University of Pennsylvania Class of 2013 Official RD Thread!

eliminator91 · March 31, 2009, 7:12pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240, CR 700, M 800, W 740
[] SAT II: Chinese 800, Math 2 750, US History 730, Bio E 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17 out of 275
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US, 4 Bio, 4 Calc BC/AB sub, 3 Euro
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible, 5 AP classes taking 7 AP tests
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar with honor, but too many major ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV/Varsity basketball, math club, computer club secretary, A/V ministry for church
[] Job/Work Experience: School tutoring, IT assistant for Chinese software company and intern for another company
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at an elderly home and helped distribute food to the local homeless people
[] Essays: Not bad, but not incredible either ha
[] Teacher Recommendation: not sure
[] Counselor Rec: not sure
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nopee
[] Intended Major: economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Christian Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lack of strong ECs and awards, and I did not know how good/bad my recs were. And essays weren't top notch either, so yeah. oh well, going to berkeley!
[/ul]General Comments: Tough to get rejected, but moving on with life! Grats to everyone who got in!

jelabidin · March 31, 2009, 7:15pm

Decision:Waitlisted Wharton

I don't feel like posting stats; check my previous posts.

Millhouse · March 31, 2009, 6:16pm

Include your school!

alluringcliche · March 31, 2009, 7:24pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 780, Math 730 Writing 720
[] SAT II: US Hist 640, Math 700, Lit 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.9. 4.3 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/135
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4), Stats (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: three APs[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer Work, Paid Internship/Educational Program, lots of academic ECs, NHS (Pres)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship Program Paid
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots
[] Summer Activities: Mostly work
[] Essays: Question one for Princeton ok...personal good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[] Counselor Rec: Very good
[] Interview: Ok. [/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Urban public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60-100k[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
IDK lol[/ul]

General Comments: Waitlisted at Columbia and Princeton as well. So yeah. Happy-ish.

billorani17 · March 31, 2009, 7:25pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720 M /740 W/ 780 R
[] ACT: didn't bother
[] SAT II: 640 M 740 USH 710 LIT
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/ 390
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): can't take them till senior year...
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: I took a level 3 class and an art class, but everything else was honors/AP
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): haha my school's social studies and phys ed student of the year as well as an ethical leadership award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music, Obama campaign intern, IANH Youth group prez, Intl committee member
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring elementary school kids, soup kitchen, NHS, this and that, I talked a lot about how I want to make volunteering an important part of my life (Fox Leadership program)
[] Summer Activities: I always went to India to visit my family, so no prestigious summer activities for me...
[] Essays: the most important thing was that they showcased my passion and drive. AND that I had a sense of humor
[] Teacher Recommendation: really good
[] Counselor Rec: the usual
[] Additional Rec: B'natyam teacher
[] Interview: didn't get one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep, but at the last minute
[] Intended Major: poli sci/ African American studies/ Women's studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[] Country (if international applicant): US of A
[] School Type: public, mediocre
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm Indian and I put "African American Studies" as a potential major... that sounds kind of interesting, right?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: passion, passion, passion. I showed my fiesty side in my essays
[] Weaknesses: I'm not exactly a 2400 braniac. And nobobdy has gone to an Ivy league school from my high school without athletics for years.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God's grace
[/ul]General Comments: I was waitlisted yesterday at Gtown and Wellesley. I got waitlisted at Harvard, and rejected from Yale SCEA. Seriously guys, it doesn't matter. This whole process is a ty crapshoot clusterf. I spent all yesterday realizing that it doesn't matter where you go, you will do well if you're smart and driven and lucky.

Ealgian · March 31, 2009, 7:25pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math and Reading, 790 Writing
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II (780), Math I (740), Lit (720)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.78
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): borderline top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (6), Philosophy SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest in the entire school; full-IB with 5 HLs, one in each of the subject areas
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National PTA, Scholastic, American Foreign Service, etc. Truth of the matter is, there are far more well-organized and well-known math/science competitions than humanities competitions. Math/science is where the money's at.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mainly Yearbook and two service clubs and MUN; Copy Editor, Co-Pres and Secretary, respectively.
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots; some might see it as "soft," though, because they were mostly awareness campaigns run by clubs I had started. I was a web content writer for a Seattle charity in South Am., though.
[] Summer Activities: Returned to China for the first time; attended international issues/community service workshops; worked on Extended Essay.
[] Essays: I thought they were fine.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived rights.
[] Counselor Rec: Waived right.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: He said I was very articulate. I didn't warm up to him that much, though; he was a lawyer.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[] Intended Major: I forget.
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public, around 600 class
[] Ethnicity: URM - Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Former ESL student who later won numerous national writing awards. Or, somewhat conversely, none.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Whatever they were, they weren't good enough for Penn.
[] Weaknesses: Look below.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rank was too low/GPA was too low. I disagree, obviously. :P
[/ul][ b]General Comments:** I am disappointed, but not dejected. I had been hoping for a waitlist, though.

Toomuchpressure · March 31, 2009, 6:27pm

Not sure if i've already posted in this thread, but oh well.

Rejected.

bhh09 · March 31, 2009, 7:36pm

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): None
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II: Chem 800 Math II 780 
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/200
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 5 Chem 5 Lang&Comp 4 World History 4
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Bio, AP French
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, Political Club, NHS,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring, Camp counselor all summer for 3 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, School Ambassador
[ *] Summer Activities: Camp Counselor
[ *] Essays: Best of all the ones I wrote
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One great, One pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: No clue
[ *] Additional Rec: Yes, Bio teacher, great
[ *] Interview: Yes, went really well
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: No giant award or achievement
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid interview and good recs
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Quakers '13!

sleepingbeauty · March 31, 2009, 6:38pm

Decision: Accepted CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 M 690 E 730 W
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Euro 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not yet taken
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Cal BC, IB Bio HL, IB English HL, Spanish 3 H, Internship
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): outstanding teen award from county group,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Sec 11, Treas 12), NHS, Math Club, Science Club, Spanish Club (VP 11), Beta, Internships at 4 places, Dance 13 years, a bunch of others!!
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter (5 years)
[] Volunteer/Community service: see above
[] Summer Activities: Cornell summer
[] Essays: best i've ever written
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn't see, but i'm pretty sure they rocked
[] Counselor Rec: generic :/
[] Additional Rec: mentor who has worked with me at interning
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): nc
[] Country (if international applicant): us
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: f
[] Income Bracket: idk middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays
[] Weaknesses: ap exams
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i love penn
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck at your colleges of choice!!

Canadianftw · March 31, 2009, 6:42pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR680, M800, W740 (total: 2220)
[li] SAT II: MII800, Chem800, Phys750, Fre w/ L 660[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98%[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%[/li][li] IB (place score in parenthesis): Total: 44/45[/li][list]
[li] Math HL: 7[/li][] Physics HL: 7
[] Chem HL: 7
[] English HL: 7
[] History SL: 7
[] French SL: 6
[] TOK/EE: 3
[/ul]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: full IB + one non-IB course[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li][ul]
[] Top 1% in national math contests, including a perfect score
[] Top 1% in national chem contest
[] 2x MusicFest Nationals Gold
[/ul]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[list]
[] School Concert Bands (Council Events Coordinator and Percussion Section Leader)
[] Piano: 9 years
[] Student Executive Council (Treasurer)
[] Track and Field/Cross Country teams (Athlete/coach)
[] Relay for Life (Finance Chair) - raised $44000 in the first year
[] School Yearbook (Editor and page designer)
[] Duke of Edinburgh award (School leader)
[/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours[/li][li] Summer Activities:[/li][ul]
[] 2006: Teaching English in China
[] 2007: Canadian Math Society National Camp
[] 2008: Harvard SSP
[/ul]
[li] Essays: not good enough apparently[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: good[/li][li] Counselor Rec: "I would not hesitate to identify him as one of my top students in my career."[/li][li] Additional Rec: awesome[/li][li] Interview: I enjoyed it[/li][/list]Other[ul]
[li] Country (if international applicant): Canada[/li][li] School Type: Public, ranked 3rd in the country[/li][li] Ethnicity: Asian[/li][li] Gender: Male[/li][li] Income Bracket: middle class[/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: none apparently[/li][li] Weaknesses: everything[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck[/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected everywhere[/li][/ul]General Comments: I've never felt so worthless

xSteven · March 31, 2009, 6:42pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1270/1890 (640m 630cr 620w)
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: 540 lit, 610 math I, 610 bio E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio 4 usgov 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap calc, ap chem, yearbook, honors us history, honors physics, drama
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): uh..
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): french national honor society member was the only thing not in the 12th grade (I explained.) this year: math and science honor society member, plantiff in mock trial
[] Job/Work Experience: I was a dishwasher last summer lolz
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at a library
[] Summer Activities: none at all
[] Essays: first line, "I had my first encounter with a pedophile at age 12"
[] Teacher Recommendation: I thought they were nice.
[] Counselor Rec: SUCKED. So generic and short.
[] Additional Rec: no?
[] Interview: didn't have one
[/ul]Other*[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: BBB
[] State (if domestic applicant): maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, doesn't send many kids to top schools
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 40k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): uh.. fee waiver used?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I honestly don't know. I was genuine in my essays.
[] Weaknesses: TEST SCORES.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know. I think I got the wrong admission letter or something. o_o
[/ul]General Comments:* Good Luck!!

UHSdebater · March 31, 2009, 7:44pm

Decision: Accepted- Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800 M, 640 CR, 780 W [11 E])
[] ACT: 35 (35 E, 34 M, 36 R, 33 S, 9 E)
[] SAT II: 770 MathII, 770 US History, 750 Physics
<a href="Weighted"></a> GPA: 103.5667 on 100 scale
[] Rank: 1/73 in magnet program, 2/772 overall in school
[] AP: 5 English Lang, 5 US History, 5 Macroecon
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Span Lang, AP Calc AB, Research/Design/Development, AP Physics B, Comp Sci II H, AP Calc BC, English 4, AP Physics C
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca Cola Scholar?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics, LD Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Student Advisory Committee to Superintendent, NHS, Physics & Calc Club...really good leadership
[] Job/Work Experience: Bookkeeper and office assistant at accounting office
[] Volunteer/Community service: Animal shelter, robotics lego league, church
[] Summer Activities: LEAD Wharton
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: none provided
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: Texas
[] School Type: Public (Magnet program within resident school)
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican American)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: upper middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: transcript was about perfect, good act score, activities
[] Weaknesses: not good at writing college essays that "reflect me"
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: wish adcom could tell me :)[/li][/ul]General Comments:* awesome. congrats everyone!

Canadianftw · March 31, 2009, 6:50pm

Decision: Rejected - Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR680, M800, W740 (total: 2220)
[li] SAT II: MII800, Chem800, Phys750, Fre w/ L 660[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98%[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%[/li][li] IB (place score in parenthesis): Total: 44/45[/li][list]
[li] Math HL: 7[/li][] Physics HL: 7
[] Chem HL: 7
[] English HL: 7
[] History SL: 7
[] French SL: 6
[] TOK/EE: 3
[/ul]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: full IB + one non-IB course[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li][ul]
[] Top 1% in national math contests, including a perfect score
[] Top 1% in national chem contest
[] 2x MusicFest Nationals Gold
[/ul]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[list]
[] School Concert Bands (Council Events Coordinator and Percussion Section Leader)
[] Piano: 9 years
[] Student Executive Council (Treasurer)
[] Track and Field/Cross Country teams (Athlete/coach)
[] Relay for Life (Finance Chair) - raised $44000 in the first year
[] School Yearbook (Editor and page designer)
[] Duke of Edinburgh award (School leader)
[/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours[/li][li] Summer Activities:[/li][ul]
[] 2006: Teaching English in China
[] 2007: Canadian Math Society National Camp
[] 2008: Harvard SSP
[/ul]
[li] Essays: not good enough apparently[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: good[/li][li] Counselor Rec: "I would not hesitate to identify him as one of my top students in my career."[/li][li] Additional Rec: awesome[/li][li] Interview: I had better ones, I had worse ones.[/li][/list]Other[ul]
[li] Country (if international applicant): Canada[/li][li] School Type: Public, ranked 3rd in the country[/li][li] Ethnicity: Asian[/li][li] Gender: Male[/li][li] Income Bracket: middle class[/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: none apparently[/li][li] Weaknesses: everything[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck[/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected everywhere[/li][/ul]General Comments: this one hurt the most

illuminar · March 31, 2009, 7:54pm

Decision: Accepted -> Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (740 CR, 700M, 710W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Math II 760, Physics 720, French 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 43/45 (diploma candidate)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Math IB HL, Physics IB HL, Chemistry IB HL, English A1 SL
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Debating stuff in Canada
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (president, volunteerism chair), Debate (captain), those are the big things, lots of other clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked as a busboy for two months before getting fired haha
[] Volunteer/Community service: Organized major fundraisers last year
[] Summer Activities: TASP
[] Essays: Good enough to get in
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read them
[] Counselor Rec: Never read them
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Never had one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
[] Intended Major: We'll see
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Nova Scotia, Canada
[] School Type: Big public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TASP? not enough of a hook to get me in anywhere else hah
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think my essays really showed that I wanted a balance of liberal arts and Wharton business
[] Weaknesses: SAT II's
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don't know, got rejected everywhere else so there must have been something they liked
[/ul] b]General Comments: I just hope the aid package is good enough**

anissa · March 31, 2009, 7:58pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted CAS
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M:720 CR:760 W:750
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: French w/ Listening:800, US History:720, Literature:690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov & Politics 5, taking Calc AB, Statistics, French Lit (self study), French Language (self study), English Lit, and Comparative Gov & Politics (self study) this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: pretty intense.. have to make up some NC state requirements since I was in France last year though
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): year abroad in Orl

Jakeesha · March 31, 2009, 8:01pm

Decision: Waitlisted (CAS)

fml.....lol hopefully you all have gotten into better colleges and will turn down penn hehe

qwertylad · March 31, 2009, 8:06pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (780M, 730CR, 710W)
[] ACT: 34 (36M, 36R, 34W, 31S)
[] SAT II: 800Math2, 750Lit, 710Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Either top 5% or 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp(3), Stat(5), CompSci (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: APChem, HonorsBioMed, APEcon, BCCalc, HonorsPhysics, HonorsEssayExpo, Ceramics, Leadership
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, OA Brotherhood
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Captain1yr), Water Polo (Captain1yr), Diving (Captain3yr), Ultimate Frisbee, Boy Scouts, Order of the Arrow, Badminton Club, Rubik's Clube (Co-Founder, Co-Pres, Treasurer), Senior Class Treasurer
[] Job/Work Experience: Peer Tutor, Babysitter
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts stuff
[] Summer Activities: Various Engineering Programs, Counselor in Training at a camp
[] Essays: Common App- How summer activities shaped my life, About Prof- Guy who ran M&T, page something- didn't write, all decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were probably pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Decent, I would assume
[] Additional Rec: Written by Boy Scout Leader, and Penn alum, likely good
[] Interview: Went well, we talked for a good while
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[] Intended Major: Engineering... something
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Significant Upward Trend, Good Scores
[] Weaknesses: Bad Underclassman Grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm not sure, I'm just really freakin' happy!
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to those waitlisted and denied, and good job to those accepted. I MAY SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

DBicknell · March 31, 2009, 7:11pm

ACCEPTED CAS

AHHH! First Choice!!

I am now deciding between Penn and Harvard :)

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Canadianftw · March 31, 2009, 7:13pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR680, M800, W740 (total: 2220)
[li] SAT II: MII800, Chem800, Phys750, Fre w/ L 660[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98%[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%[/li][li] IB (place score in parenthesis): Total: 44/45[/li][list]
[li] Math HL: 7[/li][] Physics HL: 7
[] Chem HL: 7
[] English HL: 7
[] History SL: 7
[] French SL: 6
[] TOK/EE: 3
[/ul]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: full IB + one non-IB course[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li][ul]
[] Top 1% in national math contests, including a perfect score
[] Top 1% in national chem contest
[] 2x MusicFest Nationals Gold
[/ul]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[list]
[] School Concert Bands (Council Events Coordinator and Percussion Section Leader)
[] Piano: 9 years
[] Student Executive Council (Treasurer)
[] Track and Field/Cross Country teams (Athlete/coach)
[] Relay for Life (Finance Chair) - raised $44000 in the first year
[] School Yearbook (Editor and page designer)
[] Duke of Edinburgh award (School leader)
[/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours[/li][li] Summer Activities:[/li][ul]
[] 2006: Teaching English in China
[] 2007: Canadian Math Society National Camp
[] 2008: Harvard SSP
[/ul]
[li] Essays: not good enough apparently[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: good[/li][li] Counselor Rec: "I would not hesitate to identify him as one of my top students in my career."[/li][li] Additional Rec: awesome[/li][li] Interview: I had better ones, I had worse ones.[/li][/list]Other[ul]
[li] Country (if international applicant): Canada[/li][li] School Type: Public, ranked 3rd in the country[/li][li] Ethnicity: Asian[/li][li] Gender: Male[/li][li] Income Bracket: middle class[/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: none apparently[/li][li] Weaknesses: everything[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck[/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected everywhere[/li][/ul]General Comments: I've never felt so worthless

Nocturne · March 31, 2009, 8:30pm

Decision: Accepted (SEAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/800/12/80
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of about 200
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (self-studied), Statistics (self-studied), Psychology (sort of self-studied), Calculus BC (college), U.S. History -- all scores of 5.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Extreme, relative to my school at least
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens AP, NMS, Eagle Scout, Presidential Scholar Nominee (too late to report)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Major leadership in five or six (of which started or helped start three), more minor in another six or so
[] Job/Work Experience: A few years in IT
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 400 hours
[] Summer Activities: Nothing too expensive
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: Probably great
[] Interview: Excellent -- got along very well, went over-time
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Indeed
[] Intended Major: Fisher -- Bioengineering/Econ (rejected from Fisher --> SEAS)
[] Region (if domestic applicant): Midwest
[] School Type: Public, about 1000 students
[] Ethnicity: Did not report (Caucasian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Doubtful
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Transcript, scores, activities, etc.
[] Weaknesses: Did not participate in a Penn summer program -- too expensive
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No major weaknesses[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was hoping to be accepted to the Fisher program... it seems to be quite competitive, though.

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