University of Pennsylvania Class of 2014 RD Decisions

HIGHreachNoob · April 2, 2010, 12:37am

Rush you got waitlisted at Tufts? That’s ridiculous.

mathematicism · April 2, 2010, 12:46am

^ Have you heard of the term ‘Tufts Syndrome’? That happens when colleges reject and waitlist ‘over-qualified’ applicants because they think the students are only using them as safeties.

@Anonymous93 For a second I thought you were ■■■■■■■■ with those stats and EC’s, I mean I’ve seen 2390 SAT, 36 ACT and USAMO, USABO, but NEVER before on the same person. That’s just ridiculous.

314159 · April 2, 2010, 12:59am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 35 (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 US History, 700 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Yearbook
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just some school awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief), swimming, tutoring (director of program), published writing
[] Job/Work Experience: bioengineering research, magazine internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: executive service leader for school, service leader for a local night shelter
[] Summer Activities: math/business programs at penn and princeton
[] Essays: excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: really good i think
[] Additional Rec: excellent
[] Interview: ok
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: top private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer?[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, essays, EC’s
[] Weaknesses: bad freshman grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UVa, Michigan, Georgia Tech; waitlisted to Princeton and Dartmouth; rejected from Stanford, Harvard, Yale[/ul] [/li]General Comments: I thought I had a good chance at Penn, but I guess not! Congrats to everyone who got accepted!

brainiac212 · April 2, 2010, 1:04am

Rejected from penn!!! **** you penn!!! **** penn **** penn!

I got into ****ing cornell suck on that quakers!

Go big red

rushandcrush · April 2, 2010, 1:43am

Yeah. A few people have mentioned this before to me, but it doesn’t phase me. Whatever happens, happens!

That’s not nice…

catherineee · April 2, 2010, 1:46am

Decision: Waitlisted
School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 800 M, 730 W (2260 overall)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Chinese w/ Listening, 770 Molecular Biology, 730 U.S. History, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.04 weighted (.5 weight on AP/Honors, can’t be bothered to calculate unweighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5-10% ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Macroeconomics (5), English Language and Composition (5), Spanish Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP European History, Modern Literature (Honors English)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction… not that that’s a big deal[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming all four years, Habitat for Humanity (president), National Honor Society, Piano (various awards), other sports
[] Job/Work Experience: Bus monitoring (Head BM this year), lifeguarding here and there, swim instructor at a summer camp (2008)
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 60 hours of Habitat builds, other fundraising
[] Summer Activities: Stanford U High School Summer College (2009), swim instructor at a summer camp (2008)
[] Essays: Common App essay on Harry Potter - how generalizing people into categories leads to conflicts and how people should recognize individuality. Penn Institutions - talked about the college system and Locust Walk. Optional autobiographical essay - discussed a bake sale that I had for the Sichuan earthquake in 2008 - ended up being one of the most successful ever held at my school.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read it, but I think it was good
[] Counselor Rec: Ditto - but I know my counselor pretty well
[] Additional Rec: Ditto ditto
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant): I’m an American citizen, but I live in Tokyo
[] School Type: Private, international (on the American curriculum) ~140 seniors in the graduating class
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: I’d rather not say

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-rounded, decent GPA/test scores/ECs. Liked my autobiographical essay too
[] Weaknesses: I’m nothing special, and I don’t stand out. There are probably thousands of people just like me who applied.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UChicago, Northwestern, NYU Stern, UNC Chapel Hill, Carnegie Mellon, and Santa Clara. Waitlisted at UPenn, Princeton, and Duke. Rejected from Stanford, Columbia, and Cornell.

[/ul]General Comments:
Ah well, looks like I’m headed to UChicago. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted and condolences if you didn’t get in and this was one of your top choices. I hope everything works out for all of you. Good luck!

poste3 · April 2, 2010, 1:49am

Decision: Accepted Wharton!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not take
ACT: 34
SAT II: 760MII, 730 Bio, 800 spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (highest possible)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 42

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots
Job/Work Experience: lots
Volunteer/Community service:lots lots lots
Summer Activities: cornell summer college
Teacher Recommendation: brilliant
Counselor Rec: great
Interview: Great
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Mexico!!!
School Type: Good public
Ethnicity: latino
Gender: male
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): international?
Reflection
Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows, the adcom probably liked me, showed lots of interest

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: Notre dame. emory, UVA, Boston college, USD, washington U st. louis. Rejected at berkeley
General Comments: Im euphoric, congrats to those accepted hope to see you there soon!!

Bilguun · April 2, 2010, 2:18am

Decision: Waitlisted
Huntsman

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR: 790 M: 760 W:750 12E)
[] SAT II: Math II 800, World History 730, Literature 700
[] TOEFL: 113/120
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): On the top, probably
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty intense; about 20 subjects
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Medals from National English Olympiad, National Russian Olympiad, and Standardized Mathematics Olympiad; Golden Key Best student award; about 15 other medals from various competitions; scholarship to study at a local bilingual school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Team captain in “Global Debates” international competition, member on the national team for World Schools Debating Championships 2010, translating Harry Potter GoF, founded school French Club, creating and maintaining websites
[] Job/Work Experience: Translating, Editing
[] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Youth, environmental cleanups
[] Summer Activities: Youth Leadership Summit, NY; reading (a lot?)
[] Essays: 1. About translating Harry Potter to Mongolian 2. Spending childhood in a developed foreign country, racial discrimination and consequent love for my own country despite its many (many!) problems
[] Teacher Recommendation: Read only one and thought it was excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read,
[] Additional Rec: -
[] Interview: -
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): -
[] Country (if international applicant): Mongolia
[] School Type: Private, very small
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: very low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not exactly a hook, but pentalinguality
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I given my circumstances, well-roundedness,
[] Weaknesses: SAT II(?) Huntsman essay, probably
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hmmm…
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Harvarrd (LL), Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia (John Jay Scholar and an LL), Dartmouth, U Chicago, Hamilton, Amherst, Pomona
Waitlisted: Grinnel, Reed
Rejected: -
[/ul]General Comments: I’m in a happy conundrum! Congratulations to everyone who was accepted!

trf1021 · April 2, 2010, 2:19am

Decision: Rejected- CAS

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 660CR 720M 680W </li>
<li>ACT: 34E 34M 27R 33S</li>
<li>SAT II: 740 Physics, 710 Math II, 710 USH</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): USH-5, Chem-3, Physics B-4, Stats-4, Will take Physics C, Calc BC, Bio, English Lang., Macro.</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): Not Offered</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calc BC, AP English Lang., Advanced Video Production, Band</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope. AP Scholar with Honor?</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Unique stuff. I do a lot of music and film ECs that I spend a lot of time on. Leadership positions in 4 clubs. Co-founded a club.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Summer and sometimes during the year.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: A lot through my ECs.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Reading more than most people read in their lifetime. Working. Learning Calculus (was going to take multivariable through EPGY, but decided not to)</li>
<li>Essays: Commonapp was amazing. Supplement stuff was also amazing.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 3 Amazing</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Awesome</li>
<li>Additional Rec: From a music teacher I’ve known since 6th grade.</li>
<li>Interview: Didn’t have one.</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NY </li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): </li>
<li>School Type: Average public. Usually sends one or two to an ivy every year. </li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: 100,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope. ORM.</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Definitely my essay. </li>
<li>Weaknesses: I suck at standardized testing. </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Boston U, RPI, Northeastern. Waitlisted at Columbia, Carnegie Mellon. Rejected everywhere else- MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Penn, Cornell. </li>
</ul>

General Comments: I would be upset, but I am way too happy to have a spot on the waitlist at Columbia. Congratulations everyone! You all genuinely deserve it and good luck next year! Also, if you know anyone who got into Columbia, TELL THEM NOT TO GO! :)

pnthrs11 · April 2, 2010, 2:42am

Decision: Accepted!!! to Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 720,670,650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,4,4,4,4,3,3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Physics B, English Lit, Spanish Lang, Macro/Micro, Govt… And honors leadership
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Body President, Honor Council, Good Community Service
[] Job/Work Experience: Jobs junior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Pretty good
[] Summer Activities: LEAD Wharton '09
[] Essays: No supplemental essay just the regular commonapp one that was really good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great, from SC advisor
[li] Interview: Went really well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic-White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle-Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: WELL-ROUNDED
[] Weaknesses: Not as good of test scores, but screw it I got in anyways
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Passion for what I do
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to 17/17 schools, Harvard, Wharton, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke, Vandy, etc.
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all!!!

Emmers · April 2, 2010, 2:53am

Decision: Accepted - M&T

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 34
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): < 1%
[] Senior Year Course Load: very heavy

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tons - leadership in almost all school related activities (too many); greenpeace, PETA, NHS prez, competitive snowboarder/boxer, all state LAX, environmental club founder, Obama’s campaign for change regional head intern, graffiti + paint artist
[] Job/Work Experience: summer job - urban outfitters, Jewel Osco pharmacist
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hrs
[] Summer Activities: research
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: very large public
[li] Gender: XX - female[/li]
[/ul]**Reflection: **[ul]
[] Strengths: entrepreneur - garage based screen printing company
[] Accepted: columbia, cornell, franklin olin, UIUC, Uminnesota, marquette
[] Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[] Waitlisted: Harvard
[/ul]

cranberryscoop · April 2, 2010, 4:26am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR)
[] SAT II (if submitted): MathIIC 800, Chemistry 800, Chinese w/ listening 800, English Literature 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/300ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Modern European History (4) CalcBC (5) Chemistry (5) Chinese Language (5) French Language (5) English Language (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Econ/US Government AP, Statistics AP, English Literature AP, physics, journalism, peer tutor
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really. National merit finalist, NCTE, a few piano things.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): manga translator, piano, Chinese violin, school newspaper (In-depth Editor), cultural magazine (managing editor), non-profit organization (owner and secretary), badminton, volunteer QA at startup company
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor at school, English and music teacher in rural China for a summer
[] Essays: pretty good, somewhat political
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but I’m guessing pretty good, nothing spectacular
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read but again, I think pretty good, nothing spectacular
[] Additional Rec: Nope
[] Interview: Pretty good

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: ~200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, fair amount of extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: no big awards, no dominant leadership position
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not unique?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Columbia, Brown, Harvard, Yale. Waitlisted at Cornell and Upenn. Accepted to Stanford, Princeton, Duke.
[/ul]General Comments: first Ivy I checked :(

yowza · April 2, 2010, 6:03am

Decision: Accepted!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690CR, 720W, 770M
[] ACT: –
[] SAT II: Math II–760 Chemistry–780 Hebrew–800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not given by school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (5), Psychology (5), Physics B (didn’t take the exam)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):–
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, English, French (most rigorous schedule possible at my school).
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): gold in science fair, lots of running awards (but not anything spectacular), and a bunch of school/community ones
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Racing and training with a running club, the head counsellor in a youth movement, tutoring a couple elementary school girls, volunteering at a senior residence, and also a bunch of short-term activities.
[] Job/Work Experience: tutored and worked at a bakery
[] Volunteer/Community service: mentioned in ECs
[] Essays: felt like they were very strong, i really loved them
[] Teacher Recommendation: both were excellent
[] Counselor Rec: amazing
[] Additional Rec: nope
[] Interview: nope
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):–
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public, but was part of an accelerated and enriched program
[] Ethnicity: Israeli
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none [/ul]
Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: ECs, essays, recommendations, grades
[li] Weaknesses: awards, SAT score[/li]General Comments: Congrats to all the other admitted students!!

obsessedparent · April 2, 2010, 7:16am

rejected CAS
2310 (1590 math/CR)
Top 10%
balanced extracurriculars with leadership and all conference sports
white male

accepted to Duke, Northwestern, Berkeely, Vanderbilt, UCLA, Wash U

wg90210 · April 2, 2010, 8:22am

WAITLISTED CAS
1430/2220
3.88 gpa

Trombonastic · April 2, 2010, 10:57am

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (770 CR, 800 M, 780 W)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 790 Chem, 800 Math II, 770 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/550
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Macroeconomics (3), US Gov’t (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None taken yet.
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of Band (Marching Band, Jazz Band, Basketball Band, Brass Quintet, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, District Band, All-State Band), Math Team, Academic Team, Youth Fellowship (coordinator)
[] Job/Work Experience: Filing (Summer before Junior Year)
[] Essays: Common App & Ben Franklin (awful), p. 217 (pretty good)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know, we never interact.
[] Interview: They never contacted me.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $75,000 - $100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I mentioned!

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test Scores, Academic Performance, Extracurriculars (?)
[] Weaknesses: Essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I’m really excited. That’s all there really is to say.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Harvard, MIT; Waitlisted: Duke; Accepted: Georgia, Georgia Tech, Emory
[/ul]General Comments: Woooooooooooo!!! Congrats to everyone! I can’t wait to meet you guys!

openupsayrah · April 2, 2010, 11:08am

Decision: Accepted after being Deferred from ED!
School applied to: Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): lets not talk about it…
[] ACT: 31 lmao
[] SAT II:again…sore subject
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 weighted: 4.67 out of 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/369
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): world history 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): french sl 5, everything else pending…
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB diploma candidate, IB math SL, IB Physics HL, IB English HL, IB French SL (im only taking it this year to keep my french up, but i took the test last year…), IB Visual Arts A HL, IB History of the Americas HL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): meh i posted my stats somewhere else on this site way back when i was freakin about deferral[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too many. you name it i probably did it.
[] Job/Work Experience: sales assoociate rue 21, cashier ritas italian ice, front desk assistant at ophthamology office…all over summer and breaks
[] Volunteer/Community service:a bunch
[] Summer Activities: never get a true break
[] Essays: i wrote about how i fit in anywhere. and why i want to study business. and why i love penn. and greek life lol
Teacher Recommendation: great
[] Counselor Rec:amazing
[] Additional Rec:amazing, supportive
[] Interview:very formal and tense but it went well

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity:filipina
[] Gender:f
[] Income Bracket:well off,not uber rich, but very very very difficult to get financial aid for anything
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): im asian, and im sarah thats pretty much it lol[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: meh
[] Weaknesses: meh
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i wrote a 4 page letter after deferral talking about why penn was my number 1. spoke directly to regional director. 
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: if i were to be waitlisted i think i would kill myself to have to wait again lmao

ooccl23 · April 2, 2010, 11:25am

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank…top 10% at least
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (4), took Calc AB through U of Wis
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP USH, Spanish V (highest level at school), AP Calc BC, AP English Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just school awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball, Student Council (treasurer), FBLA, Mock Trial, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Founded an official LLC with over $20,000 in revenue, other part time jobs (I work a lot)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Decent amount but not outstanding
[] Summer Activities: Work, lots of basketball, community service
[] Essays: I thought they were very good with the exception of one
[] Teacher Recommendation: 2 really good ones
[] Counselor Rec: No idea, I think my school just sends out a standardized letter
[] Additional Rec: Great one from a church nurse discussing community service
[li] Interview: Went extremely well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public community school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lawnscaping business definitely, also over 100 stock trades in the last year for a 54% return[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Demonstrated interest (business, stocks)
[] Weaknesses: GPA and test score slightly below average it seems
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Was originally deferred from ED, did a lot to show I was still very interested
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Wisconsin, Michigan Ross School of Business Preferred Admit, New York University, didn’t apply anywhere else
[/ul]General Comments: Very grateful to be accepted because my stats seem to be a little weaker than the typical accepted student…definitely going to be working my a off

HonorsCentaur · April 2, 2010, 12:12pm

Decision: Waitlisted
School applied to: Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR, 750 M, 760 WR, 2220
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 740 Math II, 650 USH, 600 French Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5-10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats, USH (5), Psych (5), World History (3), Microecon (3), English Lit (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Econ SL (5), Physics HL, English HL, History HL, ToK, Mathematics Sl, French SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: Phys Ed, IB ToK, IB Mathematics SL, IB French SL, IB History HL, IB english HL, IB Physics HL, AP Stats
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too lazy to list.
[] Job/Work Experience: A few
[] Volunteer/Community service: A few
[] Summer Activities: some programs
[] Essays: I thought they were very good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian yo!
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: average
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti-hooks[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I
[] Weaknesses: SAT II
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UChicago, UMich, NYU.
Waitlisted: Northwestern, Penn
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Cornell
[/ul]General Comments: Very upset about Penn. Chicago 2014

texasian · April 2, 2010, 1:32pm

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2060
[li] ACT: n/a[/li][] SAT II: 790 math II, 720 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/570
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 USH, 3 English Lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, Ap euro, AP Calc, Ap govt, AP Econ
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): United Way, FBLA, Internship
[] Job/Work Experience: Abercrombie for 5 months junior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: United Way, Advocacy Center
[] Summer Activities: traveling; no summer program or anything
[] Essays: great common app, loved 217, honest why penn essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 is good, 1 is great
[] Counselor Rec: very good, emphasized penn was #1 for me
[] Additional Rec: music recom; don’t know if that’s read or not
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TEXAS!!
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public; very diverse. top 30 kids are motivated, rest are blahhh
[] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[] Gender: FEMALE
[] Income Bracket: 70000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ESSAYS-they were very sincere, EC, leadership
[] Weaknesses: low SAT score
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: genuine about coming to penn
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UT business honors, waitlisted emory, rejected columbia, yale, and nyu
[/ul]General Comments: very surreal right now. many user on CC cannot “predict” chances with no SAT/ACT score like thats THE deciding point. they would have laughed at mine and told me i would be straight out rejected. I showed an interest in attending penn and told the teachers that wrote my recs genuine reasons why and i think they included that in their recs. you should deff communicate with the teachers writing your recs instead of picking them just because you get A’s in their classes. my teachers and counselors wrote my recs with no resume or questionnaire because they know what to write based on our interactions. Most of all, I think being sincere is a MAJOR deciding point.

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