<p>wow, CC really got raped this year ._.</p>
<p>Tally to this point
2/10 accepted - 3 Deferrals
Percent acceptance to this point: 20%</p>
<p>I am only counting posts in the official format.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (700 math/ 730 reading/ 720 writing)
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: 730 math, 700 US History, 630 physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.26 weighted (I don’t know unweighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP chem, AP physics, AP studio art, AP Calc AB, AP French V, AP Gov, band, English honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul] Nat’l honor society, honor roll
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band (assistant drum major), wind ensemble (1st clarinet), orchestra (1st clarinet), French Honor Society (treasurer), community service club (president/creator)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Created a community service club; a bunch of random activities (soup kitchens, relay for life, etc.)
[<em>] Summer Activities: portfolio class at FIT, online course at Brown, Drum Major Academy at UMass
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good. My common app one was very insightful to my personality, my EC essay had a typo in it, but otherwise good. ‘Why Penn’ was a little bland. Option short essay was creative (I wrote a sonnet)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them. My teachers like me, but I don’t know them very personally so they probably weren’t that good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably bad–she’s a bad writer and barely knows me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview:[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: n/a
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: leadership, well rounded, URM, women applying to engineering school, portfolio
[<em>] Weaknesses: Scores, junior year course load (because of schedule conflicts), ‘Why Penn’ essay,
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I HAVE NO IDEA. I DON’T REALLY DESERVE THIS RIGHT NOW AND I’M DROWNING IN HAPPINESS OMG. -explodes-</p>
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]General Comments: </p>[/li]
<p>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790M, 780W, 680CR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:800 ML2, 700 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 calc bc, 5 calc ab, 5 us history, 5 euro, 5 macro, 4 micro, 4 lang, 4 stats, 4 human geo
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): taking in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All IB classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sports, Club officer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor/Tropical Smoothie
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Many hours. over 400
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nope
[<em>] Essays: Awesome
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: Great
[li] Interview:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>[ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:30000-40000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):First generation college[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Essays, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Creativity, uniqueness
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:–[/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected SEAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M 800W 680CR
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 MathII, 800 Chem, 760 Phys
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% (out of 348)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB(5), APUSH(3), Chemistry(5), EnglishLang(3), Comp-Sci(5), Calculus BC, Physics, Government, EnglishLit
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus BC, Physics, Government, EnglishLit, Marketing
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-AMC 1st Place in School
-3rd place International American Computer Science League competition
-4th place state-wide Science Bowl competition
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Vars Tennis Junior Year
- Physics Olympics
- Science Bowl
- ACSL
- Academic Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 20 hrs retirement home
[<em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[</em>] Essays: An alumni from UPenn said they were incredible…i guess they weren’t.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, never read them (sent 2)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Not very good; I blanked out twice.[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 40000 - 50000
[<em>] Hooks: None[/ul]
Reflection
- [</em>] Strengths: Math, Science, Essays, SAT(?)
[<em>] Weaknesses: English, History
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: - I DONT HAVE LEGACY*
Well UPenn isn’t too great for engineering anyway.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Wharton</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (700/750/800 - M-CR-W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math II 760 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC - 5 Physics C - 5 AP Bio - 5 USH - 5 APWH -3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Cross Country, business internship, track, national honor society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Business internship & work at my parent’s company every summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Clubs
[<em>] Summer Activities:Train for XC
[</em>] Essays: 8/10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:??? I only read one and it was like a 7/10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[</em>] Interview:[/ul]Other[ul] Seemed to go okay.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Huge public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Not sure…
[<em>] Weaknesses: Probably everything
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: MY SAT score was a little too low.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]General Comments: none yet</p>
<p>accepted! I’ll post stats later!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!! </p>
<p>Wharton
SAT 2380
gpa 96.7 </p>
<p>730 Math 2 and I didn’t even do the optional essays lol</p>
<p>Tally to this point
5/16 Accepted - 4 Deferred - 31% acceptance
I won’t count any posts that say they will post stats later.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Wharton</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: Wharton
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 740
[<em>] SAT Math: 750
[</em>] SAT Writing: 790
[<em>] SAT Total: 2280
[</em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 800 Chem
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Will have finished 15 AP’s by end of high school.
(5) = Calc BC, Environmental Science, Chemistry, US History
(4) = European History, Art History, Physics B, Chinese
Senior Course load (All AP’s)
English Lit, Computer Science, Physics C (Mechanics and E&M), Statistics, Government, Microeconomics
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.9/5
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.9/4
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top 5%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, spent 2 months
[</em>] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Y
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good (known 2 years and 4 years respectively)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good
[<em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: No
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[li] Interview?: Pretty Good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public, competitive (sends 10+ ivies/year)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Y
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: N
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: N
[</em>] Important ECs: Math Team(4 years, PresidentPresident of Mu Alpha Theta too), Swimming (4 years, club and school varsity), Speech and Debate (3 years), Cyber Patriot (2 years), Piano(8 years, CM level 8), Volunteering (300+ hours), National AP Scholar</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): ORM, scored a 198 on PSAT, no hook, maybe SAT wasn’t high enough because I’m asian? </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone who got in! For everyone who didn’t get in like me, we must trudge on! Demonstrate that drive that made you attracted to Penn. College is only the first stepping stone to life. I can only hope to get accepted from the deferred pile now, which based upon results from last year, should be around 120ish people.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] School applied to: The College of Arts and Sciences
[</em>] SAT Verbal: 720
[<em>] SAT Math: 740
[</em>] SAT Writing: 760
[<em>] SAT Total: 2220
[</em>] SAT II: Math: 760 US History: 710<br>
[<em>] ACT: 32 (33 Superscore)
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Calculus AB: 5, English Lang and Comp: 5, U.S. History: 5 , Music Theory: 5, Environmental Science: 4</p>
<p>(Taking five more this year)
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.5
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.98
[<em>] Class Rank: 2/170
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Essays: Main common app, I wrote about a habit. It was witty and intellectual.
Why Penn?: A little bland, but very passionate.
Common App Activities: Again, very passionate, about my advisory role on the Board of Ed.
[<em>] Optional Essay?: Yes, loved it. It was my favorite essay to write. I wrote it in poetry form about all of my quirks and obsession with being meticulous.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My math teacher loves me, and I’m sure it was phenomenal.
Spanish Teacher: Ditto to above, although didn’t read. She’s a wonderful writer, and thinks highly of me, so I’m sure it was wonderful.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Was pretty generic, but called me a “jewel” and said I was always a pleasure to have around.
[</em>] Supplemental Rec(s)?: My school principal wrote me a supplemental rec. it was absolutely fantastic, and made me cry. She made me sound perfect.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Nope!
[</em>] Interview?: Yes, about a month ago. I felt it went very well. There were never awkward silences, and I thoroughly connected with my interviewer. Went for almost 1.5 hours.
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Financial Aid?: Yes, I applied. But wouldn’t have received that much.
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Important ECs: Vocal Music (Won national competitions in Musical Theater Advanced Category), All State Chorus, A lot of theater (Many roles in local productions), National Honor Society President, Mu Alpha Theta President, English Honor Society Vice President, Student Member of the County Board of Education (1 of 6 students in the county), Student member on my liaison foundation board at my high school, co-founded the math club at my school, Internship for 12 weeks at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Tutoring weekly, Member of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):
Strengths: Class rank, Course Rigor, Extra Curricular Activities, Essay
Weaknesses: Standardized Test Scores…
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Guess I won’t know where I’m going until April, but I’m genuinely excited for everyone who got in, especially the “Who Applied to Penn ED?” forum folks. All the best, my dears.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Rejected: Wharton
2390 SAT
800 math 2, 780 chem, 750 us sat 2
rank probably ~5%
5 ap’s–all 5’s
Lots of math ec’s, USAJMO qualifier
State: NY
Race: Asian</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250, 790 CR, 720 M, 740 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math II, 760 US History, 570 Physics (ouch)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not quite sure. Weighted is 99.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: enrolled in AP English Lang & Comp, AP Calculus BC, AP German, and AP Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2010 AATG Scholarship winner (one of 39 nationwide)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of audiovisual team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysit daily for 8-year-old
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at childrens art class
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: Common App on how I wanted to be a cat when I was little. My supplement was about all of the clubs and programs I could see myself joining at Penn.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Physics teacher who loves me and english teacher with whom I had some conflict, but I really enjoyed her class and I figured I’d give it a shot.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: I thought it went really well. She seemed very impressed.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, 750 students. Send anywhere between 10 and 20 kids to Ivys every year.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White European
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Girl applying to engineering department, obviously very passionate about Penn and about intended major (mechanical engineering)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Applying to engineering department with 570 Physics SAT II…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God knows.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Drexel. Was still waiting on UC Berkeley</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: AAAAAHHHHH GUYS I’M SO HAPPY</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>pardon that ^ I can’t fix that.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (Wharton)</p>
<p>Objective:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR 720 M 770 W 2280 Total
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chinese 750 Lit 670 M2 <–(killed my app)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Literature (5) AP US Gov (5) AP MacroEcon (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 10 AP’s
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, nothing really outstanding so didn’t list</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] Essays: decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Homeschooled
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection
[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: None
[</em>] Weaknesses: weak scores + no coherence in EC’s interests
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: figures
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s ED so N/A
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:
Time to put together a better application for RD, only essays will save me now. Goodbye Penn.</p>
<p>Congrats if you got in!
@Empaige, if you were accepted how come you won’t know until April?
7/21 Accepted - 5 Deferrals - 33% Accepted</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (Wharton)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR and Math, 740 Writing
[ *] ACT: 36 Eng 35 Math 33 Reading 31 Science
[ *] SAT II: 770 Math II 780 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/325
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Euro 4 Lang Chem Calc AB
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APS
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:[ list] none
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-SGA (whole school) Vice-President
-County SGA Vice-President
-Youth Advisory Council for Governor, one of two students from state nominated
-Led project to build large environmental garden at school, dealt with funding and implementation ($50,000+ project)
-Serves on almost all-adult board for a non-profit, also volunteers for it 2hrs/wk
-Wellesley Book Award (does that mean anything?)
-200+ hrs of community service
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
-Summer Intern at research institute
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: above^
[ *] Summer Activities: above^
[ *] Essays: pretty good, one on environment and other on a video game haha
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[ ] Additional Rec: from sponsor of a non-profit, good
[ ] Interview:[/list] fantastic![ b]Other[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public, large
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ]Income Bracket: 100,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] None lol
[ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: Standardized scores, math
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]General Comments:
THIS IS CRAZY. I just can’t believe it… I cried for half an hour ._. Thank you so much CC community for answering random questions, and helping me understand the application process. <3</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): W - 800, R - 720, M - 700, 2220 composite
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: United States History - 790, World History - 740, Lit - 730, Latin - 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/640
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Lang/Comp (5), Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Chamber Orchestra, Honors Anatomy/Physiology, AP Euro, AP English Lang/Lit, AP Latin: Vergil, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam gold medalist (2009), National Latin Exam silver medalist (2010-11), National Merit semi-finalist, AP Scholar, Latin Honor Society[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Speech and Debate (Interpretation coach, treasurer)
-Junior Classical League (Social chair (2010), secretary (2011))
-Amnesty International (School liason to city chapter)
-Orchestra
-State Honors Orchestra (Principal violist)
-Apprenticeship in International Affairs
-National Honor Society
-Gay-Straight Alliance
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
-Animal Friends Cat Socializer
-Lay reader at my church
(I have no idea how many hours for either, but over 100 for sure.)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
-George Mason Institute of Forensics
-World Affairs Council Summer Seminar
-University of Pittsburgh Slavic Summer Language Institute (Intensive Russian program)
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were really good and very representative of my interests and talents.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t get to read them, but I have no doubt that they were superb.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to see. Probably good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: It was…well…my interviewer talked the entire time and didn’t really let me ask anything, so I can’t say for certain. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: I honestly have no clue; my parents did the financial forms.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): The intensive Russian course I did really stood out, I think. My intended major is Russian, and not many people can say they’ve taken two full semesters of Russian in one summer.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, class rank, course load, ECs, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores maybe, lack of significant awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The Russian thing was probably a big sticking point. Also, I feel like my extracurriculars demonstrated dedication.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else![/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I am so excited!</p>