<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 670
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 690
SAT Total: 2160
SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem - 750, US History - 660
ACT: 34
AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC 5, Chem 5, US History 5, Macroeconomics 5, Microeconomics 5
GPA weighted: 3.76
GPA unweighted: 4.30
Rank or % estimate: doesn’t rank</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: people told me they were great
Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it.
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: Double Legacy
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: 2 Sport Varsity athlete, VP of two clubs and founding of one of them, lots of community service, and lots of peer mentoring activities.</p>
<p>Both my parents attended Penn and I also recieved a letter of recommendation from a board of overseer, so I was shocked when I got rejected and others with similar stats got accepted. I really wanted to go to Penn, but congrats to all who are going.</p>
<p>Don’t feel bad - your qualifications were stellar - I’ll still in awe at some of them. You are all sure to get in somewhere great (maybe even Penn for the deferred). Between the fact that they have just too many applications and have to reject 7 out of 10 in the ED round (even more in the case of Wharton) and the (self-imposed) pressures they are under to put together a class that fits diversity targets, fills the athletic teams, meets the needs of the development office, etc. it’s a wonder that anyone at all who is “unhooked” gets in at all. It’s clear to me that many if not most of those who were rejected were every bit as good as (if not better than) those who were accepted, so don’t blame yourself in any way - it’s just a crap shoot at this point and the dice rolled the wrong way for you.</p>
<p>“But now that I got deferred, I really am wondering whether they are telling me “We want to know more” or “This is a nice way to say you are rejected”.”</p>
<p>I’m not really sure it’s saying either. As for knowing more, assuming your application is complete, they really have all they information about you they want - they really aren’t looking for one extra recommendation or a DVD of you singing Spanish folk songs. It doesn’t hurt to send a letter to your adcom saying that you are still very interested in attending Penn, it remains by far your first choice, blah, blah blah but don’t expect it to have much of an effect. As for it being a consolation prize, that’s more what the waiting list is about because so few people ever get off of it. Deferred really means deferred- they will look at your app again in the spring and your chances are about as good in that round as any other RD candidate (which is, admittedly, not that good based on the percentages, esp. in the case of Wharton). So while your chances in RD are never good, don’t assume they are zero either.</p>
<p>To all you Wharton people out there- first off conragulations to all who were accepted, and hopefully all deferred will get in as well, but second is it possible for a 31 ACT 3.9 GPA and good recs, EC’s and all of that to get into Wharton?? I just started looking into it a few days ago, but I dont know much about it. Any answers or input would be very useful, thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, I must agree with Percy Skivins. I have noticed many applicants on this thread with superlative credentials that were unfortunately rejected. I wish you all the best of luck on all your regular decision applications! As for my fellow acceptees, I look forward to spending the next 4 years with all of you!</p>
<p>absolutely Islanders, I’ve heard of people with much less getting into Wharton, it’s all about how you portray yourself to the Adcoms, if you show you are passionate about education, have an interest in business other than typical cliche stuff. From what i’ve seen in Wharton, SATS and ACTS are really atypical. Sure there are whartonites with 2400s and 36s but there are also the students with the lower scores who are doing just as well. It’s really about proving that you do belong at Wharton, but then again i’m not saying a person with a sub 30 act and 1300 SAT has an equal chance as a person with a higher score but anything is possible, best of luck.</p>
<p>Thanks RV that was very helpful… I really hope I get into there. That would be great. So how exactly do I prtray that I want to do business without being cliche about it?? lol… That seems quite difficult. Thanks again to all</p>
<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT Verbal: 800
[ *] SAT Math:700
[ *] SAT Writing:780
[ *] SAT Total: 2280
[ *] SAT II:Lit-760, French-720, USHist-710
[ *] ACT:32, didn’t send
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: USHist 5
[ *] GPA weighted:4.3
[ *] GPA unweighted:4.0
[ *] Rank or % estimate:top 6%</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Essays:loved them, i think they were the best component of my application and probably the most influential in my decision
[ *] Teacher Recs: sent 3, read only 1 and it was awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn’t read it, but i know her pretty well
[ *] Hook (if any):None</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Pittsburgh, PA
[ *] School Type:top 50 public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Legacy Yes/No:No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No:No
[ *] Important ECs:Big Brothers Big Sisters, Model UN, Student Council, Mission trips </p>
<p>Other Factors:No clue but this is the best thing ever!!!</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:Can’t wait to meet all those accepted in the fall!!! Penn 2012!!!</p>
<p>Decision && School: Accepted SEAS (Applied M&T)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:780
[</em>] SAT Math:720
[<em>] SAT Writing:650 (Ouch)
[</em>] SAT Total:2150
[<em>] SAT II: MathII-770 Chemistry-760 Spanish-720 Literature-710 Bio-690
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Java A-5 Java AB-4 Chemistry-4 English Language-4 Spanish-4
[</em>] GPA weighted:3.9
[<em>] GPA unweighted:4.4
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Top 4% according to UC but school doesn’t rank.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: 9 (I’m not that great a writer but I think they had some awesome content.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One really good, one I have no idea (didn’t see either)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be really good, but they hardly know me.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Worked with UC Berkeley research group for 3 years. Intern for nonprofit teaching wilderness survival skills. Published photographer.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Naw
[li] Important ECs: Leader in social justice youth group. President of photo club. Science club. Others listed under “hook”.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
Interview went really well (not sure this makes much of a difference).
AP Scholar with Distinction. National Merit Commendation.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congratulations everyone! I’m excited to meet you all in Philly! Those who got deferred keep your hopes up.</p>
<p>Anybody know whether I will be reconsidered for M&T at regular time after being accepted SEAS now?</p>
<p>Getting into M&T once you’re here is pretty tricky – you need a 3.9 minimum (pretty much all A’s, maybe room for one or two A-'s) and a few recommendations and essential class requirements. I think there was only one person that did that last year.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 760
[</em>]SAT Math: 780
[<em>]SAT Writing: 710
[</em>]SAT Total: 2250
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math II and Lit
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP World History (5), American History (5), European History (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (5)
[<em>] GPA weighted: 96.568/100
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 5%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: simply put, amazing. won an award in my school for my common app essay. my why penn? was a bit sappy, but it was heartfelt and unique.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: wonderful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: also great
[</em>] Hook (if any): no hook.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Long Island, NY
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no!
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: obviously not
[li] Important ECs: debate, volunteering, political activism, lots of leadership</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: my lower freshmen year grades were explained by a serious illness. Obviously, that made no difference.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: clearly, I’m not good enough for Penn. Though, I don’t really see what was wrong with my application. <em>sigh</em> Well, congrats to those who did get in.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT Verbal: 750
[ *] SAT Math:770
[ *] SAT Writing:720
[ *] SAT Total: 2240
[ *] SAT II:Bio-670, Math1-710, Math2-690
[ *] ACT:32, didn’t send
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: Psych 4
[ *] GPA weighted:3.9
[ *] GPA unweighted:3.75
[ *] Rank or % estimate:top 15%</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Essays:loved them, i think they were the best component of my application and probably the most influential in my decision
[ *] Teacher Recs: 2 from teachers who love me
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn’t read it, but he’s my history teacher and he loves me too
[ *] Hook (if any):triple Legacy, local,</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Main Line, Pennsylvania
[ *] School Type:Private Jewish
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Legacy Yes/No:Yes
[ *] Recruited Yes/No:No
[ *] Important ECs:Head of youth group, music composer, work with special needs kids, piano, guitar, model Un, World affiars council steering comittee
Other Factors:I’m so excited, and I had an awesome Interview
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:I’m soooo excited to go to Penn!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 750
[</em>] SAT Total: 2290
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chinese, 800 Math IIC, 770 Chem, 690 Physics
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Euro 5, Enviro 5, Comp Sci A 5, Physics B 5, Calc BC 5, APUSH 4, Eng Lang 4, Chem 5, Spanish Lang 4, Bio 5, Micro 4
[</em>] GPA weighted: 6.819
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.952
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Top 1%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were unique…apparently not
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Apparently not so great…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Read above…
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope, I’m asian, thats anti-hook</p>
<p>[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Founder of charity rock band, Pres of FBLA, Captain Badminton Team, Vice of Amnesty and Science National</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Very disappointed and discouraged. But congrats to those that got in. I hope to see you guys in fall. Life’s not fair.</p>
<p>SAT Verbal: 690
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing: 770
[ *] SAT Total: 2210
[ *] SAT II: math 710 span 650 (eesh)
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores:
[ *] GPA weighted: dunno
[ *] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[ *] Rank or % estimate: no rank, but i think top 15%</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: generic
[ *] Hook (if any): girl interested in biomed.engineering, legacy</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MD
[ *] School Type: private catholic small
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: yes
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: no
[ *] Important ECs: model un- head delegate, best buddies, track varsity, lead a club at school - community service</p>
<p>yo guys, i know someone who got into Wharton from my school that doesnt have phenomenal stats. He has 1950 on SAT. His rank is 10. Not that great of a gpa. Essays were ok. Extracurriculars weren’t special. Idk how he got in. Maybe its cuz my school is one of the top schools in Philadelphia and that only 2 ppl applied and he was the better one. The other one was deferred.</p>
<p>if your a resident of philadelphia proper (not the suburbs), you get a huge boost, people in the bottom half of my class got in to Penn my year, and the few who applied to wharton all got in. The boost is particularly big for the public schools, but similar a similar trend occurs in the private schools; residency is the most important thing.</p>
:-P</p>