<p>has anyone received an official e mail from Penn yet ??</p>
<p>About 2/3 of the CC applicants got accepted. That is an absolutely insane statistic. Great job.</p>
<p>Holy cow, Penn. Congratulations on all of the acceptances!</p>
<p>My kid was deferred.</p>
<p>GPA 4.98/5.33
GPA after freshman year 5.14/5.33
Rank - Top 5% overall
Rank - Top 2% after freshman year</p>
<p>(His high school is a tough place, as pretty much everybody in the top 10% is an Ivy caliber student with 99th percentile ACT scores.)</p>
<p>ACT - 35</p>
<p>Taking 6 AP classes currently, always had the toughest possible schedule</p>
<p>5 Varsity letters, including being on State champ soccer team and competing in State finals for track.</p>
<p>Studies piano at a music academy.</p>
<p>Legacy.</p>
<p>Things have changed. In my day, no legacy with a test score that was higher than the university average would ever get rejected. Legacies got cut big breaks. </p>
<p>An athlete he knows got accepted … ACT 28 (on the third attempt), 3.5 UW, has never taken an AP class. The athlete thing is different alright.</p>
<p>Posting for my son</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 34 (math: 35, english: 36, reading: 30, science: 36, writing: 10)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Biology, 760 US History, 710 Chemistry, 660 Physics, 620 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 UW, 4.65 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank (CA ELC means 4%, probably top 2%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5) US History (5) Calc/AB (5) Euro (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc/BC, AP Chem, AP Stat, AP Comp Gov, Econ, Biotech, Expository Writing, Architectural Design (UC required art class)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, various school academic awards, 2nd place local science fair, AP Scholar, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Alliance (communications officer), NHS (tutoring chair), CYO Basketball, League Baseball, noncompetitive weightlifting
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Senior Citizen aide, volunteer at Sports Medicine Center
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Interact (3 years), work at local animal shelter
[</em>] Summer Activities: JV Basketball, NYLF Medicine
[<em>] Essays: Thought they were great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, probably excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, probably excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Felt like it went quite well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, large, highly competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, tests, legacy, visited Penn during summer from CA and talked with faculty
[</em>] Weaknesses: No major awards, ACT reading
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: academics, essay, legacy, strong focus on my goals
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math (800) / CR (750) / Writing (770)
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: Chem (760) / US Hist (720) / Math II (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.09 out of 4.5
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist (5) / Statistics (5) / Chem (5) / English Language & Comp (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Language, Honors Biochemistry, Honors College English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor, NHS</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country, Track, Martial Arts (Asst Instructor)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Retail sales (15 hours /week)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Work with handicapped children, Students Helping Honduras, Habitat for Humanity
[</em>] Summer Activities: Working in retail store and with handicapped children
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: NA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Formal leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores and essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Yay!</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted!!!</p>
<p>School applied to:CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] ACT:33
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school doesn’t rank, probably top 20%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Econ(4), World History(4), Biology(3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, AP Psych, AP BC Calc, AP Physics B
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Wendy’s Heisman Award</p>
<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):envirothon, nhs, nahs, beta, chem club, mu alpha theta, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at drug addiction treatment facility<br>
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: race organizer for 5k to raise $ for school, mission trip to Russian orphanage
[</em>] Summer Activities:swim team coach, internship, camp counselor
[<em>] Essays:Why Penn? was decent. Common app essay was ok, I wrote it about working at the addiction clinic.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, guess they were good enough
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk, probably generic
[</em>] Interview:I enjoyed it-we talked about harry potter haha </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):GA
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender: girl
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy and recruit 
</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths:hooks and test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses:essays </p>
<p>YAYYYYY!!! I’M SO EXCITED I’M GOING TO PENN!!! BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER :)))</p>
<p>Well maybe the high acceptance rate is due more to “self-selectivity” than necessarily our talent? I mean, I believe ours would be higher but isn’t it more likely for those rejected and deferred to not post than those who were accepted?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 790 M 800 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIc 770 US History 730 Lit 730 Math I 680 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92/100 ~ 3.68
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH 5 Writing and Comp
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs. Most rigorous courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, Honors Society…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor in Chief of 3 student publications and the yearbook, captain of three trivia teams and competition, on over 15 academic teams, and lots of other random stuff…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Little to none. Some work at a local store and tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Free tutoring for underprivileged kids, running a fund raising booksharing program, helped out at some charities. Overall not too much volunteering.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing… Tutoring
[<em>] Essays: Really good I think
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, at least good if not great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, but I think fantastic
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: Short but good. Interviewer liked me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private Jewish School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, Essays, Recs, and EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, no summer activities, little volunteer work
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I’m thinking it ahs to be essays and recs… Amazing
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Elated… just can’t describe. Good luck to all and can’t wait to meet many of you!</p>
<p>KidPenn, </p>
<p>Don’t you think that people who got in are going to tell the world, but people who were rej/def aren’t going to post?</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!
CAS</p>
<p>…way too excited to post stats now.</p>
<p>Though I had high scores / grades, I’ve seen higher and was almost convinced I wasnt getting in. My interview and essays went well, and I had ongoing, dedicated leadership in volunteering … I guess that helped!</p>
<p>I CANT WAIT. It’s been almost 35 hours and I CANT STOP FREAKING OUT! <3 Best. Christmas. Present. EVER.</p>
<p>@madalyn2011, I totally agree, this is the best Christmas gift I could ask for. </p>
<p>For accepted students, do we have to send in a mid-year report in Feb? Or is that just for deferred students?</p>
<p>no, accepted students definitely have to submit a mid-year report, they want to make sure you haven’t completely quit at school, and if you have, they can rescind your application.</p>
<p>How do we submit a mid-year report? Does our counselor just know to do it?</p>
<p>Depends on your school. Just check with him and let him know.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math-720, CR-800, W-780, (2300)
ACT:
SAT II: 740 Math II, 800 Bio, 800 US History, 780 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.4 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Eng. Lang. (5), US Hist. (5), World Hist. (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc, AP French, AP Gov, AP Eng Lit., Economics, Honors Anatomy/Physiology, Creative writing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor, Headmaster’s list, Cum laude
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Habitat for humanity (ambassador for school), Youth United, Varsity lacrosse, piano, Model UN, Big Brother, french club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 140 hrs as volunteer camp counselor, 60+ hrs with special olympics
Summer Activities: babysitting here and there, doing community service
Essays: pretty decent common app, i thought the penn essay was good
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Additional Rec:
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: indian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, SAT maybe?
Weaknesses: no big leadership roles, lackluster ec’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just another brown kid with good stats and nothing else, plus penn supposedly hates my school?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haven’t found out
General Comments: when life gives you lemons, **** the lemons and bail.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to:CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math, 700 CR, 760 Writing
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:750 Chem, 770 Math II, 740 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/398
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) Language and Composition, (3) Chemistry
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Stat, AP Economics, Honors World Cultures (AP not offered), AP Literature and Composition, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), NHS, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Photo Club (Historian Junior, President Senior), Interact (President Senior), NHS, 4 Years of Varsity Swimmming, Baseball, TV Tech Club, Economics Club, and others
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Baseball Umpire, Vice President of local Photography Business,
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours, varied
[</em>] Summer Activities: RYLA, Volunteer at local TV station producing ESA’s, etc.
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were extremely good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, but I’m sure they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also didn’t see, but I know him well and I’m sure it was good
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Interviewed with VP of Philadelphia Stock Exchange, I think it went pretty well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Photography (very accomplished- published in multiple publications, VP of company, lots of experience with newspaper, etc.)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA maybe, although it is about average. Class rank (although this was the toughest class my HS has ever had)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good scores, but I think the photography helped (they want to expand their photography department)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Can’t wait to spend my next 4 years at my dream school! I visited again yesterday and got my sweatshirt and car decal</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to:CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (750 CR, 770 M, 790 W)
ACT:
SAT II: USH (780), Math II (760), Chem (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 honors (most rigorous)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just Nat’l Merit and the like </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder/president of World History Club, founded a business for Middle Eastern cultural merchandise, organized a regional tutoring service, independent historical research, Debate (Vice-president), Marching Band (2 yrs), Knowledge Masters, Hiking
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays: Common app: about how I still ride my scooter, i loved this one. Why Penn - extremely specific, showed my passion for Penn
Teacher Recommendation: one was generic, and my friend applied with almost the same letter (I guess they don’t care), and the other teacher said I was by far the best writer and most impressive student she ever taught
Counselor Rec: amazing, a good anecdote and detailed into my ECs, explained personal issue that hurt GPA
Additional Rec:
Interview:didn’t get one </p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public (well-funded)
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 500,000+ (no financial aid)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, ECs, passions
Weaknesses: UW GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: genuine passion for what I do and what I want to learn
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No more apps, yay!
General Comments: To those deferred/ rejected: there is ABSOLUTELY no doubt in my mind that you will LOVE where you end up and be the future leaders of this world. I am ineffably lucky in every sense of the word, and I couldn’t be more thankful.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): Math (650) / CR (660) / Writing (580)
- ACT: 34
- SAT II: N/A
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 out of 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/450
- AP (place score in parenthesis):Human Geo/ Statistics/ Chem / English Language & Comp
- IB (place score in parenthesis):
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Ap Calc AB, AP Calc BC, Honors Biochemistry, AP LIt, Biotech
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chorus (seated officer), Latin Club (President), Local Library Treasure, Varsity wrestling Team
- Job/Work Experience: Retail sales (15 hours /week)
- Volunteer/Community service: Local library (250+)
- Summer Activities: Local library (250+)
- Essays: Excellent
*Recommendation: - Counselor Rec: Good
- Additional Rec: Good
- Interview:Excellent
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): FL
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: Public (Magnet)
- Ethnicity: Black
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Very Low
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college, music and wrestling ability (Not recruited)
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Act, Extracurricular
- Weaknesses: GPA and SAT
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACT and essays
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: NIce!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to:CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):750 CR 800 M 800 W (Superscore)
[</em>] SAT II: 770 Chem, 780 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98/4.00
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):No ranking at my school but top percentile
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5 Calculus AB, 5 Chemistry
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish V HL, AP Biology, AP Statistics, IB Mathematics HL, World Lit II (H), Internship, Arabic (elective)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended, Some national/state stuff in organizations like HOSA, National Spanish Exam, JSA, etc.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
XXXXX Pharmaceuticals (Chief International Officer)
Note: Provita is a biotech company created with a real product idea
Health Occupations Student of America (VP)
Individual Chem/Nanotechnology Research
Internship with Orthopedic Surgeon
Junior Statesmen of America (Minicon Director)
UNICEF (Treasurer)
Spanish Immersion (Tons of Summer programs, Taught english)
Spanish Honor Society
Model UN (Comittee Chair)
Lacrosse (Varsity)
Math Team
Farsi Study
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Taught English in Spain but really none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not really much to any
[</em>] Summer Activities: Spanish Immersion Summer Camps
[<em>] Essays: Common App was slightly above average, about culture, Penn supplement was pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: VERY VERY VERY GOOD
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Probably good we were bro’s
[</em>] Additional Rec: Advisor in Biotech company, International Communicator for my school
[li] Interview: Went extremely well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Magnet, you specialize early. I was Medical
[<em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern- Persian/Afghan
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: —
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really. No alumni connections. I have a cousin who goes there and I plugged him in my essay. </p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT’s, EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: Work Experience, Community Service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA/Courseload, SAT’s and EC’s
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No where</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! It’s going to be 4 dope years.</p>