University of Pennsylvania Class of 2014 RD Decisions

tristan101 · April 2, 2010, 1:43pm

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800, 780, 750)
[] ACT: -
[] SAT II: 800, 800, 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/600
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National youth symphony (1st chair), All-State orchestra (2nd chair), local youth orchestra (2nd chair), school orchestra (1st chair), International club 4 years (vice president and secretary), French club 4 years (vice president and marketer), operation smile club (co-founder), Student Council 3 years, National Honor Society 2 years, National French Honorary Society, freshman mentor, library volunteer, tutor
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours various
[] Summer Activities: Study abroad in France 7 wks, Study abroad in China 7 wks, Internship at Mayor’s office
[] Essays: I thought they were fairly good
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing, other was great
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[] Additional Rec: Amazing
[li] Interview: Pretty good[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Central US
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: The kind where you get rejected
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, focus on passions in app, HS courseload, teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: Bad AP scores, maybe not strong enough essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many good applicants, couldn’t compete with people from schools well-versed with Ivy admissions, prob was a lot less qualified than I thought haha
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: (Columbia, JHU, U Mich) Waitlisted: (Wash U, Duke, Brown, Penn CAS), Rejected: (HYPS)
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone! Admissions was tough this year; almost didn’t make it anywhere! Work hard and never give up. Good things will happen.

Xaari · April 2, 2010, 3:26pm

Decision: Waitlisted
School applied to: Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (CR 780 / M 800 / W 770)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 770 U.S. History, 740 Math I, 720 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%, not ranked
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang 5, AP US Hist 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist, two state-level writing awards, 3 National Latin Exam medals
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin for ten years, youth orchestra, technology club (secretary for 3 years), extensive web design/programming (portfolio submitted), editor for Open Directory Project
[] Job/Work Experience: two internships at university, database manager at local library in summer
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian 
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I scores, GPA
[] Weaknesses: SAT Subject Test scores, school doesn’t rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at H, Y (first deferred), MIT. Waitlisted at Cornell. Accepted to CMU and SHC at Penn State. Ah, looks like I’ll be going to Penn State.[/ul]
General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted! Wharton was my top choice but my parents discouraged me from applying ED. Well, more waiting for me. I’m never lucky. :P

MarzenAmber · April 2, 2010, 4:20pm

Accepted - Engineering

mifune · April 2, 2010, 9:00pm

**College of Arts & Sciences **

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800 CR 800 M 800 W - MC80 E11)
[li]**ACT: ** N/A [/li][li]**SAT II: ** 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology – M, 800 Math II, 800 US History, 780 Literature[/li][li]*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ** 4.26 (4.0 – A, 4.33 – A+) []**Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ** [list] []Previous School: 1 of 308 []Current School: 1 of 517 (unweighted) / 1 of 517 (weighted) [/ul][/li][li]**AP (place score in parenthesis): ** [ul] []English Language (5) []US History (5) []Chemistry (5) []Will Take: []English Literature []Calculus BC (AB Subscore) []Psychology []Spanish (Partially a self-study – joined class midyear) []Physics C: Mechanics (Partially a self-study, taking Physics B) []Physics C: E & M (Partially a self-study) []Biology (Independent Study) []Statistics (Independent Study) [/ul][/li][li]**IB (place score in parenthesis): ** N/A[/li][li]**Senior Year Course Load: ** [ul] []The subjects of the ungraded AP exams above including the following courses at the University of Minnesota: [list] []WRIT1301: University Writing -> Half-year (Fall) []BIOC3021: Biochemistry -> Half-year (Spring) []PsTL1135: Human Anatomy & Physiology -> Full-year []CHEM2301: Organic Chemistry (Summer 2010) [/ul][/list][/li][]**Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): <a href=“Nothing%20notable,%20really”>/b</a>[ul] [li] 2009 - AMC 12A: 126, AIME: 10 (USAMO qualifier, but did not participate) [] 2010 – AMC 12B: 120 (Too late for submission)[/ul] [/li][/list]Subjective:[ul]
[]**Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ** [list] [] Aikido (Japanese martial art; Associate instructor) [] Classical Piano (Performance) []Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (Water Conservation) [] Mathematics/AP Physics/AP Chemistry/Biology Tutor [] NHS (Peer Tutoring Supervisor) []Key Club []American Cancer Society [/ul] 
[]**Job/Work Experience: ** Landscape Construction (Summer), Freelance Writing on Social and Medical Issues
[li]**Volunteer/Community service: <a href=“None%20of%20this%20was%20explicitly%20stated%20on%20the%20application%20except%20for%20the%20overlap%20with%20ECs”>/b</a> [ul] []Peer Tutoring []Key Club/NHS Events []Working w/ young children in Aikido []American Cancer Society -> charity events []Approx. 725 hours of total service [/ul][/li][li]**Summer Activities: ** Travel, Self-Studying, Moving[/li][li]**Essays: ** Submitted a fair amount, including two additional essays: [ul] [] Common Application: Moving 21 times and attending 15 different schools and its effect on my academic and career ambitions []Supplement #1: My aspirations of pursuing a career in academic medicine and the benefits of integrating an interdisciplinary focus of the medical sciences in with an informed knowledge of contemporary societal issues []Supplement #2: Aikido and Classical Piano and the impact of their individual philosophies on my personal growth []Creative Writing Supplement: Satirical piece on resolving the recent economic crisis (In the style of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”) [/ul] []Teacher Recommendations: ** Waived right to view but each shared his with me: [ul] []#1: Chemistry Teacher: wrote of my academic performance/potential/work quality []#2: History Teacher: character/work ethic/work quality []#3: Peer Tutoring Advisor: experience in volunteering/character [list][]All very supportive and humbling [/ul] [/list][/li][li]**Counselor Rec: ** Did not view but I have a general idea: [ul] []#1: (11th grade counselor): Essentially a reiteration of my extracurricular activities []#2: (12th grade/new school counselor): She stated that she wrote of her initial positive impression of my character [/ul][/li][li]**Additional Rec: ** From a family friend – Ph.D. in English[/li][li]**Interview: ** N/A[/li]
[/list]Other[ul] []**Financial aid? ** Yes [li]**Intended Major: ** Biochemistry []**State (if domestic applicant): ** MN (by way of MT and AZ and various other residences within the US and abroad) []**Country (if international applicant): **[/li][li]**School Type: ** [list] []9th: N/A (third-year senior) []10th-11th: two different mediocre public schools (located in MT & AZ) []12th: competitive public school, about 2500 students [/ul] []**Ethnicity: ** Did not state (Caucasian) []**Gender: ** Male[/li][li]**Income Bracket: ** ~40,000[/li][li]**Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ** Perhaps my constant reshuffling in geographical residence. My main application essay concerned this topic and it was a nice reflection of how I have personally benefitted from these experiences. Also, I am multilingual but that ties in with my extensive moving and seven years of experience abroad. Additionally, my income may contribute to socioeconomic diversity although it was never directly referenced in my application.[/li][/list]Reflection[ul]
[li]**Strengths: ** SAT I/II, Essays (all revealed different aspects of myself but each tied into my interests in medical science) [/li][li]**Weaknesses: ** Three years of high school, Lack of many substantial prestigious awards and extracurriculars, Only three APs prior to this school year, Passion in science/medicine but failed to substantiate this claim through extensive EC involvement or academic inquiry (no research, publishing, science supplement, et cetera), Not an overabundance of leadership due to my constant change in residence, No summer programs []**Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ** Given the unpredictable nature of college admissions, it is a bit difficult to speculate with certainty.[]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [list][/li][]Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago (EA) []Waitlisted: University of Pennsylvania []Rejected: N/A [/ul]

[/list]General Comments:

In light of my success elsewhere, I will not be accepting a position on the waitlist.

Hearty congratulations to those accepted! :)

mch31092 · April 2, 2010, 11:27pm

Decision: Accepted

School applied to:CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):NA
[] ACT:33
[] SAT II:NA
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):US History (5), taking Spanish, Human Geography, Stats
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:See above
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Southern CT Conference All-Academic[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Baseball, Football, Choir, various clubs, etc
[] Job/Work Experience:Walgreens Cashier
[] Volunteer/Community service:Buncha church stuff
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:Good I guess
[] Teacher Recommendation:One great, one okay
[] Counselor Rec:Great
[] Additional Rec:Wonderful
[li] Interview:NA[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Large public, urban
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:100k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Essays, future plans
[] Weaknesses:race, generic-ness
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:NO IDEA, but super excited
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Northwestern
Rejected: Harvard, Brown, UChicago
[/ul]General Comments: Shocked

ankurankurankur · April 2, 2010, 11:44pm

Decision: Accepted]
School applied to: CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 composite
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 US Hist, 800 Math II, 740 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 smthg
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 at time of app, 1 by midyear (of 700->690)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 tests, all 5’s except for 4 on Psych lawl
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s except one
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): noap[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Started some research club and chess club, treasurer for a young Democrats type thing, Mu Alpha Theta, NHS (not anymore! lol), Academic Decathlon (I don’t think this was on the app), Debate (not very involved but I was able to stress this on the app)
[] Job/Work Experience: none haha
[] Volunteer/Community service: Some volunteering at my doctor’s office, some at school
[] Summer Activities: Summer school, debate camp, selective research internship
[] Essays: Common App was decent/kinda cheesy, Required was specific to goals and programs I wanted to get into (that I did get into yay), Optional my English teacher liked when I wrote it last year
[] Teacher Recommendation: One said she wrote a good one; I’m sure they were both good
[] Counselor Rec: Good?
[] Additional Rec: Research advisor (I need to thank him)
[li] Interview: Interesting…she was interested in my heritage, which is actually pretty uninteresting. But should’ve gone well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian-American)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k-125k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Can’t think of any…

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Smart, decent writer
[] Weaknesses: Disorganized, sometimes unmotivated? In terms of admissions, majorly lacking in extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted: Research, good grades/academics, essays could’ve been considered good, if the interview had any effect it might’ve helped
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, NYU, Texas; Waitlisted: Brown, Rice, JHU, Wash U; Rejected: HPSM
[/ul]General Comments: people that were more qualified than me were waitlisted. I hope nobody takes waitlists and rejections to heart too much.

pennalum · April 3, 2010, 12:07am

You certainly seem qualified to me, Ankur . Are you thinking of choosing Penn?

chair2 · April 3, 2010, 12:36am

Decision: Rejected
School applied to: CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (780cr / 770m / 800w / 12e)
[] SAT II: 800 mathII, 790 bio-e
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 4, 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous, as always.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): see below[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): art (10x int’l/nat’l awards, 3x int’l/nat’l publications, 5x int’l/nat’l/local galleries, years of independent study, lessons, classes, workshops, city-wide activities, volunteering), varsity swimming (captain), culture club (president), service club (president), multicultural club (leader), social outreach program (president), school summer program (director), school board (elected official), yearbook (executive editor), research, and miscellaneous volunteering.
[] Job/Work Experience: a little bit, but nothing major.
[] Volunteer/Community service: worked as a TA and teacher, but nothing crazy amazing.
[] Summer Activities: art, internships, research, work, volunteering, and relaxing.
[] Essays: my commonapp was a narrative rooted in a studio experience in which i reflected on self-hate and beauty defined in the asian community, and how living against those notions influences and drives me in my artistry and life. why penn was horribly nostalgic, long, and corny, but i liked my autobiography snippet which also happened to be way too long.
[] Teacher Recommendation: presumably excellent, but i doubt they were anything jaw-dropping.
[] Counselor Rec: i’m sure this was fabulous: specific, long, lively, and stuffed with anecdotes. we get along great!
[] Additional Rec: it went with the art supplement, and it was fine–nothing special.
[li] Interview: it was actually the shortest thing ever (15 minutes!) but there wasn’t anything super special about it.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): usa
[] School Type: small, secular, suburban, competitive private.
[] Ethnicity: east asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: didn’t apply for financial aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, leadership, essays, awards, scores, and the art portfolio i submitted was really strong.
[] Weaknesses: gpa: i have 8 B’s, and i’m an ORM.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: all three of my essays were 800-900 words, and i haven’t really shown much interest.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at yale, harvard, columbia, cornell, uchicago, wustl, pomona, swarthmore, wesleyan, nyu, carnegie mellon, uiuc. rejected at stanford, brown, penn, princeton. waitlisted nowhere.
[/ul]General Comments: congrats everyone! it’s been one helluva ride here on CC. i’m confident that we create our own happiness, and that it all works out in the end. good luck!!

Whiteazn · April 3, 2010, 7:26pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400
[]SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem - 800, USH - 800, Bio - 770
[]GPA: 4.6
[]Rank: 1
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chem, Micro, Macro, USH, Calc BC, Bio, Eng Lang: 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Very good, but not amazing.
[]Recs: Same as essays
[]Summer Activities: 2 years of Sci Research, Boys State, Research internship camp, CTY
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and US Trail Orienteering team
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: See username
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Orienteering, Tennis, MUN, Mathletes, Academic Team, etc
[]Awards: Siemens Finalist, NMS Finalist, Coca-Cola Scholarship Semifinalist, Samsung American Legion Finalist, some other state/national stuff
[]Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, UPenn, Cornell, MIT
[]Waitlisted: Brown
[]Rejected: Yale (deferred early), Stanford
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Summer research def helps. Gratz to everyone who got in and good luck to waitlisters! =] [/ul]

notpretentious · April 4, 2010, 1:19am

Decision: Accepted LSM Vagelos

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):M 790, W 750, CR 740 (Superscore)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Chemistry 780, U.S. History 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (4), European History (5), Language (5), Statistics (5), Senior Year Micro/Macroeconomics, Government
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very, very hard full senior schedule with a couple of independent studying for AP tests and junior/senior level college courses at state university
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, NCTE Writing Award, a lot of awards in national debate and national business organizations (DECA, BPA)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of NHS, State President of Business Organizations, Science Olympiad, Varsity Tennis, Debate, Band, 5 year graduate of prestigious undergraduate math program
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 major internships in strategic marketing and sales, radiology, healthcare management, run own tutoring business (15 students), worked as media promotion specialist for websites and startup company
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 500 hours at local organizations, religious organizations
[] Essays: I thought they were each tailored to match the schools personality. Nicely polished.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didnt read them but I expect that they were substantially well written based on my close connection to the teachers who wrote them for me.
[] Additional Rec: I sent in three additional recommendations from my NHS advisor, my college math professor, and my college chemistry professor.
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Midwest
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Large
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): Unique combination of business with hardcore math and science? I dont know[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I sent in a video of a local news station profiling me which revealed my ability to communicate effectively I think this helped me become remembered by Admissions.
[] Weaknesses: No interview
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Im just really glad I was accepted to the program!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Vagelos LSM Program at University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins BME Program, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Minnesota, Rice; Waitlisted: None; Rejected: Stanford

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone else!!!

A_Lurker · April 4, 2010, 9:51pm

Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Bio M 720, Lit 780, U.S. History 780, Math 2 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 200
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, Physics B 5, U.S. History 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, Honors Accounting, Honors Humanities Seminar, Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): First in state for Academic Decathlon this year and last year[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon, mock trial (lead attorney), literary magazine, Art Club (treasurer), Bio Club (secretary), National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: tutoring, writing internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: science museum, NHS tutoring
[] Summer Activities: dance classes, internships, volunteering
[] Essays: I liked my autobiography page so much that I switched it with my Common App essay <3
[] Teacher Recommendation: both teachers like me a lot (:
[] Counselor Rec: probably good
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: didn’t have one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[] Gender: f
[] Income Bracket: lower middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: numbers
[] Weaknesses: supplement essays, not having anything to do with business
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: it was pretty dumb of me to apply to a business school when I show no record of interest in business XD
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted = Harvard, UChicago, rejected = Swarthmore, Princeton, MIT
[/ul]General Comments: I’m defs not a good fit, and the admissions committee did well in rejecting me. Good luck in college & life, everyone! : D

gary7 · April 5, 2010, 7:01am

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M:750 CR:740 WR:700
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: P:800 C:800 M2:770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 79/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/45
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Phy C(5,5) Chem(4) Stats(4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Indian Secondary Certificate- phy, chem, maths, english, computer science, environmental education
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

KVPY research fellowship
NTSE Scholar
3rd rank in an international programming competition
Generally good olympiad ranks in India(top 100/200)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]1. Director of Information and Broadcasting+Coordinator of Environmental Wing of a leading youth Non-Governmental Organization in India involved in grassroot level development, anti-corruption measure, and general socail upliftment in a revolutionary manner.
2. Representative of India on the Globabl Leadership Team for World Scholars Cup- Mostly engaged in organizing a regional tournament and increasing participation etc.
Rest were the usual crappy playwriting, band, etc.

[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Refer to EC 1
[] Summer Activities: Scientific camp organized for KVPY fellows.
[] Essays: I copied the same 2 essays for every college, but they were good I guess.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: From the secratory of my NGO
[] Interview: None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: lower middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Honesty, passion, thoroughness in the few activities I undertook.
[] Weaknesses: School grades, started all my essays on December 30th, non-typical applicant from a not-so-big city with <5-10 US applicants, only thought of applying abroad in junior year.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at Williams, rejected at 10 other colleges.
[/ul]General Comments: Glad I got in! Had no safeties except top Indian science and engineering colleges.
General cliched advice- Do what you like and the colleges shall like you :)

h0pp3r · April 5, 2010, 10:35am

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS + Vagelos Scholars in Molecular Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): V 740/M 800/ W 740
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Bio 750/ Chem 710/ Math II 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/ 4.5 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (school doesnt rank)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5/ Psych 4/ US Hist 3
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Phys, AP Calc BC, Organic Chem, English, Spanish, AP Stat
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Running All 3 Seasons for 3 years then got injured, Swimming Jr/Sr Yr Captain
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding 3 Summers
[] Volunteer/Community service: EMT (1000+ hours)- essays were about this, planning to do this in college, Policy Council Member of HeadStart Preschool, Hospital Volunteer, Math League Captain
[] Summer Activities: Lifeguard + EMT + EMT Class was 60 hours a week.
[] Essays: Above Average if I would rate them myself, not exceptional.
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem, Pre-Calc H, both teachers really liked me
[] Counselor Rec: I talk to him on a regular basis, he wrote me a good rec.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Great, they said it was over and then we went on a tangent and I spent an extra 30 mins with them, really covered everything I wanted.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public High School (Grades 450 Kids, about 15 kids go to top 20 schools yearly)
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Parents salary around 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Only kid in my grade to take 8 sciences, everything in my application points to a great interest in science and medicine I’m a “pointy” applicant. URM didn’t hurt either.
[] Weaknesses: Didn’t take APs of classes I wasn’t interested in, weighted GPA took a hit
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cornell (Cornell Tradition), WashU (Partial Annika Rodriguez Scholar, Amherst, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt (Cornellius Vanderbilt Scholarship), UMich
R: HY (No surprise)
[/ul]General Comments: Visited, loved it, want to go here but attempting to get more money to match offers from other colleges.

HongLong86 · April 5, 2010, 2:21pm

ACCEPTED! (Wharton)

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400 (second try, NOT superscore)
[]SAT II: 790 (Math II), 750 (Chemistry), 680 (USH)
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 4.46 (W), 3.9 (UW)
[]Rank: 3/519
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 (09): 100.5; AP: two 5s and several 4s
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Wrote essay about origin of my name and starting FBLA / PBL at Penn.
[]Recs: Excellent (4.5/5 most likely)
[]Supplementary Material: Abstracts of scientific research, supplemental recs.
[]Summer Activities: 09: Boys State; 08: Job (Vector Marketing, university math tutor)
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Intel STS Semifinalist, Intel ISEF 09 Finalist, National JSHS 3 year Finalist, 39 science fair awards, 22 speech and debate awards, several national level Student Congress awards (including Arkansas State Champion) Arkansas ACLU Essay Contest 1st Place, National Merit Finalist, AIME Qualified
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Arkansas
[]High School Type: Inner City Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian (xP)
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Debate (4 years total, 2 year Captain), Science Fair (39 total awards), FBLA (District Vice President), Mayor’s Youth Council (Treasurer), Jr. Civitan (Treasurer), Mathletes, Model UN (Founder and President), Ark. Symphony Youth Orchestra (1st Violin, 3rd Chair)
[]Awards: See above.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ISEF and science fair experience, starting MUN at my school, FBLA.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Cant wait till Campus Preview Days! [/ul]

bluewatermelon · April 5, 2010, 7:16pm

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Wharton

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 750 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 55555555544433
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: tough
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook Editor In Chief, Science Bowl, MAO Club, Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital service work
[] Summer Activities: Travel.
[] Essays: Horrible.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Okay
[] Counselor Rec: Okay
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Did not have one.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Competitive
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT
[] Weaknesses: EC’S
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NOOO idea!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accept at Princeton., Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown Reject at Harvard and Yale.
[/ul]General Comments: So… Wharton or Princeton… I can’t make this decision… somebody help me! It’s too difficult :(

123456789jenna · April 7, 2010, 9:47pm

accepted seas!!

Judill · April 9, 2010, 12:12am

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Wharton (Wharton Scholar)

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2320 CR: 720 M: 800 W: 800</li>
<li>ACT: n/a</li>
<li>SAT II: Chemistry: 760 Math I: 790 Math II: 780</li>
<li>Weighted GPA (out of 100): 102.84</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/171</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Theatre Arts SL (5) (still waiting for the rest)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mathletes (President), Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Science Olympiads (President), Odyssey of the Mind (President), HS Theatre Group (Leading Actor), Spanish Honor Society (President), National Honor Society, NYS Science Honor Society</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: n/a</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Math/SAT Tutoring</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Research project at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan (past 2 summers)</li>
<li>Essays: About my first leading role in a musical, and my father</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great recommendations from my Chem and English teachers.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great rec.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: A recommendation from the Math Department Chair at my school and another from my mentor at Sloan Kettering.</li>
<li>Interview: Decent interview.</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NY</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): USA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Grades, ECs, scores, supplements</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Could’ve done more volunteer work</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hooks, involvement in school?</li>
</ul>

Also got into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, NYU Stern.

Djokovic · April 10, 2010, 12:31pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (Superscore breakdown): Math 790 Critical Reading 750 Writing 800 (9 E) ** 2340**
[li] SAT I (Best Single breakdown): Math 790 Critical Reading 750 Writing 720 (11 E) ** 2260**[/li][li] SAT II: Math II 800 Physics 790 Biology M 780[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li][] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd out of 548 so top .5%?
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): [/li]Biology 5
World History 5
Calcu BC 5
Physics B 5
Environmental Sci 5
Macro econ 5 and AP Micro Econ 5
English Language 5

[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load:

English 110/111
Advanced Engineering Physics
ROP FIRST Robotics
Political Science 101 (city college)
Multi-variable Calculus (MATH 200)
IB Economics HL
-Boys Tennis

[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Regional Science Bowl Winner and Natl Qualifier (2x years), Economics Challenge State Champ. And 2nd in Western Regionals, FIRST Robotics Regional Finalist in San Diego and Winner at Los Angeles (Motorla Quality Award and Engineering Inspiration Award), and Towbes Honors Scholar ($7500 merit scholarship)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Bowl, Economics Team, Boys Tennis, FIRST Robotics, Math Club, and Piano achievement programs.
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid Internship at UCSB for Economics and Engineering
[] Volunteer/Community service: Cottage Hospital Volunteer (240+ hours)
[] Summer Activities: Look at Job/Work Experience
[] Essays: Wrote as passionately but genuinely as I possibly could
[] Teacher Recommendation: Only saw one and it was full of praise
[] Counselor Rec: Never read it. But I think it was good considering my counselor is retiring and says I am one of her all time best.
[] Additional Rec: nope, not that cool
[li] Interview: Great! The guy was more stoic than I was and he was almost late to pick up his kids because we were talking for so long.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese (Asian Permanent Resident)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 140k + (With assets about 700k which really killed any chance for FinAid)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely NONE. Being Asian sucks[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Rank, GPA, Awards
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, trying to stand out enough on essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my SAT scores were a tad too low for an Asian male. Maybe my senior course load could have been more rigorous? I am not really sure where to pin point. It was probably my SAT scores
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Caltech, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and UCSB.
Waitlisted: Princeton, Harvard, UPenn, Cornell, Stanford
Rejected: MIT
[/ul]General Comments:
I came up short in a lot of places, but I tried my best in high school so it’s all good. Caltech here I come!

tethys · April 23, 2010, 6:52am

Decision: Accepted
School applied to:CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2230
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 math 2. 780 bio.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.8. The weird thing is that my second semester senior year GPA so far (4.0) is the highest I’ve ever gotten in HS.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not sure. Probably only around 5% or so
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH-4 Statistics-4 Lang-4 Biology-5 Chinese-5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB art (not out yet, probably 6/7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, IB art year 2, AP Econ, Ap Lit, AP Chem
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NAHS (arts honor society) and bunches of art related activities (yes, that’s all)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community service for 3.5 years in HS
[] Summer Activities: Art camp in France
[] Essays: Okay bordering on bad
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Probably bad
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: International school (American based)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: can afford college…
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none. Though my parents never completed anything past high school, my older sister did go to college.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Artistic, well rounded in academics
[] Weaknesses: Haven’t been motivated in high school (found the course work a bit easy, so I never actually spent more than an hour at home each day on schoolwork… hence the non 4.0)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably the art portfolio
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Yale (as expected), Wait listed at Cornell Arch, accepted at Pratt, Parsons, Rice, Syracuse, Northeastern (yes, I applied because my counselor assumed I wouldn’t get into any of my colleges. I regret listening to her.)
[/ul]General Comments:
I applied to UPenn expecting not to get in. Only one other girl got into UPenn at my HS and I think she applied ED.
Already paid the deposit and all, but I’m a bit unsure of what to do because I want to go into M Arch. There are so many requirements and requires around 6-7 years as opposed to the 5 year B Arch and M Arch that some other colleges offer.

As for unrelated ranting… When I told my HS counselor I was going to apply to UPenn, Yale, Cornell, Rice she said “You know, those schools are too hard to get into. You don’t really have a chance, unless I write a really good recommendation for you! Then maybe you’ll get in.” Does she not realize that counselor recommendations are mostly to check if you have any mental issues? That and she forced Northeastern as a safety for me (other classmates put NE as a safety with a 3.2-3.4 GPA). So, for future HS seniors, don’t take what your counselor says TOO seriously (unless they actually know what they’re doing :P).

Dgarcia17 · April 27, 2010, 3:14pm

You know what the true problem is…The Ivy League is in the posistion to do whatever they want. They mostly accept people based on race, money, threat(joking) and etc. You can be one of the most academically proficient student around and still get no easily get rejected as any other two cent moron who applies on a limb. Ask yourself one question: when you fill out these application do you present yourself or some ingenious, overachieving robot?

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