Penn RD Results

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

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[ 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:

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Accepted

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Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1470, didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 34, 33M, 34R, 34E, 34S, 30W
ACT superscore (breakdown): wasn’t superscored
SAT II (subject, score): let’s not talk about those lol
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0UW, 5.19W (4 for Regular, 5 for Honors, 6 for AP/DE)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd in my class
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): AP Calc AB (5), AP World (4), APUSH (4), AP Lang (3)
Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs in school, 1 AP Online, 3 Regular, 2 Honors
Number of other ED applicants in your school: I think I’m the only one who applied, and I applied RD
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): nothing
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended

Subjective:
Extracurricular (name, grade levels, leadership, description): I am in 8 clubs at school, but I only wrote like the 2 most important ones, NHS (2 years, VP 11th, P 12th), 2 year program (for 11th and 12th) where you teach freshman about health
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteer at a Preschool all 4 years of high school
Summer Experience:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10th Grade English teacher, who is in charge of the 2 year program, I didn’t read the letter
Teacher Recommendation #2: 11th grade APUSH teacher
Counselor Rec: good, I guess
Interview: went well, considering it was my first interview

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn:
Any dual-degree program essays:
CommonApp Essay: pretty good, I talked about my mom fulfilling her dream of getting a degree (last year!!), and how that inspired me to also want achieve my dreams

Other:
Date Submitted App: 11:5X pm (day it was due lol)
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
U.S. State/Territory or Country: FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Haitian American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: <35000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM, second generation, but only recently since my mom got her degree in May and I applied for college a few months later

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Common App Essay, Volunteer commitment
Weaknesses: Why Penn (I honestly didn’t know about the school until I received an email a few days before the deadline encouraging me to apply)
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted JHU, Brown, UF, UM, waitlisted Harvard, UCLA, waiting for Duke and Stanford
What would you have done differently?: not waited until the last minute to work on the application, I also got really stuck on Penn’s financial aid supplement (didn’t really understand it), so I ended up not submitting it until 2 weeks ago. I was surprised that I got my financial aid determination yesterday despite this!

Other Factors: Although I don’t have any national awards, and not much help on the application process, I was still able to get in, so don’t give up and give Penn a chance!!

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congrats

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@quartzmuffin628 Thank you so much!! :slight_smile:

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Weird. In the past year, The decision thread is very hot with many, many pages? What happened! I remember someone already made a decision thread. Could not find.

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Decisions aren’t out yet, at least for me. I don’t know how there are already decisions out right now when results come out today.

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Accepted! (Sorry I don’t know how to do colors)

Pick one:

Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1520 (Breakdown 720 R/W 800 M)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): (Same)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2: 700. Biology E: 720
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: No GPA.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank.
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Predicted 44/45
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB diploma
Number of other ED applicants in your school: I don’t think anyone applied ED at my school, but about 5 (including me) applied RD.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Princeton Club 2017 Book Award winner. (My country’s) Outstanding Student Award nominee. (My country’s) Young Writers Award Finalist - Two years in a row.
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): I got a couple awards for community service if that counts.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Vice President of a student-led company, Head Student at my school, environmental focus group member, played piano since I was 7, Chinese Dance team member at my school.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Student ambassador for a local children’s hospital (over 300 hours), co-founder of a club that raised awareness for the visually impaired, volunteered at a Wildlife Rescue Centre in Indonesia, volunteered as an English teacher for a primary school in Thailand.
Summer Experience: Designed and led an English summer camp for AIDS orphans in China.
Teacher Recommendation #1: English: 8/10 - My English teacher has taught me for four years and knows me quite well (I didn’t read the letter).
Teacher Recommendation #2: Biology: 9/10 - My Biology teacher knows me very well (I didn’t read the letter).
Counselor Rec: 8/10 - I’m assuming it was pretty decent (I didn’t read the letter).
Additional Info/Rec: N/A
Interview: Pretty good.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 9/10 - I definitely talked a lot about how I would value Penn’s interdisciplinary learning both inside and outside the classroom.
Any dual-degree program essays: None.
CommonApp Essay: 9/10 - About my love of creative writing.

Other:
Date Submitted App: About a week before the deadline.
Applied for Financial Aid?
U.S. State/Territory or Country: (International) China
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): None.

Reflection
Strengths: ECs - Put a lot of emphasis on service, grades, essays.
Weaknesses: SAT IIs, no hooks.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?: Definitely should have started my essays sooner - I was stressing out like crazy before submitting my application.

Other Factors: Super excited and grateful to have been admitted to Penn!!! To all hopefuls reading this: You are good enough if you put in the work for it! At the end of the day, you’ll end up where you belong!

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Decision waitlist Wharton

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): First time 1380 Second time 1420 Third time 1500 (no super score)
ACT (breakdown): First time 25 Second time 29 Third time 32 (didn’t submit) lol took the sat and act three time in a row within 3 month
SAT II: Chinese 800 Math II 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 91%/100% (have to work 6-7 hr a day)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know… probably the top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Microeconomics 5. AP Macroeconomics 5, AP Calculus AB 5 ( All self studied)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English literature, AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, AP Computer Science, AP Econ, AP Physics, Business Leadership.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-ISSF International Student Science Fair
-Small Awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

-President and Founder of school’s Guitar Club (2 yrs)

-Vice President of Investment Club (1 yr)

-Teacher Assist for kid with special need (1 yrs)

-Web Game Script Business ( 2 yrs) wrote a script for a web game when I was in middle school, and sold out 500+ copies on internet at a price of 7.99 each.

-Toy Business (1 yrs) Import toys from China, and supply it to North America toy shops. I promote my business through cold mailing and it went pretty well. I make about 2000$/month for a year, but I stopped due to the change in policy.

-Hair Extension Business (1/2 yr) Import hair extension clips from China, and sell them to local Hair Salon. Just like how I run the toy business, cold mailing, cold calling, and I also created a website for it www.tobecomehairgoal.com
Didn’t do well on this one make about 600$/month, but since I do a drop shopping so no initial investment. Shut down now because too much opportunity cost, and as a high school boy I have no interest in Hair extensions.

-Online Tutoring Company( 1/2 yr + on going) CEO and Founder of A online tutoring startup,so far pretty well, we have 33 employees, and over 60 clients coming from 6 different countries. I start with no initial investment, and we currently have a revenue of 10000$/month, still expending in a daily basis. Sorry to make this sounds like an advertisement, but I do want to take this opportunity and promote it, as we are always seeking for talent people to join our team. If you are interested, and feel comfortable of tutoring other online. feel free to email me or dm me for more detail , my email is wjy421421@gmail.com. We are a legally registered company at Canada Ontario.

Job/Work Experience:
Internship at a Chinese Law Firm, responsible for social media and online advertisement (2 month)

Volunteer/Community service:
150 hr on Church, School Event, and Chinese School.
Summer Activities:

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App (7/10) it’s personal, but I don’t think I write it well, because I start writing it one day before the deadline lol) Supplement (6/10) I was ****. Literally did the supplements 15 minutes before the deadline.

PLEASE FINISH YOUR ESSAY AHEAD AND EDIT IT !!! I PAID MY LESSON!!
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Leadership teacher Didn’t saw it, but should be fine, as I’m close to her.
Teacher Rec #2: Math Teacher She is nice but I don’t know her really well as I’m a new student to the high school.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t saw it But I think is really good, I talk about my businesses with my counselor a lot.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 40 min, it went ok, my interviewer was a biology professor from university of Waterloo, I talked a lot about business, but I don’t think he is interested in it.
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major:Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Ontario
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Asian Chinese ( I’m proud of my race)
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: 20k Low income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College.

Reflection

Strengths: … Unique EC?
Weaknesses: Grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was rejected because I didn’t really spend time on my essay, and didn’t do research about Dartmouth. Also, I think they don’t believe my ECs> …
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Harvard: Rejected, Princeton: Rejected, Yale Rejected, Upenn Waitlisted, Columbia Rejected, Cornell Rejected, Dartmouth rejected.

U of Toronto Accepted, University of Waterloo Accepted

General Comments:
Small suggestion: don’t leave your essay till the deadline
Good luck on applications !!!

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Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1530 (790/740 and 8/8/8 essay)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): took one time, same as above
SAT II (subject, score): Math II (750) and Biology (650)
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: around 4.3 weighted (my school doesn’t report unweighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): neither is available
Senior Year Course Load: HL Chem, HL Biology, HL Math, SL Literature, SL History, SL Spanish, Biotechnology, TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National poetry award (won’t reveal since it would reveal my identity, but very selective!), semifinalist at National Tournament of Champions in Oral Interpretation, qualified for Grand Nationals in Oral Interpretation, Gold and Silver medal in Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit semifinalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): speech and debate (captain), writing club hosting local poetry workshops
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer at local hospital
Summer Experience: shadowed local genetic counselors, and an intern at a big local lab doing research on spinal cord injury
Teacher Recommendation #1: 6/10, my biotech teacher, we know each other really well. however, when i was talking to him about the recommendation, he said, “I’m sure I didn’t say anything that would hurt your application–at least, I hope not”. I stressed about ti then, but knowing my results now, I’m sure he didn’t!
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10, my literature teacher, one of my closest teacher friends
Counselor Rec: 9/10, my counselor knows me really well, and also knows about the challenges I’ve overcome in home life. I trust her recommendation was very good
Additional Info/Rec: n/a
Interview: went okay! My interviewer was writing down what I said for a lot of it, but she seemed very impresses by my extracurriculars and interests (science and poetry)

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 7/10, the essay structure was good, I mentioned a specific Penn professor whose work I admired, and everything I said was definitely true
Any dual-degree program essays: n/a
CommonApp Essay: 9/10, very personal. talked about how my love for storytelling blossomed from a tradition of storytelling in my African family. It gave me the opportunity to talk about some things that are really important to me: poetry, public speaking, and my heritage

Other:
Date Submitted App: I originally applied ED, so I submitted in September or October, but I switched to RD about a month later because I needed to be able to consider financial options
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type: Public magnet
Ethnicity: African American (daughter of immigrants)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: Middle to upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): URM, and my national poetry award has a history of sending its alums to Ivy Leagues

Reflection
Strengths: quality (but not quantity) of extracurriculars, essays
Weaknesses: quantity of extracurriculars, SAT subject test scores
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted to Yale (with a likely letter), Harvard, University of Pittsburgh (as a full ride Helen Faison Scholar), Penn State, and Wayne State
What would you have done differently?: honestly, nothing. I feel I put my best effort in, and didn’t stress too much.

General comments: I’m feeling so, so grateful right now. I’ve committed to Penn, and can’t wait to meet my fellow Quakers!! For future applicants: take me as an example that test scores aren’t everything (just look at my low bio subject test score), and neither is having millions of extracurriculars. Do what you’re passionate in, do well, and let that speak for itself

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Decision: Accepted - CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 690(Reading/Writing), 790(Math)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 690(Reading/Writing), 790(Math)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore (breakdown):N/A
SAT II (subject, score):Chinese 800, Math I: 780
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.42 (UW), 3.99(W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Number of other applicants in your school: 8
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Done Mock Trial for 4 years and won best attorney award in city competition, but that is the only MAJOR extracurricular (have 4 minor clubs as well)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered at a local summer camp for 2 summer
Summer Experience: Volunteered at a local summer camp for 2 summer
Teacher Recommendation #1: My physics teacher in 10th grade (didn’t read the letter)
Teacher Recommendation #2: APUSH teacher in 11th grade (didn’t read the letter)
Counselor Rec: i guess its okish? maybe?
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: Went great, had a long conversation with my interviewer

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 8
Any dual-degree program essays: N/A
CommonApp Essay: 8

Other:
Date Submitted App: 12/29/18
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
U.S. State/Territory or Country: PA
School Type: Urban Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: 40k-60k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Live in Philadelphia, first gen

Reflection
Strengths:My essays and hooks
Weaknesses: GPA
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Waitlisted at Dartmouth and Cornell, Accepted at CMU
What would you have done differently?: Maybe get my GPA up a bit?

Other Factors:

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Decision: Accepted - SEAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): NA
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): C:34 M:35 E:34 R:34 S:35
ACT superscore (breakdown): Don’t think they superscore
SAT II (subject, score): Bio-M:790 MathII:770 Chem:770
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: UW: 4.0 W:5.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank but probably like 3 or 4 out of 500
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Apush(5), Lang & comp(4), Micro Econ(5), Macro Econ(5), Chem(5), Bio(5), Calc BC(5), Psych(5)
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Comp Sci A
AP Gov
AP World
AP Physics C
AP Stats
AP Lit
Number of other ED applicants in your school: what
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): not really
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):
National AP scholar, Sportsmanship Award for Swimming, Denison Book Award, Math Competition, etc.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
NHS (one year)
Four-year Varsity Swimming- Captain
SNHS (one year)
Math National Honor Society
Peer Tutor
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard YMCA
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Experience:
Teacher Recommendation #1: I have no idea, hopefully good
Teacher Recommendation #2: ^^
Counselor Rec:
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: No

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: Meh, honestly I wrote it in three hours the night the application was due (applied to UPenn on a whim). It was boring but it just talked about Penn’s resources and how they are not a typical “engineering school,” but that allows for the interaction of engineering with other disciplines, creating a unique atmosphere to encourage innovation. Also talked about being a female in computer science. Don’t think this was my strongest part though lol.
Any dual-degree program essays: Nah
CommonApp Essay: Really weird, talked about how math is a part of everything, including human thought patterns. Related numbers to myself and my experiences. Idk, I liked it though :slight_smile:

Other:
Date Submitted App: 1/5/2018 = deadline (submitted writing sup 1/6 whoops)
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes (honestly who can afford 75g per year??) They gave me so much money (72000/year in grants) though I’m so grateful.
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Ohio
School Type: Public, very large
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: <40,000 bro I’d never thought I’d get into Penn.
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): Pretty much first generation. My mom is a single mom who never went to college. I don’t really know the rest of my family. (But I never wrote about this in my application, so I don’t think they would have known.)

Reflection
Strengths: Commonapp essay, GPA, maybe test scores?
Weaknesses: idk probably Why UPenn essay, not many extracurriculars.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Duke, Penn, University of Michigan, Ohio State.
Rejected: Case Western (??)
Waitlisted: University of Chicago, NYU, Carnegie Mellon
What would you have done differently?: nothing really, maybe not stress out so much

Other Factors:
To all of my low-income people out there, you CAN go to an Ivy League School. You can become so much more than the opportunities that you were handed in life.This is America man! My mom is a single-mom used car saleswoman with 5 kids and did not go to college, and I’m going to Penn?! Never ever let anyone tell you that you are not good enough, but never EVER forget where you came from too. Stay humble my friends, and use your obstacles as your motivation to change the world:)

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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): 30 Composite; 31 English, 29 Math, 29 Reading, 29 Science, 10 writing
ACT superscore (breakdown): 31 Superscore, just replace a 35 English
SAT II (subject, score): US History 710
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.90/4.52
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): US History-5, Spanish-4, Lang-4, Gov-3
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Econ (micro and macro), AP Physics Calc Based, Dual Enrollment Spanish, Orchestra, Health
Number of other ED applicants in your school: Only one that I know one, but I think atleast 6 other people applied RD to either engineering or Wharton
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Congressional award
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Secretary of Black Student Union, Multiple orchestra related things (pit orchestra, section leader of school orchestra, etc) interact club vice president, school soccer, debate freshmen/sophomore year, a captain in this freshmen mentor program
Job/Work Experience: Barista at a local smoothie place
Volunteer/Community Service: President of two organizations that focused on teen community awareness to mental health issues. Project manager of an 8 week youth enrichment program in an urban community where I was in charge of making all of the activities, check in/check out, etc. Also was on a small student run board that makes beautification projects in an urban community by partnering with community partners.
Summer Experience: Co-directed a camp for inner-city youth for eight weeks during the summer, was also in charge of recruiting volunteers for the organization.
Teacher Recommendation #1: Was probably pretty good. I was really close with her
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec: Probably nothing special, but nothing ba
Additional Info/Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: While I don’t think that this essay was bad by any means, it wasn’t really creative with any type of cool hook that came full circle or anything. I really just put forward all of the research I did on the school and how Penn would help me accomplish my academic and career goals.
Any dual-degree program essays: N/A
CommonApp Essay: I met with a few of my admissions counselors and they said my essay was a really memorable part of my application.

Other:
Date Submitted App: 1/5/2018 (the day it was due smh)
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Michigan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: About $180K
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): URM

Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses: Test scores
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

Accepted:
Kalamazoo College (144K in merit-based scholarships), Michigan State University (honors college), University of Michigan (50K in merit-based scholarships), Howard University (110K in merit-based scholarships), University of Miami (full tuition scholarship + foote fellows/honors program invitation), Spelman College (Honors College invite), USC, WashU, Northwestern, Duke, UPenn

Deferred: None

Denied:
Harvard, Princeton

What would you have done differently?: I’m naturally not a great test taker, but I would’ve liked if my ACT score had been a little higher. I think it may have helped me be a betterr candidate for merit scholarships at USC and WashU.

Wanted to post this now with ED decisions coming out to emphasize that not only is anything possible but that everything happens for a reason. I thought my ACT score would put me at a horrible position for schools like Duke, Penn, Northwestern, etc. I am currently in the reading period for my first semester exams at Duke and must say while the work is challenging, I am definitely capable of doing the work. Never doubt yourself through this, it will all work out as it should.

Other Factors: