<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS)</p>
<p>I’m posting for my daughter. We’re all very excited.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS
Decision: Accepted - Wharton</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): (710,600,630,10) 1940
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):(710,610,630) 1950
ACT (breakdown): 30
ACT superscore (breakdown):30
SAT II (subject, score): French 500, Math L1: 740, Math L2: 780, Chinese: 700, Biology: 700
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/60
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): IB English Lang Lit (SL6)IB German Lang Lit (HL6) IB Math SL (6) IB TOK IB Chemistry HL (7) IB Physics SL (7) IB Biology HL (7) IB Economics HL (7)
Senior Year Course Load: Extremely rigorous, all IB classes Year II and graduating with three diplomas: Austrian Matura, IB Diploma, US Diploma
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): </p>
<pre><code>Refugee Shelter Work
Treasurer of Amnesty International
VP of National Honor Society
Piano playing for 13 years
Ballroom Dancing
1 year of Tutoring
280 Hours of CAS
</code></pre>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Experience: 2 Weeks at Brown on Pharmacology
Teacher Recommendation #1: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation #2: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Loves me , so excellent
Additional Info/Rec: none
Interview: went great :)</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 8 Was okay, nothing special though
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: 8 talked about personality and how it matched to Ben Franklin’s quote.
Any dual-degree program essays: Yes! Very unique essay talking about pharmacoeconomics! it was just perfect 
CommonApp Personal Statement: Talked about Family issues and how those have impacted my life
CommonApp Activity Essay: Piano mainly</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: Nov. 1
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Vienna, Austria
School Type: International, Private School
Ethnicity: Chinese (Asian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: Upper Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): First Generation, Incredibly diverse, grew up with 3 languages, experienced diversity at first hand, passionate about the sciences :)</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Definitely my personality and my essays and my background
Weaknesses: SAT scores SAT II scores ECs
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UK: University College London, Imperial College, King’s College … US: doesnt matter IM GOING TO PENN 
What would you have done differently?: probably been more exactly with my EC’s :)</p>
<p>Other Factors:
I don’t know, I am so shocked myself… an SAT score like mine would never make it into Penn and somehow I did! I congratulate everyone who got in, Wish those deferred good luck and All the best to those rejected :)</p>
<p>ACCEPTED CAS!!! Will post stats later</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 720 M, 660 W (2140 Composite)
[</em>] ACT: 32Composite, 36Reading, 33Math, 29English, 28Science, 9W
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Biology M, 780 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/502
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), US History (5), English Lang. (5), European History (4), World History (4), English Literature (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Psychology SL 6
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: History of the Americas HL, TOK, Mathematics HL, English HL, AP Psychology, French B SL, Biology HL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (Freshmen-Junior year), National Honor Society (President), French National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Teen Ambassadors, SAT Prep. (Founder)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Working w/ uncle in tile installation and construction.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teen Court, Bellalago Community Service, Helping my High School with Open House and Freshmen Orientation, French Tutoring, SAT Preparation Tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[</em>] Essays: My Common App Essay was about turning Gifted. It was alright. My short supplemental essay was wonderful, while the second was great.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I got a really strong recommendation from my junior English HL teacher, and my Biology HL teacher talking about my endless tenacity and undying will to do the best I can.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: IDK
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Decent Interview, we talked about my aspirations and had a decent conversation.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United States
[<em>] School Type: Ghetto, low-class school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$35,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Hook, Recommendations, GPA, Hard Senior Coursework, Among-the-ashes environment
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT and ACT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wrote profoundly about my will to make the best of my education and how I use knowledge not for myself, but to help the community. Having a hispanic background?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800M/790CR/800W
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2390
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore (breakdown):N/A
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Bio-M
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/426
AP/IB (place score in parentheses):Bio (5); Calculus AB (5); English Lang (5); Euro (4); Human Geo (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem; AP Gov; AP English Literature; Calculus II (college class); Stat (college class); honors Spanish IV
Number of other ED applicants in your school: Not sure
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP scholar with distinction, National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, Science Olympiad medals</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):Science Olympiad (Captain, 9-12, worked on numerous science-related events and competed in them at regional and state competitions); Debate (8-12, Public Forum Debate); National Honor Society (11-12); other club activities
Job/Work Experience: SAT tutoring
Volunteer/Community Service: Hospital volunteer (~135hrs total)
Summer Experience: Research internship @ Temple University Medical School; Camps (medical leadership, business, engineering); travel
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Calculus teacher, excellent
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Bio teacher, excellent
Counselor Rec: Did not read, should be good
Additional Info/Rec: Mentor @ Temple, glowing
Interview: Went well, short though (~35min)</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: Generic, mentioned what kind of classes and research Id like to become involved with at Penn
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: Short but simple, told an anecdote about how I help others
CommonApp Personal Statement: About my journey in debate, my favorite piece
CommonApp Activity Essay: Research internship. Too short to elaborate on anything </p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App:10/25/2012
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket Range: Not qualify for FA
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades, ranking, SAT scores, recommendations, I also put a lot of work into my essays
Weaknesses: Relatively few extracurricular activities
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UPitt (Honors College), no replies from elsewhere yet
What would you have done differently?: Done more extracurricular activities</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1890 (630/650/610)
ACT (breakdown): 27
ACT superscore (breakdown): 30/28/25/24/28
SAT II (subject, score): US History, 640
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.67 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): –
Senior Year Course Load: Loaded with 5 APs and 1 Honors.
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 2 (including myself)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Chemagination 2nd Place Sophomore year
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, Honor Roll (4 years)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Student Council President (4 years), Peer leader (3 years), Student Athletic Trainer (3 years), Cross Country (3 years), Track and Field (3 years), Founder of F.A.C.C.T.S. (2 years+), Award-winning Literary Magazine, co-editor (3 years), Camp Counselor (2 years)
Job/Work Experience: Bridge Cafe (3 years), Panda House (1 year)
Volunteer/Community Service: Painted an elementary school for two summers, Camp Counselor, Founder of an organization, Fundraised for children
Summer Experience: Usually worked, went to Summer@Brown, Girls State (Hunterdon County Representative), and tutored kids
Teacher Recommendation #1: Assuming amazing
Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably mediocre.
Counselor Rec: Not too sure.
Additional Info/Rec: –
Interview: Wonderful! She was a major in communications and we talked for a good hour. There was never an awkward silent and I elaborated about how I was never a test taking and that I spend a good amount of time working, so I have little room to fully engage in my studies. Later, she discussed what she planned on writing about me (hit the nail on the head).
</code></pre>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):</p>
<pre><code>Why Penn: Pretty good
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: Pretty good
Any dual-degree program essays: –
CommonApp Personal Statement: Best essay I’ve written
CommonApp Activity Essay: Elaborated on the organization I made for orphans.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Date Submitted App: The day before the deadline.
U.S. State/Territory or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public, seemingly “black-listed”
Ethnicity: Asian, Jamaican
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: <$46,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): First generation
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: Leadership positions, and dedication to my extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Test scores and grades overall
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Also applied to NEU, will be hearing back tomorrow.
What would you have done differently?: NOTHING.
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
UPenn looks at test scores and grades THE LEAST out of the Ivies, in my opinion. Still though, I feel a ting of guilt of being accepted when I know all of you on this forum have dedicated your time and effort into your studies. Nevertheless, I’m still flabbergasted that I got in. I guess anything is possible and I look forward to seeing you all there. :)</p>
<p>Accepted CAS SAT= 2240</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 760/800/800/11
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2360 (all on one day)
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
ACT superscore (breakdown): did not take
SAT II (subject, score): 730 USH 750 Math II
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.876 weighted (4.0 scale) no clue on unweighted. Freshman year grades: Average Sophomore Grades: Atrocious. Junior Year Grades: Brought up my GPA by leaps and bounds.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):32/243
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Took US History. Score sucked. took subject test afterwards
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc. AP Literature. AP Government and Politics. AP Biology. AP Spanish 5. Business Law and Marketing.
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None.
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): 4 Year Cross Country (3 Years Varsity). 3 Years of Spring Track (Varsity). Varsity Debate. Unity Club (some random club for volunteers) Youth Group Volunteer (President). Math/Writing Club for children (Organizer/Director/Teacher). Cameraman MSG Varsity.
Job/Work Experience: None really.
Volunteer/Community Service: 500+ hours of volunteering.
Summer Experience: Volunteering
Teacher Recommendation #1: I’m going to assume average but certainly not stellar.
Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably worse than the first teacher.
Counselor Rec: I’m going to assume average.
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:Went well. Talked for about an hour and twenty minutes and she said I seemed to fit the school.</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 8 (Specific, did research)
Ben Franklin Quote Essay:7 (I thought it was fairly unique)
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Personal Statement: 8. Gets across my personality well. Wrote about my disillusionment with religion and how I balanced my being faithful to my unfaith and my duties a son of a christian minister.
CommonApp Activity Essay: 8 (not ganna lie. for 150 words I think it got alot across)</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket Range: <50,000 I’m assuming
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Asian ( not sure how this hurts or affects me ).</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT Scores. Subject test scores to an extent. Essays. Extra curriculars were fairly time consuming and required a lot of effort.
Weaknesses: GPA. (I thought my strengths could help me here but alas no.). Recommendations. School (very few ivies if ever) School doesn’t offer many APs. No AP’s are offered until junior year. Lack of rewards.
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?: Worked harder at my GPA. Maybe volunteered some more. </p>
<p>Here I am rock bottom. Only way to climb now is up. Congratulations to all those accepted regardless of program. Best of luck to those deferred. To those rejected, go to sleep knowing that the metaphorical painting that represents our life is far from finished. Paint on.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted(NURSING)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SATI(CR800,M690,W770):
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]SATII: 740 Chem
[</em>]UnweightedGPA(outof4.0): 4.0
[<em>]Rank(percentileifrankisunavailable): top 1-3%?
[</em>]AP(placescoreinparenthesis): Lit and Chem 5s
[<em>]IB(placescoreinparenthesis): n/a
[</em>]SeniorYearCourseLoad: AP CalcAB, AP Bio, AP EngLit, AP Italian, etc
[<em>]MajorAwards(USAMO,Inteletc.): Pillar of Excellence, and Service Award (school)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics, Decathlon, Muslim Student Assn, Certamen, Apple App club, Equestrian, Piano, Violin, IndoorSoccer, Intl Futbol blog
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: 2 years UC Med Ctr, Trauma Nursing
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>]Summer Activities: travel to Caltanisetta, Sicily
[</em>]Essays: they were fun
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Chem, Italian, EnglishLit teachers are the most amazing people I know.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: other than my Counselor, who definitely IS the most amazing!
[<em>]AdditionalRec:
[</em>]Interview: Thank you so much Marianne Smith, Alexandra Feinson and George Wright!
[/ul]Other
[<em>]State(ifdomesticapplicant): CA
[</em>]Country(ifinternationalapplicant):
[<em>]SchoolType: Private Catholic, Girls
[</em>]Ethnicity: EuroSpanish
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]IncomeBracket: 70k
[<em>]Hooks(URM,firstgenerationcollege,etc.):
Reflection
[li]Strengths: no lo so![/li][</em>]Weaknesses: I’m an 18 yr old Sr in HS, so everything!
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: U-Pitt, Portland (Case, USF in on 12/15)
GeneralComments: Penn has the best Nursing program in the country, bottom to top. I’m floating on a cloud right now.</p>
<p>**Decision: Deferred M&T **
**Feeling: Relieved **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 one try. (don’t know break down, only sent it because no score choice)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics 770 US History 750 Chem 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Physics, 5 Calc AB, 5 US History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Spanish Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Gov
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Merit Commended, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2nd, 3rd, 8th in State for Speech and Debate Consecutive Years (Club VP), Hip Hop Dance Crew/Club (Founder, President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship for Investment Network
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Search and Rescue Emergency Response Team
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Certainly character in them!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 very good, 1 probably so-so? I don’t know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Hopefully good
[<em>] Additional Rec: From investment network boss, very descriptive, positive, personal
[</em>] Interview: As good as it could have
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public 2000+
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: 150k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian obviously
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Particularly interesting Why M&T Essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe they want to see that I can handle the tough M&T Curriculum with my transcript this semester? I’ll show them!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None yet! The future is bright for all of us.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Go check out the Class of WNBFBAD Results Thread! It’ll help, even after the fact :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1740 640M 520CR 580W
ACT: 22 (didn’t send that)
SAT II: US Hist (490) Math II (620) Chem (540)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk 3.1/4, weighted 3.69/5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): at least top 40% of 326
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist (2) Eng Lang (3) Chem (2) Phys Mech (1)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Gov, Physics, AP Eng Lit, Spanish 5H, Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year letterman football, 1st team All league 4 years, All State 4 years, All American Linebacker 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: none
Essays: eh…
Teacher Recommendation: I got one from my history teacher, kinda liked me idk, and my football coach
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, said it was a reach for me
Other[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA[</em>] Country (if international applicant):[<em>] School Type: Public, lots of ivies, lots of Penn applicants[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic[<em>] Gender: male[</em>]Income Bracket: ~$120K[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
Reflection[</em>] Strengths: Good at football
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea, thought I had no chance, but I think the football coach got me in
.[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: full ride to USC, Alabama, Oregon, UC Berkely(CAL), UCLA, Arkansas, and Stanford (all for football)[/li]General Comments: I got really lucky to get into this school, probably not going to attend their football team sucks</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): NA
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): NA
ACT (breakdown): E:32 M:31 R:36 S:31
ACT superscore (breakdown): 33
SAT II (subject, score): 720 US History, 640 Literature, 590 Math I
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0/4.0 Unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/411
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): US History (4), Euro (4), Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Biology, Orchestra, Chinese IV, AP
Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, AP World History.
(College Algebra, Business Calculus, American lit. and creative writing at local
cc)<br>
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Letters About Literature State Finalist
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):AP Scholar and other<br>
basic school awards</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Orchestra (10th-
12th Viola section leader, 11th Fundraising Chair, 12th Co-President), Mock
Trial, Young Republicans club (President), NHS (President), Member of local
symphony, varsity tennis, and member of local international relations group.
Job/Work Experience: Waitress (11th-12th), Viola Instructor (10th-12th)
Volunteer/Community Service: Chair of charity event to raise money for
scholarships for orchestra students, 200 hours volunteering for orchestra
events, animal shelter volunteer, and summer camp counselor.
Summer Experience: Traveling (went to China, New Orleans, visited colleges)
and working.
Teacher Recommendation #1: Outstanding
Teacher Recommendation #2: Great
Counselor Rec: Meh, he doesn’t really know me at all
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: None</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 7
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: 8
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Personal Statement: 10
CommonApp Activity Essay: 9</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 11/2ish?
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Iowa
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: 100,000-120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nope lol</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Senior course load, transcript, leadership
Weaknesses: SAT subjects (just awful!), counselor recommendation, why Penn?
essay
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?: Not have talen SAT subjects and try and
get to know my counselor better. I’m still determined to try my best to get into
Penn and will be sending in a few more items for them!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred - Wharton</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): M 800 / CR 780 / W 800 total 2380 (only took 1 time)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score): Math II 790; Chemistry 790; English literature 760
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: unweighted 3.94 / weighted 4.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): APs–BC Calc 5, Macro 5, Micro 5, US Gov 5, US History 5, Stats 5, Literature 4, Chemistry 4; IB SL Econ 6, IB SL Chemistry 6
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Math, IB HL History, IB HL English, IB Physics I, IB TOK 2, IB Chinese 5
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 4 other, 3 rejected 1 deferred
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Semi-finalist, National AP Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
- Varsity volleyball - 4 years; captain junior and senior year; Regional champions 2011; State semi-finalist 2011; All-County Honorable Mention 2011; Coach’s Award 2011
- Club volleyball - since 6th grade; big time commitment in winter and spring
- DECA - founder and president of school chapter
- FBLA - treasurer
- Math Honor Society - director
- Asian American Club - president
- Other honor societies: National and Science </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
- First job summer before junior year: ice cream scooper at Marble Slab
- Summer before senior year: THREE jobs–receptionist at marketing firm, intern at a start-up company (unique, entrepreneurship), receptionist at optometrist office
- senior year: working 3 days a week after school as intern at accounting firm + sundays as receptionist at optometrist office
Volunteer/Community Service: 500+ hours
Summer Experience: (stated above), various camps including volleyball and leadership
Teacher Recommendation #1: very good
Teacher Recommendation #2: very good
Counselor Rec: should’ve been pretty good even though I come from a really big school
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: went pretty well</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 10, read by a student who works at the admissions office and he said it’s as good as it gets
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: 6-8
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Personal Statement: 6-8
CommonApp Activity Essay: 8</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 10/29?
U.S. State/Territory or Country: MD
School Type: Public (large, well-renowned)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: >100K
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): first generation</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: test scores, ECs and leadership
Weaknesses: GPA? although 3.94 isn’t too bad…maybe my essays were bad
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: N/A
What would you have done differently?: nothing</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred - Wharton</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/640/780
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score): Math2 800, Physics 800, WH 710, Korean 760
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.99/4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 5’s on Calc ab, Phyiscs b, Microecon, 4’s on WH, macro
Senior Year Course Load: nothing spectacular, because my school does not offer any AP’s other than calc ab, art
Number of other ED applicants in your school: only me
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): rather not say, but internationally recognized in math and business competitions, and tons of awards in soccer+tennis
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): national + school champion recognition in math competitions, national ap scholar canada, top math student, and other school awards.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): 10+years of soccer, 10+years of snowboarding, 5 years of tennis and wakeboarding. President in 3 clubs, founded 2.
Job/Work Experience: certificate in teaching wakeboarding + snowboarding. some tutoring
Volunteer/Community Service: 100+ hrs in hopsital, senior house, school
Summer Experience: NSLC program
Teacher Recommendation #1: excellent.
Teacher Recommendation #2: probably excellent, because my AP Calculus teacher loves me and also a sponsor teacher for one of my clubs.
Counselor Rec: not sure, but he knows me well
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: generic and personal. 7.5
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: unique and personal. 8.5
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Personal Statement: extremely good and personal 9.5
CommonApp Activity Essay: good. 8</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: at the due date
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Canada
School Type: mid, public
Ethnicity: Azn
Gender: M
Income Bracket Range: dad does not share his business information
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: common app essay + math awards
Weaknesses: SAT, lack of senior course load (but Penn probably knew I had no choice, which I elaborated on my essays), OVER POPULATED, international
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: rejected from Caltech 
What would you have done differently?: focused harder on my SAT1, took more AP’s, and colored my skin (jk)</p>
<p>Other Factors: </p>
<p>man, it sucks to wait, but a defer is better than a reject… so I guess I have to keep writing my commonapp</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Wharton
Did not get into M&T.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 R / 780 M / 800 W
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2 / 780 Physics 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 / 400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 5’s, 3 4’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): HL English 6, HL Physics 5, HL History 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FPS (international finalist, President), Econ Club (State Champs, President), Math Club (some random position), Policy Debate (co-captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Software dev internship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: M&TSI yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, also math camp
[</em>] Essays: Bomb AF
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 truly phenomenal, 1 good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: phenomenal
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: pretty cool, i was born in the same hospital as my interviewer and went to his elementary school (across the country from where i live now)
[ /list][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Murrica
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Too low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LOLOLOLOL
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Essays, recs[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: My M&T essay was written in 2 hours, after ~18 straight hours of debate
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats overwhelm, my essays were really specific, and I definitely showed my passion for Penn.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting on UW and USC.
General Comments:
I’m so excited for Penn, finally!!!</p>
<p>Congrats to all accepted! And good luck to those deferred/rejected</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED : JEROME FISHER M&T</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): not taken
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 36<br>
ACT superscore (breakdown): 1st sitting
SAT II (subject, score): Math2 800, Chem 800, Bio 800, US History 780
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0/ 4.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/698
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 11 APs thru Junior Year- all 5s & 4s
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): regional, nothing extraordinary
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National AP scholar, NMSF, Mu Alpha placements</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): job internship in VC firm since summer after 11th grade, Science research at UCF lab (3 years), started financial literacy initiative & lobbied to mandate financial literacy in high schools, started music group that plays in nursing homes monthly, NHS, Mu Alpha . </p>
<p>Summer Experience: Penns M&TSI best summer ever!
Teacher Recommendation #1: did not read, but should be very good.
Teacher Recommendation #2: did not read, but should be very good
Counselor Rec: excellent
Additional Info/Rec: Rec from founder of VC firm I work at.
Interview: pretty good. </p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: generic and personal. 9.0
Ben Franklin Quote Essay: 9.5
Any dual-degree program essays: 9.5
CommonApp Personal Statement: 9.5
CommonApp Activity Essay: 9</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: October 20th
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Florida
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: high enough
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):Legacy</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: scores, GPA, rank, interest in both finance/science
Weaknesses: No national awards (Intel etc), ECs were outside school.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: none
What would you have done differently?: Nothing. I am so excited!!!</p>
<p>Other Factors: Essays are very important. I spent a lot of time writing and rewriting drafts. Also, lurking on these boards helped me get a sense of what colleges are looking for. Grateful for my acceptance. To all those accepted, congratulations!!! To those deferred you have many avenues now open to you. To those rejected - you will end up at a school you love though you may feel differently right now.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (740 CR 780 M 740 W)
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 US History, 770 Chemistry, 770 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93.93/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t send ranks, but 5/53
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Mock Trial, Founder of weekly school newsletter, Teacher’s assistant at local Hebrew School, Varsity Tennis, JV Baseball
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Take calls at suicide hotline, Lead a weekly soup kitchen, Coordinate teen programming at synagogue.
Summer Activities:</p>
<p>Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went okay; he said he’d put in a good word for me
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: SAT IIs, ECs
Weaknesses: Essays weren’t amazing. No legacy.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Any of a million reasons. Probably my essays weren’t good enough and I don’t have legacy.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Am I disappointed? Yes. But now I get to apply to lots of other places. If I get into them it’ll be a good ego boost :)</p>
<p>Accepted, will post stats later!</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1429118-rejected-deferred-maybe-even-accepted-o-0-a.html#post15170109[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1429118-rejected-deferred-maybe-even-accepted-o-0-a.html#post15170109</a></p>
<p>if you’re bored…</p>