<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2300
[<em>] SAT II: 800M2, 790Chem, 740Span
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: U.S. Government 5, Spanish Language 3
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.52
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.93
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/566</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very Good, Unique
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Not exactly sure, but pretty good at least
[<em>] Counselor Rec: VERY good
[</em>] Hook (if any): ehh...none, really</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public, noncompetitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: Spanish Honorary -- President, Junior Statesmen -- Cofounder, Vice President, Golf</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 680
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 750
SAT Total: 2110
SAT II: Math II 660, Physics 730
AP/IB taken/scores: Physics 4
GPA weighted: messed up cause I switched around schools a couple times, but at this school my gpa is 3.95
GPA unweighted: dont know
Rank or % estimate: Not released</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I submitted 3: the common app personal statement, the autobiography page 217, and why Penn. I really liked the common app and the autobiography, but thought my why penn was a little weak.
Teacher Recs: I couldn't read them, but im pretty sure they were really good.
Counselor Rec: my college counseler LOVES me, so im pretty sure it was good.
Hook (if any): recruited sabre fencer + legacy
Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: Private, Public, then Private again
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: Yes
Recruited Yes/No: Yes
Important ECs: Mainly fencing, a lot of involvement in Jewish community
Other Factors: won Rensselaer medal (math/science award/scholarship), got venture grant (funds to pursue a venture)
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Im pretty stoked</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 720
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2130
[<em>] SAT II: 780 US History, 760 Math IIC
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: APUS - 5 AP World - 5 Chemistry - 4 Calc AB - 5
[</em>] GPA weighted: 106
[<em>] GPA unweighted: ~99
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 2/109</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Fairly generic, but well written. no one but me saw them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good. sent it extra rec from English teacher that was outstanding
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very short/hurried, but good
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania :)
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[</em>] Important ECs: hockey, lots of volunteer work, governor's school</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: in-state may have helped slightly?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all those accepted! To those deferred or rejected, I wish you the best of luck in all you do. I'm sure you'll experience great success, regardless.</p>
<p>*Decision && School: Deferred from Wharton =( *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 740
[<em>] SAT Writing: 760
[</em>] SAT Total: 2200
[<em>] SAT II: Math IC – 720, Literature 690. (yea I didn't work hard on these)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 8 APs total. Didn't take many tests- AP US: 4, AP Bio: 3
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.94
[<em>] GPA unweighted: n/a
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 18/325</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I worked my ass off on them. I definitely thought they'd get me in..guess not.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I only read one and it was great. I KNOW the other one was amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably the reason why I was deferred because I just got a brand new GC this year. He just started with no experience. ARGHHH
[</em>] Hook (if any): great personal qualities?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Philly, PA (my weakness.. too much competition)
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese American (also a weakness)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Lots of leadership (Editor in Chief of lit mag, Concert Mistress of Orch, President of two clubs...started Debate Club..</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I HATE BEING ASIAN.. grrr</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all of you. The amount of people who got in is unbelievable. Wish me luck for RD.</p>
<p>god damn, deferred from SEAS :( i really did think i had a shot at being accepted, but i am positive that my low GPA as a result of horrible fresh + soph years killed me. but AT LEAST i know Penn is considering me. hopefully i still have a shot. on the plus side, i just got accepted to my backup, UMich engineering today. </p>
<p>grats to all those who got in! i swear to god if it takes all my energy i am going to get into penn somehow :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 710
[</em>]SAT Math: 800
[<em>]SAT Writing: 750
[</em>]SAT Total: 2260
[<em>]SATII: 800,750
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores: lang and comp, calc bc, programming ab, all 5s. taking 4 ap this year
[</em>]GPA weighted: 4.25ish
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: 3-4%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: on a scale of 1-10: why penn 7, common app statement 8, first experience 8-9...teachers told me they were awesome
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one great, one good, one decent to good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: great
[</em>]Hook(if any): fob, intl student (diversity hook..lol)</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: maryland
[</em>]School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian
[</em>]Gender: female
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: N
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: N
[li]Important ECs: two school clubs that i'm very involved in, model un, newspaper, 400+ volunteer hours, internship and class at jhu[/li][/ul]Other Factors: several school/county/national awards General Comments/Congratulations/etc: PENN 11 rock on!!!!! easily one of the best days of my life...can't wait to meet all the CCers!!!!! to those who are deferred/rejected, you all are wonderful people and you will succeed, so don't give up!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2360
[<em>] SAT II: 680 Math IIC-sucks; 700 Literature; 800 Chinese
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: IB World Religions 7
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.05
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.85
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top 10%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent "Why Penn"; decent personal statement
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): TASP 2006? National writing awards?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northern VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li] Important ECs: Amnesty International VA Coordinator, Model UN Secretary General (3 "Best Delegate Awards" and various other awards), Interfaith Youth Council, volunteer work at a youth shelter[/li][/ul]Other Factors: IB Diploma Candidate, National Merit Semifinalist, won multiple national essay contests.</p>
<p>oh wow! Wharton411 got rejected... Damn, that's sad! He was one of the big guys on this forum for a month before.. Well at least JYANKEES and PARO46 got in! I'll see you all next September (or August whenever the Orientation is?)!</p>
<p>Decision && School: Accepted, Life Sciences and Management</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 630
[</em>]SAT Math: 800
[<em>]SAT Writing: 650
[</em>]SAT Total:2080 (SAT's ain't **<em>)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math Level II, 680 Bio, 640 US history
[<em>]ACT: 35 (but ACT's are)
[</em>]AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC - 5, Bio - 5, Comp Sci A - 5, US Hist - 4
[<em>]GPA weighted: 4.78
[</em>]GPA unweighted:3.98
[li]Rank or % estimate: Top 1 %</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:*[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Spent months on them, were solid
[</em>]Teacher Recs: assume good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: assume good
[</em>]Hook (if any): I'm amazing, actually kentucky and brother goes there</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Kentucky
[</em>]School Type: Highly Competitive Public, in special program
[<em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: Sort of, Brother currently attends
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: No
[li]Important ECs: Vice Pres of Key Club, Co-pres of MSTC executive committee and Dunbar Cultural Society </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I have a research project, mentor rec, abstract sent</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I'm hyped! Life Sciences and Management, thought i had no chance for it. What sucks is i am sick so i can't go party =(. there is always new years to look forward to though</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 780
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2330
[<em>] SAT II: US History: 770, Math IIC: 730
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Art History-5, World History-5, US History-5, IB Environmental-6, IB Philosophy-5
[<em>] GPA weighted: 5.2
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: 2/400</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Solid, but not spectacular
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Eh? Average or good
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: North Carolina
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Nothing exciting..lots of volunteering, piano, lacrosse, leadership in school clubs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: None</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b] Congratulations to everyone that got in! I'm so excited! And good luck to everyone who was deferred!</p>
<p>*Decision & School: Accepted to The College *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 750
[</em>] SAT Math: 670
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2220
[<em>] SAT II: 760, 730, 710
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Junior year 4 on APUSH, 4 APs senior year
[</em>] GPA weighted: 99/100
[<em>] GPA unweighted: N/A
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Top 5% 32/750</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good I guess, PM if you want to see them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One great, one ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never saw it but good I assume
[</em>] Hook (if any): Recruited for Sprint Football</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Yes
[li] Important ECs: Football, Baseball</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Football was probably the big one</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Thank God its all over. Congrats to all, can't wait to meet everyone in a few months.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:
[</em>] SAT Math:
[<em>] SAT Writing:
[</em>] SAT Total:
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 730 US History
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History, 5- taking 5 right now plus one college class i took
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.12
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.7
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 22/535</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Essays: not too fond of them after reread
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): 1st generation</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public, not prestigious
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: NO
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: NO
[li] Important ECs: some leadership, lots of work, community service, sports for two years</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: i am so happy for all who got accepted but I cant believe the number of acceptances. It makes me feel worse. I didnt even get deferred. I thought I was prepared for rejection but I was wrong. Time to wait for the RD decisions. 4 more months</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 630
[ *] SAT Math: 800
[ *] SAT Writing: 710
[ *] SAT Total: 2140
[ *] SAT II: 750 Math I; 730 Math II; 500 French w/ Listening
[ *] ACT: -
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: -
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.26
[ *] GPA unweighted: 3.9
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 16/404 (top 4%)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good creative essays (personal about coming from russia, adapting, and developing a passion for languages)
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: don't know
[ *] Hook (if any): native from Moscow, Russia; speaks Russian fluently; currently in New Orleans and been throught the whole Katrina thing</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Louisiana
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White/Russian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: dedicated my whole life to the tennis jr. circuit (played nationally etc); president of service sisterhood club; placed in every math tournament; captain and MVP of tennis</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors: umm gold medal on national latin exam and A- at Uchicago french course[ /b]</p>
<p>[ b]AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can't wait to see y'all next year[ /b]</p>
<p>Yay I'm excited! And I totally have fears of posting on these types of things (hence the lack of specificity), but I am so excited to meet you all so I put my fears aside! </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2210
[</em>] SAT II: Low midish 700s...
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: A bunch...all 4 and 5s
[</em>] GPA weighted:
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top 10% (No rank) </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
I have no idea how these were! I had 3 teacher recs, 2 personal recs and my counseler rec. I assume they were good...</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Some over represented state in America...I don't wish to elaborate :)
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No:No
[li] Important ECs: ALOT of fundraising, non-profit work in addition to "regular" community service. Science research (placed in some national competitions...) </p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Gosh this is so amazing! Sorry for being so vague. I can't wait to meet you guys!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 740
SAT Total: 2340
SAT II: 800M2, 800 US, 790 Bio-M
ACT: N/A
AP/IB taken/scores: U.S. History 5
GPA weighted: ?
GPA unweighted: 4.05 (4=A, 4.4=A+)
Rank or % estimate: 5-8ish/350</p>
<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Essays: Very good and unique
Teacher Recs: One excellent the other very good.
Counselor Rec: He said I was the best senior in the school.
Hook (if any): went to Leadership in the BUsiness world program at the wharton school this past summer.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public, very competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: School VP, founder and prez of a club, VP of another club, treasurer of business club, area-all state musician five times. captain of the football team, write for local newspaper, volunteer awards. a lot of stuff.</p>
<p>Other Factors: MY RTA from the LBW summer program wrote me a recommendation also.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to everyone who got in. sorry to those deferred/rejected.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 790
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2390
[<em>] SAT II:Math 2C - 800 Physics-740 US-660
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5-Human Geo, Environ. Sci, Comp Sci A 4- Spanish Language, English, US History
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.39
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.98
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 10/1277</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Eh- Talked about Wharton Sports Business Initiative?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Big school, didn't know her that well
[</em>] Hook (if any): I visited and talked to Stetson?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Plano,Texas
[</em>] School Type: Very competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Spanish Club, Leadership Camp, Student Congress, NHS, Research, BBall on weekends, Chinese School</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:I wore my lucky socks when I checked online</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:WHOOOOO: I hope to meet all of you guys soon.... WE GOT IN!</p>
<p>P.S.-I never thought I would be saying this but.... How do we withdraw from other schools :)</p>