* University of Pennsylvania Class of 2015 Official RD Decisions Thread *

rainbowdazzle · March 30, 2011, 6:50pm

The official facebook page for the class of 2015: [Official</a> UPenn Class of 2015 Group | Facebook](<a href=“http://www.Penn2015.com%5DOfficial”>http://www.Penn2015.com)
Run by Upperclassmen and PHINS (Peers Helping Incoming New Students) faculty

nattilee · March 30, 2011, 7:10pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 total [ 620 math; 800 reading]
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 750 biology, 750 literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): biology 5, ushistory 5, psycholog 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 3 DEs, 2 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE!
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Impromptu Team Captain
[ *] Job/Work Experience: IHOP, Daycare
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Food bank, a year
[ *] Summer Activities: Girls state
[ *] Essays: Great apparently
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: probably crap
[ *] Counselor Rec: see above
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: most certainly
[ *] Intended Major: undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): virginia
[ *] Country (if international applicant): usa
[ *] School Type: public rural
[ *] Ethnicity: WHITE
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: <20,000 i.e. really poor
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen maybe
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essay?, also questbridge scholar
[ *] Weaknesses: everything
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: ITS A MIRACLE
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] I DONT BELIEVE ITTTTTTTTTTTTT !!!

asphalt · March 30, 2011, 7:18pm

Decision: Accepted
SEAS. Check other posts for stats.

smiley1633 · March 30, 2011, 7:21pm

Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (760 M, 620 CR, 670 W)
[] ACT: 34 (36 M, 34 R, 33 E, 33 W)
[] SAT II: 790 Chem, 770 Math II, 650 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.7/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~180
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Stats (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Government and Politics, English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leadership Club, Mentoring (head mentor), Spanish Club (president), National Honor Society, Math Team, Soccer, Swim Team (captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: worked on my dads commercial fishing boat during the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at local hospital in the summer for 4 years, other community service through my school
[] Essays: learning about my dads influence on me through working on fishing boat
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: I though it went really well. The best out of all of my interviews.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Health and Societies
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: ~150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, ACT, I don’t know if it helped or not, but I really showed interest in Penn. I emailed the Health and Societies program director, etc., etc.
[] Weaknesses: SAT and Bio SAT II (I thought these would kill me)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no idea. Penn has always been my number one choice, but with all my incredible options right now, I don’t know how I’m gonna choose.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Accepted: Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Brown
Waitlisted: Dartmouth
Rejected: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, Duke

chillgen · March 30, 2011, 7:45pm

The Selection Committee has carefully reviewed your application for admission to the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 2015, and although we are unable to offer you admission at this time, you have been placed on our Waiting List.

This year a record number of candidates applied for 2,400 places in the freshman class. Among them were a small number of individuals like yourself who presented an interesting personal profile and could make a contribution to the University community, and yet could not be included in the class at this time. Please use the Online Reply link in the left column before May 1st indicating if you wish to remain on the Waiting List.

Although it is not possible to predict whether an offer of admission will become available, last year Penn did admit approximately 100 students from the Waiting List. You should, however, secure a place at another institution prior to the May 1 reply date.

On behalf of the admissions staff, I want to thank you for your patience and continued interest in the University of Pennsylvania.

Stats will come shortly.

InvisibleMonster · March 30, 2011, 7:47pm

Decision: Accepted to CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (790 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: 790 USH, 770 Spanish, 740 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~470 (2 at time of app, 1 on midyear report)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Spanish, US History, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science A, and Calculus BC
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible. AP Physics C, AP Euro, AP Spanish Lit, Adv Software Development H, English IV H, a business class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (national winner in my event, secretary, VP), Schools for Schools (VP), independent writing
[] Job/Work Experience: 35 hours/week this year at a real-estate office doing data processing and a little bit of writing/editing
[] Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutor, hospital volunteer
[] Summer Activities: FBLA Nationals, summer classes, volunteering
[] Essays: Common app was strong, about my interest in language and my sexuality…Penn essay was pretty good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: “best in 19 years”…second one was also strong
[] Counselor Rec: “bordering genius” lol
[] Additional Rec: Nope
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public that rarely sends students to top schools
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <30K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation/low income[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, rank, essays
[] Weaknesses: Not the most outstanding ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: ESSAYS AND RECS!
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Duke (likely letter/merit scholarship finalist), UChicago (EA), Northwestern, Georgetown, Boston College (Honors Program). Waitlisted at Brown. Rejected from Yale and Columbia (deferred ED).[/ul]
General Comments: I’m so incredibly grateful!

chocho777 · March 30, 2011, 7:55pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770M 770R 730W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 750 Math II 720 U.S. History 660 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/268
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 U.S.H., 5 Calculus AB, 5 English Language, 5 Euro, 3 Spanish Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Physics B, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Statistics, English Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A.P. Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club, Red Cross Club, Varsity Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Founder/President of Academic Booster Club Plus (raised over $200,000), etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: About 10 hours per week at two different jobs.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours in conjunction with the Homeless Education Liaison Program and the local Kiwanis Club
[] Summer Activities: Boys’ State, West Point Summer Leaders’ Seminar, etc.
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Bad
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[] School Type: Small Public (Never sends kids to Ivies)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ,$60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: G.P.A./Rank
[] Weaknesses: A lot
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not extraordinary enough.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, and UPenn (Wharton), Waitlisted at UChicago, Accepted at Georgetown EA, Swarthmore (Early Write).[/li][/ul]General Comments: This sucks. My friend is going to Harvard on a likely and he got a 1910 on the SAT and sub-par grades, but he can run… And I got swept by the Ivies. Worst day of my life.

Athene · March 30, 2011, 8:01pm

Decision: Accepted to WHARTON!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 CR:700 Math: 800 Writing: 750
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Math 800 Chem 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.65/4.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/600
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB, Chem, US history, World history, English
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: a nice balance of APs and electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Coca Cola, Salutatorian, AP Scholar with Distinction, Crystal Youth Award, Hei Hua Essay Winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis Captain, CIF, My company, Real Estate, Board game club, Online business simulation
[] Job/Work Experience: Tennis coaching, math tutoring, grading
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local hospital, Tennis head assistant coach
[] Summer Activities: Tennis Head assistant coach, Went abroad to help in a Medical clinic
[] Essays: I liked them
[] Teacher Recommendation: Stellar
[] Counselor Rec: Never read
[] Additional Rec: Amazing, from tennis coach
[] Interview: Flawless
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Over 100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Solid business experience, GPA
[] Weaknesses: ORM?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My business experience probably played a pivotal role in my acceptance.
[/ul]General Comments: I am completely STOKED! I am so excited and never expected this! Congrats everyone!

muzicjunki4 · March 30, 2011, 8:06pm

Decision: Accepted to CAS

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take

ACT: 31
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I have no idea. Out of 17, though.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take
IB (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take
Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible. Honors Physics , Honors Calculus, Honors English, Spanish III, Advanced Computers, Sociology and Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity volleyball and varsity basketball (co-captain of both), Clarinet (first chair), played for nine years. Lots of music stuff

Job/Work Experience: Daycamp counselor for three summers
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Working. Lamenting working.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
Additional Rec: Nope
Interview: Didn’t have one
</code></pre>

Other

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

Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private Christian, everyone goes to BJU.
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Waaaay down low.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, sister is a sophomore
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: URM, I LIKED MY SCORES, DANGIT!

Weaknesses: ESSAY. Probably the worst I’ve ever written.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:Rejected everywhere else, basically. Accepted Boston College, NYU.
</code></pre>

General Comments: I’M SO RELIEVED. I was crying my eyes out before I even checked. THANK YOU, PENN!

ANTIDRAMAQUEEN · March 30, 2011, 8:08pm

@antidramaqueen: your son should seriously consider both Pomona and Penn over Tufts - at the very least, both offer a more talented student body. His love for Tufts and Somerville, however deeply he feels that now, will fade or change as he progresses through college. I urge him to re-visit Penn at the very least and see how he feels.

@IvyLeaguer11: Nah, if he is representative of the Tufts student body, he (we) cannot imagine a more talented student body. He loves the foreign language emphasis and international focus, the students he knows there, Boston, access to full professors teaching classes, etc. We think he chose well. Pomona and Brown were tied for second, so nice that he had a clear first.

He felt the vibe kind of whiny and spoiled at Penn and too pre-professional. This is a kid who thinks out of the box.

Enjoy Penn!

impetuous · March 30, 2011, 8:15pm

Decision: Waitlisted

I’ll probably going to Brown, but I really liked Penn as well. Congrats to all those accepted! :)

theblusrstillblu · March 30, 2011, 8:20pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 33 Composite, 34 Superscore (35 E, 32 M, 34 R, 33 S, 10 Essay)
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 52/555
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB, Calc BC, Physics B (3), Bio, Eng Lang (4), Eng Lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Math Honor Society, Calc BC, Eng Lit AP, Bio AP, Jazz Band, Journalism (Took Econ and Political Science over the summer at city college)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Haha no.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Varsity Letters Cross Country, 4 Varsity Letters Swim Team, 3 varsity letters Water Polo, Newspaper Editor/Senior Reporter, Jazz Band, 11 years playing piano
[] Job/Work Experience: 6 Months of clerical work.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Random Stuff, but 235 hours!
[] Summer Activities: Variety, Jr. Lifeguards, Jazz Seminars, Volunteer Work, Classes
[] Essays: Two of my better ones.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Only saw 1 and it was quite glowing
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[] Interview?: Nope

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: English
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: I honestly don’t know
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Being involved in lots of stuff.
[] Weaknesses: Class rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This I don’t know.
[] Other Decisions: Accepted: Wellesley, Scripps, BU, NYU, U San Francisco, Hunter, Hartwick, Sarah Lawrence, Fordham, American WL: Macaulay Honors Rejected: Columbia, Yale, UPenn, Tufts Pending: Barnard

[/ul]General Comments:: :(

onimpulse · March 30, 2011, 8:26pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR 690 M 800 W
[] ACT: Didn’t Take
[] SAT II: 750 U.S. History, 760 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unsure, but my average is 95%
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/92
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, History 12, Comparative Civilizations 12, Guitar 11, Theatre Performance 12, Calculus 12, Literature 12, Christian Education 12, ICT 11
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir, Concert Choir, Theatrical Activity, Yearbook, Light Volunteer Work, Student Council, Graduation Committee
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Minor Charity Work
[] Summer Activities: Summer School
[] Essays: Quite risky but straightforward and honest
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: History/Theatre
[] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada (but U.S. Citizen)
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Filipino
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Unsure but not a lot
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): So far as I can tell, none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays.
[] Weaknesses: Lack of meaningful extracurricular focus
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My essays and recommendations probably carried me through. Still, this decision seems, to me at least, undeserved. I am greatly humbled by the acceptance and will, over the next four years, put in my best work at Penn.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Astonished that I got in.

brownman23 · March 30, 2011, 9:01pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 superscore <a href=“720%20CR,%20770%20M,%20800%20W”>i</a>*
[li] ACT: 35 C <a href=“35%20E,%2036%20M,%2036%20R,%2033%20S,%209%20Essay”>i</a>[/li][li] SAT II: 800 MathII, 780 Chem, 770 USH, 740 Bio-M[/li][] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/335 (Lowered to 9 after mid-year)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 <a href=“Bio,%20Chem,%20Calc%20BC,%20AB%20subscore,%20USH”>i</a>
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t have IB program
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, Hon Span 5 (no AP available), hardest possible
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF —> NMF?, none really[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [list]
[li] Math Club (Captain)[/li][] Recycling Club (Secretary)
[] Computer Club (Treasurer)
[] Varsity Track & Field
[] Chess Club
[] Amnesty International
[] Research at university[/ul]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Summer Research Internship[/li][] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital and Religious – 530 total hours
[] Summer Activities: Research Internship
[] Essays:[ul]
[] CommonApp - Decent, it was about how/why I love science. 
[] Supplements – [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read, but should’ve been good
[] Counselor Rec: Never read, but had to be general…new counselor this year
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview:

[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Medium sized, sends a few to Ivy’s and top colleges
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: EFC was $5000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[list]
[] Accepted – Johns Hopkins
[] Waitlisted – WUSTL, Rice, Duke, Dartmouth
[] Rejected – Stanford (REA), Yale, Princeton, Penn
[] Still waiting on Harvard, but probably rejected[/ul]

[/list]General Comments:

turbulence144 · March 30, 2011, 9:13pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 total- 760 M 710 CR 660 Writing (took them once)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:750 M 710 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/502
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): never submitted but 5-Euro, 5-EngLang/Comp
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Stat, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mathletes, Future Engineers Club, National Honor Society, Community Service Corps
[] Job/Work Experience: hours and hours and hours of tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: hours and hours and hours of Catholic services
[] Summer Activities: tutoring, People to People
[] Essays: quite lovely, about awkward situations abroad
[] Teacher Recommendation: written by a nationally recognized math teacher
[] Counselor Rec: not a clue
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: great, the interviewer loved me
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major:… i forget…
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic/large for a Catholic school/ general admission…not elite
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 60,000-70,000 range
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first gen college, gay
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: im just a charming young man
[] Weaknesses: i was too lazy to take the SATs more than once
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: uhhh… got me. i was expecting rejection 100%
[/ul]General Comments: considering Temple still… Penn is too much money

smile99 · March 30, 2011, 9:14pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M 800 CR 770 W (2370)
[] ACT: Did not take
[li] SAT II: 800 US History, 730 Math II[/li]
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc BC, 5 English Language, 5 US History, 5 World History, 4 Physics B
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Four AP’s and one college math course.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Generic music/volunteering/newspaper EC’s. I devoted a good amount of time to them and had leadership positions (not major though) in a few.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours
[] Essays: Common app essay was excellent; reviewed by my parents, friends, and a few others. Penn supplement was okay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, probably quite good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Fine, I think I left a good impression.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $100-120,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, common app essay. My Penn supplement was fair too.
[] Weaknesses: Normal EC’s, no major awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t stand out in any particular way.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UChicago, Dartmouth, and a few other schools.

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone accepted to their dream schools! To others who are disappointed with this process, know that college admissions is really, really subjective. Some of it is definitely based on luck; the process is oftentimes unfair and unpredictable. You’re still who you were yesterday despite the decision. Don’t let random admissions people change how you see yourself.

20more · March 30, 2011, 9:31pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2380 800-780-800
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800-800-780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP: School does not offer but all 5s
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very Challenging
[] Major Awards: NMF, AIME That is it
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see
[] Counselor Rec: Did not see
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: Midwest
[] School Type: One of the best
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks: Not even close
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: None
[] Weaknesses: Everything
[/ul]General Comments: Rejected from HYP and Waitlisted from Dartmouth, Penn in 10 Minutes. Wow!!!

Iheartschool12 · March 30, 2011, 9:38pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 670, R: 640, W: 690 = 2000
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II: 760, USH: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 3.9W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), APLit, APEuro, APCalc
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most Demanding
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded a non-profit, raising 35k+ and currently send 10 students in South Africa to go to University. [Seattle</a> South African Scholarship Foundation | SSASF](<a href=“http://www.ssasf.org%5DSeattle”>http://www.ssasf.org) Varsity Track 4 years and Captain
[] Job/Work Experience: Nordstrom Employee, TIPS Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ Hours at a Seattle shelter
[] Summer Activities: Interned, Volunteerism
[] Essays: Common App: wrote about the dichotomy between Muslims and Americans. Brown Supplement: Wrote a piece based on Finnegans Wake
[] Teacher Recommendation: Supposedly they were good, according to my counselor.
[] Counselor Rec: “Glowing”
[] Additional Rec: I don’t know if they got it. It was supposed to be very good
[] Interview: Went very well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, Jesuit
[] Ethnicity: Asian…
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: A lot, 300,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely nothing[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs and probably a little nudge from legacy
[] Weaknesses: STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES ARE REALLY BAD
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Denied because of my horrid SAT scores, I wished I was given a chance to be waitlisted… oh well
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Berkeley, UCLA, UW, Cornell Waitlisted: Tufts, Boston College Rejected: Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, Brown , UPenn[/ul][/li]General Comments:

Congratulations to everyone that got in! Wouldve liked the opportunity to attend. This decision season was hard on me. But, I got into Cornell. I am so glad they saw something in me.

johannes1430 · March 30, 2011, 9:39pm

Decision: Accepted to SEAS

Objective[ul]
[] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770PHY
[] GPA: 57.9/60
[] Rank: top 5 / 100
[] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC
[] Senior year course load: Sciency & nerdy
[li] Awards: NHS[/ul][/li]
Subjective[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer (Co-captain), Varsity Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Club Nordic, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[] Work experience: Part-time salesman @ Electronics store
[] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior & senior years
[] Essays: Genuine, awkward and decent
[] Teacher recommendations: One short & awesome, one long & mundane, one unknown
[] Counselor recommendation: Short and fantastic!
[li] Interview: No[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Applied for financial aid?: No
[] Intended major: Undecided engineering
[] Country: Norway FTW!
[] School type: Socialist (public) + 1 year private abroad
[] Ethnicity: 100.00% Scandinavian
[] Gender: XY
[] Income bracket: $150-180k
[] Hooks: Underrepresented nationality…?![/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATIIs, Well-roundedness of ECs & academic interests
[] Weaknesses: SATs, Volunteer work
[] Why do you think you were accepted: See hooks + strengths…!!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted by Columbia, Penn, Wesleyan, Tufts, Carleton, F&M, Boston U, Carnegie Tech and Bard. Waitlisted by Colby. Rejected by Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Dartmouth, Berkeley and Northwestern. Waiting for Amherst.[/ul]

General comments: Split between Columbia and Penn, and Wesleyan a little bit. Amherst still around the corner…

_Clover · March 30, 2011, 9:48pm

Decision: Accepted to CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 Superscored (730 CR, 740 M, 740 W)
[] ACT: 34 English, 32 Math, 33 Reading, 33 Science, essay 10
[] SAT II: 800 Spanish, 780 Math II, 770 Bio-M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted scores but didn’t send them
[] Senior Year Course Load: A1 English HL, A1 Spanish SL, Chemistry HL, Biology HL, Math HL, Economics SL, TOK.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Lead artist for school newspaper, drawing artist in community art club, short story writing (published by local university press), staff and critique group of school’s literary magazine, co-admin of graphic design website, swimming team.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Society
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: I wrote about a life-changing experience that I had 8 years ago in the Chinese countryside. I personally loved it.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read it
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but must have been generic.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Chile
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Probably my main common app essay and some of my ECs
[] Weaknesses: My UPenn supplement. I was pretty average in all the rest.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Because I worked very hard and overcame great obstacles just to get this =)
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UChicago, UCLA, and nowhere else because I withdrew my apps…[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was 100% prepared to receive a rejection letter… uhh I’ve never seen myself as being too outstanding, so actually being accepted feels incredible. It totally boosted by self confidence and my motivation to work harder in college =) Good luck to everyone, do your best!

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