<p>Hey guys. I was accepted to Penn Class of 2014. I have a question. On the online reply page where it says either “I Accept” or “I Do not Accept” I’ve accepted the offer. It says that my enrollment deposit fee was waived. A screen does appear immediately after I hit submit which says that it confirmed my enrollment; however, when I refresh the Online Reply page after that, it still seems as if I need to submit again. Is this a problem? My Housing Application seems to have been submitted perfectly. But I have not received any email confirming my enrollment.
Has anyone experienced a problem like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!</p>
<p>Don’t worry, it did that when I pushed the reply in december. Just go back the the applicant portal to make sure it has the fee checked off (I think it still would even if it was waived).</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 Math, 680 Reading, 740 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: US History (760), World History (710), Spanish (490) lol
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist (5), US History (5), Government (5), English (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Unusual…decided to graduate midway through junior year. had to take alot of not honors courses
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Hispanic Scholar</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): …lots of academic clubs, dance, writing, volunteer work
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kennel technician at dog boarding kennel
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of church related activities
[</em>] Summer Activities: …reading?
[<em>] Essays: Pretty sure my essays are what set me apart. Didn’t have anyone look at them, but writing is just my gig
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Wonderful! They were so personal and really representative of my accomplishments as a student.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to see it, but I’m sure it was very nice. I needed alot of help from my counselor b/c I had graduated early.
[</em>] Interview: Went relatively well</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX…are there any other texans that have gotten in? Surely there have to be but I haven’t noticed any yet
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Definitely the essays and teacher recs, my high school grades, the fact that I graduated a year early? The fact that I’m Latina 
[</em>] Weaknesses: Haha my SAT Subject Spanish scores. Really my SAT scores in general.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hispanic, essays, early graduation
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: </p>
<p>Can’t wait to see everyone there! Honestly can’t believe I got in. Everyone sounds so darn impressive!</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS and BFS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 740 M, 720 W)<br>
ACT:
SAT II: 780 US History, 750 Lit, 740 Spanish, 700 Math II (didn’t study for math, bad idea lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 unweighted, 4.61 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1 out of 300
AP (place score in parenthesis): five 5’s
IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 in Psych, i take the rest this year
Senior Year Course Load: IB Physics HL, IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB Spanish HL, IB History HL, IB Env Sci SL, TOK, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Wendy’s High School Heismen State Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Harvard Book Award, Renesslaer Math Medal, William and Mary Leadership Award, Bank of America Student Leader, District winner and regional runner up in American Legion Oratorical Contest, state participant in track and cross country, crosscountry district champ 2 years (junior senior )in a row and runner up 2 years in a row, numerous track district titles, numerous regional runner ups in track and cross country, Semi-Finalist in Ayn Rand Essay Contest, Jefferson Scholar Finalist, Governor’s Spanish Academy Participant</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS (president), Cross country (captain), IB Leadership Team (Treasurer), Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Odyssey of the Mind, Superintendent’s Advisory Board, Kid’s on the Block, Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation, Pastoral Nominating Committee, Mission Study, Tutoring (Volunteer), Vacation Bible School (Music Leader), Track, Piano, Violin, Organ, Handbells, Venture Crew
Job/Work Experience: Medi-claim (Medical patient filing)
Volunteer/Community service: hundreds of hours, don’t have an exact number
Summer Activities: Full immersion spanish program, work, philmont, running camp, volunteering
Essays: I feel like my essays were the strongest portion of my application and what got me into Penn as a BFS (Benjamin Franklin Scholar)
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview: average? lol I’m not sure, we talked about Avatar most of the time</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (and over 90% minorities)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, except possibly that I come from a very low income area with a school that’s like all minorites, but I’m not sure if colleges care about that or not</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Very well rounded, with academics, community service, athletics, and music
Weaknesses: I fail to be one of those super people with 2400 SAT scores who have created their own businesses and spend their summers in Africa building houses and water wells. I felt like I was the average candidate applying to these schools, with nothing that really stood out.
Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck, well-rounded, strong essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>Accepted: UNC Chapel Hill, UVA, Emory, Davidson, Mary Washington, Penn
Rejected: Stanford</p>
<p>twoodard - After reading your ECs and stats, I’m humbled that I got into both SEAS and BFS as well. We both have our strengths, but I think your application must have blown mine out of the water!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 (Math), 800 (CR), 780 (W)
[ *] ACT:35
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):Math II (800), World History (760), Biology (800), Chemistry (790)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank… even though i know i am not in the top 5%, i am probably in the top 10%.
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), World History (5), Biology (5), English Lang (4), US History (5), AP Stats (5), AP Gov (Pending), AP Euro (Pending), AP Physics B (Pending), AP Calc BC (Pending), AP English Lit (Pending), AP Spanish (Pending)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Euro, AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Spanish & Marine Biology Elective
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude, NHS, Washington & Lee Book Award
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis, Yearbook, Newspaper
[ *] Job/Work Experience: no
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring (~100 hours)
[ *] Essays: about my research experience in Tanzania
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Biology and Calc teachers
[ *] Counselor Rec: My college counselors
[ *] Additional Rec: the doctor i traveled to tanzania with
[ *] Interview:no
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[ *] Intended Major:Biochemistry (Pre-Med)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private Prep school
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian (South Asian)
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: High
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):???
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: my SATs i guess
[ *] Weaknesses:my GPA, took too many hard courses
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Best of luck… i will be attending in the fall!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800CR, 760M, 800W)
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Chem, 790 Bio M, 790 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/750
AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s: Bio, World Hist, Chem, Phys B, Calc BC, USH, Eng Lang (and after senior year: Macro, Micro, Euro, Eng Lit, Phys C - Mech, Phys C - EM, Psych, Stats, Gov all 5s)
Senior Year Course Load: Honor Band, AP: Macro, Micro, Psych, US Gov, Eng Lit, Stats, Phys C, Euro Hist
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band (squad leader, 3rd best in state), Concert band (4yr first chair, played in Carnegie Hall), Individual music (1st chair All-State band, state outstanding soloist), church activities, NHS, science fair 3yr
Job/Work Experience: (paid!) research internship at research hospital
Volunteer/Community service: over 1000hours in self-founded organization that raised ~$900,000 to $1 million for non-profits; church and school community service
Summer Activities: did community service & job after junior year
Essays: not that great in retrospect
Teacher Recommendations: they both liked me
Counselor Rec: don’t really know her
Interview: none</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle-class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: high mid-level achievements in several areas, like academics, community service, and music
Weaknesses: I don’t feel my essays were too strong, and I think I could have let myself shine through them a bit more
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had done well academically (why I got into Vagelos mls) and was involved in some other stuff
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Penn, Northwestern, WashU, UT, Notre Dame
Waitlisted (then rejected): Harvard, MIT, Columbia
Rejected: Stanford, Princeton, Yale</p>
<p>General Comments: Red and Blue!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 760 math 800 CR 800 W
[</em>] ACT: Did not take.
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II 800 U.S 800 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/984
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: bio, Chem, u.s, euro, comp sci, eng lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap econ, ap spanish, ap art history, ap psych, ap u.s gov, ap eng lit, ap comp gov(self study micro) taking some community college classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): typical awards and a few prestigious law awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Business Company President/Founder
Began successful with copresidents made a lot of $ in stocks, got 30 employees(other students) expanded some accounts, gave a lot to charities ( :[ ) traveled across u.s, getting my name out there. Attending board meetings and such took up most of my time in 11th grade.
Law Internship
Prestigious Goldman Internship in Los Angeles( one summer)
UFC Los Angeles City silver medalist in plenty of compeitions, funnest thing to do beside school.
Worked at the DA of Los Angeles doing grunt work
Moot Court Captain and Founder- Brought team to state championship consumes a lot of my dam time, won a lot of medals, met some really cool people
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internships, attended conferenced across u.s of business and some law, stock market
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500 hours at district attorneys office
[<em>] Summer Activities: intern at prestigious law firm, helping build my own business, business/law classes at community college, UFC
[</em>] Essays: cool like me
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: everyone likes me haha
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: great</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, Huge
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: less than 30k, but i brought in some nice income myself
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Ec’s, UFC valedictorian</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: life
[</em>] Weaknesses: im too handsome, gets in the way of my studies…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly, i was expecting it
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted; harvard, dartmouth,cornell, berkeley, coloumbia
[/ul]General Comments: attending wharton</p>
<p>my sat was actually 2360*</p>
<p>@whartongrad2014.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to be offensive or anything but how do you live in California and survive on an income of 30k. That is well below the poverty line, especially in a state with such a high standard of living.</p>
<p>don’t feed the ■■■■■…</p>
<p>ok, yeah in retrospect that makes sense, his stats seemed just a little too great, and why in the world would he post this in august. The scary part is that there really are people out there with such outstanding apps, makes me feel like I don’t have a chance.</p>
<p>^ haha yeah, I know what you mean. luckily, universities understand potential!</p>
<p>income is less than 30k but there is money in the bank</p>
<p>pm me if u have questions so i can assure u i am not a ■■■■■</p>
<p>haha, yeah your not a ■■■■■, how do you handle traveling across the country getting your name out there and taking 7 AP courses with community college courses, you are obviously a ■■■■■, or a superhuman</p>
<p>community college classes were the summer before 12th, but on my transcripts it has it has fall semester of 12th grade… most of the ap’s i took have easy teachers so its about 4 hours a day max? but everyone does bad on the exams but thats not a prob for me cause i was a senior. that explains my workload i guess</p>
<p>Wow Wharton2014, did you have normal childhood. are you a real kid or superhuman? What about having fun?</p>
<p>hes a typical ■■■■■, im surprised at how gullible you all can be.</p>
<p>Does anybody else think that 75% of the posters here are full of it?</p>