Official University of Pennsylvania Class of 2017 RD Results Thread Stats ONLY!

findingneema · March 28, 2013, 6:30pm

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted - CC*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted - SEAS[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted - CC[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted - SEAS[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected - CC[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected - SEAS*[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ *] Supplementary Material:

[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):[] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **

robinsonspencer · March 28, 2013, 7:17pm

Decision: Waitlisted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 single sitting (800 W + 700 M + 800 R)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 790 Spanish (No listening) 690 Molecular Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5% (no rank but ~3rd in class)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): EnvirScience (4) WorldHistory (5) Gov&Politics (5) Spanish (5) Psychology (5) PhysicsC Mechanics/E&M (5/4) Calc BC (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP American Lit., AP Macroeconomics, AP Comparative Government, Multivariable calculus, and some schedule filler classes (art, oceanography, and a computer class)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Governor’s Honors Program, Star Student (county level for highest SAT at school), AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Eagle Scout[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish NHS (President) Spanish Club (President), Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader for 2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for my uncle, counting money ~6 hours a week
[] Volunteer/Community service: Weekly Spanish/English interpreting at a church, Eagle scout project (over 120 hours personally)
[] Summer Activities: Governor’s Honors Program, scout camp
[] Essays: Very good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably stellar, teachers knew me for years
[] Counselor Rec: Generic
[] Additional Rec: UPenn alum, donated large sum to UPenn over the years
[] Interview: Not offered
[] Supplementary Material:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, ~1200 students, almost never sends kids to Ivy league
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ~$100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Eagle Scout, fluent in Spanish, Governor’s Honors Program (for Spanish), awesome essays
[] Weaknesses: I should have done more with extracurriculars. Too many weekends spent hanging with friends instead of doing sports/volunteering.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I mean it’s a super competitive school, and I had no hooks (white christian male). My extracurriculars could’ve been stronger.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: State school (University of Georgia)
Rejected: Brown, Duke
Waitlisted: UChicago

[/ul]**General Comments: Really bummed. This was my top choice and I spent god knows how many hours perfecting my application. I know there’s still a chance I’ll get in off waitlist, and my state school is alright and super cheap, but this just sucks. Congrats if you got in though, and I hope my stats are helpful to future applicants! **

Oahm95 · March 28, 2013, 7:54pm

Accpeted CAS!

[ b]Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): -----
[ *] ACT: Composite 28 (English 26, Math 33, Reading 21, Science 30, Writing 7, Combined E and W 24)
[ *] SAT II: Bio E 750 MATH 1 730
[ *] TOEFL ibt: 106 (R 29 W 29 S 22 L 26)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/100
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): ----
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): ----
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Normal course load. (I am from Ecuador and in some schools we don’t get to choose extra courses)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): One of the best scorers in the Ecuadorian University Entry Exam, and I was given the possibility of a scholarship to study abroad.

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of my class, member of the music club, member of the chess club
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer in a foundation that promotes tourism in my city, and other foundation for the benefit of children
[ *] Summer Activities: Volunteer in a Military Hospital in my city
[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: The best ones!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[ *] Additional Rec: ----
[ *] Interview: It went very well!
[ *] Supplementary Material: ----

[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):[] Country (if international applicant): Ecuador
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Latino
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): —
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ----

[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays and merits… also GPA and EC activities
[ *] Weaknesses: Test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I really showed them my passions, goals and interest in studying at Upenn
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Recommendation letters and interview

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **
I can’t believe I got in!

detroitfan · March 28, 2013, 8:05pm

Accepted-SEAS!!!

[ b]Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):didn’t take
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] SAT II: 790 Math 2, 740 Chemistry
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.29 weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 511
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4), Statistics (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B, AP Environmental Science
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Cross Country (captain), Track and Field (captain), National Honor Society (president), Student Council (public relations representative), French Club, Interact, Freshmen Mentor, Chemistry Olympiad
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Weekend Secretary at a Real Estate Office
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Only teen board member on Girls on the Run 5K planning committee, Hershey track and field coach, various volunteering in community
[ *] Summer Activities: Traveled abroad to France for 2 weeks. In charge of cross country conditioning
[ *] Essays: Really good, especially the Ben Franklin one. Talked about how I moved my community to pass a bond for the school district
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good. Although in one of them my teacher spelled my name wrong, woops.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awesome!!
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: none
[ *] Supplementary Material:

[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):[MI] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):absolutely none.

[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: I really emphasized the importance of women in engineering, I had good essays, good grades, ok extra curriculars. I am a good runner but not quite D1 college level
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores could have been better, I’m from a very noncompetitive school from the midwest. In fact, I can count the number of students in our 75 year history who went to an Ivy on one hand. Our school also has strict scheduling limitations, making it hard to fit in AP classes early in high school.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The admissions officer must have been in a good mood that day. I was shocked and just got lucky.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepeted at the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins
Waitlisted at Duke
Rejected at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia (those were major reaches anyway)

[ /list][ b]General Comments: Totally surprised I got in. I have good extracurriculars and grades, but I was worried I wouldn’t stand out. I have no MAJOR acheivements. After applying to a ton of reach schools, I don’t regret it. To me it was better to try and fail then wonder what could have been. I was in the total mindset to accept my U of M offer, but now I have a tough decision. Congrats to everyone who is accepted!**

avatarfire · March 28, 2013, 8:15pm

**Decision: Rejected - CAS **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):740 CR, 700 WS, 680 MATH (Superscored in two sittings)
[] ACT: ----
[] SAT II: 650 Literature, 670 Math LVL 1, 730 US History, 800 Chinese w/ Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8, according to Naviance
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Our school does rank its students
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): No APs offered
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IBs offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: Standard English courses with electives, SV Calculus, Advanced Physics, Advanced Chemistry
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Accompanist at my school, runs two clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at art museums and galleries in NY and Singapore
[] Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours, mostly teaching computer skills to the elderly
[] Summer Activities: See job/work experience
[] Essays: Edited many times, should be okay
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good
[] Counselor Rec: Should be good
[] Additional Rec: Voluntary submission by third teacher
[] Interview: Interviewer had difficulty hearing me. Probably okay.
[] Supplementary Material: Here I put a lot of effort. I really liked my response to Franklin’s question.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York, but citizen of PRC with residency in Singapore
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): —
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personal essay, supplemental essay, experience in the major applied to (Art History)
[] Weaknesses: SAT Scores, interview, lack of a coherent resume with activites well-understood by the admissions officer
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Personally, I feel that the SAT was the weakest part of my application. Test scores aside, my application is really not outstanding.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Columbia (rejected), Boston University, McGill University (Accepted)

[/ul]**General Comments: There are plenty of others willing to call you a failure. A fool. A loser. A hopeless souse. Don’t you ever say it of yourself. You send out the wrong signal, that is what people pick up…You care about something, you fight for it. You hit a wall, you push through it. There’s something you need to know about failure, Tintin. You can never let it defeat you. - Captain Haddock **

musicalme004 · March 28, 2013, 8:32pm

Accepted SEAS, stats on Yale’s RD Decision thread

atlmcubed275 · March 28, 2013, 8:57pm

Decision: Rejected - SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 BioM, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on 8 exams, 4 on 2 exams
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, biology olympiad semi-finalist, UN Representative in UNDPI, some other stuff that doesn’t matter anymore[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a bunch of stuff with plenty of awards also in math and science (like AIME 4 times, science olympiad national medals, acadec, a lot of math competitions, other stuff that every asian does); won some writing contests; I write for local and online newspapers; varsity tennis, some stupid music awards, ongoing research with professor; german stuff, representative of UN; oh and I absolutely love learning from coursera and EdX courses, especially the ones on philosophy and human physiology; some other stuff that no one should care about since I was rejected
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: president of non-profit that helps funds education for underprivileged children in China and India; tutoring inner-city children, hospital stuff, religious stuff; wrote and published a short children’s chapter book to encourage children in inner-city places to read
[] Summer Activities: tennis, research, community service, studying
[] Essays: obviously my opinion of the essays isn’t valid
[] Teacher Recommendation: no clue, probably decent
[] Counselor Rec: no clue
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: thought it was okay
[] Supplementary Material: spent a lot of time on it

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):PA [] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public competitive
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m not sure anymore; really not happy right now
[] Weaknesses: probably everything; I really need to work 20x harder if I want to accomplish anything in life
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not strong enough; I just finished reading Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography and Malcolm X’s autobiography: man, they worked 1000x harder than me and they didn’t even have the same resources and support that I have. I really am pathetic. I’ve got to seriously push myself the next 4 years
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected basically every Ivy except cornell; probably going to state school though

[/ul]**General Comments: I know people say these college decisions aren’t the end of your life, but I can’t help but think back to my childhood when I used to have dreams of going to a good college and of accomplishing things to make my parents, friends, and society proud, and if I just worked a little harder maybe, just maybe, I could’ve done something for the world. I also can’t help but feel idiotic because I used to be so smart in middle school, but I seriously downgraded in high school. whatever, basically, the lesson is to work hard **

afternoontea · March 28, 2013, 9:15pm

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (Math: 660, CR 660, Writing 730, Essay 11)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: USH 700, Bio 600, Lit 620
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), USH (4), Euro (4), none of the teachers really taught the subject, so it was really self study
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous, dual enrollment at local university
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): well I got a scholarship for free enrollment classes at the Dual Enrollment University[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (captain 2 years, saved the club) TV Studio, Tennis, NHS, HOSA (treasurer) various other things
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots of various things, helped a friend organize a charity for a Christmas party for kids in Philadelphia shelter
[] Summer Activities: babysat, and did precalc before senior year
[] Essays: I don’t know how “good” they were because I only asked one friend to proof them as I didn’t want anyone changing their sincerity. I think they were good though.
[] Teacher Recommendation: should have been good, I don’t know for sure, I never read them
[] Counselor Rec: Great! she has helped me so much throughout high school and she had a lot of great things to say. I cried while reading it, it was so nice.
[] Additional Rec: From a professor at the dual enrollment university who teaches at Penn and graduated from there, he really liked me
[] Interview:AWESOME! it lasted over an hour and a half, my interviewer really liked me and we hit it off
[] Supplementary Material: a letter explaining my situation and struggles

[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Parochial
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): under 15 k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, bad home story[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: my grades, my recommendations, and my story
[] Weaknesses: SATs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my story, my interview, and the letters from my Professor and Guidance Councilor
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Boston U, Northeastern, Villanova, Fordham, American, LaSalle, Loyola Maryland
Waitlisted: GWU, Johns Hopkins
Rejected: Cornell, Columbia
waiting on: NYU and Georgetown (deferred EA)

[/ul]**General Comments: ** SO EXCITED!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! Future CC’ers reading this, have hope!! bad tests scores are NOT the end of your life. Enjoy high school and live your life! work hard and play hard and if you have a background story make sure it comes out somehow in your application. Good luck! admissions can be a total crap-shoot, but you never know :)

Congrats to all of my fellow Quakers! good luck to those on the waitlist and those waiting for other schools :)

legolas1 · March 28, 2013, 9:26pm

Decision: Waitlisted CAS - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (M 800, CR 670, W 610)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Bio (M): 720, Chem: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA in A-levels
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology (All A-level)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Student Council, Soccer team captain, Cricket team vice captain, Founder of Books and Philosophy club
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor (A-level and IGCSE subjects), Assistant to Student Counselor (1000+ hours)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Free tutoring (A-level subjects)
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: commonapp essay: good, penn supplement: probably good
[] Teacher Recommendation: 2 very good recommendations!
[] Counselor Rec: Best recommendation letter I could possibly get
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Face-to-face interview. Connected instantly with the interviewer as it turns out we both love soccer. He graduated from UPenn class of '83
[] Supplementary Material: Nope

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):[] Country (if international applicant): Originally from Bangladesh, but I live in Saudi Arabia
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: South-East Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): about $25,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li]
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendation letters
[] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT subject test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t got a clue
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Yale and Cornell

[/ul]**General Comments: ** I am glad that I wasn’t outright rejected, although the chances of being accepted now aren’t very high. I know I have very few EC’s, but that’s because I have to balance them with my paid work. People here in CC helped me A LOT and I’m very thankful to them Congrats to all the accepted applicants! Best of luck to everyone on the waitlist!

twentyfourhundo · March 28, 2013, 9:48pm

Decision: Deferred–>Rejected - Wharton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2250 (710M, 740CR, 800W: 12e76mc) also sent in 1950 and 2080
ACT (breakdown): 31 (31m, 29e, 32s, 33r) also sent in 27 and 29
ACT superscore (breakdown): 33 (same as above, but with 34e)
SAT II (subject, score): Math II: 720, World History: 740, Lit: 690
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~280
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 4 in WH
Senior Year Course Load: APs (chem, psych, lit, stats) calc, government, consumer ed, Debate/forensics
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 2012 Debate State 4th place 2013 State Champion, and I guess two-time national forensic league All-American
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Honor Society

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
FBLA (Chapter president two years)
Class President (soph-senior)
German Club: President, plus some state-recognized speaking awards
National Honor Society (Chapter president)
Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)
Debate ()
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:Boy Scouts and NHS = 200+ hrs
Summer Experience: 3 wk debate camps, Boy Scout trips, boys state
Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t see any of them, but awesome! from my debate coach!
Teacher Recommendation #2: from my German teacher who really likes me, so I bet it was also very good.
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good, but probably not great. I don’t really know.
Additional Info/Rec: n/a
Interview: not contacted

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: (6/10) About the UG mgmt consulting club. I thought it made a pretty good argument.
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: (5.5) Quirky. That’s it, really. I thought they would either like it or hate it. I wrote about a 4th grade kickball tournament, and how I showed leadership.
CommonApp Personal Statement: (7.5) Probably the most well-written of the four, which is good now I guess, since it goes everywhere else I’ll be applying.
CommonApp Activity Essay: (6.5) wrote about debate, and I thought it was pretty good, except I originally wrote it thinking the limit was 1000 words, not characters so I had to cut a bunch of stuff.

Other
Date Submitted App: 11/5
U.S. State/Territory or Country: KS
School Type: Public, ultranon-competitive–last person to go to an ivy league school was 7 years ago (Cornell)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: I don’t know, but probably 250+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None. maybe location: 2nd poorest county in a pretty mediocre state. Also, my schools avg ACT scores are below the national and state averages. Don’t know if that helps or hurts.

Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, GPA (they probably saw straight through this though.) SAT writing
Weaknesses: Math scores were low by Wharton standards. Essays.
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: KU honors, Minn-Twin Cities Honors, UT-Dallas—all my safeties
Waitlisted: WUSTL, Cornell
Rejected: Northwestern, Penn, Harvard
Pending: Dartmouth, NYU
What would you have done differently?: Gone to a better school haha, made essays perfect, study for the SAT more. Applied to some matches…

PennFor2013 · March 28, 2013, 10:21pm

I was deferred ED

AND

Decision: Accepted - Wharton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1970 superscore (640 R, 720 M, 610 W)
ACT: 31
SAT II: Math 1 720, Math 2 670, Lit 620
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.845
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (4), US Gov. (3), Comparative Gov. (2)
Senior Year Course Load: APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP English Lang, Research, and dual enrollment: acting, biology & the environment, principles of business, individual in society, statistics, nutrition, and spanish 1 and 2.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), Drama Club (President and inducted thespian), NHS, Yearbook (Editor in Chief), SAT Prep (Founder and President), Student Gov (senator), speech and debate (secretary/treasurer), orchestra (treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Fashion Board Internship at Nordstrom
Volunteer/Community service: Science Museum, walkathons, tutoring, beautification
Summer Activities:
Essays: I think my essays were good, but I can’t really tell.
Teacher Recommendation: All three teachers adore me and have nominated me for awards. They definitely wrote stellar recs.
Counselor Rec: Don’t really know.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
School Type: full-time dual enrollment high school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: EC
Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted to Fordham University, University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida International University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Miami, UCLA, and University of Virginia.
Waitlisted for UNC Chapel Hill
Rejected Harvard, Yale, and UC Berkeley

cruxclaire · March 28, 2013, 10:34pm

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290; 800 CR/690 M/800 W (11 essay)
[] ACT: 36 (one sitting)
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank (not even percentiles)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), USH (5), English Lang. (5), German (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (English Lit, Bio, Calc BC, and US/Comp. Gov in one class), German, Spanish, and Martial Arts
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AATG/PAD German Study Trip, NMF, Girl Scout Silver Award[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts, Martial Arts Club (President), German Club (Vice Chancellor), Model UN, Thespians, Art Club, Youth Group, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Part time job at local public library
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer camp counselor two summers, service hours for Youth Group/NHS
[] Summer Activities: Two homestay/exchange programs in Germany, volunteer work, summer job
[] Essays: I was proud of them, but they weren’t extensively edited.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read either of them, but I reckon both were excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Also didn’t read it, but probably pretty good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: It was okay - lasted maybe half and hour, and I think I was a bit overdressed. The interviewer and I went to the same high school, but didn’t have all that much in common, considering I want to major in German and he majored in a hard science.
[] Supplementary Material: Huh?

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):IL
[] School Type: Large, competitive public in the suburbs
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): My parents won’t tell me, but my best guess is $200,000+, considering the lack of financial aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Choice of an unpopular major, maybe?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, CR score of my SAT, demonstrated achievement/passion in the field of my prospective major
[] Weaknesses: GPA, math section of the SAT, lack of leadership positions or extensive service projects
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suppose I fit one or more of the demographics they were looking for in their freshman class. And perhaps they were enticed by my theoretical ability to pay for the vast majority of the tuition.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Georgetown, Tulane (full tuition), Fordham (full tuition), Stony Brook (full tuition), UMich, McGill, UIUC, Rice, and the University of Arizona

[/ul]**General Comments: **
I’m honored to have been accepted by Penn, but I won’t be able to afford it, unfortunately. I guess this has more to do with my family’s financial situation than Penn, though. Still, the whole admissions process has left me quite disenchanted with the American university system and how image- and money-based it is.

myuusmeow · March 28, 2013, 11:26pm

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2nd Try: 740/700/770, 1st: 740/640/640 (CR/M/Wr)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Biology E, 710 Math II, 710 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): probably like 3.6 or a couple of tenths higher after senior year
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): when I applied: 13/491, after mid year report: 9th
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Bio, 5 Psych, 5 Eng Lang, 4 USH
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Gov/Econ, AP Eng Lit, AP Span Lang, Digital Photo
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[] Minor Awards (lol): NMS Commended (215 PSAT, would have been NMSF in many other states…), AP Scholar with Honor

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP), volunteered at podiatrist’s office, Freshman Link Crew Leader, AP English Club webmaster
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor geometry 3 hours a week at school
[] Volunteer/Community service: not very much, see ECs
[] Summer Activities: n/a
[] Essays: Common App one felt ok, Penn ones felt ok too. (How noncommittal!) I even included an illustration in my Penn essay, so be creative!
[] Teacher Recommendation: 11th grade psych teacher seriously loved me, 11th grade English teacher too (only 5 on the AP out of the entire junior class)
[] Counselor Rec: Form letter, very generic :
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: n/a
[] Supplementary Material: n/a

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: very low income, under performing public ~2400 students. Only 1 kid to Ivy+ each year for past 2 years (3 including me if aid pulls through!)
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic, white
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): >$100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): semi URM?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Bio SAT II, only student at my school to apply to any highly ranked private schools, ok SAT
[] Weaknesses: No major awards, terrible freshman year GPA caused a low class rank, terrible ECs, no sports
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly very pleasantly surprised.
[] Where else were you accepted: JHU, UCLA, UCB (spring), UCSD, UCI (honors), UCR (regents $5k/year), Fordham (~$18k/year grants for merit?), Drexel ($22k/year merit), Alabama (full tuition, honors, rejected CBHP)
[] waitlisted: UChicago
[] rejected: Harvard, Yale (SCEA deferred then rejected), Princeton, Columbia; The three Ivies I interviewed for all rejected me!
[li] still pending: Stanford[/li]
[/ul]**General Comments: ** Accepted for Biological Basis of Behavior major. Rejected from all other Ivies I applied to, NBD. I hope to do lots of research as an undergrad and eventually go to grad school to be a professor of neuroscience. I am so humbled to have been selected by such an amazing school.

To everyone accepted: Let’s see if financial aid pulls through (I think I have a missing document), if it does I may end up being a Quaker!

Others: Good luck wherever you go!

bstrekha · March 29, 2013, 12:33am

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1760 super-scored. (560 Reading; 610 Math; 590 Writing)
[] ACT: 30 Composite (31 Math; 31 English; 29 Science; 29 Reading)
[] SAT II: 650 Biology
[] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.07
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd in school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Biology, 4 US History, 3 English, 3 Chemistry
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: English 4 Honors, AP Physics B, AP Government, AP Calculus AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honestly, nothing…[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked two summers as a web developer. I taught myself coding, and was able to create websites at the level of a 3rd year college student majoring in computer science when I was 15 years old.
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: none whatsoever.
[] Essays: I didn’t have anyone proof-read or anything, but I think my essays were nice, simple, and a persuasive.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing. Probably brought tears to the readers.
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing, also.
[] Interview: Went good. Made her laugh and we had a really good, chill chit-chat. I took courses at Penn, so I knew the campus. Not only from the outside, but the actual inside. I took Calculus at Penn in the David Rittenhouse Labs, and took Statistics at Wharton, and a couple others…so I was able to talk to her and be like “Oh, I already found my favorite spot to study before class, and the best place to eat.” So we connected right away and had stuff to talk about.

[/ul][ul]
[] School Type: Worst public school in area
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000-150,000. I applied for financial aid.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I dunno…
[] Weaknesses: I dunno…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I’m freakin’ amazing. But seriously, because I go to the worst school possible. The average SAT score is around 1100. So an ACT score of 30 is considered 99.999% here. I’m from Philly, so Penn knows about the schools in the surrounding area and knows that my school has the worst teachers. They look at applications in the context of where you are. You could have 2200 SAT and be 60th in class rank, and they will chose someone with a 30 ACT in 3rd class rank over you.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Temple University, La Salle University, Drexel University, Arcadia University, Penn State

[/ul]**General Comments: ** However, I did take courses at Penn through their Young Scholars Program and got all A’s in their courses. I always had the best score out of the whole class (with actual Penn undergrads). I had my professor from Penn write me a recommendation, so that could have really boosted my application.

athousandmiles · March 29, 2013, 1:25am

Decision: Accepted - Vagelos LSM Program

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 800 M, 770 W (10 essay) took only once
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics took only once
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB and Physics B - 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL French and Math - 7; Predicted HL History - 7, HL Chem - 7, HL English - 7, SL Bio - 7
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL History, Chem, English, SL Bio, Self-study APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2x ISEF Finalist and 2nd Place, Canadian Physics Olympiad Training Camp, DECA International Finalist (couldn’t go because of IB exams), Letters of recognition from prime minister, many more but too tired to type out[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cell bio research (9-12), physics research (11-12), tennis team captain (9-12, captain from 10-12), founder of biotech competition team, founder of physics club, fundraising and organizing public awareness events on specific disease, science promotion, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Swim instructor and life guard (10-12), owned online clothing company
[] Volunteer/Community service: Assistant swim instructor (9-10)
[] Summer Activities: Research, playing tennis, swimming
[] Essays: No idea; I don’t know how we can possibly evaluate our own essays. it brushes well with one person, but not the next.
[] Teacher Recommendation: must have been pretty good I guess
[] Counselor Rec: also must have been pretty well done
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Generic 30 minute interview - interviewer had 6 interviews one after the other
[] Supplementary Material: Research abstracts

[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian, I lost
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International Asian Male ← Definitely the best hook out there[/li]
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Good fit for program
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good fit for program with bio research, awards, and interests
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Yale, Dartmouth; Waitlisted - MIT, Princeton; Rejected - Cornell (I’m really disappointed by this actually), Harvard, Columbia

[/ul][ b]General Comments: This admissions process is seriously a crapshoot. Also, I didn’t really feel like listing out all my info because it takes too much time. If anyone would like to know more details, feel free to PM me. Basically, this is pretty much the best day of my life. LSM is my dream program and I posted this because I wanted to give future applicants a sense of what kind of people LSM may take. **

plasmaprestige · March 29, 2013, 2:06am

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 35 C; 34 M; 34 E; 35 S; 36 R; 9 W
[] SAT II: 720 Math II; 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Three 5’s (Calculus AB, Physics B, Spanish Lang.)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Chemistry, Biology, Calculus BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital and NHS
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Fairly good (in hindsight)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Exceptional
[] Counselor Rec: Exceptional
[] Additional Rec: School Principal (former math teacher of mine): exceptional
[] Interview: Excellent. My interviewer was a graduate student, and we had a lengthy conversation about science and its history.
[] Supplementary Material: None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): $200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I am legally blind, and so I discussed te obstacles I faced and how I overcame them in my essay

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, Rank, ACT, SAT II, Leadership
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ivies are a crapshoot, period.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Denied admission from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown. Put on Waitlist from Columbia. Admitted with a full-ride scholarship into Michigan.

[/ul]**General Comments: **
Congratulations to all those who were accepted. I look forward to meeting you all if we do decide to attend. To all those who were rejected, I wish you the best of luck with your other decisions. Trying to get into an Ivy is akin to drawing from a lottery and hoping for a win; it is not a reflection of your self-worth, intelligence, or potential. I was denied four Ivies, and waitlisted on the one other. I’ve seen mirror opposite stories.

myraven11 · March 29, 2013, 2:26am

I do this because I want to help future applicants and show the most unlikely of applicants that it is possible to be admitted to schools like Penn…

Decision: Accepted

SEAS (Bioengineering)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (CR 630 M 690 W 690 Essay 10)
ACT: none
SAT II: Bio M 680 Math II 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 (updated from a 3.88 after Midyear reports. Counselor sent the update.)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/220
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4 Lang 4 Calc AB 5 (my high school doesn’t offer that many)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, Honors Economics (no AP Econ offered and Econ is a graduation requirement), Standard Health (also a grad requirement), AVID, Calc AB tutor, Internship program during school day
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar, DECA Marketing Mathematics Regional Champion 2012, DECA Marketing Management Regional Champion 2012, DECA Marketing Management State Champion 2012

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Governor-appointed state position in education policy (I’m afraid if I put the real title it could identify me)
Officer of State Student Councils Organization
National Honor Society
VEX Robotics Team
Tutoring
Girls Varsity Soccer
Girls Varsity Track and Field
Mentoring Program at My church
A Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
DECA

Leadership:

That state position
President of the National Honor Society
Officer of State Student Councils group
Captain of Junior Varsity Womens Track and Field team
Teenage Leader of My Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
Founder of Infinite Pride Tutoring Services
Captain of VEX Robotics team

Job/Work Experience: State Position
Volunteer/Community service: I work a lot in my church. I also work with a teen community outreach group for 5 years now. Also:
A community walk to raise money for water wells in Africa
Pittsburgh Project: Rebuilding houses for the needy in the city of Pittsburgh, PA
Junior Achievement

Summer Activities: Baby sitting, tutoring, working with children, summer community college courses for those necessary classes that my high school doesn’t offer, like AP Physics. I did Stanford EPGY once the summer after freshman year. I wanted to do it again because it was awesome, but it’s expensive.
Essays: I worked soooooooo hard on them. I think they were pretty good. PM me to learn more.
Teacher Recommendation: Great! I asked my AP Calc teacher and my AP English teacher. I was called a “renaissance woman” lol.
Counselor Rec: Good! My counselor knows me very closely. She’s wonderful!
Additional Rec: From the state superintendent of schools.
Interview: In person. We met at a Starbucks and the interview lasted an hour and 15 min. My interviewer told me she liked me! It went great! I learned so much from her. I believe she had an impact on the decision.
Intended Major(s): Bioengineering
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American (Nigerian American exactly. Born in Nigeria. West Africans turn up!!)
Gender: Female
Income bracket (if applicable): $50000-$60000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and Female in Engineering

Reflection
Strengths: Writing, Passion for each one of my many interests, GPA and rank
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have NOO idea why any of these acceptances came for me. Not that I don’t think I’m capable, but there were so many other qualified applicants!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Acceptances-- Carnegie Mellon, Duke (diversity likely), Johns Hopkins, Cornell (diversity likely), University of Maryland Full Ride Banneker/Key, Univ. of Pittsburgh Full Tuition, George Mason Full Ride, Drexel, American, UMBC, NYU Poly
Wait list: None!!
Reject: None!!

General Comments: It’s 2 AM and I’m still in awe after today. No rejections!! I cannot believe I got in! I didn’t submit the recommended physics subject test score, so I didn’t think I got into SEAS and I hadn’t heard ANYTHING from Penn for the past 3 months, so I was expecting a, “We regret to inform you…” letter. So pumped! I think I may go here (or Duke. Or UMD. Gotta compare financial aid) My advice to those who want it: be yourself. Be yourself be yourself be yourself. I can’t say it enough. I had to learn that colleges want you, not your scores or achievements. Remember that those numbers are only representative of what YOU can do, so if there is any other way for you to showcase your abilities, DO IT! Participate in activities that you are passionate about and activities that will allow you to learn, grow, and develop. Write your essays passionately. Allow someone who doesn’t know you well to read it. If it doesn’t evoke any type of emotion, then rewrite it. Lastly, apply even if you don’t think you’ll get in. I didn’t think I’d get into Penn or get any of the scholarship offers and acceptances that I got because I doubted myself. This process allows you to grow and you learn a lot about yourself. You just may be surprised! That’s about it… Good luck!

sebsan · March 29, 2013, 2:37am

Decision: Accepted (CAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT:31
[] SAT II:760 Math II, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/200 and something
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):none
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP English, AP Spanish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chemistry Club, Science Bowl Team, Math Club, National Honor Society[/li][] Job/Work Experience:none
[] Volunteer/Community service:Around 100+
[] Summer Activities:None
[] Essays: Common App-6/10
Brown Supplements- 8/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1- 8/10
2-6/10
[] Counselor Rec: 6/10
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: Lasted 10 minutes, interviewer arrived late…[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 95-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays
[] Weaknesses:Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Minority + essays
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at MIT, UChicago, Cornell, Purdue and Brown
Rejected at Yale and Harvard

[/ul]**General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted! **

jessicacaley · March 29, 2013, 8:20am

Decision: Rejected - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (740-R, 720-M, 720-W)
ACT: 33 (36-R, 35-E, 32-M, 31-S)
SAT II: 730 US, 700 Lit, 660 MathII
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Lang (5), Human Geo (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s, 1 dual enrollment
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Commended
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Member of many clubs, VP of two, Secretary of another, highly involved in choir and church
Job/Work Experience: Job since beginning of Sophomore year, summer jobs
Volunteer/Community service: Mentor for youth group, lots of little stuff
Summer Activities: Work and volunteering
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Probably okay, not exceptional
Counselor Rec: No idea
Additional Rec:
Interview: Slightly awkward but okay
Supplementary Material:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lived overseas for a while
Reflection
Strengths: ACT scores, work experience, essay (in my opinion)
Weaknesses: GPA, SATII, etc (most of my application = here)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I never expected to be accepted - it was a high reach school for me.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UVA, V-tech, JMU, Clemson, Penn State, Temple
General Comments: Congratulations to all accepted!

wharton2017 · March 29, 2013, 1:37pm

Decision: Accepted - WHARTON

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 R 800 M 800 W
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.971 (out of 4) and 5.2705 (weighted - regular 4.0, honors 5.0, AP 6.0)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/1044
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10th: Spanish Language (4), Physics B (5), Calc BC (5); 11th: Physics C Mech/E&M (5/4), English Lang (5), US History (5), Statistics (5); 12th: Environmental Science (?), US Gov (?), Comparative Gov (?), Psychology (?), English Lit (?), Macro/Microeconomics (?/?),
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Comparative and US Gov, AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, Honors 2D Studio Art III
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, National AP Scholar, local Model UN awards at FIMUN and MICSUN, Oceanic Science Bowl Regional Champions[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (VP), National Art Honor Society (Secretary), National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Science Olympiad, Oceanic Science Bowl (Co-Founder, Team Captain), Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, Rho Kappa Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Mathnasium (senior year)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts K-12th Grade (Bronze Award, Silver Award, working on Gold Award)
[] Summer Activities: took Differential Equations at a community college after sophomore year
[] Essays: Really great Common App and Penn essays (wrote my moving essay about quantum physics)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great, good
[] Counselor Rec: good (large school)
[] Additional Rec: No
[] Interview: No
[] Supplementary Material: Photography Art Supplement

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):[] FL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): about 100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (Hispanic)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, grades, scores
[] Weaknesses: no math rec letter (english and psych)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, Vanderbilt, UF, UM; Waitlisted: UChicago, Duke, Columbia; Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT

[/ul]**General Comments: ** So completely random, and I’m glad it’s over.

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