Penn Class of 2022 ED Results ONLY

[crsd36]

Hey friends,

We have less than three days now (December 13th @7pm EST) so here’s what an official results thread should look like.

Please note that this is NOT a discussion thread. See you all December 13th!

Follow the structure template here -

[ color = green/yellow/red ] decision status / color

Pick one:

[ color=green]Decision: Accepted - CAS[ /color]
[ color=green]]Decision: Accepted - SEAS[ /color]
[ color=green]Decision: Accepted - Wharton[ /color]
[ color=green]Decision: Accepted - Nursing[ /color]
[ color=orange]Decision: Deferred - CAS[ /color]
[ color=orange]Decision: Deferred - SEAS[ /color]
[ color=orange]Decision: Deferred - Wharton[ /color]
[ color=orange]Decision: Deferred - Nursing[ /color]
[ color=red]Decision: Rejected - CAS[ /color]
[ color=red]Decision: Rejected - SEAS[ /color]
[ color=red]Decision: Rejected - Wharton[ /color]
[ color=red]Decision: Rejected - Nursing[ /color]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Number of other ED applicants in your school:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Experience:
Teacher Recommendation #1:
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn:
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Essay:

Other:
Date Submitted App:
Applied for Financial Aid?
U.S. State/Territory or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):

Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:

Other Factors:

MODERATOR’S NOTE:
This thread is for results only. Any posts without results will be deleted.

[skieurope]

Locking thread until results are announced.

[woekitten]

[ color=red]Decision: Rejected - Wharton[ /color]

Objective:
SAT I: 1570 (800M 770R) Only sitting
ACT (breakdown): 36C (36E 36M 35R 36S)
SAT II (subject, score): 800-Math Level II, 750 US History, 740 Literature
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Tied 1st/49
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): AP Euro (4), AP Stats (5), AP US (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Lit, AP Human Geography, Latin IV, Anatomy & Physiology, US Government, Economics
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, National Honor Society, National Merit Semi-Finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Quiz bowl (9-12, captain 12) top 10% of individuals at nationals, selected to all-state team; History bowl/bee (9-12, captain 12) top 20 at nationals as a team 3x; Golf team (8-12, captain 11-12) Qualified for state tournament, All-County Honorable Mention, GCAT All-State Scholar Athlete; Robotics (10-11) Programming, Spirit teams
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteers as reader for middle school quiz bowl tournaments, coach for junior golfers
Teacher Recommendation #1: History teacher 10/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher 7/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Interview: 8/10 I think she liked me and put in a good word

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 7/10
CommonApp Essay: 8/10

Other:
Date Submitted App: 10/31/17
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Tennessee
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nope

[bigbrewer299]

Decision: Rejected - SEAS

Intended major: Mechanical Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1470 740M/730R
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): ^
ACT (breakdown): n/a
ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (subject, score): didn’t submit
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.97/4.16
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 45/330
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Psych 4
Senior Year Course Load: English 12, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, AP Phys C: Mechanics, AP German, Honors Stem Aerospace, Seminar:1960s, Fundamentals of Investing
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NHS, distinguished honors, school student of quarter, FBLA national qualifier/3x state qualifier

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): FBLA president, finance club president, German activity VP, NHS, yearbook academic editor, robotics, more unimportant things
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: 60ish hours of various things
Summer Experience: none
Teacher Recommendation #1: 7/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read, probably not as good as some others
Additional Info/Rec: 9/10 additional rec from principal
Interview: average

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 7/10 i guess
Any dual-degree program essays: n/a
CommonApp Essay: 9/10

Other:
Date Submitted App: 10/30
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket Range: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none
Did not apply for any financial aid

Reflection
Strengths: I thought ECs and maybe essays, upward trend
Weaknesses: lack of rigor, low GPA/SAT, maybe lack of engineering stuff
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?: taken the hardest classes starting freshman year instead of senior year

[youythe]

[ color=red]Decision: Rejected - SEAS[ /color]

Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1530 (730CR, 800M)
SAT II (subject, score): 780 Math II, 730 Chemistry
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.05 Weighted/ NA Unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses):Didn’t send
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP BC Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Spanish, AP Environmental Science, Honors English IV, Honors Orchestra
Number of other ED applicants in your school: None to my knowledge
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Honor Roll, nothing significant

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Mainly music, PMEA District, Regional, and State Festivals
Local Philharmonic Mentoring Program
School Team Scholastic Bowl
Lots of local church involvement
WVIA Artist of the week

Job/Work Experience: Cello teacher for kids in my school, paid cellist that plays weddings and any other types of events, dishwasher at a local country club for about a year.
Volunteer/Community Service: NHS and Church related projects
Summer Experience: None
Teacher Recommendation #1:10/10 My Spanish teacher who has known me and seen me grow throughout all four years of high school. We have a bond like no other of my teachers.
Teacher Recommendation #2:9/10 My chemistry teacher, I did well in her class and she liked me but probably wasn’t anything terribly spectacular.
Counselor Rec:8/10 My counselor writes a good amount each year but she knows me outside of school so I know she put a bit more time and effort into my rec.
Interview: Went well, didn’t really click but was a solid interview.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn:9, I thought it showed me as a person and where my aspirations stem from; I wrote about engineering and how I want to make our Earth more sustainable.
CommonApp Essay:10/10, Talked about my passion for observing human behaviors and how that drives me as a person and has changed me throughout my life.

Other:
Date Submitted App: End of October
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket Range: Less than 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None

Reflection
Strengths: Recs and musical EC’s were strong
Weaknesses: Low SAT II chemistry score, no engineering EC’s, super focused in one area throughout high school
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: No where yet

-Good luck to everyone else who got deferred or rejected from Penn. This is only the start and I am sure that all of you will find great colleges throughout the upcoming months. Also congrats to everyone who was accepted, I’m sure you will love your new home. And also thanks to everyone for posting in the threads over the past couple months, it really helps to calm nerves and it created a real sense of community.
Goo luck future class of 2022!

[nuggetlover]

[color=red]Decision: Rejected - SEAS[ /color]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 790/760/21
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): same, 1 sitting
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):800 Math II, 800 Chem
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 94 average
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Math SL (7), French SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: HL Chem, HL History, HL English, SL Physics, TOK
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 5
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 2x ICDC top 10
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): 2x AIME qualifier

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Competitive Swimming: Grade 9-12, provincial record holder, national medalist, training 23 hours a week
DECA
Math Tutor Coordinator
Engineering Club Event Coordinator
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteering at a pool, 2 hours a week for 3 years
Summer Experience: none
Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher, apparently writes good references
Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher, seemed to like me
Counselor Rec: Probably generic
Additional Info/Rec: Swim coach, showed me it and it was superb
Interview: Went really well, on the phone

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 7/10, pretty listy
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Essay: 9/10, about overcoming a stutter

Other: none
Date Submitted App: October 28th
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Canada, Ontario
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range:70 000 k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none

Reflection
Strengths: objective scores, thought my awards were pretty good
Weaknesses: possibly essays
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: nothing else
What would you have done differently?: not sure, thought I did the best I could

Other Factors:sucks but hey life goes on

[phbird920]

Pick one: Decision: Rejected - Wharton (RED)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1280; 650/630 20/24 Essay
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (subject, score): N/A
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.89 unweighted, 4.11 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not report
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Microeconomics (4) Macroeconomics (5) Calculus AB (4)
Senior Year Course Load: DE Government, DE Advanced Biology, DE Finance 200, Honors English 12, Theology 12 (Required by Catholic School), AP Macro, AP Calc AB, Honors Chemistry
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Presidential Award for Educational Excellence
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Always highest honors, and a bunch little stuff that probably didn’t matter.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Butt ton of clubs, Class treasurer, Founded our Young Investor Society Chapter, NHS, SHS, Mayor’s Youth Commission, Varsity Swim Team Captain
Job/Work Experience: To keep it short, 3 full fledged businesses, 4 websites, 2 major internships
Volunteer/Community Service: National Position at the American Cancer Society including a board position, over 400 hours in other organizations I don’t really feel compelled to list out.
Summer Experience: Lots of work on my own businesses and real estate ventures, Internship for marketing at a firm in London
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10 (Don’t really know him that well but he is very well spoken)
Additional Info/Rec: 10/10
Interview: 10/10 Had about a 2 hour talk and shared the same ‘why Penn’ answer

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 10/10 (Wrote about how I will use my Penn education to craft my new ideas for sustainable energy)
Any dual-degree program essays: No
CommonApp Essay: 10/10 (Discussed my passion and love for finance diving into the socioeconomic influence of being an ethnicity)

Other:
Date Submitted App: 11/01/17
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Virginia
School Type: Private Catholic School
Ethnicity: Half Pacific Islander, Half White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: 160K+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM (Native Pacific Islander), LGBT (Gay)

Reflection
Strengths: Definitely my extracurriculars and my work experience. Having my entrepreneurial drive really benefited me when applying for a finance major at Wharton.
Weaknesses: Definitely SAT score and probably my GPA (Horrible Test Taking ability and catholic school don’t add up to a great end result!)
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: APPLIED TO: UT Austin, UVA, UNC, Cornell, NYU, UFlorida, Villanova, Virginia Tech, William & Mary
What would you have done differently?: Honestly not much, but I wish I had the same ambition I have today back in like freshman and even sophomore year. Also my advice to any young kids reading this, never tell yourself it’s too early to start thinking about college; take the SAT early even if it’s just to get a baseline and determine your goals early on to determine what kind of results you need to achieve during high school.

Other Factors: Submitted a beautiful photography portfolio as a supplement that used images to symbolically showcase and encapsulate the changing of the American Youth and the potential myself and my generation has to fix this tormented world! Also submitted a full resume (if that matters)

[elena719]

Question for moderator: Why doesn’t the template have the “Applied for Financial Aid?:” question. This is an important data point.

[YungEconomics]

Decision: Rejected - CAS

Note: I wrote this before the decisions came out to remove any bias. I will add small tidbits, but most of this is pre-decision.

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A

SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A

ACT (breakdown): 35C (36E, 34M, 35R, 34S), 8/12 essay (1 sitting)

ACT superscore (breakdown): see above

SAT II (subject, score): Spanish w/ Listening (800), Literature (710)

Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.77/4 UW(bad freshman year… I know). 4.47 W

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/430 (hardest course load in the school helps my low UW)

AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (5), Calc BC(5), US History(5), Spanish Language(5), English Language (4… very salty, had the highest essay avg. in the school of 8.27), Euro History (4), Biology (4), Physics 1 (4), Environmental Science (4)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP US Gov, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Chem, Honors Accounting (lol)

Number of other ED applicants in your school: 3 others, 4 total. We all applied to different programs.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Nothing national, two-time winner of the state-wide Apps4VA initiative. Sophomore year: Project won for making an application analyzing economic factors on educational quality across the counties of VA. junior year my project won for making an application looking at whether counties in VA use abstinence-only or comprehensive sexual education programs and how that affects teen pregnancies, abortions, STIs, etc.

Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National AP Scholar, NHRP, NM Commended, won two local essay contests, one on why financial literacy is important to teenagers (used as a scholarship for a dual enrollment econ class), one about the importance of the elderly in society.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Economics Club (Founder and President), NHS, SNHS, Debate, Youth Group (President for 3 years), 2 research projects listed in awards (project manager). Actor, have been in 2 local short films, several commercials, and several professional theater productions.
Started a financial literacy workshop program for Hispanic ESL students at a disadvantaged school in my area.

Job/Work Experience: Intern/Financial Analyst for an Economic Consulting Firm during summer between junior and senior year, worked with corporate mergers and litigation. Also worked at Chick-fil-A for 2 years (my pleasure) (lmao)

Volunteer/Community Service: Run / participate in many projects through youth group, ESL financial literacy workshop program is my “big” CS project.

Summer Experience: Internship above, summer camps, nothing major.

Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10 APUSH teacher, talked about how I would challenge him on everything but did so in a way that made me sound very intelligent and curious to learn.

Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10 AP Lang teacher, talked about how I’m an excellent writer and a creative thinker, etc. etc.

Counselor Rec: 7/10, generic for a class of 430 students, but she likes me and knows about some of my big achievements.

Additional Info/Rec: N/A

Interview: 6/10. I applied to Huntsman, and got a Wharton grad. We didn’t have too much in common, and we talked about acting for a really long time.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Why Penn: 7/10 - used a metaphor about a train of thought, clever and curious, but didn’t talk about my personality.

Any dual-degree program essays: Huntsman, 6.5/10. Very rushed, good writing but nothing phenomenal.

CommonApp Essay: 8/10 - metaphor about windows, perspective, systems, and curiosity. May have been too similar to my why Penn essay.

Other:

Date Submitted App: November 1st… smh

U.S. State/Territory or Country: Virginia

School Type: Mid/large public

Ethnicity: Hispanic

Gender: M

Income Bracket Range: Pell-grant

Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM, Pell grant eligible.

Reflection

Strengths: ECs (i thought), act, hooked, course rigor.

Weaknesses: Essays (i guess), interview, GPA.

Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

What would you have done differently?: written an essay about my personality rather than my intellectual interests. Idk. Not too happy, but looking forward to submitting other apps.

Good luck to everyone deferred/rejected, and congrats to anyone who is class of 2022!

[sydfun1418]

[ color=green]Decision: Accepted - CAS[ /color]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
ACT : 33C
ACT superscored (breakdown): 34 superscore, 35E, 32M, 35R, 34S
SAT II (subject, score): Biology 710, Literature 650
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.97 uw/4.47 w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): AP Calc AB - 4, AP Language and Comp - 5, taking AP Calc BC, AP French, and AP Psych this year
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Research, Regular English, Honors History, AP Calc BC, AP French, and AP Psych
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none that I know of?
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): community service award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): stage manage all theater productions, asian culture club and GSA leader, martial arts, orchestra
Job/Work Experience: Interned at Arts for LA
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteering at VA hospital and UCLA medical center
Summer Experience: Coro youth fellows + volunteering
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10 i think
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10 i think
Counselor Rec: 7-8/10, new counselor, probably didn’t know me very well
Additional Info/Rec: 8/10 - recommendation from my research advisor
Interview: 7-8/10

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 10/10- very very specific, said a lot about my development throughout high school
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Essay: 8/10

Other:
Date Submitted App: 10/26/17
U.S. State/Territory or Country: CA
School Type: Private all girls, small
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket Range: rather not say
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none

Reflection
Strengths: ACT, GPA, essays, and rec letters. also do research which I think helps
Weaknesses: SAT II scores were really low, interview felt a little awkward and repetitive
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: only applied to penn
What would you have done differently? Definitely studied more for my subject tests and prepped more for interview

[nohior]

Decision: Rejected - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1560; 800/760; 20/24
ACT (breakdown): 36; 36,36,35,35
SAT II (subject, score): Math II - 800; Chem - 770; Bio E - 760
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.98UW / 4.48W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/386
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 7 5s, 2 4s, 1 3
Senior Year Course Load: College Credit Plus at local state university… bio, bioethics, english, international studies, and intro to social psych
Number of other ED applicants in your school: at least 1

Date Submitted App: Oct 22
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Ohio
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None

Reflection
Strengths: ACT
Weaknesses: ECs

[ptvnicorn]

Decision: Accepted - Nursing

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1500 - 770CR / 730M
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): Only took Once
ACT (breakdown): 34 - 36W / 35R / 35S / 29M
ACT superscore (breakdown): Only took Once
SAT II (subject, score): Didn’t study so I did bad and didn’t send
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: Technically my school doesn’t calculate GPA but it’s somewhere around 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): I took AP World History at a different school when I was a freshman and got a 4, current HS doesn’t do either
Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chem, AB Calculus, other really specific classes I’m too lazy to type
Number of other ED applicants in your school: I honestly don’t know
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): HOSA International Finalist - Clinical Nursing, National French Contest Bronze Award
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): HOSA State Finalist - Clinical Nursing and BioMedical Debate, National Merit Commended Student

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Animal Rights Club: Founder and President, Junior and Senior Year
Key Club: Community Representative Junior Year, Vice President Senior Year
HOSA: Junior and Senior Year (my events are clinical nursing and biomedical debate)
Research: On Biolipids and Lung Disease at UIC
Research: Project Creator on Teen Contraceptive use at Northwestern Women’s Health Research Center
Ethics Class: Student Teacher

Job/Work Experience: Summer Job at a bakery 2015 and 2016, Summer and School year Job at Potbelly Sandwich Shop 2017

Volunteer/Community Service: We’re required to get 200 service hours by my school but I do a lot of service through my Animal RIghts Club and Key Club

Summer Experience:
Summer 2016 I shadowed a Midwife at Northwestern Medicine for 3 days
Summer 2017 I apprenticed a Homebirth Midwife like 3-4 days a week and attended 3 births

Teacher Recommendation #1: IDK Probably good
Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK Probably Good, How do y’all estimate these? Clearly you’ll choose a teacher that loves you but you’ll never know the quality of their rec
Counselor Rec: IDK probably good

Additional Info/Rec: I included an additional rec from the midwife I apprenticed, more info about one of my clubs, a research abstract, and some stuff about extenuating family circumstances

Interview: Pretty good I guess, I asked a lot of questions. Just a normal Skype interview.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: I’d say 9.5 out of 10, I was extremely specific and talked about my interactions with penn students and faculty, and what kind of an impact I’d have on campus

Any dual-degree program essays: N/A

CommonApp Essay: 7 out of 10, I talked about my journey to deciding to become a midwife, I thought it was good but I know you’re not supposed to talk about your major

Other:
Date Submitted App: October 29th
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Illinois
School Type: STEM Magnet Boarding School
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM and Legacy

Reflection
Strengths: My ECs were pretty good and throughout my app I feel I showed a very strong commitment to making an impact in the women’s and reproductive healthcare industry
Weaknesses: GPAAAAAAAAAA, no SAT IIs
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I’ve been accepted to Pitt Nursing Honors Program and Guaranteed Grad School Program but no other results yet
What would you have done differently?: Submitted less supplemental stuff

Other Factors: I was suspended sophomore year so idk if that had an effect

I CAN"T ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT!! so TIL you can get into penn if you care a lot… despite my grades!

[anyexreita]

[ color=orange]Decision: Deferred - CAS[ /color]

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 740 R+W 730 M 1450C
ACT (breakdown): 35E 35M 32R 28S (rip) 33C
SAT II: 740 Bio M, 730 Math II, 800 Spanish w listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): I only have predicted scores and no idea if they got sent. HL Bio (6), HL Chem (5), HL Econ (6), HL English A Lang&Lit (6), SL Spanish A Lit (7), SL Math (6)
Senior Year Course Load: ^ rigorous. I regret not taking HL Math though
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, these are very rare in my country

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
OK I LACK A LOT OF LEADERSHIP, I KNOW. I was never into leadership roles and wanted to be a leader in my own ways. Positions shouldn’t define you. Most of my club presidents were irresponsible or simply stuck-up.

National music honor society (lead alto saxophone)
Jazz band (lead alto sax)
South American international music festival (lead alto sax)
Writing my online cookbook on Blogger
Literary magazine and school newspaper (I post my narratives and recipes, does that count as leadership LOL)
Musical theater (part of music ensemble)
Varsity trail running, varsity track and field (I kinda suck and always fall behind)
Co-admin of Facebook fan-pages for my favorite band, The Gazette <3

Job/Work Experience: none, rare in my country
Volunteer/Community service:
Make a wish (fundraising),
fundraising and introducing music and the arts to children in a local orphanage
Summer Activities: do they get to know about this? I went to Antarctica in February to snow climb and took shots of penguins and stuff (I live in the southern hemisphere so summer here is Dec-Feb), trail running, cultural trip to China and Colombia, lots of traveling

Rate out of 10
Essays: 9–Common App was great. I grew up with two clashing cultures (Chile-China) in a country where diversity and open-mindedness are not the norm. Wrote about my skepticism towards ignorance and inflexibility. My favorite band is a Japanese goth metal band and I wrote about using the Internet to make a community of online friends who share my passion for strange music and making music covers to post online, hoping our band members would notice us :D. The supplement could have been more tied to the school though. I wrote, with the perspective of a millennial, about economics and consumer psychology in modern times, especially with the meme culture, Buzzfeed, fidget spinner market, and Bitcoin.
Teacher Recommendation: (Chemistry, English) I wasn’t allowed to read them, I’d say average/generic. I love both teachers but my English teacher had to write 20+ recs.
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec: none
Interview: 8. Lasted <30 minutes but left a good impression
Other: submitted two music supplement videos

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: double major music and economics, but I’m actually thinking about music with CS instead
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Chile
School Type: international, private, large
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino, racially Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): sibling legacy? underrepresented country but applying as international
Additional Comments:
was expecting myself to break down. I’m actually still ok. I applied to MIT EA and not expecting an admission but there’s something else to look forward to. But I gotta finish 8 college apps before January, sigh. Congratulations to those who got admitted!

[Yarnweaver]

Decision:Accepted-CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1540 (780 reading 760 math) 24 essay single-sitting
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2: 780 Chem: 780
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.88UW 4.37W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Chinese (4), APUSH (4), Chem (4), CS (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP BC Calc, AP Psych, AP Lit, law
Number of other ED applicants in your school: a lot
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): lmao
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, NM Commended, Department Award, 2 Silver Keys from Scholastic Art and Writing

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): 3 years basketball for my school and 2 years of club, writing club for 4 years (president this year), law club for 4 years (treasurer this year)
Job/Work Experience: private basketball coach (for like kids)
Volunteer/Community Service: my local hospital
Summer Experience: sleeping, procrastinating, intern at local start-up for 1 month, attended a pre-colligate course at Hopkins, played too much basketball
Teacher Recommendation #1: Decent? 7.5/10? From my bio teacher
Teacher Recommendation #2: Solid?? 9/10 From my English teacher
Counselor Rec: she knows my name at least lol but she has to write for a lot of people 7/10
Additional Info/Rec: n/a
Interview: eh it lasted 35 min—very casual

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: the best “why” essay I have 8/10
Any dual-degree program essays: n/a
CommonApp Essay: terrible I was gonna rewrite it lol 7/10

Other:
Date Submitted App: 10/31
U.S. State/Territory or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: low af
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): low-income?

Reflection
Strengths: no clue
Weaknesses: grades, test scores, lack of major awards
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: first decision
What would you have done differently?: idk

Other Factors:
Good luck to everyone!

[jdawg24]

[ color=red]Decision: Rejected - Wharton[ /color]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1550 (750 English, 800 Math)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1550 (750 English, 800 Math)
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 700 US History, 670 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): World History (4), Calculus BC (5), Calc AB Subscore (5), US History (5), Physics 1 (4), Physics C - Mechanics (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics 2, AP Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP Government, AP Statistics, Tennis
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commendation, Scholar Athlete, Honor Roll, American Legion Boys State Alternate, California State Seal of Biliteracy, AP Scholar with Distinction, other minor school awards.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Founder of a school-wide invention competition, Varsity tennis player, religious school, and member of Physics Olympiad team.
Job/Work Experience: Intern for an investment banking firm.
Volunteer/Community Service: President and Founder of Miracles for Kids Club, Secretary of Red Cross Club, Secretary of Blind Start of America Club, I coach special needs kids in tennis, teacher assistant at my temple.
Summer Experience: Internship and volunteer assistant at a novice tennis tournament.
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10. From my Pre-Calculus Honors and Calculus BC teacher. I did really well in his class, which is the hardest at my school.
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10. From my APUSH teacher. He liked me and my family.
Counselor Rec: 9/10. Lots of kids at my school but he knows me well.
Additional Rec: 9.5/10. From my internship’s portfolio manager.
Interview: 8/10. Pretty solid. He gave me a recommendation for a business book. Did not connect on a personal level that much, though (mainly business related).

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 9/10. Good essay about all the programs at Wharton that I like and how I would fit in there. My college counselor said that this was the best Penn essay she has read, but she does not have that much success with getting kids into Penn (she has more success with Stanford, Columbia, Dartmouth, UCLA, and USC).
CommonApp Essay: 9.5/10. I essentially wrote how I am a quantitative thinker in a variety of situations and compared myself to a superhero. It is hard to explain without disclosing too much personal information, but I really love this essay.

Other:
Date Submitted App: September 24
U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
School Type: Large Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nope

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, SAT, Community Service
Weaknesses: I did not stand out enough from a business perspective.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: No where else yet.
What would you have done differently?: Taken the initiative more in the business community.

Other Factors: I am not too surprised by this decision. I am just glad that I have more options now! :))

[Abrollll]

[ color = red ]Decision status: Rejected - Wharton for BEPP [/color]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/ERW): 1500 - 790/710 (NEW) (Best sitting)

SAT II (subject, score): Math II, 800 (Best sitting)

Unweighted/Weighted GPA: NA (Around 3.7 UW ) (amazing grades in the 10th and 11th, but my 9th grade was pathetically low. My GPA increased 240% between freshman and sophmore year).

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA (Around the top 10%).

IB score: 38/42 Avg grade 11

IB Predicted / 45: 41

Senior Year Course Load: Business Management HL, Econ HL, Physics HL, English Lang & Lit SL, Mathematics SL, Spanish Ab Initio, AP Calculus BC (to make up for Math SL), and AP Comparative Government and Politics.

Online Study: Wharton Online School - ‘Leading the life you want’, and Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability.

Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): American Math Competition: Ranked 32nd in India.

Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): IGCSE Distinction: ranked in the top ten percentile globally for Business, Economics, Accounting, and Physics, and Model UN and Debate awards at the state level (highest rank - 1/500), and Merit scholarship for High school tuition.

Subjective:-
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, and short descriptions): 1] Vice President of the Student Council (9,10) (helped manage a student body of 300). Director General: OISMUN’17 (6 committees, and 150+ delegates). Founder and President: Wolves of Wall Street (workshop sequence that teaches trading principles/ currently participating in the Wharton Investment competition). Co-Founder: MUN-Intended ( Model UN consultancy firm that guides budding delegates, 1000 Views on our website, and 20 packages completed ). Debate team Captain: Forensics (Debate and Original oratory teams (2 Best speaker awards/held an international competition). Model UNs ( 12 total - 5 Best delegate awards, 4 high commendation awards, and 2 honorable mentions (3/250 lol). Team Captain: Basketball (Club). Accounts and Sponsorship Head ( total raised ≈ Rs. 20,00,000 ) for 3 NGOs, the school newspaper, and 2 entrepreneurial challenges. Technical analysis certification: Bombay Stock Exchange. Certified for A2 by the Academia de Español.

Job/Work Experience: Internship at my Father’s company (finance department).

Volunteer/Community Service: 3 NGOs ( around 100 hours of service ). Indian Development Foundation: Resource Mobilization for Humanitarian Causes. Actor for a women’s rights campaign. Selected to volunteer in Indonesia.

Summer Experience: Wrote and published an Economics research paper / writing another research paper in Physics.

Teacher Recommendation #1: Business Management/Econ HL teacher - 8/10 (teacher and I have a great relationship/ supervisor for my investment club in school).
Teacher Recommendation #2: English SL ( My worst grade, but I was always involved in class, and my counselor said it was one of the best recs she had ever read) - 9/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10 or 10/10 (Extremely close to her).
Additional Info/Rec: None
Interview: Pretty good but could’ve gone much better ( really kind M&T alum ) - I think this is where I lost out.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 10/10 ( One of the best essays I’ve ever written ).
Any dual-degree program essays: None
CommonApp Essay: 9/10 (Pretty good and reflective of all my qualities).

Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): None.

Strengths: ECs, Essays, and recos.
Weaknesses: SATs, and GPA ( Too low for Wharton. You need 1540 minimum to make up). ASIAN FROM INDIA from a school where only two people in 8 years have gotten into the Ivies (Brown and from the same graduating class).
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet.
What would you have done differently?: I reallly couldn’t have done anything else. I probably could’ve studied much harder in the 9th, but that was circumstantial and I explained it).

Reflection: Dealing with the rejection really really well, but kinda bummed. Everyone thought I had a great chance, and I personally met the head of India admissions, so I thought MAYBE. Congratulations to all the people accepted ! Best of luck !

[wildesfeuer]

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1590 (800 M, 790 CR/W)
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Bio M, 800 Math II
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 5.0/5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): AP Biology (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP French (5), AP Music Theory (5), AP Environmental Science (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Language, British Literature H, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C, AP USH, AP Gov, Organic Chemistry H
Number of other ED applicants in your school: Around 35
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Science Olympiad National Medalist, ABRSM Diploma in Piano Performance
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Science Olympiad, Biology Olympiad, Math Club, GSA
Volunteer/Community Service: Language tutor through Italki
Summer Experience: Research at CHOP, volunteering at HUP, SummerScience@TJU
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP French teacher, 10/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Calc BC teacher, 8/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10, very close relationship
Additional Info/Rec: Rec from research mentor at CHOP
Interview: 9/10, a bit nervous but went well

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details): 10/10, very unique essay
Why Penn: 10/10, knew school very well; talked about my passion for HIV/AIDS
CommonApp Essay: See above

Other: LGBT
Date Submitted App: 10/25
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket Range: > 200k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Faculty parent

Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Pitt with full tuition, McGill with entrance scholarship
What would you have done differently?: Probably spend more time doing stuff I actually enjoyed rather than simply to get in

[GoyangCat]

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A

ACT (breakdown): Composite 35 (Math 35, Science 36, English 34, Reading 33, Writing 9)
ACT superscore (breakdown): Composite 35 (Math 36, Science 36, English 34, Reading 33)

SAT II (subject, score): Math level II 800 / Chemistry 800 / Physics 800

Weighted GPA: 4.29 (out of 4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 / 27

AP/IB (place score in parentheses):
World History (5), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics I (5), Physics C (5)

Senior Year Course Load:
AP United States History
AP Language and Composition
AP Biology
AP Computer Science A
AP Physics C
Advanced Spanish

Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National/international awards for FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Captain of school FTC robotics team, Director of Korea Youth Robotics Association, Captain of School Translation Club, Drummer of school rock band, Vice Chair of School Academic Committee, Played in School Lacrosse Varsity Team

Job/Work Experience: Paid Research Internship at LEGO Robotics education company
Volunteer/Community Service: Supervised Outreach Activities in FTC robotics team, Participated in Group Home Volunteering Club
Summer Experience: N/A
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10. Physics Teacher, Mentor, Faculty Advisor of School Robotics Team
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10. English (AP Lang) Teacher, He’s a great writer and I was one of the most hard-working students
Counselor Rec: 10/10. He has had success with getting our upper class-men into Penn (1 ED, and 1 RD) last year. And he has years-long career at Korea’s most prestigious international schools.
Additional Info/Rec: N/A

Interview: 10/10. Had an interviewer whose Korean family immigrated to United States when he was 17. Similar experiences of nostalgia, solitude, etc. We were emotionally connected, I believe. He was a blunt-looking but actually kind and caring Wharton Graduate, who now works at international private equity firm located in Seoul. He gave a lot of practical advices on how to socialize with American friends, find my comfort zone, and take the best out of the diverse and complex community. I think we’ll keep in touch from now on.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 9. Connected each details of my thorough school research with my academic, and life-long interest
Any dual-degree program essays: N/A
CommonApp Essay: 10. Unique introduction (self-humiliating story about why I peed in my pants), and reveals how to connect my passion to my academic path, with subtle intelligence and wit

Other:
Date Submitted App: 2017/10/31
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Republic of Korea
School Type: International Boarding School
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: Just a decent middle class Korean family
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): N/A

Reflection
Strengths: Unique extracurricular efforts. + I tried my best to get out of the typical “Asian male engineer” kind of stereotype, and focus on my interdisciplinary interests, focused heavily on human intelligence and its computational adaptation to A.I.

Weaknesses: I’m Korean without US citizenship, and this year’s applicant pool must have been more competitive than ever. I had to compete with international school students who have so-called Green cards, or even U.S. passports.
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere else yet!
What would you have done differently?: N/A

Other Factors: I was confident for the first few weeks after I submitted my CommonApp. But as time passed by, I grew nervous and last night I was super obsessed with the results. I’m so excited to be a part of Penn, and best wishes to all of you at CC, whether you’re admitted or not! You are all great, encouraging people and I did enjoy reading the threads while I nervously waited for today to come.

[candy9283]

Decision: Accepted - Nursing

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34C (30M, 36R, 34W, 35S)
ACT superscore (breakdown): 35C (31M, 36R, 36W, 35S)
SAT II (subject, score): N/A
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: pretty bad
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), AP World (4), Principles (4), Psychology (this year), Human Geography (this year), Statistics (this year), AP Lit (this year)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP HUGO, AP Psych, AP Lit, Honors/dual enrollment anatomy, honors chemistry
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 2 I know of, but possibly more (1 got in for cross country)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Silver President’s Service Award
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, Commended NMSQT, NCWIT Aspirations State Winner, Best Brief NJ YAG, lots of academic excellence things

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): taught App Inventor summer program, Youth Secretariat -
MUN, some sports here and there, miscellaneous volunteering, Student Ambassadors, other clubs
Job/Work Experience: approx. 10 hours per week since freshman year
Volunteer/Community Service: EMT, hospital, miscellaneous, Student Ambassadors
Summer Experience: working and App Inventor program
Teacher Recommendation #1: biology teacher - probably pretty good
Teacher Recommendation #2: english teacher - probably pretty good
Counselor Rec: he knew me really well because of my extenuating circumstances
Additional Info/Rec: decent rec. from hospital coordinator (good except she obviously copied and pasted parts :/)
Interview: I felt like it went alright

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 9 or 10/10 - I felt like it was really genuine and it was partially based on my experience with a Penn nursing student when I was sick
Any dual-degree program essays: none
CommonApp Essay: really personal; I was in CHOP my sophomore year so it centered around that

Other:
Date Submitted App: 10/28
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket Range: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): first generation

Reflection
Strengths: ACT, volunteer experience, overcoming struggles
Weaknesses: GPA, possibly recommendations
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted everywhere so far (UDel, Rowan, Seton Hall, Stockton, Eckerd, Hofstra, DeSales) I was still waiting on other major decisions
What would you have done differently?: I don’t think I could have done much differently as a lot of my negatives were coincidental or (like my sophomore year) inevitable

Other Factors: extenuating circumstances (missed basically my entire sophomore year)

[rmuth99]

[ color=green]]Decision: Accepted - SEAS[ /color]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1580 (800 M, 780 E)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A (took it once)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Physics
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.1 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/283
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): all 5s: Euro, Psych, Calc AB, Calc BC, Chem, APUSH, Lang
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Bio, AP French, AP Comp Sci, AP Lit, orchestra, socratic seminar
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 7 ish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, PA all-state orchestra, random violin competition (got to play a solo at Carnegie Hall), minor state and local math and science awards, AP Scholar with Distinction, CTY

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): first violinist at my youth orchestra (one of the top 10 in the US), district & school orchestra (concertmistress), music school honors ensemble (concertmistress), MUN (VP), French Honors Society (treasurer, trip to France), Tri-M Honors Society (VP), also sent in a pretty good music supplement with my app
Job/Work Experience: unpaid internship at a local university biomechanics lab since the beginning of 11th grade (uploaded a research abstract with my app), paid job at Mathnasium starting this summer (this was more for money than a college app thing)
Volunteer/Community Service: lots of volunteer hours with my youth group transporting patients for a hospital, tutoring struggling students at my school, cooking for homeless shelters, and playing violin at senior homes; also received the Gold Presidential Volunteer Award and a PA Senate award for tutoring
Summer Experience: took an introductory immunology course at a local university through a full scholarship via CTY (after 9th grade), did a girls medicine program and was voted treasurer for it (after 10th grade)
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10 AP Chem teacher (went to Penn): never saw it but she told me I was one of her best students
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10 AP Calc teacher: she loves me and said she wrote a really good rec
Counselor Rec: idk, she likes me but doesn’t know me that well
Additional Info/Rec: N/A
Interview: 7/10 it was kinda awkward at first but I ended up learning a lot about penn. However, he was really old and we didn’t really connect much

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 8/10; it was very specific about what I want to do at Penn but it was kind of like a rant, with no overarching theme to tie it all together
Any dual-degree program essays: no
CommonApp Essay: 9/10; wrote about my passion for leading the orchestra, good essay but probably an overused topic

Other:
Date Submitted App: 10/28
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type: medium public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: female
Income Bracket Range: ~250k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): female in engineering, dad works at penn

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, test scores, recs, hooks, ECs
Weaknesses: Why Penn essay, interview
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted to Pitt with 15k/year
What would you have done differently?:
Nothing

Other Factors: