<p>Deferred -> Rejected</p>
<p>SAT I: 660 Verbal / 760 Math / 730 Writing
SAT IIs: 760 / 730 / 670
Rank: 1 / 89
Courseload: most rigorous, all 6 AP's school offers
Legacy at Penn</p>
<p>Oh well, I'm still psyched for Hopkins!</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2210 (800 math, 710 writing, 690 verbal
SAT II: 800 math IIC, 800 chemistry, 740 bio, 740 literature
ACT: 35 (36 math and reading, 33 science, and 32 combined english/writing)
AP/IB taken/scores: 5 chem, 5 AB calc, 3 English Language, taking micro/macroecon, BC calc, and statistics this year
GPA weighted: 4.41
GPA unweighted: 3.88
Rank or % estimate: top 1 or 2%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good... spent way too much time on these
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): um... none i can think of</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: hm, varsity tennis 4 years, and volunteer work?
Work Experience: tutoring and internship at bank last summer</p>
<p>ya I got accepted into the SEAS at Penn under chemical engineering!</p>
<p>I still haven't decided on penn yet though... trying to decide between Penn, northwestern and UCBerkeley right now</p>
<p>General:</p>
<ul>
<li>College/Major Applied To: CAS</li>
<li><p>Honors/Scholarships: national merit scholar</p></li>
<li><p>SAT I or ACT: 2220</p></li>
<li><p>SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 730 Math II, 670 Chem</p></li>
<li><p>GPA: 10/11 (we have an 11-point grading scale with 11 being an A, 10 being an A- etc)</p></li>
<li><p>Rank: Top 5% ish</p></li>
<li><p>APs/IBs: 5 AB calc, 5 lang, Stats, Chem</p></li>
<li><p>Other stats (Awards, etc.): most likely cum laude</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>ECs: yearbook editors-in-chief, co-head/founder of a social service club that teaches kids art every Sunday, JV field hockey, JV hockey goaltender, Senior Graphics Director for PEAL (alternative student-run magazine), Student TECH (tech support in dorms), co-head of Chinese Student Organization (I'm not Chinese), member of rock music club </li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: entry-level service job in a bakery</li>
<li>Essays: They didn't take me very long, but they were pretty eloquent, I think. They didn't "dress me up" as some do, but were the most part pretty free-form.</li>
<li>Recs: Good? I'm not sure </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: New Jersey</li>
<li>School Type: Independent (boarding in NH)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.</li>
<li>Strengths/Weaknesses: well-rounded. Weaknesses: SAT IIs, a C+ in a class due to a disagreement with a teacher.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/wait-listed/denied: my interview was phenomenal (I loved my interviewer, he was the best interview I had!), and my GPA is significantly higher than the average accepted at Penn GPA from my high school (average GPA, converted to percentages, approx: 87-88%)</li>
<li>Attending? Yes</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: Deferred - Rejected (Wharton)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT Reasoning (by section): 800M, 750CR, 740W (2290 Total)
* SAT Subject tests: 800 Math IIC, 790 Chem, 730 Lit
* ACT: None
* APs: None
* IBs: Diploma Candidate
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No weighting, 44/45 IB Predicted
* Rank: Doesn't rank, but I was tied for 2nd
* Senior Yr. Courseload: HL Math, Chem, History, SL English, French, Econ
* Number of Apps from Your School: 5-10
* Common or Princeton App?: Common
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Varsity swimming (captain), varsity golf, swim instructor, ski instructor, chess team, community service
* Job/Work Experience: Ski instructor and swim instructor
* Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were good
* Teacher Recs: Very good
* Counselor Rec: Knew me very well (taught me in Grade 11), I expect it was glowing
* Interview (feel and general location): Spoke informally for 3 hours at a Starbucks
* Hook (if any): None
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Canada
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: M
* Hooks: None
* Strengths/Weaknesses: No hook
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Going to Princeton instead.</p>
<p>Yeah I copied that from another post, so where it says "Princeton App" I meant Penn App and my interview was actually just an hour at a Second Cup lol.</p>
<p>Fortunately this wasn't an application o_O</p>
<p>ecision: Waitlisted=> ACCEPTED! at Wharton</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT I (by section): 800 M 800 CR 760 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Bio-M, 720 US Hist
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97 UW, 4.92 W
Rank: 4/500
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year's): Music Theory (5), Psychology (5), World History (5), English Language (4), AP US (4), Calc BC (3); this year: Govt US, Govt Comparative, German, English Lit, Physics C
IBs (including this year's): n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: Govt US, Govt Comparative, German, English Lit, Physics C, Econ H, Science Research, Multivariable Calculus (accredited by Stanford)
Number of Apps from Your School: 1 (One was rejected ED) + 1 recruit
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Academic Challenge Semifinalist Team member, U Penn book award, YWCA People to Watch award, Organization of Chinese Americans Outstanding High School Student Grand Prize, Outbound Ambassador Scholarship to Italy, Tennis Sportsmanship and Team Spirit trophies, National German Exam Medal, AMC 10 Superior Awards,
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano Solo + Chamber Music (International Solo Recital Tour, Honors Program at music school, Masterclasses, and Festivals, World Premiere Quartet), Tennis, German Club (President), Academic Challenge (President), Math Team (President), Science Research Program (Special Events Coordinator-aka I organize/run competitions), FBLA (President)
Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/week as Research Intern at the National Office of the March of Dimes (year-round since sophomore year)
Essays (subject and responses): Common App was on a single performance that I had played in China this past summer at a day care center for children with cerebral palsy and how that affected me. My Why Penn was decent (a sentence was cut off though, when I copied and pasted) and spoke about integrating arts and business and a benefit event that I headed in junior year
Teacher Recs: I haven't seen either. One was my math teacher, whose class I was in for two years and he advises two of the clubs that I preside over, so we're good friends.
Counselor Rec: ok, probably very generic (counselor has 200+ students)
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): average
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): n/a; my research had not won any national awards
Location/Person: Westchester
State or Country: New York
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: ECs, Scores, 1st essay
Weaknesses: another asian girl from Westchester, NY; general essay topics too overused
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I wish I knew.
Other Factors:
Stuff after decisions for getting off the waitlist:
USA-Today All-USA Academic Teams
national science research semifinalist
lots of scholarships, local awards
actually made a difference in the school--had to work with the district administration a lot this semester to work out quite a few snags and showed Penn the happenings.</p>
<p>decision: Waitlisted...and still waiting</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT I (by section): 650 M 700 CR 750 W
SAT IIs: not good...I got really sick in the middle 700 French w/o listening, 680 Literature
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.85-ish UW, 4.1-ish W
Rank: no clue
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year's): Biology, Lang. and Comp., French, Environmental Science, Literature, Statistics
IBs (including this year's): n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: AP French, AP Environmental Science, Gov./Econ., AP Literature, AP Statistics
Number of Apps from Your School: no clue...10-20? I go to a huge school
Other stats (Awards, etc.): erm...nothing of real merit...most creative writing style (for the school paper), lame academic stuff. I feel so inferior to you amazing people.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: writer then Entertainment editor on school paper, lots of theater/film stuff, piano, some dance, mentor, tutor, intern/reporter for a summer at a community newspaper
Essays (subject and responses): I don't remember...I used Penn's application and my "Why Penn" was kind of lame because I did it like 10 minutes before it was due (I'm so stupid). My autobiography one was awesome though, if I do say so myself. If there's one thing I'm good at, it's creative writing.
Teacher Recs: I haven't seen either. Probably fine but nothing incredible.
Counselor Rec: VERY GENERIC (my counselor has literally thousands of students to write this for).
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I don't remember his name, Bay Area. I thought it went very well...he was very nice, which helped.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): What is this, like why I think they waitlisted (vs. rejected) me? Maybe because I would bring a more creative, performance element to the campus arts scene which is currently slightly lacking. I also have legacy (not my parents).
Location/Person: Bay Area
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): VERY LARGE, public, all ends of the spectrum (not only concerning academics but race, income, etc. as well)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: poor. around $30,000-$40,000 (maybe slightly lower) depending on if you count my dad's (whom I don't live with) income in addition to my mom's.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: extracurriculars, possibly essays, interview, legacy
Weaknesses: I got 2 Cs in high school b/c I suck at math and my math SAT score sucks balls.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: As I said, I bring something new (more focused on art (literary and performing) than on jumping on that fast track to a high-paying career).
Other Factors:
Stuff after decisions for getting off the waitlist:
Well, I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD, but I was in 2 (low-key, low-budget, technically student filmed) short films, got a job as an "energy expert" teaching people about sustainable living, wrote some really good stuff and...I guess that's it.</p>
<p>If I don't get in, I'm going to NYU. It was between that and UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: No</li>
<li>SAT Reasoning (by section): 680 M, 670 V, 700 W (realllllly weak, I know)</li>
<li>APs: 10th grade- bio + euro, 11th grade- psych + US + Lang + Spanish + chem 1, 12th grade- gov + comparative + calc AB + Lit + Spanish (AP Scholar w/ Distinction)</li>
<li>GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted = 4.89 (higher by the end of senior year), unweighted= 3.94</li>
<li> Senior courseload: everything listed above + honors physics + some electives</li>
<li>Rank: doesn't rank, but somewhere in the top 40 out of slightly over around 450-460 kids </li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: probably somewhere in the 20s or 30s.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: UPenn Summer Science Academy 2005 for biomedical research, a lot of community service, co-created/hosted/produced of cable access television show during senior year, VP of a culture club, political stuff for a Democrats club, articles published in the Neighbors' section of the Philly Inquirer</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: summer volunteer at local art center, summer volunteer at local service center for seniors</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were alright</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Hard to tell. She's only known me since junior year, and she's a bit on the flaky side.</li>
<li>Interview (feel and general location): Really good, and it was in a Barnes and Noble.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None. But anti-hook? My SAT in general, and then combined with being Indian.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: USA</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public; and it's a competitive/highly-ranked high school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
<li>Hooks: Again... none.</li>
<li>Strengths/Weaknesses: I had a lot of TV stuff... and my grades were pretty decent... but I definitely understand my rejection-- nothing was really outstanding.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Ah well. I expected it. It just bugs me that a lot of the kids in my school who applied (and a lot applied, b/c I live close to Philly) ED got in, and only 1 of them really deserved it-- all the others had legacy connections. And I get that that happens everywhere, but I figured I'd just rant a little about it here. And I'm not at all trying to imply that I got shafted or anything, because I know my stats weren't great. But neither were a lot of the ED stats at my school. Oh well- and so is the college process.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED! Will post stats later.
Also accepted at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, UPenn, and Duke. Rejected at Yale</p>
<p>This is last year's thread, unless you are entering as a sophmore.</p>
<p>Decision: REJECT M&T/WHARTON (deferred ED)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800R 710M 800W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780Math2 770Chem 730WH
[<em>] GPA: 4.0UW/4.69W
[</em>] Rank: 8/331
[<em>] Other stats: APs - Four 5's, two 4's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not so good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: FBLA, It's Academic (Quiz bowl), NHS
[/ul]</p>
<p>*REJECTED Arts&Sciences *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 660
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 750
[</em>] SAT Total: 2210
[<em>] SAT II: 800M2, 700Span
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 5 4
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.48
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.7
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 7%, 22/315ish</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: CommonAPP: okay, Why Penn: thought was really good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): NONEEEEE</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Merry Land
[</em>] School Type: Dirty
[<em>] Ethnicity: Pale
[</em>] Gender: Chico
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Not a chance
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: NOPE
[li] Important ECs: studentgovt, theater, sports</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all acceptees, that is very impressive! I was hoping for waitlist, but it's all good. Any juniors lurking on these boards, my advice is to write essays BEFORE january 1st. :)</p>
<p>in response to the whole scandal thing in korea, please do not hastily overgeneralize koreans.. there ARE students who work EXTREMELY hard and do so with a sense of morality.. I know a guy who attended Hanyoung, the school under inspection, and I know for a fact that he has indeed done all the extra-curriculars he claimed he did on his app (like publish a book and community service)</p>
<p>*Decision && School: Accepted! CAS *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 690
[</em>] SAT Math: 710
[<em>] SAT Writing: 760
[</em>] SAT Total: 2160
[<em>] SAT II: Korean: 750, Spanish: 620, Math II: 740
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: (predicted scores): Arabic A1 HL: 6, English A2 HL: 7, Econ HL: 7, Physics HL: 5, Math SL: 7, Art SL: 6
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.07
[<em>] GPA unweighted:
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 4/118</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: intriguing, quite controversial
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one that's great, one that's quite generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good!
[</em>] Hook (if any): first gen college student </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Bahrain
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean-Bahraini
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Piano (10 years), Flute (7 years), Violin (6 years), Community Caring Club president, Animal welfare club, yearbook team, track and field, badminton, semi-finalist for crown prince's scholarship program.. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: i'm fluent in almost 4 languages: arabic, english, korean, and spanish</p>
<p>*ACCEPTED: College of Arts and Science *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 590
[</em>] SAT Math: 700
[<em>] SAT Writing: 630
[</em>] SAT Total: 1920
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 700, Math II: 620, Spanish: 800, Chemistry: 800
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Euro: 5, Spanish: 5, US Govt: 5, Comp. Govt: 5, Biology: 4, Chemistry, Calculus AB, Physics B, English Lang, US History
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.0
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.9
[li] Rank or % estimate: 1/70, Top 5%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Truth be told, I wrote my first one with a lot of passion and revision; my other ones, wrote them in a couple of hours. I still think this is one of the things that got me in.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Best of best. MAIN, #1 reason why I got in. One wrote how I made her change her political values and how she's never been more impressed by any student in her 10 year in teaching. Other guy wrote how I am a "no-brainer", in the good way.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also best of best. She openly said that I was her best student in 30 years.
[</em>] Hook (if any): International mix. I am Chinese-Dominican-American. And so, I speak 3 languages and 3 dialects and read-write 4. Oh, first-generation student? (First in my family actually).</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Dominican Republic
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Dominican-American.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Honor Council Founder, Presidential Classroom (D.C. trip twice), MUN (Trips to Boston and Chicago with recognitions), Varsity Volleyball (Trip to Trinidad for International Tournament), Peer Helper, Chinese School, NHS.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
Lots of academic awards, ranging from science to math to social studies, #1 in Math Olympics District, Full-Ride Scholarship to my school (the most elite in the nation) due highest cumulative GPA, Coaches Award, Citizenship Award, and some Chinese awards..</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congratulations to all of you who got accepted! I'm definitely going to Penn and I hope to meet you all! I can't believe that I got in... I thought I would be flat out rejected. Given my stats, I definitely think that Penn gives more attention to Personal side of people, like Essays and Recommendations. And to all of you aspiring to get in, I hope this makes you feel better if you don't get that perfect SAT scores... I actually took it 3 times and my scores got worse each time :P</p>
<p>I see you were accepted to Penn!</p>
<p>I was just wondering if you could look over some of my UPenn essays and give me some feedback?</p>
<p>I'd REALLY really appreciate it
:)</p>
<p>no nursing school acceptances????????</p>
<p>I THOUGHT PENN DOESN'T RELEASE RD CAS DECISIONS TILL MARCH 31ST??</p>
<p>sorry guys. im just kind of freaking out. ahh</p>
<p>apatel, these are the results for the class of 2011. chill.</p>
<p>wow. im retarded... thank you.</p>