Official UPENN Fall 2013 Transfer Thread

<p>Hi, guy’s. Can someone chance me?</p>

<p>I’m a 21 year old African American from , North Philadelphia. I had to take a year off a of college because I have Sickle Cell anemia and was hospitalized from June 2010 through December 2010. I had a splenectomy, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, and autoimmune. I’m the first generation to attend college, although I attend a CC. My major is Chemistry.</p>

<p>-GPA- 3.83</p>

<p>-Extracurriculars- soccer, basketball, treasurer of The Community Service club, Student Govt senator, founder of the Transfer Club. Volunteering at the Children’s hospital, and interning for a DA in Montgomery County. I do private tutoring for college students. Raised money to send to Children in Africa who have Sickle cell, and Doctors without borders, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell, and Cystic research. One award in soccer.</p>

<p>-Also, I’m gay. I was kicked out of my parents home in the Fall of 2011. </p>

<p>-solid recommendations.</p>

<ul>
<li>Job, I babysit 4 days a week.</li>
</ul>

<p>Does anyone think I may have a shot? </p>

<p>I also applied to Amherst, Boston College, Cornell, rice, Bucknell, and Georgetown.</p>

<p>^What are your scores.</p>

<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I’m currently a GW student, I’m an Econ major and I’m applying as a junior transfer.
My stats
I did not do well in HS
GPA: 3.3
SAT: 2020
College GPA: 3.83
Also I have some pretty good ECs, a few stand out internships. (The nicest part about GW!)
And I’m a double legacy, I’m not sure what role that will play in admissions however.
Good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>Since everyone’s posting their stats, I might as well join in. I know my chances aren’t that high, but hey I can dream right? </p>

<p>here are my stats:
Transferring into junior
HS GPA: 93/100 by Canadian standard, idk what it means in the U.S.
College GPA: 3.79/4.0 (I hate Berkeley’s grade deflation)
Midterm Report: Didn’t submit
SAT: 2100 Combined, No ACT
SAT II: 740 Math I, 680 U.S. History, 790 Chinese Listening</p>

<p>Essay: I wrote about how I wanted to get into smaller and more intimate classes(honestly speaking most colleges fit that profile), academic opportunities are plentiful
Letter of Recommendation: One from my American History professor and another from my Southeast Asian History professor, both of whom I know very well and hopefully they wrote me a good recommendation
EC’s: Plenty in high school, relatively fewer in college, investment group, human resource association members, deposition volunteer for law school etc.
Work Experience: Internship at the biggest U.S. law firm Baker& Mckenzie, jockey club, research assistant for professor at Boalt Law, upcoming one in the Court of Appeal
Also applied to Cornell and Columbia, accepted to Cornell so far
I never thought of applying to Penn when in high school, now I hope I won’t regret not at least trying.</p>

<p>Got the email about online decision posting today. Proceed to freak out but then calm down in realization that focus is needed to pass finals.</p>

<p>@OMGItsJustin, it’s not today. I received the same email, too, and it said May 13, 3pm EDT. Good luck everyone…</p>

<p>Haha yeah, I know. It is just the anticipation from waiting so long. Good luck everyone.</p>

<p>Ya, that email gave me false hope of being able to stop worrying about my decision from Penn. I guess we have a week and 4 hrs to go roughly.</p>

<p>SAT ( math-710) (reading- 760) (writing-710) they are not the highest, but I did take them in the 9th grade. Also, it was the beginning of the year.</p>

<p>^I don’t get it. SAT expires in two years, yes?</p>

<p>Not sure. Never took them again. Didn’t send them to the college I went to because they didn’t require them. I just know the score I received.</p>

<p>I didn’t submit my SAT just ACT, which I took last year. The expiration is three NOT two.</p>

<p>Does anyone know roughly the difference in acceptances between Wharton and CAS? I’m sure a majority of rejections come from Wharton so the rate for CAS must be a bit higher, but does anyone have any quantified information regarding that?</p>

<p>Has anyone sent in their Final Transcripts for this semester? Are we even able to send them in?</p>

<p>I would like to know for SEAS as well, but Penn doesn’t really release the stats on a school per basis. I wouldn’t be surprised if more than half the applicants were for business or nursing or another popular program there.</p>

<p>@elijah I honestly think they have our decisions made at this point, so it would be pointless to send anything else in, unless asked.</p>

<p>I sent in my final grades, but that’s only because I never sent in midterm grades and was never asked for them, either. I think they just decided to reject me and didn’t think there would be a point in seeing them!</p>

<p>@saturn8893: That’s strange. I remember getting an email from them about few weeks ago asking me to send the mid-term report.</p>

<p>Here is the email: </p>

<p>We have received your application to the University of Pennsylvania.</p>

<p>We would like to remind you of the following:</p>

<p>If you have taken courses on a PASS/FAIL or CREDIT/NO CREDIT basis, please have grades or written evaluations of your performance sent by the professors of these courses. If you attend a school that records only PASS/FAIL on your transcript for your first-semester or first-year courses, please request that your grades be released on the transcript sent to our office.</p>

<p>The Common Application mid-term report is required for all transfer applicants who are currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution. You will need to have each of your professors provide a mid- term grade determination (if you were to receive a grade for the course right now, what would it be?) for any course in which you are currently enrolled along with the professor’s signature.</p>

<p>Documents can be emailed directly by professors to <a href=“mailto:records@admissions.upenn.edu”>records@admissions.upenn.edu</a></p>

<p>If you have already submitted these materials, please disregard this email.</p>

<p>Thank you,
Penn Admissions</p>

<p>^Yeah that’s exactly it.</p>

<p>@lelouch tried looking for stats breakdown but I couldn’t find anything. I found the 2011-2012 overall stats: 2099 applied, 203 accepted, 129 enrolled</p>