University of Pennsylvania Class of 2014 RD Decisions

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<p>
[quote]
[noparse]Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected
School applied to:</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]

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<p>Apologies if this thread already exists, but I went through all 9 pages of threads in the general Penn forum and I haven't found one. There is one in the 2014 forum but I think people usually look at the general one more often, so this is a bit easier to find.</p>

<p>This one's pretty easy to use, as you don't need to take out any spaces in the coding. Just choose a heading based on your decision and add your stats. Good luck everyone - we've got less than 30 hours left!</p>

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<p>Most people applied to multiple Ivies and top schools. It would be interesting to compare RD decision results from these schools in one place. To avoid redundancy, I’ve created a separate thread.</p>

<p>Please post your RESULTS SUMMARY using the Template below at this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896071-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896071-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For DISCUSSIONS, use this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896111-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary-discussion-thread.html#post1064490898[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/896111-ivy-rd-results-2014-comparison-summary-discussion-thread.html#post1064490898&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Template:</p>

<p>**ADMISSION RESULTS <a href=“List%20only%20the%20Ivies,%20MIT,%20Stanford,%20UChicago,%20and%20other%20top%20schools”>/B</a>:

  • ACCEPTED:
  • WAIT-LISTED:
  • REJECTED:</p>

<p>LIKELY TO ATTEND:</p>

<p>KEY STATS:

  • SAT I:
  • SAT II:
  • GPA (un-weighted):
  • EC (scale of 1-5, 5 being most significant):
  • Ethnicity/Gender:
  • State or Country (if international)</p>

<p>Comments: </p>

<p>Link to Details:
(Add Link to your detailed posting under “Official RD Decisions” by school, if you created one. To create link: add at the end of the URL, and add at the start of the URL with NO spaces in between.)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1580/1600; 2290/2400 (final sitting)
[</em>] ACT:33/36 (twice)
[<em>] SAT II: Math2 (800), BioE (780)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6UW/3.9W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), WHist (5), USHist (4), Eng Lang (4), Stat (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Distiction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Mediocre
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal
[</em>] Summer Activities: Various CTY and UPenn Summer Biomed program
[<em>] Essays:Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:Excellent</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White/Chinese
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses:GPA & ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA & ECs
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Tulane, Case & Georgia Tech and vairous others; Waitlisted UCSD & WUSTL, Rejected UCB & Northwestern
[/ul]General Comments: Expected rejection, Hoped for waitlist, looks like Case or Tulane.</p>

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<p>waitlisted</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!! stats later</p>

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<p>Accepted to Wharton! Too lazy to put stats… :P</p>

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<p>Accepted!!</p>

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<p>S accepted. Also at William & Mary.</p>

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<p>Waitlisted @ Wharton. Please, don’t go to Wharton so I can get in lol</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Wharton</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 US History, 640 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/254
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc AB, 5 USH, 4 Physics B, 4 English Lang
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, Chem (regular), Office User Specialist, etc. Most rigorous at school
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Honor, NMSF. Nothing really</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Reviver/President of French Club, Student Council Rep, PR Officer for FCCLA, Knowledge Bowl (team had better finish than almost any other year ever, but didn’t qualify for state :frowning: ), math tutoring, NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None, other than helping my dad with furniture delivery and things (not paid).
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Family-themed event nights at local elementary school, a couple annual mock car crashes, sporadic translation services for Korean residents
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing college-oriented, ha.
[<em>] Essays: Common app excellent, Penn supplement… not so good. Haha.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Read one of the two. All kind of good stuff, but a little generic.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing, from what I hear.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Interviewer forgot to contact me until after the deadline :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA, but…
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): …considered international from South Korea (non-citizen).
[<em>] School Type: Medium-sized public, not all that great
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Qualify for full aid.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen college, QuestBridge finalist (=low-income)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Numbers (except Physics score), pretty well-rounded, interesting essay.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not exceptionally exceptional, international from Korea asking for full aid.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Those weakness plus the competition :stuck_out_tongue:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected HYP, Penn, Columbia, Williams, and UChicago; waitlisted Dartmouth and Carleton; accepted UWashington and UPortland (safeties).
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all accepted students, I’m sure you were all truly deserving of it!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800MII, 800 Bio, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 10 APS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc): USAMO, USABO, NFL Nationals, Intel, Siemens, National Merit Semifinalist (at the time).
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), NHS (President), Student Council (President), Class President, Tennis (Captain), Beta Chi Pi (President), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Key Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Building homes in Louisiana, nursing home work, hospital work, teaching English, Big Brother/Big Sisters, Circle of Concern.
Summer Activities: Research, Girls State, math camps, FUN (??) :slight_smile:
**Essays: **
Teacher Recommendation: Probably excellent. Actually, definitely excellent, seeing as how I got in.
Counselor Rec: Ditto.
Additional Rec: Research mentor.
Interview: Great
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Good public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?
Reflection
Strengths: Major awards/stats
Weaknesses: Essays (didn’t spend as much time as I should have)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who really knows? Do what you love.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stanford (rejected), Duke (waitlisted), accepted to Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, UPenn, Williams, Amherst, Oxford, Emory, Vanderbilt, UChicago, WashU, Northwestern, Georgetown, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Cal Tech, MIT, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Oxford, Tufts, Boston University.
General Comments: Good Luck!! The moral of my story is to not apply to a lot of colleges because Stanford didn’t accept you in the EA round. Though apparently a lot of people did this. Also, don’t get down because you got rejected by Stanford and waitlisted by Duke. The Ivies might still like you!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 R, 800 M, 770 W) superscored
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 770 Physics, 780 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1 out of 115
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Seven 5’s, Two 4’s.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Taking 10 AP exams this year.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar/NMF, but that’s it </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (founder/pres), Science NHS (pres),
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hrs summer program
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer program, volunteering
[<em>] Essays: I thought common app was terrific and yale supplement was pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: saw them, excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: saw, excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: it was great</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public/Charter
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 75k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: no national level ec’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>Accepted: Yale,Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Georgia Tech
Waitlist: Cornell, WashU
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Going to Yale, but Penn is a place I’ll always love.</p>

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<p>accepted ***!
i think god may have blown his nose in my common app, i don’t see how else this could be happening</p>

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<p>ava1992, I’m sure your application had some amazing aspect or else why would they even accept you? What were your stats?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
(Sorry I’m not formatting this correctly, but I just copied and pasted this from the other threads.)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (by section): 800m, 800cr, 740w (12 essay)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 760 french reading, 800 math 2</li>
<li>GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.96 uw</li>
<li>Rank: no rank</li>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li>APs (including this year’s): none</li>
<li>IBs (including this year’s): English, French, History, Chem, Physics, Math HL</li>
<li>Senior Year Courseload: all of the above + Theory of Knowledge and Band</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: 6-7?</li>
<li>Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: Model UN (President), Literary Magazine (Senior Editor), Environmental Club I started, Flute (2 after school orchestras), Dance, JV Tennis</li>
<li>Awards listed on app: 2 minor regional awards</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Common App Essay: historical figure, decent</li>
<li>Optional Essay: awesome</li>
<li>Community Essay: decent </li>
<li>Teacher Recs (if you saw them): no clue</li>
<li>Counselor Rec (if you saw them): no clue but prb generic</li>
<li>Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): starbucks, best one ever, i love my interviewer :slight_smile: </li>
<li>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): sent in an abstract? prlly no hook though</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MI</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): magnet, public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Indian</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid: yes</li>
<li>Strengths: Strong leadership roles and I know that I’m dedicated to what I do. Hopefully teachers did as well.</li>
<li>Weaknesses: No real “clarity” in ECs, just did what I wanted.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No interview? They could tell I didn’t fit? Stereotypical applicant? No clue.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Umich, MSU, UChicago, Swarthmore, Case, Brandeis Waitlisted: WashU, Duke, Hopkins Rejected: Harvard </li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: sent in an abstract
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yayy! 'Grats to everyone who got in!</p>

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<p>Waitlisted…:(</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 800 Math, 780 Reading, 700 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 French with Listening, 780 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (It’s really more like a 95-96%)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/620ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), World History (5), Stat (5), Calc AB (5) Chem (5), US History (4), Calc BC (5), Enviro (5), Studio Art (4), Physics (4), Euro (skipped), English Lang (skipped), French Lang (5), Micro (skipped), Macro (skipped), Psych (5), English Lit (currently taking), French Lit (currently taking), Art History (currently taking, will definitely skip)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French Lit, Linear Algebra (college), AP Art History, Mole Bio (college), Chem (college).
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Did well at Intel, never really got past AIME. Won essay contests, MVP awards for sports, published science research etc.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis - 2nd singles freshman year, and continued as 1st singles throughout high school. Named MVP, Captain, won state awards, etc. (I think I may have been recruited but I didn’t want to pursue tennis in college at the D1 level). Class President all four years. Editor in Chief of award-winning school literary magazine for 2 years. Established school Hispanic club, president and founder.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at NYC science labs for four years and had work published professionally. Interned at the New Yorker for a month (I have a family friend :P)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internships
[<em>] Essays: No Idea. I liked them! :stuck_out_tongue:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, but they like me! :stuck_out_tongue:
[li] Counselor Rec: No idea, but he likes me! :P</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: It went well.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 50k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Legacy to Princeton and Tufts.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars, my personality, and my hooks.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not exactly sure, but no one’s perfect.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Barnard, Johns Hopkins BME. Waitlisted: Tufts [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): N/A

  • ACT: 33
  • SAT II: 720 us history, 720 lit, 700 math II (ouch)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/211
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): CALC AB (5) APUSH (5) COMP (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): none
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Physics, AP Lit
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing too interesting…the usual AP stuff and commended scholar for national merit
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): editor in chief of nationally ranked newspaper, tap jazz ballet modern and hip hop dance with lead roles, a bunch of other non exciting stuff

  • Job/Work Experience: 2 years retail job
  • Volunteer/Community service: lots of random volunteering, tutoring, NHS tutor chairperson
  • Summer Activities: not much. work.
  • Essays: were pulled together fairly quickly but I thought were pretty good
  • Teacher Recommendation: should have been good, didnt read
  • Counselor Rec: should have been good as well
  • Additional Rec: none
  • Interview: went very well!
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): MN

  • Country (if international applicant): US
  • School Type: Private college prep
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: female
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none. mom went to grad school at princeton though.
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: school record, showed passion

  • Weaknesses: test scores, something exciting
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure. nothing too exciting on them thar ECs
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected at Stanford, Harvard (with legacy), waitlisted at Princeton (cant believe it! yay), and in at Northwestern and BC
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: kind of surprised that Princeton thought I was in the top 9% or so of applicants, and Penn not even in the top 14%. but whatever, lifes good</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected (Arts & Sciences)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2290 (710 CR, 800 M, 780 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math IIc, 780 chem, 700 bio(m)
[<em>] GPA: 4.729 W
[</em>] Rank: 2/280 @ private school
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Chem (4), Stats (TBD)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: tuffest f0 sh0
[<em>] Other Awards: 1st place @ musical talent show?, haha
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): thing is, most of my extracurriculars are “independent”, but here goes:</p>

<p>School Extracurriculars
Soccer Team: manager 9th
Math Academic Superbowl: 9-11th (captain in 11th)
Knowledge Masters: 9-11th
Show Choir Band (guitar): 11-12th
BD (my high school) Ambassador: 11-12th
NHS: 11-12th
Habitat for Humanity: 9th, 11th, 12th</p>

<p>Independent Extracurriculars
Guitar: Lessons, 7-11th; play at local parish/school Masses (11-12th)
Voice: Lessons, 12th
and don’t laugh, but Weightlifting/Exercising: consistent lifting/cardio routine w/ football players (12th); Indoor Soccer League (12th)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: soccer referee 3 yrs, school cafeteria 4 yrs (does that count?)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital escort/lab tech assistant ~45hrs, random tutoring and participating in school-organized volunteer days (that were mandated, mind you)
[<em>] Essays: strong point, I have an intense writing style; common app one was about overcoming a 5 yr video game addiction
[</em>] Teacher Recs: they love me, but their generic praise can only go so far; no awe-inspiring, standoutish examples
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, but I only had a bland relationship w/ her when she sent it
[</em>] Additional Rec: my guitar teacher sent one in along w/ my guitar music supp
[<em>] Interview: none…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: helllllz yes
[<em>] Intended Major: applied as bio, but want to go chem./biochem?
[</em>] State: IN
[<em>] School Type: parochial
[</em>] Ethnicity: white/sheltered
[<em>] Gender: XY
[</em>] Income Bracket: mother makes just under 100k (parents are divorced)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: EC leadership/involvement
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve matured a lot since the application process, and looking back, I don’t think the person I portrayed on my Common App came through as the real me, nor as a mature student</p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments: ** Only JHU wants me…</p>

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<p>Might I add that I was accepted to Wharton RD as a deferred ED candidate.</p>