University of Pennsylvania Class of 2013 Official RD Thread!

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR, 730 Math, 710 Writing
ACT: English 32, Math 35, Reading 34, Science 27, Composite 32
SAT II: US History 690, Math II 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don't rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3), Chem (3), Calc AB (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): don't use IB system
Senior Year Course Load: Post-Modern Lit, AP Calc BC, Psychology, Model United Nations, AP Spanish, Design, Drawing, Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Most of my awards are for violin
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin, tennis, Student Council (President)
Job/Work Experience: Tennis Instructor
Volunteer/Community service: Quartet playing for community service
Summer Activities: Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Don't know, but I'm assuming good
Counselor Rec: Same as above
Additional Rec: Extremely good - my violin teacher who is very famous in Philadelphia
Interview: Good
[/ul]Other*[ul]
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided but maybe International Studies
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100-150K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy through dad and brother
[/ul][ b]Reflection*[list]
Strengths: Very creative, independent, emphasized those 2 in my essays, academics, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: SAT and SATII scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe because of my legacy or my violin teacher's rec. Also because I worked the hardest on UPenn's essays</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050: 730 Math 680 Reading 640 Writing 10 Essay
ACT: 33 10 Essay
SAT II: 730 Math 750 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem: 4 Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit/Comp, AP French, AP Calc BC, business, Orchestra, Jazz, publications
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A </p>

<p>Newspaper (editor in chief)
Global Exchange (president)
Student tutoring (board member)
FBLA
Chinese Club
French Club
Jazz piano (4 years)
Classical piano (11 years)
Self-taught guitar (2 years)
Badminton team (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Self-Employed tutor, cashier, babysitting-not much
Volunteer/Community service: Worked as a music theory tutor
Summer Activities: Usually summre school
Essays: pretty good I would say. Common app about my family's oppression under the communist rule and how I view my opportunities in America. Second essay about the importance of journalism in my life.
Teacher Recommendation: Not sure-I waived my rights- probably not amazing
Counselor Rec: Same as teacher recs
Additional Rec: None
Interview:not offered</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: International studies
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public- large
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: My drive and potential to succeed. Showing dedication in passion in many areas.
Weaknesses: Not one thing that was particularly amazing. I was pretty good at a lot of things, but not a genius, not a concert pianist, not a business tycoon.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, rejected because I didn't show enough interest and not high enough grades??
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone! Enjoy walking down Locus Walk!</p>

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<p>*Decision: Accepted!!!! - Wharton *</p>

<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 M 760 CR 770 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 720 640 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/230
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn't offer AP!!
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope not IB either
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: calc, spanish 5, prob/stats, exploring human nature, advanced english, physics, advanced writing - very full for what my school offers
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Council (President all four years), Academy of Finance (Board Member), Cross country/Track (captain), FBLA, some other random activities
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked as a paid finance intern for international corporation
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: mostly local library volunteer + lots of hours as a race worker
[<em>] Summer Activities: travel/internship
[</em>] Essays: awesome not gonna lie
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: normal, good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Additional Rec: awesome (boss for internship)
[</em>] Interview: didn't get one!
[/ul][ b]Other*[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: econ b.s.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high enough that i got no fafsa aid boo
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): general greatness :P
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: internships and why upenn essay was very passionate
[<em>] Weaknesses: sat II scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea!! SO HAPPY :)
[/ul]General Comments:* Congrats to everyone who got in! Good luck to those waitlisted! And don't worry if you got rejected I'm sure you all will go to awesome schools!</p>

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<p>*Decision: Accepted!!!! - Wharton *</p>

<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 M 760 CR 770 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 720 640 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/230
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn't offer AP!!
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope not IB either
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: calc, spanish 5, prob/stats, exploring human nature, advanced english, physics, advanced writing - very full for what my school offers
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Council (President all four years), Academy of Finance (Board Member), Cross country/Track (captain), FBLA, some other random activities
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked as a paid finance intern for international corporation
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: mostly local library volunteer + lots of hours as a race worker
[<em>] Summer Activities: travel/internship
[</em>] Essays: awesome not gonna lie
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: normal, good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Additional Rec: awesome (boss for internship)
[</em>] Interview: didn't get one!
[/ul][ b]Other*[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: econ b.s.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high enough that i got no fafsa aid boo
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): general greatness :P
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: internships and why upenn essay was very passionate
[<em>] Weaknesses: sat II scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea!! SO HAPPY :)
[/ul]General Comments:* Congrats to everyone who got in! Good luck to those waitlisted! And don't worry if you got rejected I'm sure you all will go to awesome schools!</p>

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<p>lol honeybunny</p>

<p>If you come to Penn with that kind of attitude, you're not going to make it too far.</p>

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<p>Yeah my friend go into wharton with less than a 2200. IN fact his app was so good they sent him a personal letter</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort...I'm using this for multiple colleges so I can't say the exact title)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[</em>] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Calculus AB: 3, I'm taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn't know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3...at my school, that is a really heavy load
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart...but not very ambitious.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I've gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I'll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant's Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr</em>10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr<em>12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr</em>5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr<em>8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr</em>40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr<em>5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr<em>1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr<em>15 wk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr<em>30 wk
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don't know what else to say...
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent...
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the "chart" of point distribution is valid.</p>

<p>I knew what I was getting myself into, so I'm cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I'll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.</p>

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<p>nominated for homecoming prince. twice. sweet.</p>

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<p>dkbear - damn man, how many schools did you apply to?</p>

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<p>hey a-hole: yeah you, honeybunny!
I got into M&T with a score of 1940. Clearly my application wasn't a "waste of the admission councellors' time". Everyone is aware of the incompetency of the SATs in capturing the true intelligence behind an individual. Passion and drive just happen to be a bit more important in today's world than meagre ability to take tests. I don't think my score was at all accurate in reflecting my success today, prior to my entrance to UPenn. That is why we have the application PACKAGE composed of essays, extracurriculars, recommendations based on perosnality, (etc), and not just the scores. Idiot.</p>

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<p>Harvard started motion to have top schools no longer request SAT scores. Consider that too.</p>

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<p>For my friend:</p>

<p>*Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: *</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 660
[</em>] SAT Math: 580
[<em>] SAT Writing: 740
[</em>] SAT Total: 1980
[<em>] SAT II: lit 700, spanish 550
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.7ish?
[<em>] Academic Awards: none really
[</em>] Extra Curricular Activities: too many to name
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] Essays: unique, it's what got her in
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: waived
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: waived
[</em>] Counselor Rec: waived
[li] Hook (if any): involved in penn stuff[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Location:
[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: very competitive private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[/ul]</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: SHE DESERVED IT. SCORES DON'T ALWAYS MATTER!!</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: :-) !!!</p>

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<p>I don't really care about your so called "friends", are you in wharton?</p>

<p>Let's just make things clear. I am referring to WHARTON; the internationally recognized as the #1 undergraduate business school and top 3 MBA schools in the world. I am NOT referring to UPenn CAS and SEAS; the schools where HYPSM rejects come to as their safety. </p>

<p>Please understand that although Wharton is part of Upenn, you have to take into account its weight and power; Wharton is what's keeping Upenn as an Ivy-league school. </p>

<p>I don't know where you get your assumptions that SAT is incompetent; I'm guessing it's a way of trying to justify your weak scores... It really doesn't matter what you say because SATs are present and will always be present whether Harvard likes it or not. </p>

<p>Maybe there are particular cases but generally SATs do a good job of measuring one's intelligence level (reasoning and quantitative) and people in wharton SHOULD have a colossal analysis and quantitative skills.</p>

<p>PS. I am not interested in comments from kids in no-name schools. Please when you write a comment to me, state what University you are currently enrolling and if it's a no-namer, then don't bother expecting a reply from me because you're not worth my time.</p>

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<p>if this kid is my room mate i am going to go insane</p>

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<p>chill, honey bunny..instead of writing this trash, why don't you just savor these fantastic moments of getting into Wharton..i am still in a reverie.! and sorry for that 2190 < 2200 fiasco but it's just that u are not the first person who i have come across who's made these generalizations..many even said i won't get in because i am 10 points less.! so just calm down, instead of being haughty, savor the success..good luck.</p>

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<p>honeybunny, i go to the University of High School (yes, i realize this is a university of extremely high stature)..... im actually flabbergasted at the fact that you think because you go to Wharton you are superior to everyone.... this is actually quite pitiful, my friend. If you take this approach in life, i can hardly see how you will make yourself successful and happy. people will think nothing more of you than "this guys a jackass".</p>

<p>PS-- you realize Penn's M&T program gives an undergrad a degree in econ from Wharton and a degree in an engineering discipline from SEAS, thus making hope4upenn "in Wharton"..... if i were to use your reasoning, id say hope4upenn is YOUR EQUAL. does this make you feel stupid?</p>

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<p>lolz seas/cas for hypsm rejects...if wharton is what's keeping Penn afloat, why do cas and seas students/alumni get top internships and jobs? Did you even LOOK at the career surveys?</p>

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<p>any Indians here who got into Wharton??</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision & School:Accepted to Wharton [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal:750
[ *] SAT Math:800
[ *] SAT Writing:800 (12 E)
[ *] SAT Total:2350
[ *] SAT II:770 Math II, 730 USH
[ *] ACT:34
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores:5544
[ *] GPA weighted:4.634
[ *] GPA unweighted:3.77
[ *] Rank or % estimate:top 5%</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:I am uncertain, but I feel that they were rather good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: One of them was great the other was generic.
[ *] Counselor Rec:My original counselor left during early junior year at my high school, but I was still able to secure 2 amazing letters from both him and his replacement.
[ *] Hook (if any): none.... anti-hook ORM</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:CT
[ *] School Type:average public
[ *] Ethnicity:ORM
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Legacy Yes/No:No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No:No
[ *] Important ECs:Science Bowl, Debate (Captain + ton of awards), Jazz Band, Volunteering</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] meh</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b] So excited to be a member of Wharton 2013!</p>

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<p>@vandit_daboss--yes i'm an indian who got in to wharton. not from india though. parents are.</p>