****OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CLASS OF 2019 ED RESULTS THREAD****

[chocolate108]

<p>After reading this thread numerous times during my college search experience, I feel like it’s time to give back as these have really helped me (and I certainly wished there had been more nursing applicant profiles!). With that said, however, I will be pretty general to protect my identity.
Decision: Accepted - Nursing</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): Superscore (2220) CR: 700 M: 750 W: 770
ACT (breakdown): 32 (did not submit)
SAT II: 800 Chem, 790 Bio M, 740 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4, Chem 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Lit, Health, Band, AP Calc, Econ/ Gov’t, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Minor Awards: Academic grade awards 2 years, a college book award, national merit commended
Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Started a club for health awareness that is part of a larger organization (11-12; founder and president), 4 different instruments each for 4 or more years with minor level accomplishments, a varsity sport (4 years), two different research internships (volunteer for one, contractor in another, where I conducted my own study), 2 community service clubs (2 years), art (3 years), I probably have a couple other little things but they’re probably not important to why I got accepted
Job/Work Experience: Tutor (i dont think i mentioned this in my application though)
Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer in a nursing unit (12- ongoing), volunteer at a company promoting job opportunities for women with Autism (12-ongoing)
Summer Activities:Research as mentioned before
Essays: Why Penn was very specific and straight-forward; CommonApp was very genuine, about music
Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea, but I suspect that they were good.
Counselor Rec: Probably general, but good
Additional Rec: From another teacher, who also assisted me in research
Interview: Went very well. He graduated a while ago, but we bonded through our connection to the school I go to.
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Nursing
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): no
School Type:
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 150,000<
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected:ECs strongly correlated with my major, great academic record and SAT IIs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected:N/A
The most unique thing in your application:An instrument I play </p>

[Future34]

<p>This should give hope to all of the other low test scorers!</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred - Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 1890 Composite (730 R/ 550 M/ 610 W)
ACT (breakdown): 27 Composite
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/167
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Chemistry, AP English, Anatomy & Physiology, AP Psychology& Sociology, Economics, AP Spanish, Physics, AP Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Quest Bridge College Prep Scholar, Quest Bridge National College Match Finalist, Legion Auxiliary Award </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leaders of America (President), Arrow Leadership Team (President), National Honor Society (President), Senior Class Officer (President), Book Club (Secretary), National Spanish Honor Society (Public Relations Chairman), Upward Bound Member
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutoring, Blood Drives, County Democrats - 300+ Total Hours
Summer Activities: Upward Bound Summer Academy
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers think I’m the greatest thing since sliced bread. 8/10 and 9/10
Counselor Rec: We’re besties. 9/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Went alright. I’m not good on the phone - I was really looking forward to an in person interview. It was my interviewer’s first time. 7/10
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Management
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Talked about some unique hardships I’ve faced and how I’ve overcome them.
Weaknesses: Definitely standardized tests.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: I think the fact that I had a pretty unique application helped a lot but my test scores just weighed me down too heavily.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Temple; Deferred: Penn; Waiting on my other 7 schools
The most unique thing in your application: How I’ve reacted to certain life events.</p>

[FindWaldo276]

<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): Superscore (2 sittings) : 2320 (M/W/CR) 730/790/800
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: US History- 790, Math II- 780, Literature- 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Does not calculate, but 10.3/12
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH- 5, English Lit & Comp- 5, AP Calc AB- 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Semifinalist, National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist (3 years), AP Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: PPE (Politics, Philosophy, Economics)
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small, very good private
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nah</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected:
The most unique thing in your application:</p>

[betatech]

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred - Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (took December and received 2200)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 Math II, 600 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94% UW, 101.5% W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~20/600 (school does not rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): did not submit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Micro/Macro Econ, AP Govt & Poli, English 4 H, Computer Programming 1 & 2H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-School FBLA President (11,12),
-Technology Ambassador for District’s Google Services (11,12),
-Co-Founder of a Clothing Line ($2000/monthly sales)
-Treasurer of Class Cabinet
-Vice President of Children’s Care Club
-INTERACT member (volunteer 200+ hours) at YMCA </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
-Client Services Project Engineer at a client services company
-Intern Financial Analyst at a local investing firm (hired through school’s internship program)
-Networking Beta Engineer at NETGEAR
-Product Development Specialist at Amazon
-ITS Intern at Johnson and Johnson
-Developer Evangelist at Microsoft
(Jobs were spread over 4 years, average length is 3 years of each occupation)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Vice President Children’s Care Club, YMCA </p>

<p>Summer Activities: Worked as a mobility specialist at Staples</p>

<p>Essays: Common App was about me becoming more social. Why Penn essay was awesome 9/10 (about disruption)
Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming great, didn’t read them
Counselor Rec: Great, she really likes me
Additional Rec: From my internship mentor (2 pages, full of praise)
Interview: Went awesome! really connected with the interviewer, she worked at J&J as well, so we had a great discussion about how to improve people’s lives (objective of my Why Penn essay as well)
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance, Online Management
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Urban 2400 kids (sends about 3-5 to IVYs)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>

<p>Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Focused on my work experience and what I learned about consumers. Focused my essays on improving life for people around us through modern growths of technology. My work experience covers a manifold of industries making me a worldly connected individual
Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA, essentially my numbers in general (fairly low for Penn)
Why you think you were deferred: Work experience really resonates with what Wharton wants: ambitious students who are looking to make a difference
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Rutgers so far</p>

[xgarrison96]

<p>I had a chance me thread so I guess I’ll just copy and paste:</p>

<p>Race: Asian Male</p>

<p>Objectives:
Freshman Year 3.325 UW No W (One of the most prestigious boarding schools in the nation)
2 Honors taken out of a possible 2
Sophomore Year 1 3.4 UW No W ( at a different school, 1 ap 5 Honors)
Sophomore year 2 3.9 UW no W (at another school, 1 AP 4 Honors)
Junior Year 4.0 UW ( Same School, 4 Aps)
First quarter of Senior year: 3.7 (5 Ap level courses)</p>

<p>ACT: 33
Superscore: 34
SAT II: Math II: 760 World: 750</p>

<p>Subjectives:
President of Model UN, Won 4th place at one of the most competitive conferences in the world. Inducted into the All-American Model UN team
President of Mock Trial, Philadelphia City, best attorney award.
Editor in Chief of Student Newspaper
Writer for Huffington Post Teens, made the front page cover story.
Varsity Tennis Captain (won team MVP and got 3rd place in Private School States)
Professional actor appearing in multiple films/ TV and Inducted into the prestigious acting union SAG. Recently signed by a big name agency in New York
I teach an English Class in Chinatown to new immigrants. I help them get welfare benefits and help their family get started here in the States.
Very heavy family responsibilities, read below.</p>

<p>Recs:
2 teacher rec: Apparently great
1 counselor: He used to be assistant dean of admissions at Pton and his wife is assistant dean of admissions at Penn. He said he wrote an awesome one.</p>

<p>Hooks:
I am a first generation immigrant and college, father was an illegal immigrant. He died of cancer when I was in 6th grade. My mother does not speak any English, I had to take care of the family business and my mother since then. We used my father’s health insurance money to pay for my first year at Boarding School but was kicked out because we can’t afford the next year. I then moved to the East Coast from California with my mother and my first Sophomore year I had a lot of family issues. Second Sophomore year a prep school gave me a scholarship to attend, and there I strived as you can see. My years before boarding school I lived in the ghetto (literally) and thats why I did not do so well at boarding school. Sophomore year 1 had a lot of family issues.
I am also fluent in Mandrain and Cantonese. Almost there in Spanish.
My school is a feeder to Penn sending 10+ kids annually out of about 100.
I am also a Philadelphia city resident which helps a lot.</p>

[kobeballsohard]

<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS
Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown):NA
ACT (breakdown):34 c 35m 35s 31r 36e (superscore)
SAT II:750 USH, 720 Math 2, 570 lit, 530 world history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.95, 4.4 w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):21,315 does not report though
AP (place score in parenthesis):4’s on 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:5 aps
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Baseball(captain), FBLA(pres)
Job/Work Experience:worked at investment bank
Volunteer/Community service:0ver 100 hours
Summer Activities:baseball, intern
Essays: 7/10 common app, 10/10 why penn
Teacher Recommendation:great
Counselor Rec:great
Additional Rec:best
Interview:11/10
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:No
Intended Major:PPE
State (if domestic applicant):ca
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:private
Ethnicity:white
Gender:m
Income Bracket:500k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):recruited athlete, new a trustee</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths:act, gpa, recs, sports
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
Weaknesses:sat II
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected:sports
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected:tulane full scholarship, michigan, fordham, dartmouth all accepted
The most unique thing in your application:</p>

[desie1]

<p>@kobeballsohard‌
I’m confused. How could you be accepted into both Penn and Dartmouth; they are both early decision schools.</p>

[nhparent9]

<p>@desie1 - I don’t want to speak for @kobeballsohard but he is posting as a recruited athlete. Not sure if he was recruited at all the schools listed or if he formally applied, but it is routine to get an admissions pre-read for acceptability if you are an athlete long before you ever actually apply. I’m guessing that’s what Dartmouth did for him and told him that he would be accepted if he applied and remained a recruited athlete by that particular coach. Perhaps he will post and clarify.</p>

[lolcollegelawl]

<p>Decision: Accepted - SEAS (Questbridge Match. late to the party! Got busy with school work)
Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): Superscore 2220 (CR 700, M 800, W 720)
ACT (breakdown): never took
SAT II: Math II 800, Chinese 800, Chem 790, US Hist 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/431
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB+BC (5), Chem (5), APUSH (5), Lang (5), Stat (5), Chinese (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): East coast never took
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs: LIt, Macro, Psych, Comp Sci, Physics C, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math League & Math Honor Society (President), NHS, Science League, Girls State (Girls Nation Alternate), years of taking art, National Social Studies Honor Society (founder… so proud), and a bunch of little things
Job/Work Experience: Caricature Artist at six flags yay!
Volunteer/Community service: Local library stuff and NHS. Pathetic hours to say the least compare to my peers.
Summer Activities: Girls State! Then I worked like everyday.
Essays: Common app essay is a little bland, even though it was a great topic. Supplement essay is ON POINT. I talked about a upenn professor I have been stalking… I mean following his work for a very long time and my eagerness to work in that environment.
Teacher Recommendation: My two favorite teacher. My AP chem teacher (10/10) is my mentor and best friend who has always been here for me. I have no doubt in my mind that she wrote a fantastic recommendation. My AP Spanish teacher admires my determination and it was probably a 8/10,
Counselor Rec: She knows me really well, but it was probably a very generic recommendation.
Additional Rec:
Interview: AMAZING. She is also a First-generation Chinese who came here in her teens. She is so sweet and understanding. Even though the interview was only 30 minutes via skype, we had so many similarities. She even sent me a card and penn sweatshirts after I texted her that I got accepted. She is an absolute joy to be around.
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Chemical/ Biomedical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Aha, here we go. First Gen. I came here from China a little more than 4 years ago knowing only a dozen words. I have worked really really hard to learn English (I got 5 on AP lang man) and Spanish too. Moving here was very hard for my parents because of the language barrier. That probably is one of my biggest motivation to make them proud.</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Recommendation, Class Rank, Compelling background story, Interview
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: That I will work very very hard to get where I want to be. Even if I am ten steps behind everyone, I will run when they rest (My motto for the past few years trying to catch up and outrun everyone.)
Weaknesses: Mediocre SAT and extracurriculars; essays were not too great.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Hard work pays off.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: I didn’t get into Princeton, Yale, and Stanford which are ranked higher on my match. I got accepted in November to Rutgers Pharmacy.
The most unique thing in your application: the whole came to US a few years ago thing, and the fact I learned to speak decent Spanish even when I am still learning English. There is nothing you can’t accomplish. If you are reading this, please remember that along your journey people are going to tell you that you can’t do something because they can’t do it. Don’t mind them. Keep on dreaming!!! One day you will be standing on top and they will be wondering why that’s not them up there. </p>

[sonofwalt]

<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown):n/a
ACT (breakdown):comp 32 english 33 math 28 reading 33 sci 32
SAT II:n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):not reported by school
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):not reported by school
AP (place score in parenthesis):not offered
IB (place score in parenthesis):not offered
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Strong ECs
Job/Work Experience: Had a part-time job in sales for 2 years
Volunteer/Community service:very little
Summer Activities:
Essays: (imo) very strong
Teacher Recommendation: def very strong
Counselor Rec: counselor told me very strong
Additional Rec:
Interview: went decently
Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Humanities (undecided)
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parent’s are professors
Feeder School </p>

<p>Reflection
Obviously my hook helped me a ton. However, many kids in my class had parents that were faculty with high scores and were rejected or deferred.</p>

<p>Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: All of my EC’s matched my essays and recs
Weaknesses: ACT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Strong Essays/Recs/Hooks
The most unique thing in your application: Worked with Red Bull in video production</p>

[PennDreamer97]

<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (Breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): (770/640/710/10)
SAT I (Superscore): Only took it once
ACT (Breakdown): Composite: 35 W: 34 M: 36 R: 34 S: 35
ACT (Superscore): Only took it once
Unweighted GPA: 3.89 (I got my fair share of B’s in impossible classes)
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Rank: School Doesn’t calculate, but for sure in top 5%
AP Scores: AP Biology (4), AP Chemistry (4), AP Psychology (5), AP US History (5)
Senior Year course load: AP Government/We the People, AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP Microeconomics, AP Human Geography, AP Language and Composition, Study Hall(Needed it )
Number of other ED Applicants: NONE - Thank God
Major Awards: National merit finalist, NFL Public Forum Debate National Semifinalist, NFL Extemporaneous debate Finalist. Public Forum State Champion in Indiana
Common Awards: Highest Honors, AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: DECA, Speech and Debate, Tennis, JETS, Academic Superbowl with lots of awards and accolades. I would say pretty well rounded
Job Work Experience: Pretty much nothing
Volunteer/Community - Project X - School provided opportunities
Summer Experience: Summer internship at a cancer facility in Lexington Kentucky (Even wrote a thesis)
Teacher Recommendation # 1 - AP Physics Teacher (Pretty good)
Teacher Recommnedation #2 - AP Economics/Debate coach (Awesome, pretty detailed and a great track record with Penn)
Counselor Rec: Decent at most
Interview: Amazing, we talked for over an hour and even promised to stay in touch. Essentially we became buds</p>

<p>Writing:
Why Penn: Pretty detailed and thorough 8.5/10
Common App: Awesome, talked about my journey from India to the United States when I was in 6th grade. Spent lots of time on it 9/10</p>

<p>Other:
Date Submitted: October 30, 2014
US State: Indiana, USA
School Type: Public High School
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths: Test Scores, Profile, Interview, Recommendations, Essays
Weakness: Unweighted GPA, (Darn AP CHEMISTRY)
Where else where you accepted: Just Kelly School of business (IU)
What would you have done differently: Nothing</p>

<p>To all those who got deffered: Keep fighting you will get in. To those rejected, you are meant to be somewhere else as good if not better than Penn. To those applying, don’t stress out, just be yourself in your applications and you will get in.</p>

[Jennhtran]

Decision: Accepted - Wharton

SAT I (breakdown): didnt take
ACT (breakdown): 31 composite (35 Eng, 29 math, 32 reading, 26 science (lol), 8 essay)
SAT II: didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/110
AP (place score in parenthesis):n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): have not received
Senior Year Course Load:
IB Calculus
IB french HL
IB Art
IB biology HL
English A30&B30
Christian Ethics 30
History 30
Chemistry 30
Physics 30
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Senior basketball (captain since g11, League All-Star)
-senior volleyball (co captain since g11, won black and gold leadership award)
-ultimate frisbee (Championship MVP)
-badminton (city champ)
-Art Club (founder and leader)
-peer support (leader)
-tournament planning committees (chaired multiple committees)
-student rep council (member at large)

Job/Work Experience:
-waitress at restaurant
-promotional representative for Captive Audience (marketing company)

Volunteer/Community service:
-Soccer coach for inner city kids
-sports coach for autistic youth
-Canadian cancer society volunteer
-volunteer for Vietnamese Catholic Church
Summer Activities:
Mostly just volunteered and did sports camps in the summers
Essays:
Common App: 9.5/10
I spent weeks trying to come up with a topic for my personal statement, then one day it just came to me. It was very personal, and there was a lot of voice in it. I also had a very strong opening and closing.
Penn supplement: 9/10
I did a lot of research on the school and definitely showed that in my writing. I also made it personal which I think was the most important part.
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
Both were quite strong. My english teacher who adores me is a brilliant women who wrote a stunning rec. She actually let me read it and it was so dazzling. I didn’t see the second one from my bio teacher but he told me he put some pretty good things. He is also a really smart guy so I’m sure it was great.

Counselor Rec: 9/10.
My counselor is also my vice principal and was my English teacher last year. We also had a very good relationship and she knew how hard I’ve worked to get into this school so I’m sure hers was great as well.
Additional Rec:n/a
Interview: 7/10
My interview wasnt bad at all, but I found it hard to talk to my interviewer. I couldn’t really make him laugh at all and it just kinda seemed like a questionnaire thing. We didn’t have much of a real conversation. However, I think it helped that we were both asian, and I went to the same high school as his daughter.
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant):n/a
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: private (very rigorous courses)
Ethnicity: vietnamese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >200000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
-essays: made them both very personal and got them revised by several teachers
-extracurriculars: team sports and visual arts
-recommendations
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
I really tried to emphasize my participation and leadership in team sports and visual arts. I feel that although everyone who applies to the Ivies is very well rounded, a lot are focused a lot of music or individual sports.
Weaknesses:
-test scores
-rigorousness of course (not in IB diploma)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: I think I was accepted because of my essay. I was very honest and it was very personal. It really showed that I was well-rounded and hard working and definitely showed my personality.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: didn’t apply anywhere else
The most unique thing in your application: I’m Canadian, in a bunch of team sports and recognized for my visual arts.

[stephaniealiaga]

Decision: Accepted - Wharton

SAT I (breakdown): 2070
ACT (breakdown): 33, M: 34, R: 32, S: 29 W: 10
SAT II (subject, score): US History 700
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0/ 4.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): U.S. History (5) Enviro (4) Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Computer Science, AP Gov, AP Econ, Physics Honors, Spanish 4 Honors
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 1 other (he also got in but to CAS)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): i wish
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, Honor Roll, National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Recognition Scholar(is this major?? Eh)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (VP), E-Stock Club, YAT, CSF, JSA
Job/Work Experience: Intern for Farmers Insurance. Data Input employee at Tax Income company
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for Drew Leavens (Candidate who ran for congress), Random volunteer hours for YAT, CSF, and Ronald McDonald House Charities
Summer Activities: Statistics class at community college for the heck of it. Visited campus
Essays:
Why Penn: 9/10 My essay was very unique to Penn, I think I truly captured how much I love Penn in my essay and how Wharton was the only place to give me the education and experience I desired. Also made it very pre-professional
CommonApp Essay: Tbh idk how to rank this, talked about being hispanic and it was a heavy subject, it was more of a hit or miss but I guess it worked out because I got in. Really focused on my goals to be a leader and image for hispanic women everywhere, very powerful. Controversy existed in the stereotypes I denoted.
Teacher Recommendation: APUSH teacher: Probably pretty good, really likes me as a student. CALC teacher: Pretty good. I’ve had him for two years now, told me it was very easy for him to write it and he focused on my work ethic.
Counselor Rec: Amazing, I have the closest connection to him than anyone at my school. Knows me better than anyone on campus, like I’ve cried in his office multiple times.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Pretty good, things didn’t come out the way I wanted them to with some things due to nerves but she was really impressed with my “Why Penn” answer, the interview lasted over an hour, and conversation got very casual and lighthearted as she started talking to me about the party scene and local bars/clubs

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Public Policy and Business Economics
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Being Hispanic definitely gave me an edge (very represented throughout my app: counselor rec focused on it, NHRP, common app essay), pretty rare for a hispanic to have a 4.0 UW GPA so that was a hook. I had a good amount of work experience centered around business.
Weaknesses: SAT score, SAT II score, not many leadership positions, not as many AP classes as I might’ve liked to take, very average awards, not much involvement in the community whoops
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: beats me I was preparing for rejection
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: guess I’ll never know
The most unique thing in your application: probably my common app essay(being hispanic yada yada)

[schooliscoool]

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (650 CR, 690 M, 680 W, 8 E)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (32 E, 32 M, 34 R, 33 S, 8 E)
SAT II: 700 Math II, 720 U.S.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/220
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), Human Geo (5), US Govt (4), World (4), Enviro (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Econ, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): George Washington University Math/Science Medal

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim Team, Student Council, English Honor Society (officer), Spanish Honor Society (VP), Relay for Life (Chair of Spirit), Ecology Club (Treasurer), Math Honor Society (Historian), Tutor, Academic Competitions (Chemathon, Physics Olympics), LGBT
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting (sometimes…didn’t put on app)
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Autistic Camp, Tutor
Summer Activities: Volunteer at Autistic Camp, Swim Team
Essays: Common App (9/10) – how I stood up for myself for being apart of LGBT, Penn Supp (8/10) - talked out my personal interest in politics/people/civil rights and connected to Penn’s classes, clubs, and opportunities.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 for both. 1) calc teacher – best in career student…nominated me for national award. 2) spanish teacher – best in career student – self studied/skipped levels of spanish.
Counselor Rec: 10/10…loves me…so close with her.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Good. He was so nice! I was there early and looked nice. Conversation flowed well…except I forgot to ask him questions about Penn.
Other: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 130,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LGBT

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, ACT, ECs, Recommendations
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: LGBT, focus on Equality
Weaknesses: SAT Tests
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Hardworking, Personable recommendations, LGBT
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: N/A (first acceptance!)
The most unique thing in your application: Common App Essay

[HellYeahUPenn]

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Took it once: 1980 (660 CR, 670 M, 650 W, 8 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): Took it once: 32 (34 E, 28 M, 30 R, 34 S, 6 Essay)
SAT II: 700 Biology-Molecular, 680 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/560
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), English Lang. and Comp. (4), Biology (3) (didn’t take AP classes for English and Bio)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Biology SL (5)-taken Junior year, taking the other 5 tests this spring/IB Diploma candidate
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL2, IB Chem HL2, IB History of the Americas HL2, IB Math SL2, IB French SL2, IB Physics SL, IB Theory of Knowledge 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope, just the basics

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Treasurer), Swimming for a club (not school’s swim team) for four years (I am not that good at all), Anti-bullying club, Key club, teaching-foreign-languages-to-kids club
Job/Work Experience: Work at an Arcade around 24 hours a week since May 2014
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Animal Shelter
Summer Activities: Swimming for a club

Essays:

Common App (10/10): Talked about my life as an abandoned child and how I crossed the border illegally to reunite with my mother. Extremely sad/tear-jerker, shocked the teacher who proofread my essay.
Penn Supp. (8.5/10): Spot on. Discussed how I want to be a doctor but I am also interest in languages and Penn has a class that teaches medical terminology in Spanish, which would help me aid Spanish-speaking community (and professionally communicate with their doctors).

Teacher Recommendation:

1. 8/10: French teacher may not be very original (last year she asked us for ideas for her to write in a student’s recommendation letter as she was doing it during our french class!), BUT I am one of her favorite students because I skipped a year of French, so I wanted her to tell Penn how I was able to handle that.
2. 8/10: English teacher was chosen because I figured English teachers have the ability to write better, she has known me for three years (taught me in two, her husband in the other). I don’t know what she could have talked about except things like overcoming the language barrier (accent) and improving myself in a second language.
   Counselor Rec: No idea. She knows me, and she knows my story of freshman year when I started at the bottom (all level 3 classes) and ended up going up the ladder (going to level 2, then Honors for all the classes that offered it). Then how I had to double up in maths and sciences to catch up to my more-intellectual peers the following year.
   Additional Rec: Nope.

Interview: Over the phone. It was okay. Not great, but not bad either. It seemed a little robotic. She extensively answered my first question about Penn and then started to finish the conversation before I could ask another question, but she called me back a week later after the acceptance and was really nice and offered advice.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biochemistry (did the Common App even asked that?)
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college student, but I have to say my unusual life story made me stand out from the usual applicants

Reflection:

Strengths: Essays (especially Common App), balanced student, URM, good GPA, hard classes, luck
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Life story (“it sucked, but here I am”)
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars (lack of leadership positions/varsity sports)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Life story must have made the admissions people cry
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: N/A
The most unique thing in your application: Ahhhh now I sound annoying but Life Story, not many people are abandoned by their dad at age 3, and then by there mom just a few years afterwards, and then the whole crossing the border and getting caught kinda thing.

[Kudrimoti]

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective: Pre-Med track

SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (Math:770, Writing:780, Reading:700)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Math II: 770; Bio (Molecular): 780; US History 780

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1 (Valedictorian)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4); Stat(5); US History (5);

IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP - Physics; AP-Calc; AP-Economics; AP-English; AP-Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Math and Science Medal; Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Certificate of Academic Excellence
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vice President National Honor Society; Store Manager of School Store, Captian of School Tennis Team
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at various Hospitals/Clinics
Summer Activities: After Junior year summer - Worked as Research Assistant at Mass Eye n’ Ear Infirmary and shadowed a Retina Specialist; After Sophomore year summer - took 4 credit course at Harvard SSP and got A-

Essays: Good I guess, never got evaluated by anybody
Teacher Recommendation: Guess very good (never saw it)
Counselor Rec: Guess very good (never saw it)
Additional Rec: Very good reco from my research guide
Interview: Had a great Alumni Interview
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (but did not get any)
Intended Major: Molecular Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Research paper (getting paper published in Journal); Good set of ECs; Good Essays
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Focus was to show well rounded personality.
Weaknesses: SAT Critical Reading score of 700
Why you think you were accepted: My Research work, recommendation letters, and good essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Withdrew from everywhere, so don’t know where else I would have gotten
The most unique thing in your application: Research Work

[midwestbandie]

Decision: Rejected - University of Pennsylvania (CAS)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 29 Composite (34 English, 26 Math, 31 Reading, 26 Science)
SAT II:N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.49 (GPA was around 3.43 when applying to colleges)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (School does not rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: English IV, Pre-Calc, 21st Century Media and Communications, Band, Catholic Social Teaching, Latin IV, Seminar in Contemporary Politics, Wealth and Poverty Since The Industrial Revolution)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BASE member (Black Awareness Society for Education) [similar to a BSU], Student Senate/Government elected Sergeant-at-Arms, Debate Team (Co-Founder/Captain), Mock Trial (started after submitting college apps), Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, Student Admissions Team member, JustPeace member.
Job/Work Experience: Worked is my school’s alumni outreach drive (Paid).
Volunteer/Community service: Generation of Promise: Student leadership development program focusing on resources, leadership, and critical issues that influence quality of life in the metro area. (200+ Hours) I also started a music/instrumental learning program for a local and underfunded elementary school.
Summer Activities: LEAD SBI (@ Penn) , LEAD Global (@ University of Cape Town), and LEAD CSI (@ Stanford). Also spent a summer abroad performing with the Blue Lake International Program.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-10 I think my Common App essay was fantastic, and other people have told me the same. I used the “describe a place where you’re perfectly content” prompt and wrote about waking up early for Jazz Band juxtaposed that with how it has helped me grow into a leader. I also wrote in the additional comments section explaining the sharp contrast between my freshman year grades and the rest of high school.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10. My Latin teacher whom I’m very fond of and is also fond of me wrote this one.
Teacher Rec #2: 7 or 8. This one came from my junior year math teacher, and math was really not my thing…
Counselor Rec: 10. My college counselor knew me pretty well, and always talked about how seriously she took ED letters. We had a great relationship so I’m sure it was fantastic.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Penn interview went well (at least I thought).

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science or PPE
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic (Jesuit)
Ethnicity: African-American/Black
Gender:M
Income Bracket: $80,000-$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, seasoned musician (I sent in clips), single parent home (?)
Strengths: My essays and club/activities. I was a very involved student, and I think my overall application very much reflected that.
Weaknesses: Test scores and grades, and I never took any APs.

Reflection: This was my reach/long shot. I knew my chances were very limited but I went for it anyway. Fortunately, I was accepted into what has become my true dream school and have already enrolled.

[quakercamille]

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1810 superscore (580 Reading, 670 Math, 560 Writing)
ACT (breakdown): 28 Composite (30 English, 29 Math, 30 Reading, 24 Science)
SAT II: 700 Math I, 620 Physics, 620 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics (4)
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, Forensics, IB Math HL, IB Spanish SL, IB History HL, TOK, IB Art HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Finalist in an international art competition in 2013 (honorable mention in 2012) and went on to be displayed in 4 galleries worldwide

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse 4 year starter (Captain), Varsity Volleyball 4 year starter, Debate Team, Photography Club (President and Founder)
Job/Work Experience: Summer Day Camp Counselor, Freelance digital illustrator
Volunteer/Community service: PAW Animal Shelter Volunteer for 2 years
Summer Activities: Work
Essays: Very personal

• Common App: “Transition into adulthood” prompt, wrote about how my dreams were blatantly shot down by a certain someone in my family when I was a child, that I would not succeed and how I was told I would starve, and that I became an adult when I devoted myself to proving him wrong and actually felt in control of my life and deciding what path I would walk for myself
• Writing Supplement: my plan for my potential four years at Penn and how the courses I want to take resonate with me and will directly help my future career path
  Teacher Recommendation: My history teacher from freshman and sophomore year and my Extended Essay mentor who I believe I have the closest relationship with, my English teacher for three years of high school… Did extremely well in both of their classes, but did not get to read any of their letters.
  Counselor Rec: Did not read
  Additional Rec: My IB Art teacher (since I plan to major in Visual Studies here and pursue a career in the creative field)
  Interview: Went very well, interviewer told me I was a very strong candidate and that he would do whatever in his power he could to “facilitate my application”

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Visual Studies
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (small and suburban)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$110,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

Reflection:

Strengths: My transcript/GPA, essays, my art portfolio
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My passion for art and my drive, my essays had a strong voice and sense of my character and my story and my determination to succeed and overcome any and everything I’m told I cannot do
Weaknesses: Test scores, ECs (they weren’t terrible, I just wish I had done more impressive things)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: My essays and my portfolio
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Binghamton, Oneonta, New Paltz (all SUNYs and my safeties)
The most unique thing in your application: My placement in the Top 100 of 1100+ entries in the International Reggae Poster Competition and being displayed in galleries in Washington DC, Mexico, Jamaica, and Spain; and the poetic writing and story in my common app essay

Message to future applicants:
Penn was my dream school, I knew that since the end of my sophomore year. When I applied ED, I met only doubt and half-hearted hope and support from my peers (as one might expect when applying to an Ivy League school with pretty low test scores). My guidance counselor even once proposed the idea of applying ED to a different school that I “statistically” had better chances of getting in. No one expected me to be accepted (and for a time, I didn’t think so either), so beating the odds and getting accepted made decision day the happiest day of my life. Honestly, ANYTHING can happen, so just put your best foot forward and good luck!
(Also, if your scores are low like mine: standardized testing isn’t everything!!)

[diddlysquat33]

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2380: (m/cr/w) 800, 800, 780
ACT (breakdown): 35 (m/s/e/w) 32, 36, 36, 35
SAT II: Math II, 720/ Biology, 700/ US History, 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.114 weighted, 3.9 something unweighted (school doesn’t give it, don’t want to do the math)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/
AP (place score in parenthesis): Geography (5), US History (5), Biology (4), Chemistry (3), Calculus AB (5), Language and Composition (5), World History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP’s /semester, 7 distinct AP’s for the year
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None? (AP Scholar probably doesn’t count)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Knowledge Bowl (Captain), Math Team
Job/Work Experience: Manager at McDonald’s, working 30 hrs/wk during Junior year, 15 hrs/wk during Senior year
Volunteer/Community service: None
Summer Activities: None worth mentioning
Essays: Common App: 8/ Why Penn: 9 or 10 (I thought I did a really good job on the essay)
Teacher Recommendation: AP Calculus teacher: Probably 7+ /10 (Never got to read it, but I have a pretty good relationship with her and I think she would have done a good job)
AP World History/ AP Government teacher/ Knowledge Bowl Coach: 9/10 at least (read this one, really well done)
Counselor Rec: Never read it, barely knew the counselor, can’t really say, but it can’t have been great.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: 8/10 (The conversations went really well, I was able to talk a lot about my experience as a captain and a manager, and I think he was genuinely interested in what I said on other topics like microbiology and physics)
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (family income <45000, lots of financial aid needed, and given)
Intended Major: Biology (pre-med track)
State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <45000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Academics (Grades, Test Scores, etc.), Likable (I think?), Solid work background (Management at 17),
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Curiosity (my whole Penn essay was focused on it, and I think I did a good job blending details about the school with details about myself)
Weaknesses: Short list of extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted: Good academics combined with (in my opinion) a really good essay
Where else were you accepted: Applied to Penn Early Decision.
The most unique thing in your application: I can’t really think of much to make me stand out, well written essay maybe?

[seoulbound]

Decision: Accepted - Huntsman ( Likely)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 670/670/690 2030
ACT (breakdown): 31, 32 superscored. 11 and 12 on essays
SAT II: 750 ush, 700 wh, 660 math 2, 630 spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): probably 3.98 or 3.97 my school does it out of 4.3 but I only have 2 A-
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): currently 1/165 when they saw it on my midyear but 2/165 during decisions
AP (place score in parenthesis): apwh (5) APUSH (5) ap eng (5) ap spanish (4) ap calc, ap english lit, ap chem
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap calc, ap eng, ap chem, advanced chem and physics, korean independent study, college scholarship independent study, fitness CLEP, econ and government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NSLI-y korean summer, SPI abroad scholarship, CIEE korean scholarship ( back when they had it) National hispanic recognition, girls state, hamilton citizenship award, QB but I didn’t do anything with it so I doubt it helped me that much. A bunch of school awards too, like MA history day ( national history day) regional first place, state honorable mention.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student advisory council 4 years ( Vice President) best buddies type club 4 years ( co founder and president) political discussion club 3 years ( secretary) NHS, guidance assistant, math club/ tutor, interclass plays, president’s council, model un ( only one conference at my school), unified track and field 2 years ( varsity and I think co capitan this year if we have the position)
Job/Work Experience: personal tutor starting in feb but the didn’t know that. Worked at Kmart junior year for the holiday season ugh
Volunteer/Community service: NHS and guidance assistance plus I guess student advisory council could be considered some volunteer work.
Summer Activities: went to seoul with NSLI-Y to study korean
Essays:
Why Penn: very similar to my uchicago and columbia essays since I value the same characteristics ( I say a 7/8)
Common App: didn’t think much of it at the time but it hasn’t gotten me rejected from anywhere so yay! It talks about my struggle with languages both internally and with my community questioning my desire to study other cultures. Talks about what I learned about myself and the world. I’d say 9/10
Huntsman: reused my gtown topic and added on more information about economics and then tied it back to huntsman~! 8/9
Teacher Recommendation: ap spanish teacher from sophomore year ( junior class but I fought to take it, and it showed my maturity and love of languages. She wrote a beautiful letter) 8/9
Counselor Rec: she knows me well since I work in her office every day haha. She touched about my special circumstances and passions 8
Additional Rec: APUSH/APWH teacher. Not my facorite rec in terms of length but the content was very touching 7
Interview: I thought it went horribly because he stared me down and questioned my favorite book ( Candide) and then I kind of said my nick name which involves North Korea and yeah I didn’t think it was so hot. Turned out I was the best applicant that he interviewed that year o.o so yay? 9?
Other don’t think I submitted anything unless they looked at my QB app

Applied for Financial Aid?: yup.
Intended Major: huntsman and korean
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: rural but upper middle class public school of about 700 kids
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 65-75k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM. Probably but interests that seem to make everyone stare at me like I have two heads lol. Puerto Rican and loves korean <3 probably my language scholarships and prior coursework.

Where else have you been accepted? Gtown, uchicago, columbia, northeastern, umass amherst

@fminlinden‌ here you go let me know if you have any questions or want to read my essays! Off to bed lol