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

clx123 · March 31, 2011, 10:42am

Decision: Accepted w/Likely Letter

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 800, CR: 780, W: 770
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: MathII: 800, Bio: 760, Chem: 750, Physics: 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): our school doesn’t do unweighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top percent of my class of ~680
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Calc BC, Chem, APUSH, Euro, Stat, Bio, Physics B, 3 in French lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Compsci, AP Lit, AP Physics C, Advanced Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Odyssey of the Mind (Co-founder/Pres), Math League (Secretary for 2 years, then President), Varsity Tennis, Academic Team, SciOly, Piano since forever
[] Job/Work Experience: Physics stuff w/my dad
[] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years at a hospital
[] Summer Activities: CTY, Vacations, Health Care Governor’s School, Summer school lolol
[] Essays: I thought my Common app was okay, but I really really liked my Penn essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: good, i’m sure
[] Counselor Rec: glowing
[] Additional Rec: good, I assume
[] Interview: never had one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended Major: physics and premed
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: medium/large public, Penn accepts a few of us every year
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): interest in Physics? 
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: course load and grades, for sure
[] Weaknesses: i’m a pretty generic applicant: average SAT II scores and extracurricular activities, especially for an Asian
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i talked a lot with my admissions officer, tried in school, and wrote decent essays. 
[/ul]General Comments:
i think the admissions process was very fair to me and i’m so thankful!

for upper-target/reach schools, let loose with your essays. for penn, mine was about how i suck at dancing and that i throw myself onto my bed and scream into my pillow like a three-year old when i’m frustrated. that being said, you still have to market yourself well.

congratulations and good luck to everyone! and thanks to everyone on CC for all their help.

jengajenga117 · March 31, 2011, 10:53am

ACCEPTED!! Will post later. Debating between Penn, Dartmouth, Brown, Cal, and Vanderbilt. But leaning towards Penn!!

Engineeringman10 · March 31, 2011, 11:32am

I am wondering if Ill get into UPenn I have a 32 ACT and im ranked 4/300 in a school known for sending about 10 kids a year to ivies
I have a 32 ACT and a 750 chem SAT2 My GPA is weighted at 4.75 and unweighted at 3.92 I am a legacy at UPENN and I have a wide range of extracurriculars
-french club officer
-fbla officer and state qualifier
-science league competitor
-peer mentor
-heroes and cool kids
-varsity hockey
-varsity soccer
-assistant club soccer coach
Also I have done a research internship for an engineering company
I take two languages at school

I also was selected for Jerome Fisher M&T summer institute
What are my chances of getting into school of engineering?

paradocs · March 31, 2011, 2:22pm

dude - apply ED or you could be hosed. ACT 32 means it’s no slam dunk even for a legacy these days. Good luck!

HastyCentaur · March 31, 2011, 3:33pm

Decision: Deferred–>Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):740 CR, 790 M, 750 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280
[] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 710 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/720–>1/660
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Stats (4), Calc AB (4), Lit (5), Euro Hist (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Math SL (6), Bio SL (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB- TOK, English, Spanish, Contemporary History, Psych HL; AP- Chemistry and Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Discus Winner, AP Scholar with Honor, member of all my school’s honor societies[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): lots of leadership positions and involvement in MUN, Debate, Key, Beta, NHS, Orchestra, STAND, volunteering, etc; three internships- two at a local university during the summers of my 11th and 12th grade year; counselor for a leadership conference
[] Job/Work Experience: Not much, just a tutor and a minor job with a test prep company
[li] Volunteer/Community service:nursing homes, local elementary school, women’s center, etc.[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): [list]
[li] Common App Main:talked about my interest in business since I was a child and how it influenced what I did in HS (9)[/li][] EC Short Answer: discussed the influence of music on my life(8)
[] Why Penn: Looking back this hurt me a lot. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. I applied ED. Penn was my first application and I think this was my weakest essay of all since it wasn’t very captivating. (5)
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Fantastic; I never saw it but she told me that she has never had such a mature student at the age of 18 that knows exactly what he wants to do in life (English teacher)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably solid; didn’t see it (Biology teacher)
[] Counselor Rec: Probably above average; my school is relatively big but we’ve met and talked several times
[] Additional Rec: Had a rec sent in with my arts supplement from my violin teacher; was alright
[] Interview: No interview
[] Art Supplement: Sent in a violin recording[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Not sure
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <90k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recommendations, rank, course load
[] Weaknesses: Didn’t get an interview, Why Penn, kind of weak SAT scores for an Asian applicant
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Why Penn was just average.
[] What would you have done differently?: I definitely should have realized how average my Why Penn essay was. But it’s all good. I have no regrets.[/ul]
Other Factors:[ul]
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: UChicago, Michigan Pre-Admit Ross School of Business, UF, Northwestern, Cornell; Waitlisted: WashU, Dartmouth, Duke
[] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations to everyone! You deserved it.[/ul]

whatfunii · March 31, 2011, 5:08pm

Decision: Accepted Vagelos LSM

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 790 CR, 750 W (2320)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Chinese 800, Chemistry 790, Math II 800, World History 780, Literature 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/1036
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) Statistics (5) English Lang and Comp (5) US History (5) Chemistry (5) Microeconomics (4) Macroeconomics (4) Calculus AB (5), Taking this year: Calculus BC, Literature and Composition, Biology, US Government, Computer Science, Psychology
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Literature and Composition, AP Biology, AP US/Comparative Government, AP Computer Science, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National AP Scholar, Coca Cola Scholars Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer), SGA (Treasurer), Future Health Occupations Club (Treasurer), Ping Pong Club, Chinese Cultural Club, NHS, Jazz Band (Sax), Piano, JV Tennis (Captain), Spring Track, Cross Country
[] Job/Work Experience: Abacus Chinese Restaurant (3 years), Drexel University Summer Intern (2010 summer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese School Teacher’s Assistant, Reporter for SAPA-GP, Volunteered at a lab at University of Pennsylvania summer 2009, Various hours with NHS such as Special Olympics etc.
[] Summer Activities: Research, Vacations
[] Essays:
Common App: Wrote about the hardships of leading a team research project with unmotivated team members and lessons learned, etc.
Supplement: Decent
LSM Supplement: Pretty good, referred to J. Craig Venter as a person I looked up to
[] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome, one from a math teacher I had for 3 years for Precalc, AP Calc 1 and AP Calc 2, one from AP Chem teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Average, our school has one counselor per 300 students
[] Additional Recs:
One from a professor at UPenn that I worked under during the summer of 2009
Mentor for Siemens Project and ISEF project from Harvard
[] Interview: With a Wharton graduate, went really well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Life Sciences and Management, Back up college was CAS
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Large Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 95k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really, valedictorian, being Asian male is probably negative hook, Mom works at Merck?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Class rank, research experience, Good leadership and extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Essay writing is somewhat average, though content was okay. I really thought that low SAT II Lit would hurt, average awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Probably mostly due to my research experience and leadership for clubs including being a treasurer for FBLA. Taking AP Economics probably helped too.
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m so grateful that I got into this program because it was definitely the hardest program I applied to! Here is a summary of my decisions:

Harvard: Waitlist
Princeton: Waitlist
Stanford: Rejected
UPenn LSM: Accepted
Duke: Rejected
UChicago: Waitlist
WUSTL: Accepted
Cornell: Waitlist
Emory: Still waiting
Penn State: Accepted to Honors College

Congratz to all that got accepted and for those that were rejected or waitlisted, hold your head high! You will all still succeed wherever you are if you put the effort in!

wudman · March 31, 2011, 7:08pm

Rejected
Wharton and M&T after being Deferred ED by both

SAT I: 2230 single sitting(800 m / 730 cr / 700 w)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Math I, 770 Chem, 760 Bio, 760 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1 of 318
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5 / 5 on AB), Bio (5), Euro (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Eng Lit, AP Gov, AP French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME, AP Scholar, National Merit Commended

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (President 2 years, Officer at Large - Sophomore), Math Club (President 2 years), Quiz Bowl, NHS, Church Youth Group Leadership Team 3 years, JV Frosh (lettered), Varsity Golf 3 years (lettered two years, 2nd team all league and state championship qualifier senior year),

Job/Work Experience: Summer Jobs with Law Firm and Then Accounting Work
Volunteer/Community service: Mission Trips each year to work with troubled youth. Summer Activities: Golf Tournaments, Work, FBLA Nationals, WA Business Week and Business Manufacturing, Boys State
Essays:
Common App: Pretty Good for me, but Decent
M&T Supplement: Pretty Good for me, but Decentt
Teacher Recommendation: Awesome
Counselor Rec: Strong
Additional Recs:One Really good from a Robotics Mentor in the Industry
Interview: Fine

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Systems Engineering / Business Analysis - Manufacturing
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Public - US News Silver. They don’t allow students to take APs til junior year and it really hurts when applying for the best.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $125K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: GPA and most rigorous load at solid HS during most competitive class in decades
Weaknesses: Listened too much about “do what you are passionate about” rather than starting to read CC 4 years earlier and see what those who got in did. My HS is really artsy and liberal arts, so no exposure to any science or engineering clubs, science competitions, etc. Live on an Island and didn’t realize how important it is to do research no matter what whereever you can get to. I probably needed another 50 points on the SATs too. I didn’t play the sports game with the Penn Golf Coach as I figured I didn’t have time to play at Penn pursuing two majors.

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Just nothing that blows everyone away.

Stanford: Rejected
M&T: Rejected
Michigan: Accepted Engineering and Ross Business School Preferred
GA Tech: Accepted Industrial and Systems Engineering
Carnegie Mellon: Accepted CIT and Tepper Business School - offered spot on golf team

General Comments: I’ll do Wharton for Grad School in 2020. Congrats to those that got in. You are truly amazing!!!

entity11 · March 31, 2011, 7:38pm

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (720 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 M lvl 2, 790 Chem, 720 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 97.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/320
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), Phys. B (5), Psych (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych SL (5), Econ (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME qualifier, National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin (with many different awards), National Honor Society (president), Mathletes (president), SciOly, Varsity swim (captain), Varsity tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: Waiter at some local restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours at hospital
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Strong
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very strong
[] Counselor Rec: Average - didn’t know her very well.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Didn’t receive one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75-100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-rounded?
[] Weaknesses: Weak senior grades. Had personal problems that I neglected to mention in the essay and couldn’t handle everything. Looks like I got major senioritis.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Weak grades. Generally weak academics (relatively). Lack of any real strong points.
[/ul]General Comments: Denied from Princeton, Penn, Brown, Duke, Dartmouth, and Columbia. WL at Cornell, JHU, WashU, Northwestern, and Harvard. Didn’t get into anywhere good really, debating what safety to go to…

Quick tip: Senior year grades really do matter. I learned the hard way.

misterkevinsun · March 31, 2011, 9:08pm

Decision: Accepted Jerome Fisher M&T

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good), Supplement (pretty good), M&T (alright)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: No interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, leadership positions, interview
[] Weaknesses: Awards, though numerous, were okay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:

Happier than ever!

Engineeringman10 · March 31, 2011, 9:45pm

ill apply ed but hopefully i can bring act to 33 and get a 780 on math 2

InfinitelyBound · March 31, 2011, 10:07pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 CR: 700 M: 690 W: 710
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: M-I- 620 Lit: 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/230
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English, AP Spanish, AP Psych, AP Calculus
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Spanish, AP Psych, AP Calculus, Physics, Newspaper, Academic Games
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): LEDA SCHOLAR (Extremely big deal, probably what got me in). Coca Cola Scholar. Tons of National, State, and Regional Academic Games awards, Regional Piano Award, SHS & NHS[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Men of Vision- President, Academic Games- Captain, Swim Team- Varsity Captain, Class Vice President, Spanish Honor Society- CoFounder, National Honor Society, LEDA Scholars Program, Newspaper- Staff Writer, and a lot more.
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Junior Police Cadet
[] Volunteer/Community service: Really strong Community Service–Helped mentor at-risk youth in my urban low income neighborhood
[] Summer Activities: Aspects of Leadership LEDA Scholars Summer Institute at Princeton University. Crump Law Program at Howard University.
[] Essays: Really strong…showed my passions for helping my community, and how I want to show a brighter side of where I come from.
[] Teacher Recommendation: GREAT. Made me seem involved.
[] Counselor Rec: Awful. Lots of rhetoric, but many typos.
[] Additional Rec: AWESOME. From the LEDA Program.
[li] Interview: Nope[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < $60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] URM + LEDA Scholar[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test Scores for a URM, pretty high. Strong essays.
[] Weaknesses: None… I worked my tail off in high school, and I guess they saw that.
[] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: High Achieving URM, Working towards a great cause for my community.
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/ul] Accepted: Amherst (early write), Brown (likely letter), Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon-Humanities Scholar, Vassar, Michigan Waitlisted: Yale

General Comments: Penn used to be my top choice, but I slowly fell out of love for some reason. I’m sort of surprised I got in…val at my school got rejected. ESSAYS MATTER.

jungli · March 31, 2011, 11:05pm

Accepted to Huntsman
Will post stats soon

puremn · April 1, 2011, 1:25pm

accepted to CAS. Ecstatic! too lazy to post full stats but i got 2360, 750s on all my SAT IIs, 1/160, asian female, much involvements in music (nationals), created Model UN, JSA cabinet, started american cancer society relay for life @ my school, etc… and wrote an unique essay about Bananagrams for my common app.

acceptances: dartmouth, duke, amherst, middlebury, usc (half tuition scholarship) and northwestern
rejections: yale and columbia

congrats to everyone! i will most likely attend penn or amherst. (:

Stud2010 · April 1, 2011, 2:44pm

European accepted to Huntsman!! Really excited!

1029384 · April 1, 2011, 6:34pm

Decision: Accepted (SEAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (single sitting)
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a (~96% senior year, ~94% cumulative)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), Microeconomics (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (TBD), French (TBD), Calc BC (TBD)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, Advanced Functions, AP Calculus, AP English Literature/Composition, French
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sir Isaac Newton physics exam (nat’l): top 3%
[] Minor Awards: Gold Standard on Hypatia (Canadian Mathematics Competition), AP Scholar, top-of-class Computer Science, English; various Science Olympics (1st place overall in region x 2 years), 1st/2nd/3rd at various regional events; 9th at National Seminar (debate)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Webmaster, Secretary), 3 yrs; Mock Trials Team (co-President), 2 yrs; Engineering Club (VP) and Science Olympics team member, 3 yrs; school prefect, 3 yrs; Debate Club, 3 yrs; interdisciplinary research project at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, student newspaper (writer/tech specialist, 3 yrs)
[] Job/Work Experience: swimming instructor/lifeguard (2 yrs), open source programmer, Web developer, private tutor in math/physics/French
[] Volunteer/Community service: teaching assistant for Grade 12 U Physics and Grade 12 AP Physics, 2 semesters; assistant swimming instructor; school prefect; peer mediator
[] Essays: introspective Common App essay [8/10], very happy with my Penn supplement essay [9/10]
[] Teacher Recommendation: to quote another CCer, “one was likely the best I’ve seen”, and did not see the other rec
[] Counselor Rec: thorough
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: a lot of dialogue and opportunities to talk about myself, and interviewer was very passionate about Penn
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Sciences
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada (ON)
[] School Type: Public (~1700 students, 520 in class of 2011)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: decline to say
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: perfect SAT scores, awards in a few diverse disciplines, essays
[] Weaknesses: Asian Male
[] Why you think you were accepted: though I did show an aptitude for the sciences through my academics and ECs, my ECs were diverse and showed my capabilities in making connections between fields of interest; Penn emphasizes interdisciplinary education
[] Other Decisions: Accepted @ McGill, U of T; Waitlisted @ University of Chicago; Rejected @ MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale (deferred SCEA), Columbia, Duke, Stanford
[li] Enrolling?: Definitely[/li][/ul]General Comments: Looking forward to meeting my fellow quakers in the Class of 2015!

TacticalPenguin · April 1, 2011, 8:15pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (690CR 800M 780W) single sitting
[] ACT: 35 (36M 36E 30R 36S)
[] SAT II: 800M2, 800Ph
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10/50
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (4), Physics B (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Diff Eq and Western Lit at local CC; AP Gov, AP Bio, Art, AP Physics C at highschool
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF doesn’t really count

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Science Bowl (made nationals) 2 years; Varsity track and field, 2 years (with a school record); JV/Varsity basketball, 2 years; some other small stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: None
[] Summer Activities: Stanford EPGY Artificial Intelligence 2009; Canada/USA Mathcamp 2010
[] Essays: Common app was pretty good, supplement showed a lot of my own interest in the major I applied for, really good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, but I trust both were excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Really good, I know my counselor pretty well, 50-student class helps a lot here
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Really nice and informative guy, told him a lot about myself and he told me a lot about Penn; he seemed to like me
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: [Market</a> and Social Systems Engineering](<a href=“http://mkse.upenn.edu%5DMarket”>http://mkse.upenn.edu)
[li] State (if domestic applicant): Idaho[/li][] School Type: Charter, small, grades 6-12
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 60-100k
[] Hooks: First generation college, Idaho
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, dualenroll classes and personal outside interest in topics related to the major
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Applying to the new major probably helped, my lackluster GPA certainly needed some compensation. Good test scores helped, and maybe being from a small state as well.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
The likely letter that came early in March certainly helped relieve stress, and the fat envelope I got today was really nice. I’m going to Scholar’s Preview April 12-14, hope to see some people there.

kayb92 · April 1, 2011, 8:33pm

I’m also going to the Scholar’s Preview, I think. Excitedness!

powerbomb · April 1, 2011, 8:41pm

^ is the scholars preview for BFS/UScholars, etc? Or is it for the multicultural scholars?

GoldOwl · April 1, 2011, 9:26pm

I feel like its for multicultural scholars aka ethnic minorities.

sunsetskies · April 2, 2011, 1:04pm

Decision: Rejected (CAS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160
[] SAT II: 770, 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): four 5’s
[] Senior Year Course Load: five ap’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): not posting all of them but good amount of leadership & some minor national awards
[] Essays: decent but not spectacular. my essays for other schools were much better
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see but probably good
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see but i’m sure it was really good
[] Interview: it was really good.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: standardized testing and my essays weren’t that outstanding.
[/ul]General Comments: I will be happily attending one of my top choices so things worked out in the end anyway. congrats to everyone who got in!

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