<p>wow.. yall are brutal.. </p>
<p>26.. that hurts..you should be ashamed of yourself.. if you werent so british.. id have to beat you..</p>
<p>good luck, old chap. i should very much hate to thrash you.</p>
<p>ah.. stop that.. i cant get mad at brits...</p>
<p>youve just become my number one bloke..</p>
<p>hey... i'm ur asian bud!! 判突... i'm sure that's not the right words... but i'm partially illiterate</p>
<p>i'm 100% sure i'm gonna get deferred. :( penn was such a crapshoot for me rawr i feel stupid because i really wanted to just get into my early school and be done with apps once and for all. but now i'm pretty sure my winter break will be going to hell in a wastebasket. ugh i should have applied somewhere else instead of penn. oh well i already did it but yeah i have okay grades and okay test scores so that doesn't really help a lot. i have pep and that's my extracurricular. everyone on here makes me feel so depressed haha. well i hope you guys all get in! it comes out next week! well i'm assuming east coast time because i'm on the west coast so yeah it's actually more like a week and two hours for me hahaha and i'm not making sense right now. that's what i tend to do--i ramble on for a really long time and i don't really know what i'm saying so yeah i wish you guys all the best of luck and i bet most of you guys have NOTHING to worry about whatsoever given your freaking crazy outstanding stats and everything.</p>
<p>che3rleadrgrlie: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1457193&postcount=30%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1457193&postcount=30</a> AHEM AHEM "yeah right okay test scores and okay grades" and actually, I think pep is a pretty cool EC especially for Penn--I don't think they get many cheerleaders applying actually.. (not to make any generalizations about you cheerleaders or anything uhh......)</p>
<p>But yeah, I'm really afraid of having to work all winter break because right now I am SO sick of school (and I thought senioritis wasn't supposed to kick in until second semester)</p>
<p>i had a ton of trouble reading your post because everything was on the same line and there wasn't any punctuation between thoughts and i had a hard time keeping track of where i was in your post but thats okay because i understood it in the end and is it 7:00 no matter where you are i thought it was 7:00 EST and so 4:00 for us west siders</p>
<p>LOL but then yeah it's because my school doesn't rank or anything so when I selected that thing I had to just put my estimated weighted GPA because my school doesn't weight either. ugh my school sucks. </p>
<p>sorry if i always put everything in one hugeee paragraph it's usually because i never stop talking and so i just type and type and type :-P</p>
<p>haha the more i read this stuff and people freaking out--i get more assured actually. i guess it's just kind of like, if we don't get in, it's not that big of a deal because i'm sure everyone here is really smart and rest assured that your vast intellect will take you somewhere far in life. plus i heard undergrad doesn't really matter anyhow--it's all about grad school. i supposed going to a good undergrad school helps, but it's not everything.</p>
<p>so yeah just remember people!!! you have christmas coming up, and i know it really sucks to find out bad news right before, but think of it this way: there are people who would kill to even have the CHANCE to apply to some of these colleges. a bunch of my friends slacked off their first two years and realized that they had to get their act together so they kicked butt their junior year but their grades aren't stellar enough to get them into the top schools. </p>
<p>we should all get into the holiday spirit :) my friends and i try really hard not to talk about decisions because it's just so nervewracking and everyone gets really uptight about it. so sing some carols, make some hot chocolate, hit up the local STARBUCKS hehe yummy.</p>
<p>OMG you learned how to use paragraphs!!</p>
<p>See but that's higher than what I got when I put in my GPA and my SAT scores, so really YOU ARE DISSIN ON ME :)</p>
<p>starbucks = green tea frap = BEST THING IN THE WORLD. I could live off of those things. christmas is actually normally my favorite time of the year, and usually I like winter break more than summer vacation (I know, I'm weird...) but I have a feeling that his year will be different.. you're lucky your friends don't talk about colleges at all. my friends talk about colleges CONSTANTLY and it really gets on my nerves, I get enough college talk on CC please ;) maybe I just shouldn't be on CC, but how else would I procrastinate on a paper that all my friends are working so hard on that they're not on aim? :(</p>
<p>actually.. green tea fraps in america are really bad.. </p>
<p>theyre MUCH better at taiwan starbucks's</p>
<p>yea... with the syrup and 'bubble' crap on the bottom... and cream ontop lol</p>
<p>i <3 green tea fraps from starbucks</p>
<p>Eh. Well, since its only 7 days away, speculation isnt worth much, but I'll put my 2 cents in anyways.</p>
<p>**% Chance - **25(A) / 75(R)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<ol>
<li>Nationally accredited entrepreneur</li>
<li>Strong Interest in Penn (ie - Attended LBW)</li>
<li>Upward trend of GPA peaking at straight A's 2nd sem Jr year.</li>
</ol>
<p>Rejected</p>
<ol>
<li>Low GPA / Class Rank compared to the 21 (yes...21, 2.5% of class) kids applying ED to Penn from my school (6 to Wharton)</li>
<li>Horrific SAT II Scores (560 in US Hist and 670 in Math IC, didnt take IIC)</li>
<li>Apparently my "uniqueness" isnt all that unique</li>
</ol>
<p>Ah well. We'll see in a week. GL to everyone</p>
<p>Chances: 20% in, 80% deffer, .0000001 reject</p>
<p>Accept:
1. High SATs/GPA compared to the other 3 EDers from my school
2. Great interview
3. Solid recommendations
4. Possible hook - my interest in Graphics: I've taken it 4 years at school, Graphics Editor of Newspaper, Graphics Club Prez/Founder</p>
<p>Deffer:
1. Very mediocre Wharton applicant
2. No real big hook
3. Weak weak essays: didn't even mention Wharton in Why Penn essay and my personal essay is big risk or big cliche
4. 3 Other EDers from my school - 1 of which is 100% getting in
5. For a kid in most rigorous math classes and good achievement on math competitions, my SAT II score of 720 Math IIC is no good for Wharton</p>
<p>Im thinkin dererral....</p>
<p>Accept:
1. girl applying to seas
2. lots of research experience (intel)
3. initiative + leadership (clubs)</p>
<p>Defer/Reject:
1. asian
2. euh okay gpa
3. not amazing sat I or sat II scores (yikes only took Math IC)</p>
<p>hm will research experience really make a sizeable difference?</p>
<p>i honestly do not know</p>
<p>Accept:
1. athletic recruit for swimming, top recruit for backstroke
2. first generation college
3. irish/filipino ? dunno if that will help</p>
<p>Deny:
1. Lower than all you guys with your amazing SAT scores... 1950: 670m, 620v, 660w-->maybe good enough for a recruit------SAT II 620 math ic, 760 bio-e-----> applied for bio major...could be good enough
2. 3.94w gpa</p>
<p>never got my likely letter cause i took november sat iis and they couldnt get me one without the scores...poo.</p>
<p>I'm just hanging onto a little thread of hope. I'm really bum right now because I was suppose to have an interview, but then the interviewer got sick and I haven't heard from her in like a week :( I really wanted an interview because I have so much stuff to say and explain.</p>
<p>I'm beginning to think that I'm already rejected because my interviewer hasn't called me back yet. Maybe they just thought that since I'm already denied, might as well not waste the time interviewing him. </p>
<p>I don't know but with each day passing by, I'm getting more and more depressed about my chances. When I applied, I was like "oh, ya, I have a chance," but my hope was crashed when I received my SATII scores. Then I talked myself out of depression, but now, because my interviewer is "seemingly" avoiding (or ignoring) me, I'm feeling more and more dejected. Anyways, sorry for the ranting, I just had to get it out of my system....</p>
<p>Accepted:
1. I'm the first one from my school to ever apply to Ivy.
2. I'm from the Marshall Islands (lived there for 5 years before moving to Hawaii), never attended a challenging school.
3. Participated in everything my school has to offer.
4. Good recs (my teachers are really rooting for me)
5. Solid autobiography essay
6. I pray almost everyday</p>
<p>Rejected
1. SAT I score
2. SAT II scores (hideous)
3. my Why Penn essay sounded very generic and cliched
4. my principal send in my transcripts on the 28th of November
5. my interviewer is not calling me back
6. not good looking enough</p>
<p>PS: ilovelamp, are you from punahou?</p>
<p>im applying regular but ill do this anyway.</p>
<p>Accept- 60% Reject- 40%</p>
<p>Accept:
1. I kick ass.
2. SAT I score.
3. research is in the process of publication and over 20 awards because of my research over the past 3 years.</p>
<p>Reject:
1. SAT II scores
2. not a lot of leadership positions
3. ...</p>
<p>bob, what have you been researching?</p>
<p>Just a general observation: when you say "Weak" or "Great" SAT I or SAT II scores, it would be helpful if you were more precise...</p>
<p>Ive been doing research with animal behavior in zoos.</p>