<p>Did anyone else get an email from UPenn tonight? Saying notifications are out March 31, 5 o'clock EST.</p>
<p>Yeah, I got one. Almost gave me a heart attack. LOL</p>
<p>woot accepted!</p>
<p>Accepted -School of Engineering and Applied Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT CR: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 760
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2290
[<em>] SAT II: 800s in Math 2, World History, and Physics
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 in AP World Hist., AP Calc BC, AP Art Hist., AP Psych., AP Chem., AP Phys. B, AP Comp. Sci. A, AP Eng Lang., AP U.S. Hist.
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.46
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.94
[li] Rank or % estimate: Doesn’t rank , probably top 1 or 2%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Unsure
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public, medium-sized
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Chinese vertical bamboo flute, academic team MVP, Science Olympiad etc.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>ACCEPTED SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE </p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* ACT: 34
- SAT II: 710 (MATH 1) 680 (MATH 2) 670 (CHEM)
- AP/IB taken/scores: APUSH 4, AP LANG 4, AP LAT 3, AP CHEM 3
- GPA weighted: 4.78
- GPA unweighted: 4.0
- Rank or % estimate: 1 OF 416
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: GOOD SINCE I GOT IN
- Teacher Recs: Probably good
- Counselor Rec: Probably good
- Hook (if any):
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: TENNESSEE
- School Type: Public LARGE
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: FEMALE
- Legacy Yes/No: No
- Recruited Yes/No: No
- Important ECs: PRETTY IMPRESSIVE RESUME
</code></pre>
<p>deferred -> REJECTED :(</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2200</li>
<li>SAT II: 730 (MATH 1) 710 (Bio)</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: APBIO 5 APCALCAB 3</li>
<li>GPA weighted: 4.03</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 3.86</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: unknown</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: ehhhh. not creative enough</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Probably good</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: DELAWARE</li>
<li>School Type: charter, small</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: FEMALE</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Important ECs: tons of extracurriculars/leadership, impressive employment</li>
</ul>
<p>applied to wharton
waitlisted.
**** it life’s a *****</p>
<p>wth this isn’t even the right thread</p>
<p>Accepted to UPenn SEAS. Anyone know what UPenn SEAS has over Carnegie Mellon University if I am interested in Computer Science?</p>
<p>rejected… well… i guess that’s it!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 710
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 710
SAT Total:
ACT: 32, writing: 10
AP/IB taken/scores: Calc 5, Bio 5
GPA unweighted: 3.99
Rank or % estimate: 10/310</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Didn’t read
Counselor Rec:Probably lousy</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Iowa
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Plays/Musicals, Speech Team, All-State Band, Competition Dance Team, Student Gov, Model U.N., International Club treasurer</p>
<p>Other Factors: Endeavor Award Winner</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:</p>
<p>Wow, based on stats and CMU or UPENN SEAS considerations, we are pretty similar. Not to mention our feelings on getting into UPENN (but SEAS). Haha.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Date applied: Decemberish, Regular Decision
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/31 online, 4/2 mail
Accepted at which school/major: Wharton, Business Admin.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 1940 M: 650, CR: 660, WR: 630,
ACT: 29
SAT Subject Tests: Literature- 610, U.S.History- 630
GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.26
Rank: 1/86
AP/IB classes: Calculus and Spanish Language. Last year we didn’t have AP classes, but I took the U.S. History and English Language tests (and passed.)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: really good
Counselor Rec: good
EC highlights: Volleyball- 4 years, Golf- 4 years, ASB (Student Gov’t)- 4 years, Drama (Plays)- 4 years, Cast and Crew, Choir- 4 years, Academic Decathlon- 2 years, National Honor Society- 3 years, Some volunteer work-tutoring, teen council, half marathon for AIDS</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Parochial, small. 450 kids.
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: I answered the optional question. Lol. I don’t know if that’s a hook.
Interview: No
Recruited: No</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info: Congrats to all who were accepted!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Rejected at CAS: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 800
[ *] SAT Math: 740
[ *] SAT Writing: 790
[ *] SAT Total: 2330
[ *] SAT II: US History (770), Math Lvl 2 (710), Spanish w/ Listening (750), English (710)
[ *] ACT: Did not take
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: US History (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), Spanish Language (5)
[ *] GPA weighted: 5.228
[ *] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 1/485</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: I thought they were excellent but the common app essay topic was a little risky. It dealt with atheism.
[ *] Teacher Recs: I did not read either, but I am confident they were good. I am close to both teachers.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awful. Unfortunately, I did not get to read it until she had already sent it off. There were typos. It was impersonal and short.
[ *] Hook (if any): None, really.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian & Asian (Filipina)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: CSF, NHS, Key Club, Link Crew, school site council, youth advisory council, some other independent community service at various organizations. Had over 200 hours.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] National Merit Finalist, 3 years of Summa Cum Laude on National Latin Exam, plus some other awards at the county/school level.</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b] Congrats to everyone who was accepted. I have to say I was initially pretty bitter because a friend of mine was accepted with a significantly less impressive record. Oh well. I got over it as soon as I received my Stanford acceptance e-mail. :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 770
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2330
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics 800 Math 2 760 US History 750 Chemistry
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): Nay
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): Nay
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: This year: AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Euro Hist, AP English Lang, AP English Lit. Last year: AP French Lang (5), AP US History (5), AP Macroeconomics (4), AP Microeconomics (4)
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 103.3 – 4.0
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 96.2 – 3.91
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 1 out of 770
[</em>] Academic Awards: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholars Candidate, AP Scholar with Distinction, Xerox Award, Junior Achievement Titan Business Competition State Champ, Tri-State Math League Top 3 Award</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I like my essays a lot. Main commonapp one about professional wrestling, another about family heritage, and a third about my research interests and where I want to take them.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: I didn’t read it. I assume it was good.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: I didn’t read it. I assume it was good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Two research mentor recommendation letters from MIT Nuclear Engineering and Harvard SEAS professors. The MIT one was phenomenal. I didn’t read the Harvard one.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it. I assume it was crappy. I go to a massive school, and I barely know her, although we are on really friendly terms and I provided her with ample material for any sort of rec letter.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Research is most definitely my hook.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[</em>] School Type: Private (Realistically, it’s public though)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy: Wustl, Harvard Legacy
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nay…I wish. Anyone wanna hook me up with a ping pong coach? 
[<em>] Important ECs: Microfluidics summer research internship @ Harvard SEAS, Nuclear Engineering summer research internship @ MIT, Hospital Volunteer, Varsity Math Team Captain, Solo & Orchestral Violin, Granite State Challenge/Quiz Bowl Team, and Greater Manchester Red Cross. On resume: Obama for America volunteer, Community Alliance for Teen Safety Youth Board, and local State rep candidate’s campaign manager.
[</em>] Work experience: Freelance PHP Programmer/Website developer</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: A sweltering degree of awesomeness? I sent in my research abstracts, two mentor recs, a resume, presidential scholars candidate update, etc. Loads of supplementary material for them to judge. I have also self-taught myself around 7 programming languages and am fluent in French, proficient in German.</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Waitlisted by Harvard & Accepted by Yale, Princeton, MIT, UPenn, Dartmouth, UChicago, Brown, Cornell, Tufts, BU, and WPI.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Good luck to everybody in college! Any future applicants reading this, feel free to PM me or email me with any questions or for advice.</p>
<p>Jesus Christ. Upenn wants a Counselor rec!!!</p>
<p>What if you have two counselors? I got a guidance Counselor and A College counselor.</p>
<p>lol yeah you have to get a counselor rec.</p>
<p>What about the Upenn app form, not the universal or Common app</p>
<p>there doesn’t seem to be a big difference between those that were accepted and rejected in terms of stats and ecs. so what is really a thing that gives a person an edge in the application process.</p>
<p>it’s random. depends who’s reading yr app. idk why i got into some schools and waitlisted 2 others. it’s a crapshoot. u have 2 learn 2 deal w/ it i guess</p>