Official University of Pennsylvania ED 2017 Results Thread

emblem101 · December 12, 2012, 11:22am

With decisions coming out in a few hours, here is a thread for the results of ED applicants. I personally feel that the some of the most informational and rewarding parts of College Confidential are the result threads, so please consider posting your results and your stats to help future applicants determine where they fit in within the applicant pool.

Please also take note that this is not discussion thread -- it is appreciated if you can leave this thread mostly clean until you are actually notified of your results.

Just copy and paste the following template into your reply, fill out the proper information, and you'll be set. You do not have to delete any spaces.

Thanks, and best of luck!

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Pick one:

Decision: Accepted - CAS
Decision: Accepted - SEAS
Decision: Accepted - Wharton
Decision: Accepted - Nursing
Decision: Waitlisted - CAS
Decision: Waitlisted - SEAS
Decision: Waitlisted - Wharton
Decision: Waitlisted - Nursin
Decision: Rejected - CAS
Decision: Rejected - SEAS
Decision: Rejected - Wharton
Decision: Rejected - Nursing

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score):
[] Unweighted/Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other ED applicants in your school:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community Service:
[] Summer Experience:
[] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Info/Rec:
[li] Interview:[/ul][/li]
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Why Penn:
[] Ben Franklin Quote Essay:
[] Any dual-degree program essays:
[] CommonApp Personal Statement:
[li] CommonApp Activity Essay:[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country:
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket Range:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/li][/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]

Other Factors:

emblem101 · December 12, 2012, 12:33pm

Per 45 Percenter’s suggestion, please use the below tags if you are deferred.

Decision: Deferred CAS
Decision: Deferred SEAS
Decision: Deferred Wharton
Decision: Deferred Nursing

biguk997 · December 12, 2012, 6:05pm

Decision: Rejected - Wharton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):1880
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): 34 english, 34 reading, 32 math, 35 science
ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
SAT II (subject, score):
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.45uw/ 4.35w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): psych, euro, us history, physics
Senior Year Course Load: ap calc ab, ap stat, ap econ, ap gov, ap lang, ap chinese
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

insanely good ecs
idk about rec letters
not even deferred

yoyo17 · December 12, 2012, 6:06pm

Accepted!!! Will post stats later

chrezie · December 12, 2012, 6:06pm

Rejected - Wharton… Will post stats tonight…

Schatzie · December 12, 2012, 6:08pm

Decision: Accepted (CAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): reading 720, math 800, writing 800 (essay:11)
[] ACT: 35 – I sent both my SAT & ACT (took SAT twice and ACT once)
[] SAT II: Math II: 800, Chemistry: 790, US Hist: 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I think it’s 3.89, but we have weighted GPA so…(but a steep upward trend)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: AP world, micro econ, lang, chemistry, US hist, Calc BC/ 4: macro econ (self-studied)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP gov, lit, biology, physics & Multivar
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): regional/ state medals from science Olympiad, other than that not really
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra 4 years- did various activities including school orch, district honors orchestra… (section leader), Publication Club 3 years(President), Science Olympiad , NHS, MHS, Tri-M,…etc
[] Job/Work Experience: just one paid tutoring but not on app
[] Volunteer/Community service: local retirement community (3 years), tutoring under-served children (3 years): I never counted up volunteer hours because I personally think that just defeats the whole purpose of volunteering. You volunteer because you want to help not get hours right? But I did go 2 hrs/ week whole year except holidays
[] Summer Activities: Internship both junior& senior year summers (economics related, will not specify), Summer course at university
[] Essays: Common app was about my EMT experience, Why Penn was really specific to my academic interest, Ben Franklin was a bit clich

phoenix101 · December 12, 2012, 6:08pm

Decision: Accepted (CAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 800M 800CR 800W (76-12)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: US Hist (760) Math II (780) Chem (740)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk unweighted, weighted 4.77/5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): at least top 10% of 326
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist (5) Eng Lang (5) Chem (4) Phys Mech (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Phys E/M, AP Eng Lit, Spanish 5H, Art 3H, Organic Chem (Saturday morning)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): medal at national level for Science Olympiad and a bunch more medals at state and regional level and first PA state champion for my school, national merit, NHS, AP scholar with honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (VP/secretary), Varsity Tennis, NHS tutoring, peer leader, oil painting, violin/ chamber orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: none… lol time to get a job now…
[] Volunteer/Community service: +100 hours volunteering at local hospital, some research work at lab
[] Summer Activities: ^^volunteering
[] Essays: eh…
[] Teacher Recommendation: I got one from my AP chem teacher who is also my coach for Science Olympiad so I guess it was pretty good. The other one was from my AP Eng Lang teacher which I guess was decent
[] Counselor Rec: eh… your generic counselor rec that’s the same for 400 other students
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: my interview went well I guess, she seemed to like me enough
[/ul]Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, lots of ivies, lots of Penn applicants
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: ~$120K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really… except I have a parent who works at penn
Reflection
[li] Strengths: SATs, commitment to ec’s, my passion I guess[/li][] Weaknesses: the fact that I’m an Asian girl interested in medicine -.- and GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: some luck, some effort, some sassiness. Also alot of people get accepted to penn from my school.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Pitt
General Comments: commence onset of full blown senioritis! Congrats to those who got in! Good luck to the rest of you in your college applications!

NoLimitLim · December 12, 2012, 6:09pm

Didn’t pledge or anything but hopefully someone who deserved it got in. Will post my stats soon.

Millerl17 · December 12, 2012, 6:10pm

Decision: Rejected - CAS

Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
• ACT: 34 (34 math, English and reading, 32 sci 8 writing)
• SAT II: 770 Bio M, 700 Spanish Lit, 620 chem
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Psych
• IB (place score in parenthesis): None offered
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Euro, AP Econ, AP Spanish, honors calc, honors English, foods class
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DECA states awards

Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of cross country, 3 varsity letters, senior year captain, National Honor Society secretary, karate and muay thai for 12 years, Student Ambassador (help froshies), DECA for 3 years, 2 year state finalist
• Job/Work Experience: Taught kids karate for 2 years, refereed soccer games in my town
• Volunteer/Community service: Special needs soccer clinic, environmental restoration over the summer in Costa Rica for 9 days
• Summer Activities: ^(Costa Rica), did a culinary program at the Culinary Institute at Penn over the summer
• Essays: Pretty good, I think my common app essay and move essay were my two best, the others were pretty decent
• Teacher Recommendation: Both of them were probably pretty great, I didn’t read them but the teachers both really liked me
• Counselor Rec: Good, my counselor and I were good friends and she liked me
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: Pretty good, my interviewer said I would fit in well at Penn :D

Other
• State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: ~
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (grandpa attended)

Reflection
• Strengths: Recommendations, ACT score, maybe senior year curriculum
• Weaknesses: rest of high school curriculum was kinda weak, even though I got good grades, maybe volunteering?
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: weak curriculum freshman-junior year, nothing to make me stand out
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet

General Comments: oh well, pretty bummed but hey congrats to everyone who got in

jinxedinaflash · December 12, 2012, 6:11pm

Decision: Rejected Wharton

Objective[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 690 M, 800 W, 2250 Total
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 780 Bio E, 710 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (highest known; decile system)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB-5, APUSH-5, Bio-5, World History-4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics H (AP not offered), Stats AP, Gov AB, Microecon AP, Journalism (fourth year), Lit AP, Spanish Lang AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, School District Recognition Award, Scholar Athlete, AP Scholar with honors [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of biggest club on campus, CSF, Newspaper Editor (12) and Ad manager (11), JV Tennis (9-10), Link Crew (11-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid peer tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital and library, some random marathons, etc.
[] Summer Activities: nothing special AT ALL unfortunately
[] Essays: they were all pretty good, the “engage academically” was a favorite of mine. All were written with Penn specificially in mind.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One solid but standard, the other probably really great
[] Counselor Rec: Good, one of the few students he knows personally since it’s a big school
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Wasn’t given one…[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large, public
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: mid-high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays? Club president, journalism, meh…
[] Weaknesses: SAT I? Got a C one semester, no summer activities, double-meh…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: extra-curriculars maybe? who knows really…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A

[/ul]**General Comments<a href=“12/11/12”>/b</a>: wrote this the day before seeing the decision to be unbiased haha
(12/12/12): aww man, oh well at least I have the rest of my apps 100% ready to go

ardyardybobli · December 12, 2012, 6:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): Nothing
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): Nothing
ACT (breakdown): 34 E 36 M 36 R 34 S
ACT superscore (breakdown): 35. Only took once
SAT II (subject, score): Nothing
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0 W and UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/223
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Nothing
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Calc, English 12, Chem, USH
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):Nothing
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): High honours

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):Academia, Band, Swim, Tennis, Mock Trial, TV Productions. Varsity all. Co-Captain.
Job/Work Experience: Nothing
Volunteer/Community Service: Hospital, various other small things
Summer Experience:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Decent
Teacher Recommendation #2: Never read
Counselor Rec: Never read
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: Nope

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details): I’m not sure…
Why Penn:
Ben Franklin Quote Essay:
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Personal Statement:
CommonApp Activity Essay:

Other
Date Submitted App: 11/6/2012
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Live in US, Canada Citizen
School Type: Small town public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):

Reflection
Strengths: ACT?
Weaknesses: Early grad, only 15 at time of application. No test scores but ACT.
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:

Other Factors:

william95 · December 12, 2012, 6:16pm

Decision: Deferred Wharton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 32 (10 essay, 35 E + 29 M + 34 R + 31 S)
SAT II: 730 USH, 710 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 95.82
Weighted GPA: 104.16
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/75 (Private College Prep school)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
-4 World History; US History
-2 Comp Sci; Physics B (bad teacher, should I not send?)
Senior Year Course Load:

AP English Lit
AP Calc AB (no BC offered)
AP Bio
College Credit Poli Sci
Mandatory Gov / Econ
Major Awards:
School Awards for Community Service / Academics
American Legion Oratorical Contest 3rd place (District Level)
American Legion Scholastic Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Soccer (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
Lacrosse (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
JROTC (Officer) [4 years]
Academic Team (Co-Leader) [2 years]
Rifle Team [1 year]
JR Honor Society (President) [1 year]
NHS (hopefully President) [3 years]
Volunteer/Community service: 60 Various hours
Summer Activities:
HOBY Ambassador (Soph)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):

Soccer (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
Lacrosse (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
JROTC (Officer) [4 years]
Academic Team (Co-Leader) [2 years]
Rifle Team [1 year]
JR Honor Society (President) [1 year]
NHS (hopefully President) [3 years]
Volunteer/Community service: 60 Various hours
Summer Activities:
HOBY Ambassador (Soph)
Teacher Recommendation #1: Probably decent, didn’t see
Teacher Recommendation #2: ^
Counselor Rec: Average
Interview: Went incredibly well I thought.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: Talked about the combination of college campus and city at Penn, the Netter Center, and Management 100 class 7/10
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: Said I was in different categories at different times 7/10
CommonApp Personal Statement: Wrote about my experience with a failure and how I benefited / learned from it, cliche but well written 8/10
CommonApp Activity Essay: Wrote about being a JROTC Officer, well written 9/10

Other
Date Submitted App: Nov 1
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NY
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): I wish

Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, GPA, Rank
Weaknesses: Pretty much everything else, low math scores are the killer
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Too mediocre but worth consideration depending on regular decision pool
What would you have done differently?: Been better at math Tried to do some other stand-out EC

Congrats to those accepted, you should be very excited
To those denied, you’re all incredible applicants and you’ll find your fit somewhere else, don’t sweat it.
To those deferred, being in this limbo kinda sucks but we still have a shot!

Mamalumper · December 12, 2012, 6:19pm

Decision: Accepted - SEAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):2250 760 CR/750M/740 W
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):34
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):Bio 800 Chem 800 Math II 780
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:3.9/4.38
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 5%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses):Bio, Chem, Eng lang, us his, psych all 5s
Senior Year Course Load:AP physics, AP Spanish, AP Economics, AP Lit, AP Calc BC,
Number of other ED applicants in your school:Only me
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):Ac Dec awards
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):AP Scholar, Honor roll, Commended

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):Class Pres 4yrs, Lax, NHS, Club founder
Job/Work Experience:Yes I work too
Volunteer/Community Service:Some, not a highlight of my application
Summer Experience:Beach time
Teacher Recommendation #1:Good?
Teacher Recommendation #2:Good?
Counselor Rec:Good?
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:Went well

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):???
Why Penn:Good
Ben Franklin Quote Essay:Outstanding
Any dual-degree program essays:Yes M&T got rejected there
CommonApp Personal Statement:
CommonApp Activity Essay:

Other
Date Submitted App:
U.S. State/Territory or Country:NJ
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:M
Income Bracket Range:High
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):NONE!!! It does happen!

Reflection
Strengths:Leadership
Weaknesses:
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:So happy!!!

Other Factors:

krishh3794 · December 12, 2012, 6:22pm

Decision: Deferred M & T

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230
SAT II: 780 Chemistry, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA - 4.0

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/41 (Private College Prep school)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
-4 PHysics C, Chemistry

Major Awards:

School Awards for Community Service / Academics

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Soccer (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
Lacrosse (JV / Varsity) [4 years]
JROTC (Officer) [4 years]
Academic Team (Co-Leader) [2 years]
Rifle Team [1 year]
JR Honor Society (Volunteer/Community service: 60 Various hours
Summer Activities:
HOBY Ambassador (Soph)

Summer Activities:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome
Teacher Recommendation #2: Awesome
Counselor Rec: Pretty Good
Interview: Okayish

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 8/10
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: 8/10
CommonApp Personal Statement: 8/10
CommonApp Activity Essay: 9/10

Other
Date Submitted App: Oct 28
U.S. State/Territory or Country:India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: $75,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): I wish

Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, GPA, Rank
Weaknesses: Dunno
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Caltech
What would you have done differently?: Dunno.

Congrats to those accepted, you should be very excited!
To those denied, you’re all incredible applicants and you’ll find your fit somewhere else, don’t sweat it.
To those deferred, being in this limbo kinda sucks but we still have a shot!

Ivygolfer · December 12, 2012, 6:23pm

Decision: Rejected - Wharton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 760/750/730 W:10
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 760/750/730 W:10
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (subject, score): 740 Math II, 680 USH
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.5 (Killed Me)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 5 Micro, 4 USH, 4 Lang, 2 Bio (DNR), couple others…
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs (2 self study) & Honors
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, Harvard Prize Book, Business Department, Honor Roll blah blah blah

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): President of 2 clubs, other school stuff, started 3 businesses, finance articles for major publication have been read in the hundredes of thousands of times
Job/Work Experience: Numerous self employment, writing staff for largest finance website
Volunteer/Community Service: 100 Hrs.
Summer Experience: Golf
Teacher Recommendation #1: Solid
Teacher Recommendation #2: Exceptional
Counselor Rec: Exceptional
Additional Info/Rec: Rec from Alumnus
Interview: Solid

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 6 (possibly generic)
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: 9 (10+ re-writes to get it right)
Any dual-degree program essays: N/A
CommonApp Personal Statement: 9 (Poured my heart out into this one)
CommonApp Activity Essay: 7: Describes my writing job

Other
Date Submitted App: Mid October
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket Range: 250+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Alumni connections, unique EC

Reflection
Strengths: EC’s
Weaknesses: Grades
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA
What would you have done differently?: Done better Freshman & Sophomore year.

dfree124 · December 12, 2012, 6:24pm

Decision: Rejected CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 33 (34M, 33E, 32R, 32S)
[] SAT II: 750 Math II, 730 USH, 670 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Weighted is 3.95 (4.05 junior year, 4.25 senior year)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB: 5, APUSH: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Econ macro, honors humanities.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All-state tennis
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Tennis (note: I did not get recruited): all-state, all-conference, ranked nationally, placed top 10 in the country in team tennis, high school state champions 3 years in a row, captain junior and senior year.
Model U.N: Member sophomore and junior year
Nothing else too relevant
[] Job/Work Experience: (summer jobs): maintenance worker, camp counselor.
Tennis instructor: mostly over the summer but for about 3-4 months during school.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered teaching underprivileged kids tennis since the summer after 8th grade. Helped coordinate a tournament to benefit the organization that runs the program, which raised over $30,000.
[] Summer Activities: Economics for Leaders
[] Essays: CommonApp was pretty good, maybe 7 or 8/10. I discussed my volunteer work. Engage academically: 7.5/10 Ben Franklin: 7/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: My guidance counselor said both were very strong, but I didnt read them myself.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably amazing; my GC is also my tennis coach, and loves me to death.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Didnt go to well, but my interviewer could tell I was very nervous.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Top 5 in state
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I am passionate about my tennis and volunteering, which are my two main ECs, Im not sure if I expressed that passion appropriately though. I thought my essays were good.
[] Weaknesses: Grades. Theres no way around this my grades are too low for Penn.
[] Why you think you were rejected: Grades
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet[/ul][/li]General Comments: Well this is the end. Ive stuck around this forum for about a year now, trying to pick up in tidbits of information that would somehow get me into Penn, and trying to help others along the way. I wouldve loved to go to Penn, but I know Ill end up somewhere else awesome anyways.

yuenmei · December 12, 2012, 6:29pm

deferred wharton/huntsman. will post stats later i suppose.

mmarilyn11 · December 12, 2012, 6:31pm

Decision: Deferred (CAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100.0): little over 94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 4’s and a 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP BC Calc, AP Physics C/ E&M, AP Lit, PE, Ceramics, Christian Ethics and Catholic Morality, AP Comp Gov
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, IHSA State Scholar, Illinois State Scholar, Discus Award, few other small ones
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): oyy well

Swimming 4 years, Captain
Water Polo 2 years
Literary Magazine 3 years (1 as sales editor, 2 as EIC)
Newspaper 2 years, sports writer
NHS 2 years
NSHS 2 years
Ambassador’s Club, 4 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid tutor 2 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Ministry Leadership Team at my Church, 3 years
Raised $1200 for my neighbor’s nonprofit by organizing annual block events the last 2 years
[] Summer Activities: High School Summer School frosh-soph; travel, organized first annual benefit jr; Stanford High School Summer College senior year
[] Essays: i was really pleased with both of them and to be honest, they probably got me deferred instead of rejected
[] Teacher Recommendation: i read one and REALLY liked it and the other is from a teacher that knows me really well but i couldn’t read it i’m sure it’s AMAZING though he’s a fantastic writer
[] Counselor Rec: no clue, but she knows how motivated i am. there’s only a handful of ED applicants to any school in my class and i was lucky enough to be one of them
[] Additional Rec: didn’t see a need for one haha
[] Interview: decent, the guy and i didn’t have much in common but i really conveyed how much i loved penn and why so for that reason i think it was successful

Other:
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant): USAUSAUSA
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Indian whoooo
[] Gender: who run da world GIRLS
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen american?
Reflection:[list]
[] Strengths: essays, letters of rec
[] Weaknesses: not God lol i’m not sure
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: so far just Iowa aha but U of I comes out Friday. Waiting on/Applying to Harvard, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, UNC, Duke, Miami OH, Marquette and probs a few others haha[/li] General Comments:
this probs sounds weird, but a part of me is a little happy i got deferred. As much as I love Penn, I’m excited to see where i do get in and can choose from CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN, YOU DEFINITELY EARNED IT!

laodicean · December 12, 2012, 6:32pm

dfree. I kept refreshing the page to see what you had to post. I’m sorry to hear that you were rejected, but I know that you’ll end up somewhere you love. Good luck with all the other schools you apply to; you’ll do great things wherever.

cneogy · December 12, 2012, 6:33pm

Decision: Rejected (CAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (740 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: 34 (36 M, 36 W, 32 S, 32 R)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Chem, 710 Lit
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 BC Calc, 5 Comp Sci A, 4 - Chem, Physics, and US history
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: International Relations H, Multivariable Calc, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, Chamber Choir, Madrigal Singers, AP Statistics, English Elective
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder and leader of 1st South Asian high school acappella group (I wanted to join PennMasala, the 1st south asian college a cappella group), 2nd place in TyE business plan competition, chess player rated 1800s, Summer internship at MIT Auto-ID labs, various others of lesser importance
[] Job/Work Experience: MIT internship(?), tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: many many many hours prlly over 600 ish
[] Summer Activities: MIT Internship, volunteering
[] Essays: I thought my why penn was ehh, but i thought my Ben Franklin essay was rly good… in retrospect i think it may have been too run of the mill tho and less creative
[] Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea man… supposedly good
[] Counselor Rec: Supposedly good
[] Additional Rec:none
[] Interview: Happened day before the deadline so she was rly rushed… only lasted 20 min… eh.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[] Country (if international applicant): -----
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: 150 - 200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATs, ECs
[] Weaknesses: GPA x10000. It’s true folks. GPA really is the deciding factor. I thought that maybe with my strengths i could make up for my GPA, but GPA is king. sigh.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Still waiting on UIUC, uMich, uChicago… altho i’ve basically crossed out uChicago considering I couldn’t get into uPenn…
Congratulations to all who got into Penn. I guess my future just lies somewhere else. I really wish it were at penn though.

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