Penn 2011 Official RD Decisions Thread!

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!! Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510/2240
ACT: 35
SAT IIs: Math II 780, US History 740, Chem 710
GPA: 4.0 (98.944) unweighted
Rank: 2/375 unweighted
Other stats: 5 on AP Statistics, Chemistry, and US History; graduating with 7 APs</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: they were ok- i liked them
Teacher Recs: didn't read but i think really good- from my math teacher i have had for two years
Counselor Rec: didn't read but should be good- i have known her since elementary school
Hook (if any): i can't think of anything- my team won a national championship?
Location/Person:
State or Country: Georgia
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:
EC's:
2 years varsity Cross Country- state champions
4 years horseback riding- captain
Science olympiad- national champions, cocaptain
Beta club treasurer
Key club
other random clubs
same job for 2 years- 10 hours per week</p>

<p>Penn does more yield management than the other Ivies.</p>

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Penn does more yield management than the other Ivies.

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to recover it's USNEWS ranking :P</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted. Roy Vagelos Management Track.</p>

<p>*Decision && School: *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2160 (1520 Math+Critical Reading)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 790, US History 800, Chem 790
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 on US Hist, Bio, Chem, Macro, Micro. 7 more APs this year
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.31
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: 2/538</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent/Good. Each essay showed a different side in terms of writing style and I believed it showed different aspects of my personality.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good to Great
[li] Counselor Rec: Not sure, my counselor didn't know me when I was applying, only got to know me after.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Russian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Science Olympiad (Captain, 1st place states), Russian Martial Art, Quiz Bowl (Captain), Hospital Volunteering (100 Hours)</p>[/li]
<p>Congrads to everybody else</p>

<p>Accepted; M&T Program</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 750
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 780 (11 essay)
[</em>] SAT Total: 2330
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 MII, 770 MI, 700 US
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History (5), Music Theory (5), Chemistry (5)
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.27
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1 / 99</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great. I especially liked my M&T and Why Penn? essays.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Outstanding, so my GC said. I also submitted an extra rec. from my theatre director.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None that I can think of.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Musical Theatre (leads in three musicals, Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, ITS, Dramatic Society), Instrumental Music (piano, French horn, trumpet, guitar), Vocal Music (a capella group, chorus, Tri-M Music Honor Society), Baseball, X-C (First Team All-Prep, Third Team All-State, Scholar-Athlete Award...), Math League, Geometry Tutoring, NHS (President), Student Government (Senior Class President, Junior Class President), a few more minor activities</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I felt like my essays were very real and really showed my interest in Penn both academically and socially.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I have to choose between M&T, Princeton, and Harvard....I am in a pickle.</p>

<p>I got into Penn Arts and Sciences (International Relations major)</p>

<p>Penn was a reach school for me and so was Cornell, but I got into both.</p>

<p>Tough decisions ahead.</p>