OFFICIAL University of Pennsylvania ED Decions Class of 2016 Thread

SENIO12 · December 11, 2011, 9:55pm

cDecision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] School applied to: Nursing
[] SAT Verbal: 730
[] SAT Math: 790
[] SAT Writing: 760
[] SAT Total: 2280
[] SAT II: Biology M:770, US History: 770, Math II: 770, Chem: 710
[] ACT: took once without studying, but did not report (31)
[] AP/IB taken/scores: US History 5, Biology 5, Chemistry 4, Lang 4; Senior year: Lit, Stat, Calc AB, Spanish Lang
[] GPA weighted: 4.64
[] GPA unweighted: 3.94
[li] Rank or % estimate: school does not rank, but probably in top 10%[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: common app- cheerleading, activity- peer leadership
[] Optional Essay?(Y/N): yes
[] Teacher Recs: ap biology, ap lang, precalc hns teachers. All of these teachers thought highly of my work ethic and involvement in community so probably pretty decent
[] Counselor Rec: probably really good. Was very close to my counselor (class council advisor and peer leader advisor) but she left my district before senior year
[] Supplemental Rec(s)?: submitted my precalc teachers rec as supplemental
[] Hook (if any): none?
[li] Interview?: on campus required nursing interview. Went pretty well. No alum interview[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NJ
[] School Type: medium-sized very competitive public school (~1600 students)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Financial Aid?(Y/N): Y
[] Legacy Yes/No: N
[] Recruited Yes/No: N
[] Important ECs: class council president, national honor society president, peer leader, cheerleader, cheer coach volunteering, national math honor society, advanced band, orchestra, national merit letter of commendation, ap scholar w/ honor, American museum of natural historys young naturalist award semi-finalist, volunteering with special needs teens, lions club, work experience (lifeguard, swim teacher for special needs)

[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.): pretty well-rounded application. very involved in cocurriculars

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all who were admitted! I am so excited for next year. PM me too. I would love to add you all on facebook. I’ve already started talking to some of you on tumblr lol. To those that were deferred or rejected, everything happens for a reason, and something better is right around the corner. Best of luck!

gjo2012 · December 11, 2011, 10:13pm

Decision: Deferred, SEAS Electrical Engineering

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 M, 700 CR, 750 W, 2230
[] ACT: None
[] SAT II: 770 M2, 750 Physics, 720 World, 680 US
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): somewhere in top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), Comp Sci(5), Calc AB (5), Eng Lang(4), US (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics c, ap english, ap calc bc, ap spanish, ap psych, ap stats, band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competition Band Piano and trombone, piano for musical, piano in a trio and solo practice, NHS, intramurals
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutor and look after grade school kids every week since junior year
[] Summer Activities: Volunteered at Penn Hospital for 90 hours
[] Essays: My english teacher said my common app was good and my counselor said the same about my penn one
[] Teacher Recommendation: didnt read
[] Counselor Rec: didnt read
[] Additional Rec: one from the supervisor of the program I look after kids at
[li] Interview: I paused a lot for periods of time that seemed like forever[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): Philly, PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[]Income Bracket: ~100-125K?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation to go to an american college[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: passion for music, tried to show it also for community service in my interview and common app short answer
[] Weaknesses: no leadership positions, an interview I feel was ok at best
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dont really know, maybe little leadership? Also an admissions rep called me and asked about my reasoning for wanting to go to med school with an EE degree; I feel like I gave good answers like my interest in physics and calc, but the fact that I was called about that made me feel like I shoulve talked about my declared major more
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: drexel, havent done any other supplements yet

[/ul]General Comments: At least I can still say that I have some hope left for an admission in spring

dfree124 · December 11, 2011, 10:20pm

Tally

52/84 Accepted - 14 Deferred - 62% Acceptance Rate

To those deferred: About 300 less applicants were deferred, and about 50 less accepted. This means that the acceptance rate for deferred applicants will likely go up. Best of luck when RD comes around!

USS1994 · December 11, 2011, 10:26pm

Applied to M&T and SEAS
Decision: Accepted to SEAS!

Objective:[ul]
[li]SAT I (breakdown): C:2300 W:760 M:750 R:790[/li][li]ACT: none[/li][li]SAT II: [/li]MathII:790
MathI:750
Physics:700
US History:790
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83[/li][li] **Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):**N/A[/li][li] AP (place score in parenthesis):[/li]AP Calc AP - 5
AP World Hist - 5
AP Java - 5
AP Gov - 4
AP MicroEcon - 4 (Studied on my own)
AP MacroEcon - 4 (Studied on my own)
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A[/li][li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]Elective:Business Law
5 APs: WH, Physics, Calc BC, English, Spanish
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]National Honor Society
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[li]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]
Business:
----Founder and CEO of BlackDragon Enterprises
----Marketing Videos:marketing videos that sales people could use to show their apps
----iPhone App: Ultimate Frisbee Playbook :The Ultimate Frisbee Playbook replaces a whiteboard, allowing players and coaches to use and create animated plays, handle rosters, keep score, and check rules all without ever leaving the field.

Science Olympiad - Multiple medals, Won state tournament, on national team for multiple years in a row

Robotics Club - co-captain

Internship at Roger Williams University working on Robotic Student Avatar project, did research (20-page paper), and submitted to science competitions: won 3rd place at NE science symposium, with $1,000 scholarship and nationals trip

Debate Team - multiple years on Varsity, several top-5 trophies, including at State championship

Theater - various acting roles

Drums - recreational playing

[li]** Job/Work Experience:[/li]RI State House: Worked as a Page on the Senate Floor
Barrington Country Club: Caddy
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]Volunteer at USA Cycling Association
Volunteered to run Ultimate Frisbee Camp at Jain Balashram in Rural India
Volunteered to run Ultimate Frisbee Camps for the YMCA and the RI Parks & Rec Dept.
[li] Summer Activities:[/li]Freshmen: Overseas in India: taught rural kids Ultimate
Sophmore: Roger Williams University Mobile Robot Project/Founding Black Dragon Enterprises
Junior: Development of Ultimate Frisbee Playbook iPhone App
[li] Essays:[/li]CommonApp Long - Experience of starting Business
CommonApp Short - Roger Williams Project
Penn Supp - About WFTP (West Philadelphia Tutoring Project)
Penn Opt - artsy little self-reflection
M&T Opt - importance of biz and engineering together
[li] Teacher Recommendation:2 recs, one from Physics, one from AP US[/li][li] Counselor Rec:duh from counselor.[/li][li] Additional Rec:none[/li][li] Interview:**With M&T Alum. Went Well.[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[li]** State (if domestic applicant):RI[/li][li] Country (if international applicant):** USA[/li][li]** School Type:Public[/li][li] Ethnicity:Indian[/li][li] Gender:Male[/li][li]Income Bracket: Medium[/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None[/li][li] Strengths:SAT’s, Extracurricular, APs, Awards[/li][li] Weaknesses:** GPA, Rank[/li][li]** Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:** I think I was accepted because I fit well with most of their numbers and made up for where I did not with a strong ex. Ciric resume.[/li][li]** Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:** Penn’s the first I heard back, but clearly I was rejected from M&T :-/[/li][/ul]

General Comments: Little sad I didn’t get M&T, but still really excited to be coming to Penn!

lucyhmwu · December 11, 2011, 10:52pm

Fo my son

Decision: Accepted (Wharton!) Applied Huntsman and Wharton

Objective
SAT I (1 sitting): 800 W 770 M 730 CR
ACT:
SAT II: 780 French, 800 Math II,
Unweighted GPA 4.10
Senior Year Course Load: IB: Econ HL, IBFranch B SL， IB Lit SL， IB ChineseＨＬ　IB Chem SL, IBMath HL。
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]lots of school Awards
[ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]Leaders of 2 student goverments. Tutor, Captain of Varsity.

NYPIRG Canvasser
[] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ but not specifically stated anywhere in app
[] Essays:Quirky, unique, bold.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Ecom and Math teachers
[] Counselor Rec: Good but generic
[li] Interview:[/list]None =/ [/li]
Other[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):Canadian in China
[] School Type: Private international, competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender:M
[]Income Bracket: 90k[li] [/li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None

Reflection[] Strengths: Essays, Showed passion in business.ECs
[] Weaknesses: Awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths [] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: n/a

General Comments:

Congratulations to all my fellow classmates.

JLouise · December 12, 2011, 1:10am

Decision: Accepted VIPER (Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research)

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (CR-660, W-710, M-790)
[] SAT II: Math II-800, Physics-700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.071
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History(4), Calculus BC(5), Physics C:Mechanics(4), Physics C:Electricity and Magnetism(4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council(Senior Class President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a national lab over the summer and through senior year. Focusing on research with more efficient solar cells.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Public library and animal shelter over the summers.
[] Summer Activities: Calculus 3 at the local college over summer break.
[] Essays: Talked about my research in alternative energies and my interest in math and science. On the why Penn essay I tried to get across how much I loved the actual school and campus.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my calculus teacher and the other from my physics teacher. Both teachers made it a point to get to know me and make the essays really personal.
[] Counselor Rec: Average counselor template probably.
[] Additional Rec: One from my mentors at the lab which emphasized my interest in the research.
[] Interview: Went extremely well. My interviewer was more like a friend by the end of the interview. (To be honest though I think every interview goes well)[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
[]School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: >150,000[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Experience in research from my lab internship.
[] Weaknesses: SAT score was average for Penn. Few AP classes and few extra curriculars.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Do what you love and love what you do (corny I know). Apply to a school, or program because you are genuinely interested in it, not because of its name. Then proving why you want to go there is easy.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I only applied to Penn.[/ul]
**General Comments: For anyone who is planning on applying to VIPER, try and take as many math and science classes as you can. Also try to get an internship in research because I really think it made all of the difference.

Anyone whos already been accepted to VIPER, message me! I want to meet you! :)**

Cardgames · December 12, 2011, 8:50am

@ shakalaka
I know Arabic (native) and English (also native), and I’m learning a third language: Mandarin ( currently an advanced beginner). I targeted Arabic because I knew it was an underrepresented language at the Huntsman Program, and because I’m not that good at Mandarin (I hope to reach intermediate when I matriculate).

I agree with you on the SAT writing point. Ironically, I believe that my 630 writing score helped me more than my 800 in chemistry. The writing score showed that I’m not an obsessive test-taker (I could just boost it through a retake), but the chemistry score made me seem like a science nerd (well… I used to be a super science nerd).

shakalaka · December 12, 2011, 9:06am

@ Cardgames
Oh, so that’s how it is!
I will prob study Mandarin. I’m half Chinese, but don’t speak it… -.-

Yes, that’s prob true. You only took it once?
I took it a second time last week. I wasn’t expecting Penn to take me… :p

shakalaka · December 12, 2011, 4:06pm

@dfree124
How do you know that less people are accepted and more deferred?
Have the stats been published already?

dfree124 · December 12, 2011, 4:22pm

[The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian :: Early decision admit rate drops slightly](<a href=“http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/12/early_decision_admit_rate_drops_slightly]The”>Early decision admit rate drops slightly | The Daily Pennsylvanian)

There ya go. It’s less deferred by the way.

Jmorais · December 12, 2011, 5:38pm

Brazilian
3.9 G.P.A
1950 SAT
102 TOEFL

45_Percenter · December 12, 2011, 5:45pm

Actually, it’s fewer deferred. ;)

dfree124 · December 12, 2011, 5:50pm

Touch

mdizzyp · December 13, 2011, 8:00pm

Decision: Accepted to CAS

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):N/a
[ *] ACT:29
[ *] SAT II:n/a
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15 out of 102
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5), AP Lang & Comp (3), APUSH (3):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP calc AB, AP French, AP english lit, AP GOPO, Physics honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, Questbridge Finalist
[ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mathletes, French Club, Pianist, Student body VP, DECA- Business Club (President), Word Masters, Dance team
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing home volunteer, Nicaragua mission trip, peer tutor, religious education teacher
[ *] Summer Activities: Johns Hopkins CTY (3 yrs), NYLF Med, Columbia University High school summer program
[ *] Essays: Personal statement (really good, abstract, gave a lot of insight into my personality through description of a problem I over came. Why Penn sup. ( showed how much I loved Penn, my goals i plan to achieve through penn, specific clubs and programs)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ ] Additional Rec: N/a
[ ] Interview:average, pretty good
[ b]Other[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ]Income Bracket: who cares?
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/list][ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths: leadership, determined, bold, extra-curriculars
[ ] Weaknesses: AP scores, lack of awards
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays and extra-curriculars did it.
[ b]General Comments: I can’t wait to meet all of you!!

fini52 · December 14, 2011, 10:11pm

[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href=“rejected%20from%20M&T”>/size</a>

Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown):800M, 770 CR, 750 W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 math2, 780 latin, 740 bio and chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): out of 100: 94.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): guessing top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):bio (5), apush (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 aps, 1 non section
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):stage crew (leadership), robotics, lots and lots of orchestras and chamber music groups
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at the franklin institute, tutor for inner city kids, mentoring robotics at school
[] Summer Activities: internship at gene therapy lab at penn (with very prestigious doctor)
[] Essays: apparently quite good?
[] Teacher Recommendation: i’m guessing they were really good. don’t know
[] Counselor Rec: not allowedt o read
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: it was not that great in my opinion. Mostly it was her asking if I had questions about penn, but half my family has gone / all my mom’s friends so I didn’t have any… awkward silences
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy, lots of connections
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]General Comments:

fini52 · December 14, 2011, 10:17pm

sorry about that bad formatting. i probably should have used the legit form.
oh well.
I don’t know of anyone who got into the M&T program xD
YEAH SEAS

Aaffda4 · December 15, 2011, 12:09pm

Can’t seem to edit my earlier post. It seems now that I wasn’t rejected after all for M&T, but actually deferred.
My post is earlier on, page 4-5

thehistorian421 · December 15, 2011, 11:29pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 720 M 710 W 710 T2140
SAT II: World History 800 US History 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.38
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: No APs (school offers few) - half really hard classes, and half super easy

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV rower 1 year & Varsity for 3 years - have competed on national and international level, student senator 2 years, founded school libertarian club, Philosophy club 2 years
Job/Work Experience: Almost none
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: More rowing
Essays: Wrote main essay about my car accident, EC one about crew
Teacher Recommendation: Both excellent, they both loved me
Counselor Rec: As good as teachers’
Additional Rec: none
Interview: It went alright. I don’t think he liked me because of my politics.
Other
State (if domestic applicant):MA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited athlete
Reflection
Strengths: SAT scores, recommendations, athletics
Weaknesses: GPA, no community service, narrowly focused ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Recruited for rowing!!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only applied to Penn
General Comments:

Can’t wait to get to Philly!

C0nqu1stador · December 16, 2011, 4:47pm

Decision: Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[] School applied to: SEAS (Digital Media Design)
[] ACT: 34(English), 30(Math), 32(Reading), 27(Science), 30(Composite), 31(Super scored)
[] GPA weighted: My school says they only report 4.0 weighted…which makes no sense since I have a 4.0 or like 3.97 unweighted.
[] GPA unweighted: Like a 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: 4/165[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I think my essay was good. Common App was about a Physics video I made using special effects programs in my junior year. My supplement essay was about how Penn’s DMD program is so unique.
[] Optional Essay?(Y/N): Wrote the optional essay about my parents and how I have learned from them. I also thought that turned out well.
[] Teacher Recs: I asked my Calculus teacher and Physics teacher for recommendations. This is my second year having them both, so I’m pretty sure the recommendations came out well.
[] Counselor Rec: My guidance counselor has been very helpful to me throughout my years in high school, so I also believe this was good.
[] Hook (if any): Nope
[] Interview?: Not really sure…thought it went fairly well.

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: New Jersey
[] School Type: Public…very small school
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Financial Aid?(Y/N): No
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[] Important ECs: Taekwondo is my most important (Junior Instructor, Judge, Referee, Coach, Black Belt, Performed in demonstrations, attended Junior Olympics and fought against student coached by Jean Lopez lol), Interact Community Service Club (Began video/board game drive for the Valerie Fund Center at Monmouth Medical Center), Hospital Volunteer (Volunteered in the hospital every summer, Sometimes I got to teach new volunteers), Piano (Playing since second grade, perform at biyearly recitals), X Factor Martial Arts Club (Founding Member). Also, I tried to make it clear in my common app essay that I have taught myself to use programs like adobe after effects and 3ds max since my school doesn’t have any classes that teach this, and all the classes that taught similar things were to simple.
[li] Awards: National Hispanic Scholar, Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors (weaknesses, strengths, etc.):
Looking back on everything, I didn’t have a 3000 SAT score and I didn’t cure cancer. Besides those two weaknesses, I felt like I was a fairly strong applicant, and I am very passionate about the Digital Media Design Program at Penn. I found out about the DMD program only a couple of weeks before I decided to apply ED. I didn’t have much time to submit a portfolio, so I sent them a link of a video I made for my physics class junior year on youtube. In addition, I also made an extra short special effects video to send. I never got a reply from them as to whether or not they received the email.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Well, only like 800 people got deferred, so I’m happy about that, and apparently they are going to try to accept more deferred students than in previous years. Congrats to everyone that got in, and sorry I posted so late.

prinki94 · December 17, 2011, 10:27am

@lambda-no clue actually!

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