<p>Tally
19/38 Accepted - 7 Deferred - 50%
50%, that’s insane!
@Laodicean - I was really rooting for you. Best of luck when RD comes around.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED TO SEAS!!! will post stats later!</p>
<p>Thanks dfree.
That means a lot to me, I just wish I could show Penn more of who I really am – more of my real voice and personality. This whole college application process, I feel, has dehumanized me. I no longer AM, I’m just another applicant.</p>
<p>Anyway, although I’m a little bitter (guess those late nights didn’t really pay off as much as I’d hoped), to those accepted: Congratulations! Not much to say here…
To those rejected: Honestly, and I don’t mean to sound unsympathetic, I would rather have gotten rejected. You no longer need to hold on to a school that doesn’t want you as their “first” choice anymore. Just looking through this thread, those rejected are certainly qualified for other top notch schools, just keep your head up and don’t give up.
To those deferred: I feel your pain (some of you at least), and I wish everyone luck with their RD Penn decisions as well as their other schools. It’ll work out in the end!</p>
<p>Deferred. </p>
<p>-.-</p>
<p>ACCEPTED to M&T! stats to follow</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Vagelos LSM</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 math)
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Bio-E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: Bio, Ush, Euro, Calc BC, AB subscore (lol), Psych. 3: Physics C MECH
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous, 7 APs (Gov, Lit, Micro, Macro, Comp Sci, Spanish, Physics C E/M)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DVSF 1st Place Biochem, DVSF 2nd Place Medicine and Health, USABO Semifinalist, NMSF, Ap Scholar with Distinction, Part of a group that created a medical patent (research)[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), Culture Club (President), Extensive Research experience, Academic Competition (Varsity), School Orchestra (Concertmaster), Philadelphia Sinfonia (3rd Chair), Tim Janis Carnegie Orchestra, Main Line Chamber Orchestra, Hospital Volunteer, Played Violin for Church
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: See Extracurriculars
[<em>] Summer Activities: Alg 2 Course, Spanish V course, and going to the pool 
[</em>] Essays: Kinda hard to self-evaluate, but I thought they were better than average. But what do I know. PM me if you want to see them
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Got one from a teacher that I started Math Club with, and one from a teacher that likes me. Great and good respectively, but everyone has good LoRs…
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[<em>] Additional Rec: Got one from my out side of school conductor
[</em>] Interview:Alumni Interview was okay[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, Silver ranked
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian, but didn’t put it on my app. Then again, my parents’ names are obviously asian.<br>
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100-150k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, except maybe regional bias? [/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good #s, and fairly strong activities/awards - focus on science and music. A good all around candidate I hope
[<em>] Weaknesses: No hooks.<br>
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ask the admissions officer lol
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pitt (full tuition), Penn state main campus[/ul]General Comments: One college’s decision doesn’t change what you’ve accomplished in HS. If you’re happy with what you’ve done, then that’s that.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted WHARTON</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2340
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 790 Chem 770 French 730 Chinese w/Listening 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA( but 1)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.)Commended (GUESS WHAT YOU DONT HAVE TO BE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR TO GET INTO WHARTON!!!)
Very random: modeling competition for Vivi magazine in China, top 20 in Eastern China lol. Yes I put that on my resume.
1st place French in regional competition
Won state award for a video production
A lot of random school awards
:[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):President AFS Diversity Club
VP French and Eclipse Club
Director of morning newscast show
Artistic director for yearbook
First violin orchestra</p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:ebay store selling vintage items I bought from flea markets in China[/li]Interned at a company in China over 2 summers as translator</p>
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:World Expo in Shanghai[/li]Translator for international stroke summit every year in Nanjing, China
A lot of other stuff</p>
<p>[<em>] Summer Activities:Haha all in China, I go back to China every summer for 3 months
[</em>] Essays:Common app about yoga lol got a lot of opinions of different ppl varying, some thought I used too many big words, too flowery, some ppl thought not Wharton enough, others really liked.
Honestly, go with your heart. If you like it and know that its you, go with it!
Significant activity: about directing the morning show everyday
Why Penn: All the things I wanted to do at Penn, and especially talked about how international I was, and seeing Penn as an airport, tied in how I fly so much and love meeting passengers from around the world
Optional: Creative and my favorite one, really really small details showing who I was. I really think its the details that make ppl remember who you were. Ex: How I always tell my sisters I love them so they surrender the last cookie to me without a fight hahaha how I want to join the equestrian club and UTV 13
Just put yourself in it!</p>
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:AP Lang: AMAZING[/li]AP French: good</p>
<p>[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Interview: None [/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US permanent resident
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: CHINESE!!!AND GUESS WHAT I WROTE IT IN ON THE RACE BOX PROUDLY AND I GOT IN!!!SO ALL THOSE ASIANS OUT THERE!!PUT YOUR RACE DOWN!!!
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>]Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:If you look at my application, I do so many random things,like a modeling competition? An ebay store?? I like fashion? I wrote about yoga? SOOO NOT intellectual, but thats what made me unique, and thats who I am, I really put myself out there, and did the stuff I wanted to do, the stuff that a 17 YEAR OLD GIRL wanted to do, so be brave! I guess I had the standard good grades, but everything else pushed through
[</em>] Weaknesses: All my strengths could easily be put against me and seen as superficial, it was definitely a gamble that I braved out on
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I was going for deferral, and then when my mom screamed, I just saw hurrah hurrah and I sat there and cried. I didnt know what to do.I was not expecting that because everything I sent in was such a gamble–all that stuff can easily seem superficial
but it MIRACULOUSLY worked! I also sent in a supplementary magazine that I published for a school project
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
General Comments: I am so grateful. Just very grateful. Ill leave a word of advice, before I checked the decision, I told myself, my dreams can come true anywhere, but if its not Penn, then its not Penn.
Think of a rejection this way: its not a rejection, your amazing future is already there, youre just asking the school a question: hey, so is this where my dreams can come true? And the schools just giving you a reply like nope, over there, thats where youll have a great life
Its not about the school, its about your own path.
Dream big.</p>
<p>did anyone get in viper? any stats for that?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Wharton</p>
<p>I copypasted from my chance thread because I have to go soon.
GPA: 4.75 Academic 4.68 Total (3 B’s total)
IB Diploma Candidate (finished EE, CAS, and the like so I’ll get my diploma so long as I don’t screw up on the exams)
My school ranks by decile, so I’m top 10%.
Senior schedule
AP Gov/Econ
AP Stats
IB History of the Americas
AP Physics B
AP French
AP English 4
IB Philosophy</p>
<p>Tests:
SAT: 770 CR 770 M ;_; 790 W (2330 Total; one sitting)
SAT 2’s: 790 Math2C 770 Bio 750 USHistory 740 Chem 780 Chinese
AP’s: All 5’s - Chinese, CalcBC, USH, Bio, CompSci, Euro, Lang&Comp
I’ll be taking another 5 or 6 AP Tests next May.</p>
<p>Organizations & Activities
Future Business Leaders of America (4 yrs) - Local chapter president & Southern Section Vice President (regional office)
Speech and Debate (4 yrs if you only count high school) - placed plenty of times w/ a couple firsts
TTI Forensics Academy (2 yrs) - President and Administrative Services Manager; This is a nonprofit organization that offers speech and debate classes to the underprivileged.
The Wind (2 yrs) - President; organization I created that performs music for senior centers and other community venues (I play the drumset)
Church Worship Team (3 yrs) - play the drums and also acted as Communications Director
National Honor Society member
NMSQT Semifinalist - PSAT 238; Going for finalist right now</p>
<p>Summer Stuff
After 10th - created public speaking program at library and taught public speaking classes (7 weeks)
After 11th - Internship @ Kraft Foods in their logistics and customer services department, volunteered 90 hrs at senior center</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR, 740 Math, 680 Writing (superscore)=2210
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 680 Physics, 720 Math IIc, 730 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85-But real GPA is 4.62/5.0-95.6 average at my school
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% at small School
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History (5), English Writing (5), World History (5), Physics B (4), Both Econs (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP calc BC, AP Stat, AP Gov, Ap English Language, advanced topics in the sciences, Concert Band, Christian Family, Apologetics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:[ list] UVA book award, 2 hero books, 2X Witherspoon Scholarship Award ($4000), DAR Outstanding Work in American History, Music in the parks first place 3 years running, espit de corpse 2 years, National Spanish Exam honors, VEX Robotics 1st place, Build Award
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tech Crew, (Captain of Hi-Q team), (Captain of VEX team), (Captain of Speech & Debate as well as founder), 1st chair of trombone 4 years running, Student Ambasador, NHS, Student Gov. Prefect, International Student host
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I worked for my school as a freshman and founded my own business Custom Computers Inc. at the age of 16. We have done over $20,000 of sales and almost $10,000 of profit. I have $21,000 worth of merchandise up on eBay right now.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I have spent two summers of high school doing a tremendous amount of volunteer work. I completely transformed the IT infrastructure of a ministry in the Philippines last summer and got them $500,000 worth of software for $4,000 through TechSoup-And I raised personally $2700 to go towards the software.
[<em>] Summer Activities: I went to debate camp at Liberty and a selective Entrepreneurship program at Notre Dame.
[</em>] Essays: All were Superb. I put pictures in 2/3 submitted to Penn which perfectly worked and made me stand out from the "sea of applicants-DO NOT BE AFRAID TO BE DIFFERENT GUYS!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2/3 excellent, 1 very good from 2 history, 1 English teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: my guidance counselor keeps his job b.c I and a couple others got into top schools so he was VERY interested in writing a good rec.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Brief outline of summer work from boss in Philippines
[</em>] Interview:[/list][ b]Other[ list] Did not scheduled one at the advice of Penn Staffer
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small, Christian
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: $120,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[</em>] Strengths: My dad was a Wharton Trustee, Wharton employer Advisory Board Members, active alumni as a graduate of the 1st ever M+T class at Penn. He got a “nod” to accept me from the Vice-Dean of Engineering at SEAS, the Dean of Fundraising at Seas as well as the Dean of Wharton and Dr. Hamilton-oldest staffer at SEAS.
[<em>] Weaknesses: My writing score was mehhh and my SAT IIs weren’t too great either. Plus, historically Penn can discriminate against Christians because of our religion depending on the area representative.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a very strong app but what got me over the top was all of my Dad’s conections.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list] Nowhere Yet[/li]General Comments: Don’t lose hope guys if you are rejected or wait-listed. There are 1000’s of other good colleges around the world with one of them waiting just for you. And if you are wait-listed, there is still like a 7% chance or something for admittance.
Take risks in life! It is what makes life worth living!</p>
<p>Sorry the template doesn’t work :/</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (SEAS)</p>
<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (740CR, 790M, 800W) [2nd sitting, first time 2240]
[ *] ACT: 34, did not send
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Biology-E, 800 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 43/711 (logically should have been higher, came to US sophomore year, registrar wouldn’t give me honors credits)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Statistics, 5 English Lang, 5 Environmental Science, 5 US History, 5 Chinese
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Art I (graduation requirement), AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Biology, AP Government, AP Lit
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Would have at least been a National Merit Semifinalist if a permanent resident of the US (231 on PSAT in Texas), Brunei Secondary School Science Competition Gold Medalist, University of New South Wales ICAS Science Gold Medalist (Brunei) and High Distinction, Mu Alpha Theta Log 1 4th in Region… tbh not much</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Duke of Edinburgh International Award Bronze, Mu Alpha Theta (VP), National Science Honor Society (VP), National English Honor Society (VP), The Hague International Model United Nations, School Magazine, Chess Club, Guzheng (Traditional Chinese Instrument), Right Brain Parliament (GT club thingy, founded by friend)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: taught 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th graders English and Math this summer at a Chinese School.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer since age 13, first volunteered in Brunei then in the US; Assisted Living volunteer
[ *] Summer Activities: not much really
[ *] Essays: Main Common App was on idealism and considered outstanding by peers. Short common app was on DoE and the meaning of nature and diversity; why Penn essay and optional essay average, a few good points
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Bio teacher rec probably really good, Calculus teacher no idea
[ *] Counselor Rec: was there one? If there was… good I think?
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: average, 45 minutes, talked a lot about politics, being international and George Orwell.</p>
<p>Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): currently lives in TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant): China; international applicant
[ *] School Type: public, sends around 5 academic kids to Ivy caliber schools every year (most of them URM though)
[ *] Ethnicity: East Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket: 130-160k, subject to change since parents might leave US soon
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International not asking for financial aid? More multicultural than average international? No idea.</p>
<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: SAT I score, CA essay, continuous upward trend in academics
[ *] Weaknesses: ECs, recs (maybe), interview (maybe)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea, perhaps they like the sound of Brunei?
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UT Austin school of business.</p>
<p>General Comments: Good luck to you all! I’m generally just a very lucky person.</p>
<p>^^ You have to delete all the spaces</p>
<p>Lotsa acceptances…</p>
<p>Tally
24/44 Acceptances - 8 Deferrals - 55% Acceptance Rate</p>
<p>Still doesn’t work 
I’ve been trying for a while.</p>
<p>add one deferral from my friend from wharton, who doesnt chill on CC.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!! ahhhhh!</p>
<p>**Decision: Deferred (CAS) **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (only sitting): 750W 740M 710CR
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 800 M2 800 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School uses 100 scale, 94.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/649
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Biology SL (7), Mathematics SL (7), Chinese ab Initio SL (predicted 7), English A1 HL (predicted 6), History of the Americas HL (predicted 6), Chemistry HL (predicted 7)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full year of English A1 HL, History of the Americas HL, Chemistry HL, Chinese ab initio SL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): University of Toronto Avogadro Chemistry Exam 93rd percentile, Cayley Math Contest Top 25%, Canada-wide Virtual Science Fair Cum Laude Award, University of Calgary Jr High Math Contest Top 50, Pascal Math Contest Bronze Standard</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Biology Club and contests (Leader), Alberta Children’s Hospital Child and Youth Advisory Council, Yearbook (head editor and previously assistant editor), Alberta Heart and Stroke Foundation Outreach Volunteer (in-school representative), Environment Committee (leader), Royal Conservatory of Music Level 9 Piano, member of various other clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Gas Bar Service Clerk (lol)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Included in extracurriculars a bit, 200+ volunteer hours logged, Youth Volunteer Corps volunteer, Telus World of Science, Calgary Public Library
[</em>] Summer Activities: zilch
[<em>] Essays: Common app: excellent, a thorough reflection on the pervasive influence of my grandparents on my childhood, and how it has shaped my identity today. Supplement: centers on a metaphor, not as good as common app essay but still fine
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 from Bio IB teacher, 1 from Bio/Chem IB teacher, both excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but our school is supportive of any ivy applicants
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: none
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ list]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT II’s, wide EC’s, refs, essays, very strong upward trend
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I, rank, GPA, lack of good awards, few out of school activities
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: An int’l asian aid applicant’s chances aren’t good in the first place. I didn’t sell myself in the common app as well as i could have, not to mention the lack of any awards, internships, and summer activities in Canada is simply brutal. America seems to be AP-loving, and i don’t see many IB applicants in the thread, not to mention that it’s impossible to take 10 or whatever AP classes in canada. Grades are relatively deflated in my province in Canada
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: only application out so far</p>
<p>[/ul]
General Comments:
Overal: university of P3n15vania is a bunch of racist capitalists</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 660, M 680, W 710 Total 2050
[</em>] ACT: 32 composite (34 E, 29 M 34 R, 32 S) 10 essay
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Bio M, 700 US History, 660 Math I, 610 Math II, 490 Spanish with listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do unweighted, prob 3.8-3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5 Bio
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP Eng Lit, AP US Hist, AP Human Geo
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State Finalist in Poetry Recitation competition, Honorable Mention Letters about Literature, School stuff…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor/ Teacher’s Assistant at local synagogue
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, Synagogue, School (100 hours)
[</em>] Summer Activities: UPENN SUMMER ACADEMY
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good. wrote about my hair… a bit quirky. everyone who read it loved it.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Semi-Great and Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good? not sure… counselor definitely likes me
[</em>] Additional Rec: Great
[li] Interview: Good. was with a Wharton woman (even tho I applied CAS) and was 90 mins. </p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Other[ list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: >$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays. worked with counselor
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT and SAT IIs, and prob ACT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was upset about deferral. but the two other kids who applied ED from my school got rejected. SO FAR NO ONE FROM MY SCHOOL HAS GOTTEN IN ED ANYWHERE!!! pretty crazy.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list] Got into RU Pharm… applyin to a buncha others
General Comments: Congrats to those accepted. i wish that i worried about the SATs before half-way through senior year like a lot of ppl i know. I could have done better… BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN FOR THE BEST! IM SURE WHEREVER EVERYONE ENDS UP THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND WE ALL WILL BE FINE WHEREEVER WE GO! 
I’m upset that I didn’t get in, but im excited to see where I will get into…</p>
<p>Now back to college app supplements lol :(</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>2120 SAT (710 CR 680 M 730 W)
700 US History 730 Literature
97.26/100 GPA
good recs and essays
decent ECs</p>
<p>I’m pretty bummed to be deferred. Now I have to wait for April to roll around. Congrats to everyone who got in! You guys deserved it! To everyone that got deferred/rejected I know this sucks for us right now, but were all going to end up at the school we were meant to go to. Everyone here is deserving, will go to a great school, and have success! The best of luck to all.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED (CAS)</p>
<p>GPA - Weighted: 5.01
Class Rank: top 5%, 7th out of 700</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): Math 650, Critical Reading 750, Writing 800—> 2200 overall
SAT II: Literature 760, World History 800, Spanish, 740
AP: Spanish 4, World History 5, English Language 5, US History 4
Senior Year Course load: AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Environmental, French Honors, Human Rights, Honors Economics
Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Poet published 5 times, photgrapher published twice, pianist w/ 6 years experience & NYSSMA scores of 96-98 3 yrs in a row, Rotary Interact, Spanish club, member of National Honors Society, Nation
Leadership positions: Editor in chief of nationally award-winning literary magazine, treasurer of National Art Honors society, President and group leader of Rotary Interact, collected books for Help Kenya project, voluntee
Volunteer/Service Work: Read to underprivileged kindergarten students afterschool 2x/week for 3 years, Rotary Interact, founder of tree-planting NPO, 3 years of tutoring Spanish, AP World History, and writing, editor of high
Honors and Awards: Award for Academic Excellence in Spanish (3 years in a row), Mount Holyoke College Book Award, Live Poets Society of New Jersey Award for Poetry, featured in citywide art show 2 years in a row, AP Scholar with Honor
College Summer programs: University of St. Andrews Creative Writing, Columbia University Creative Writing</p>
<p>Essays: BALLIN’!
Teacher Recommendations: fantabuliciously awesome!
Counselor Rec: wonderful!
Additional Rec: stellar!
Interview: so, so great! lasted 2.5 hours!
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: JEWISH.
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper middle class?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited by the Kelly Writers House!!! And I speak four foreign languages (Spanish, Hebrew, Korean, French). That’s it, though. No URM, first generation college, legacy, athlete, faculty parents, etc.
Reflection: I worked my ass off in high school. I deserve this and I couldn’t be happier about it. I am so excited!
Strengths: Language arts, published writer & photographer, creatively focused, extremely strong in what I want to do
Weaknesses: Lowish math score, no math SAT II, never took honors math until senior year, Jewish
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I’m awesome and I deserve it.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of St. Andrews (rolling admissions, found out last month), now withdrawing all other apps (UChicago, NYU, Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford)
General Comments: SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO HAPPY <3 This feels so surreal!!!</p>
<p>Wooo white jewish girls going to penn!!!</p>