into their ed schools :(</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):2250- 680 reading, 770 math, 800 writing

  • ACT:
  • SAT II:Math II 770, Chem 700
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/ 500
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (chem) 4 (English)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: Intensive
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended, debate (national), research (state) music violin (state)
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Debate (president), Research, music,

  • Job/Work Experience nil
  • Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours
  • Summer Activities:
  • Essays: Think they were decent
  • Teacher Recommendation: Pretty Good
  • Counselor Rec: think decent
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview: went extremely well
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

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

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: >100 K
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i think research
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: research, national and state awards

  • Weaknesses: Chem SAT II
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: research, national and state awards
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: Looks like there were too many good candidates this time and went rough to many otherwise extremely good candidates. Congrats to everyone who got accepted, Good luck to others in other good colleges/ RD.</p>

103

<p>wait, how do you know if you’ve been rejected or deferred?</p>

104

<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS
Schools applied to: SEAS, M&T</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II - 780, Physics - 800, US - 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.50
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), Physics C: E&M (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Calculcus BC (5), Music Theory (5), Comp Sci (5), English Lang (5), World (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP English Lit, AP Euro, AP Bio, Spanish (took Multi + Linear Algebra junior year)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band, Ultimate Frisbee, Science Olympiad
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Music Mentoring Leader
[</em>] Summer Activities: Minimal - some jazz/piano stuff and CTY
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: At least one was pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Very good
[li] Interview: Good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian/Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High-middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Rigor of course load, standardized testing, focused extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m slightly disappointed about M&T, but this way I’ll actually have a life! PENN 15!</p>

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<p>count through post #104:</p>

<p>Admitted - 37
Deferred - 10
Rejected - 16</p>

<p>CC Admit Rate = 59%</p>

<p>pretty damn good</p>

<p>Congrats to all of those accepted and welcome to the the penn community! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1760 (i know that it is low - I get very nervous. In the practice test i got between 1940 and 2090)
[</em>] SAT II: 790 an 640 (run out of time - left many empty)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesnt have
[li] British A LEVELS: predicted A A A A B</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): have been playing the piano for 10 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: translator in 3 languages. Worked as a secretary/assistant in summer as well
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:volunteer every week for 3/4 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: worked as a translator
[<em>] Essays:good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: ok - didnt read it but i dont expect much from it - i was new
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ok - didnt read it but i dont expect much from it - i was new
[</em>] Additional Rec: —
[li] Interview:—</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Lived in 3 countries
[<em>] School Type: Private school and this year online
[</em>] Ethnicity: white - Arab
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: very low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No idea. Maybe having lived in 3 countries, speaking 4 languages fluently, having attended 9 schools … </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: a-level and GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT i did really bad. I get very nervous
[<em>] Why you think you were rejected: sat
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: only one so far</p>

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

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>School applied to: M&T and then Early Wharton if M&T said “no” or “wait”</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: Math 800 CR 730 Writing 700 2230
SAT II: Math 1 790, Math 2 800, Biology 750 World History 750
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: #1 of 318
AP: BC CALC (5), AB CALC (5), AP EURO (5), AP BIO (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics B [HS doesn’t offer C versions], AP Stats, AP Gov, AP English Lit, French 9
Major Awards: Nothing National / Many State Awards in Mathematics, Mu Alpha Theta, FBLA, Qualified for AIME in 2010, Rotary Award, National Merit, AP Scholar.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: (President) of FBLA Chapter and Math Club both Junior and Senior year, (Officer at Large FBLA Sophomore year, Knowledge Bowl, Varsity Golf 3 years [JV 1] with dozens of individual golf tournaments away from HS League play. Qualified for State Championshp for 2011 (2.5 Handicap), NHS, Leadership Team with large youth group in my community. </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Summer Employment as a Legal Assistant Intern and an Accounting Intern at two different firms.
Volunteer/Community service: Lots. Won two highly regarding Community Service recognition awards, service work with homeless, soup kitchens, native american nation camp, South LA youth facility [I’m from WA State]
Summer Activities: Boys State, WA Business Week [twice], Summer Mission Trips, Lots of work and lots of golf.
Essays: I spent twice as much time on mine for Penn than any others. My Passion for Penn were Wharton, SEAS, M&T and the Community Service outreach Penn has with Philly. The latter was heavy focus of my essay as its so important to me.
Teacher Recommendation: Should be very solid.
Counselor Rec: Should be very solid [don’t have access to read either]
Additional Rec: Didn’t submit from my FBLA Advisor and now wish I had.
Interview: Went well - also an M&T Alumni / lasted nearly 2 hrs</p>

<p>Other
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Needed some Aid
Hooks: None really as Golf Coach pretty emphatic he wanted golfers at or below what I shoot.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, Personality & Character [or so I’m told], Top at my school in grades taking more APs than any other student,
Weaknesses: Not really sure - Kind of frustrated figuring that one out.
Why you think you were deferred: My HS is one of the top publics in the state, but is regarded more for strengths in liberal arts and fine arts than it is in mathematics and sciences. It only offers 9 AP classes [I will have taken all but AP Fine Art]. No offering of AP Economics at my HS probably hurt me. Perhaps deferred from M&T as I haven’t yet taken AP Chem and AP Physics until now [getting A’s in all 5 of my APs with 4 weeks to go]. Will need to take SAT II Chem for another school and perhaps they’ll look at January sitting as it should arrive same time as my mid-year report.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Georgia Tech, Deferred Penn, Awaiting early action responses on Michigan and MIT. Regular Applications to Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Stanford, ??.
General Comments:
Need to find out if they’ll still look at me for M&T Regular or if I’m simply only able to be viewed for Wharton.</p>

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

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I: 2300, Breakdown is pretty even
[ *] ACT: –
[ *] SAT II: Math IIC 800, Chemistry 800, Bio E: 770, USHistory: 760
[ *] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 5’s and 1 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP, 1 College Course
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, LOL</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of several clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Business internship
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club and others
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Amazing
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very Very Good
[ *] Additional Rec: Very Good
[ *] Interview: — (I live in inactive committee region)</p>

<p>Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: ASIAN (Chinese)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): —</p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Lots of leadership, great test scores, great recommendations
[ *] Weaknesses: No interview, I thought that interview would’ve helped me a lot since I have an outgoing personality
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Look at my strengths
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My first college notification =]</p>

<p>General Comments: Good luck to all of you. For those who got in. Penn’15! And for those Whartonites, we’re gonna take over the world! hahaha</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 630
[li] SAT Math: 800[/li][li] SAT Writing: 800[/li][li] SAT Total: 2230[/li][li] SAT II: 770 Math II, 750 Physics, 740 Biology E, 720 Chemistry[/li][</em>] ACT: 35 Composite(36 Math, 36 Science, 34 Reading, 33 English)
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores:
8 Total:
5

[list]
[li]Chemistry[/li][</em>]Physics C: Mechanics
[<em>]English Language & Composition
[</em>]Calculus BC
[/ul]
4

  • [<em>]Biology
    [</em>]Statistics
    [<em>]MicroEconomics

3

[ul]
[li]Computer Science A[/li][/ul]

[</em>] GPA weighted: **4.69<a href=“5.0%20maximum”>/b</a>
[<em>] GPA unweighted: **~3.70<a href=“school%20does%20not%20calculate”>/b</a>
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 17/520, top 4%</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Important ECs: (3 Season Varsity) - Varsity Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Stock Club, Science League, JSA
[</em>] Volunteering: 400 hrs volunteering out of school
[<em>] Summer: 2 week Engineering program, running for XC
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp-pretty good(7/10), Why Penn-decent(8/10)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: (English/Chemistry)Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: N/A
[</em>] Interview?: Went pretty well, about an hour long</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public (In a selective Magnet-type Program)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Between 150k and 200k
[</em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Did not apply for any
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Anti-Hooks (if any): ORM in NJ</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):
Strengths: Test Scores(ACT,APs,SAT IIs, SAT Math/Writing), Number of APs taken, ECs, Have a few awards
Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA, SAT Critical Reading score:(, Indian Male from NJ applying to SEAS</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congratulations to everyone who got in
For those of you deferred/rejected, good luck when the 2nd wave comes around</p>

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<p>Rejected… too sad to post stats</p>

111

<p>ACCEPTED to NURSING AND HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT!!!</p>

<p>Will post stats later!</p>

<p>This is crazy!!!</p>

112

<p>Decision: Accepted
SEAS (MKSE)</p>

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I: –
[ *] ACT: 33 (36 science)
[ *] SAT II: Math II 770, Chemistry 730
[ *] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP, 1 College Course
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Rowing 4 years (junior national team), engineering team 4 years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts
[ *] Summer Activities: Rowing, classes
[ *] Essays: Amazing
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, but assuming it was good
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: n/a (unofficial with Dr. Kearns, head of the program)</p>

<p>Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CT
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Did not apply for any
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: Pseudo, could not get me into MKSE
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): —</p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: great recommendations, double legacy, meeting with Dr. Kearns
[ *] Weaknesses: freshman year gpa, lack of diversity in extracurriculars<br>
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: meeting with Dr. Kearns
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only place I applied…</p>

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<p>kearns was one of my favorite profs at penn :)</p>

114

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770 math, 730 writing, 610 reading (this really scared me) (superscored) 2 sittings
ACT: -
SAT II: 790 math2, 690 chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AB calc(5), BC calc(5), Stat (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap physics c, ap compsci, ap spanish, ap econ, english, philosophy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): scholar athlete…</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP), FBLA, rubik’s cube (i teach elementry school kids and started a club at my school), i ride a 7 foot tall giraffe unicycle, youth group VP, 3 years soccer varsity starter, Varsity tennis, SCUBA dive
Job/Work Experience: lawn care
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at elementry schools and give rubik’s demos
Summer Activities: spent the summer in Israel volunteering
Essays: GOOD! I did my common ap one on the cube and how it’s shaped my way of thinking, my penn one was VERY penn specific
Teacher Recommendation: I think good
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec:
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: around 3,000
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, grades
Weaknesses: standardized testing
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my unique activities
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: for all of you who are dismayed by your test scores, there’s alot more to it than that. I was always nervous about mine (especially the 610 cr and 690 chem), but show that your passionate and why you truly want to attend upenn. Congrats to the class of 2015 and i can’t wait!</p>

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<p>From the few times I’ve met him he seems like a really great guy and I cannot wait to have him as a professor.</p>

116

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

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (CR-780, M-760, W-800)

  • ACT: 34
  • SAT II: Math II-720, Physics-800, U.S. History-770
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 742
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (5), U.S. History (4), Lang/Comp (4), World History (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics SL (6), Spanish B (5)
  • Senior Year Course Load: IB Psychology, AP Calculus BC, IB World Literature, Chemistry I H, IB Government, symphonic band, marching band
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist, music-flute (state/national)
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): symphonic band (1st chair), marching band (section leader), symphony orchestra (principal flutist), Spanish honors club (secretary), NHS

  • Job/Work Experience: interned at local city hall over the summer
  • Volunteer/Community service: tutor elementary school kids, Red Cross
  • Summer Activities: see above
  • Essays: common app-about diversity, Penn-very specific, unique
  • Teacher Recommendation: math and physics - pretty good?
  • Counselor Rec: great!
  • Additional Rec: n/a
  • Interview: n/a
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

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

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public
  • Ethnicity: Korean
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: $100,000-120,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation college
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: GPA, rank, music (I also sent a music supplement)

  • Weaknesses: ethnicity, extracurriculars other than music
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay, music
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 1st notification!
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments:
I can’t believe this happened!!!</p>

117

<p>rejected and very disappointed.</p>

118

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 Superscore (800 CR, 750 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34 E, 35 M, 33 R, 33 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US Hist., 790 Math IIC, 730 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.44 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/576
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Euro, Chem, Calc, Bio, Eng. Lang., USH and a 3 on French Lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP psych, AP Gov, AP Studio Art, AP Physics C, AP Eng Lit., Multivariable Calculus/Differential Equations, Anatomy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team(Captain), Clothing Company(Founder), Academic Team(Captain), NHS(President), Varsity Tennis
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None (Although I did have unpaid Internships)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 80 hours at an Aquarium
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship at a Graphic Design Firm and with a Wealth Management Firm
[<em>] Essays: Common App: Good, about my Clothing Company, Why Penn: Also good, about the various things I want to explore, haha.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Bio and History Teacher, I assume they were at least generic, but probably pretty decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably very generic, had a switch of GC’s in junior year
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Good, almost 2 hours so I guess that means it was good.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Probably too high for Fin aid, but not enough for it to be easy to pay
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, ECs, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Almost zero Community Service,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it came down to my essays and EC’s, my interview might have helped, or it could all be luck who knows, who cares.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO WHERE, I AM DONE</p>

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

<p>Let me leave a few words for all of those who will apply next year. Here is my advice, you must do great academically, so hardest courses with best grades. Then get good test scores. Now you have finished the prerequisites. Now do the things that interest outside of school, the only thing on my app that I did specifically for college was the community service, and I hated every second of it. Then when applying find that one thing that you do that makes you completely different from every other applicant, and stress that in your essays, then maybe you get in, I am so happy that I got in, but it could have easily gone the other way. This is possibly the best day ever, just awesome.</p>

<p>Oh, and I have never won any national awards, just regional and district stuff, so succeed in your area and you will be fine.</p>

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<p>Irrelevant comment: I knew Wikiman was gonna get in. XD</p>

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<p>@bluee Haha, I shouldn’t ruin the flow of the decision thread, but yeah everyone who knows me told me that I would get in, the only person who didn’t think that was me, I am glad I was wrong. </p>

<p>Congratulations to all who got in, and for those who were deferred or rejected, I won’t say that wherever you end up is where you are meant to be, cause I don’t believe that, BUT wherever you do go, I don’t doubt it that you will be successful, that is what I was thinking before I checked the decision, that wherever I go, I know that in the end, I will still end up sucessful, maybe even more. So yeah it sucks, but you will be successful.</p>