University of Pennsylvania ED Class of 2021 Results

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This thread is dedicated to 2021 ED results. Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Please use the following format while posting the results. Please discuss on the other ED threads, and use this one only for results.

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred [/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected [/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown):
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments :

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**Decision: Deferred **

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 1450 (didn’t send)
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 33C (35E 36M 32R 28S) One sitting
SAT II: Math 2 (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (8/500) Top school in state - send 25+ to ivies + MIT + Standford yearly
AP (place score in parenthesis): APAH (5) Euro (4) Stats (4) Calc BC (4) English Lang (4) Computer Science (3) also took APUSH but didn’t take the test
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP US Gov/Pol, Comparative Gov/pol, AP Art History, AP Lit, Linear Algebra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Worked as a camp counselor during the summer and score local basketball games
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours/year at a local hospital
Summer Activities: Work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 - really good depending on how good the readers are at noticing subtle literary techniques - I bet they just didn’t understand it
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: English teacher - Really good, wrote a 20 page paper about corpoate inversions and sent it to my senator and actually got a response.
Teacher Rec #2: BC Calc - probably generic, didn’t try too hard in his class but got A’s
Counselor Rec: Generic, she has 200+ students to write
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went really well

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economic (public policy category)
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
I’m a white boy from a decent household who has no major hooks. My test scores don’t accurately reflect my ability. Actually astonished I didn’t get in. Whatever. Penn’s admissions people oviously don’t know good writing and are missing out on someone who would be in the top of the class even at Upenn.
Strengths: Sat 2 is decent I guess, Essays were spectacular, GPA was stellar
Weaknesses: Grade inflation doesn’t allow me to stand out, didn’t cure cancer, ACT doesn’t represent my ability
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Penn admissions aren’t super smart.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments :

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**Decision: Deferred **

Wharton applicant

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 2300 (740 M, 770 R, 790 W)
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 4.5 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), APES (5), Gov (5), Comparative Politics (5), Lang (4), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Stats, AP Econ, AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ distinction, national merit commended, essay contests, school awards, chosen as 1 of 8 teens nationwide for a program

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):- Blogger for the Huffington Post

  • Co-Editor in Chief of school newspaper
  • Co-President of DECA business club
  • Co-Founder of a growing company (annual revenue projected around $15k-20k)
  • Published writer and journalist: fantasy novel published on Amazon, reporter for local newspaper, published in 4 literary magazines
  • Editor for a national high school literary magazine
  • Karate Black Belt (first degree)
  • Class Treasurer
  • AVID Tutor and Freshman mentor
  • Former waiter and housekeeper at a bed and breakfast, ongoing private tutor with 3 clients, former employee for a financial literacy website

Job/Work Experience: see above
Volunteer/Community service: see above
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): probably both 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): probably 9/10

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: went great

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant): competitive
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Kelly Writers House

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments :
Well this is tough. A few more months of stress now await me :confused:

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**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 1550 (800 math, 750 english)
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): Only took once
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 all except 35 on math)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Lit, 710 Japanese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8% (switched schools, was top 5% in previous school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 13 AP’s, fives in all except two (4’s)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, APUSH, AP Art History, Dual-Enroll English and Calculus 3, AP Micro, AICE Business I
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing in particular

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Went to Japan on an exchange program for a year
Job/Work Experience: Interned for 5 months at a PR firm
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours, including giving speeches on importance of intercultural understanding (while on exchange)
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Personal, 8/10. Penn 9.5/10, Huntsman 7/10.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Never saw it, but my English teacher loved me so I assumed it would be 8-9/10.
Teacher Rec #2: 6.5/10, only knew her senior year
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: 7/10 (work)
Interview: 5/10 I just didn’t mesh well with my interviewer.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: International Business (Huntsman Program or Wharton).
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $120k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, I guess?

Reflection

Strengths: Overall Test scores, grades. Year abroad.
Weaknesses: Japanese language score… I have no idea what went wrong. My recs might also have been a bit weak. Interview wasn’t great either.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my recs and interview.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet. :frowning:

General Comments: Sigh. For real.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35C (35E 35M 35R 34S) One sitting
SAT II: Math 2 (800) US History (700)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Calc AB — 4
AP Physics 1 — 3
AP English — 5
AP Chinese — 5
AP US History — 5
AP Statistics — 5
AP Physics C M — 4
AP Physics C E&M — 2
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Creative Writing, Chamber Orchestra, AP Psychology, Honors Economics, AP Computer Science, AP English Literature, Advanced Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Three-Dot-Dash Global Teen Leader

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:

  1. Cross-Country Varsity!
  2. CEO, founder of Lavender.O @ thelavendercircle.strikingly.com
  3. Chair, Youth Advisory Committee for my city
  4. Youth Commissioner, GOTV for Bernie Sanders 2016
  5. Co-President, Gay-Straight Alliance
  6. Chair, Harvard Model Congress
  7. A&E Features Editor, School Newspaper
  8. Co-Founder, Blog Up Club
  9. Youth Chair, Sandwiches on Sunday at St. Ambrose (food drive)
  10. Piano Teacher

Summer Activities: Endevvr, Bernie Sanders Campaign, Spoke on NPR

Essays (rating 1-10, details): My common app essay is centered around my experience with the LGBT community. I know it’s cliche, but the topic I wrote about meant a lot to me. I hope the admin officers saw that.

Teacher Rec #1: English teacher - I love her so much, it was probably incredible.
Teacher Rec #2: AP Computer Science teacher - I love her so much, but I’ve only known her for a semester. It was probably pretty good.
Counselor Rec: Probably incredible, I’ve known this counselor for so long!
Additional Rec: Mr. Wong, a good family friend of mine and department chair emeritus at the University of Notre Dame.
Interview: Incredible! My interviewer was like super duper awesome.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economic (public policy category)
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Medium public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 160k ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LGBTQ+

Reflection: Excited!

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**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 27
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25 %
AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not submit
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Government, AP Literature, Human Anatomy Honors, and Sociology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:

  1. Physique Athlete
  2. Fitness for a Change Club Founder (motivational speaking)
  3. Fitness for a Change Social Media Founder (inspirational posts related to fitness and fulfilling celestial potential)
  4. Fitness Seminar Host (public speaking to 2,000 students)
  5. Trainer/ Dietitian (help students/ friends/ acquaintances achieve their athletic goals and develop confidence,fearlessness, and an exceptional work ethic)

Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Sharp Chula Vista Volunteer and an After School Activities Program Coordinator (550+ hours)
Summer Activities: Invest in personal growth in regards to fitness and inspiring others
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common Application: 9/10
Writing Supplement: 8/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:10/10
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: Did not submit
Interview: 8/10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Communications
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Public High School
Ethnicity:Creole- Latino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000-125,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and geographic location

Reflection

Strengths: URM, geographic location, passion, and interest
Weaknesses: GPA + Test Scores
Why you think you were rejected: Low GPA + Test Scores

General Comment : Show your passion. In my case, it wasn’t enough, but I truly do hope you all of you get into your dream school and leave a legacy in this world!
Follow my social media pages. My intentions were to inspire those at UPENN to continue to pursue their dreams. At least with this, I can motivate you guys from 2300 miles away.

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[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown):2200 (680 Math, 720 Reading, 800 Writing) - Old SAT
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown):2200
ACT (breakdown):n/a
SAT II: 790 Math 2, 720 Biology E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (captain 2 years, 9 finals, 2 National championships), Badminton Varsity (Co-capt 2 years, founder, 2 regional championships), Asian Schools Debate Council (Treasurer), School Sponsorships Committee (Chairman 1 year), Philippine Schools Debate Sponsorships Committee (Head), School Committee on Elections (Head 2 years), TEDx (License Holder), YouthHack Ambassador, Class Council (Treasurer 1 year, Secretary 1 year), Creative Photography Club (Founder, President 2 years), School Paper (Managing Editor - Opinions Section), Math Club, Choir

Job/Work Experience: Interned at a museum designing exhibits
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours, One Million Lights (Charity that gives solar powered lights to undeveloped communities), organized donations for school staff, organized donations for various typhoon victims (several typhoons), Yellow Boat Foundation (raised money for boats for undeveloped communities)

Summer Activities: Singing, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Badminton, Debate
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App 9, Why Penn 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10 - Super close to the person, took several trips
Teacher Rec #2: 10 - "
Counselor Rec: 8
Additional Rec: 10 - Debate coach
Interview: 10 - Felt that it was more of a conversation than an interview and one of the most interesting I’ve had

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: STS
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Philippines
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $ 270k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Double Legacy

Reflection

Strengths: ECs, Grades
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments :

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[asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred [/color][/size]

Wharton Applicant

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 1380 first time (760 M, 620 E), 1400 second time (710 M, 690 E)
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): 1450 (760 M, 690 E)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure how to calculate this. My 9th and 10th grade GPAs were both 3.97 and they were unweighted. My junior year Gpa was a 4.21 with an IB Boost. Cumulative weighted was a 4.04
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Math HL (predicted 6), Physics HL (predicted 7), Arabic HL (predicted 7), Chemistry SL (predicted 6), History SL (predicted 6), English Lang and Lit SL (predicted 6)
Senior Year Course Load: IB: math hl, physics hl, arabic hl, chem sl, history sl, english lang and lit sl
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (president in senior year, treasurer in junior year), MUN (president of economic and social council in two national conferences and best delegate award in two national conferences), School honor council, NHS member, Tae Kwon do red belt, guitar player, tennis player (captain and most improved player award), soccer player (captain of varsity and jv and captains award, most valuable player award, and no guts no glory award), volleyball player (captain of varsity for two years and winner of captains award)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Raised 1000 dollars for tanzanian orphanage, raised 6000 dollars to build bathrooms for handicapped people in bali by setting up fashion show and auctioning a dress, Tutored orphans at SOS village, Coached tae kwon do at sos village, actor in a play, backstage crew in another play, sound and music in another.
Biggest community service was teaching syrian refugees about peace over the summer (school was 1km away from the syrian border)
Summer Activities:, Teaching syrian refugees
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: was about my experience of entering a syrian refugee tent with a student of mine. it could have been stronger but the idea was there (6.5/10). Why Penn: Stellar essay, well structured and extremely original. I’d love to share it with any prospective applicants for the class of 2018 (9.5/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: History teacher. Ive known her for three years and she is my volleyball coach probably good (8/10)
Teacher Rec #2: Physics teacher. She has taught me for two years and considers me to be naturally smart and is really impressed with my ability to grasp information quickly (8/10)
Counselor Rec: Haven’t known her for long but we get along well and i think she really likes me. was impressed with my public speaking skills (7.5/10)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: went really well. my interviewer was also lebanese and went to my high school! she was friends with my sister and we really had a great time. Spoke for about an hour and really had some fun with it.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Lebanon
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 25000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: ECs and penn essay. geographic location played a big role for sure
Weaknesses: Sat and not having sat 2. also maybe gpa a little
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred because i was a good applicant but maybe they wanted to see if my grades were consistent because my performance started dropping during junior year. maybe they also wanna see if i take the sat subject tests and what my score would be.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet

General Comments :

I think im a really passionate applicant. My why penn essay was really great and my ecs were also really great i think. Ive done a lot over the past few years and i know my chances are really slim now that im deferred so thats really a bummer. My grades have gone down a lot this semester and so i know this isnt gonna be good for me. im really worried. hopefully it all ends up going well.

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[acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected School of Engineering and Applied Sciences[/color]

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 780 Math/ 670 English/ 1450 Composite
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): 780 Math/ 670 English/ 1450 Composite
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II: Math 2 (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not submit, however I have 4 AP Exams under my belt
IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB Program
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Physics C (E/M + Mechanics), AP Government and Politics, AP Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
Subjective:
-Editor of school Newspaper
-Took programming courses on Coursera
-Too much to list
Volunteer/Community service:
-Volunteer at a summer camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Penn Essay: Very Specific (9/10)
Common Application Personal Statement: Wrote about how I think (10/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): (9.5/10)
My teachers said that I would be portrayed as one of their best students so that definitely didn’t go wrong :frowning:
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
My counselor really loves me
Additional Rec:
Interview: 7/10 I do not think it went that well.
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket: $75,000- $100,000 a year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Cousin went to CAS
Reflection: I had everyone banking on my acceptance to Penn, so it was kind of a kick to the gut that I let everyone down. Oh well.
Strengths: My essays and recommendations
Weaknesses: My GPA and interview
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my GPA and that I received a B junior year?
Other decisions: also deferred from safeties which are public schools, so also upset about that.
General Comments : I’m a bit disappointed especially knowing that my senior grades aren’t that good, which can play a huge factor in admission decisions :frowning:

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]**

OH MY GOD. I’ve been lurking around (aka obsessively stalking) CollegeConfidential since 10th grade, and this feels absolutely unreal!!! Still can’t believe I got in :))))

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 2290 (don’t remember the individual scores)
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): 2340 (800 Writing, 780 Math, 760 Reading)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 780 World History, 780 Chemistry, 770 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank, but I heard from a semi-reliable source that I’m #8/450. Apparently there was a leaked e-mail?
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 AP’s, all fives except for one four in AP Bio
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, AP French, APUSH, AP Physics 1, Wind Ensemble Honors, Strength and Conditioning as my mandatory gym class (took AP Calc BC last year, if that helps)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art and Writing National Gold, a ton of Gold and Silver SAWA Keys, Presidential Gold Medal (…forgot the exact name…), local service awards, NCTE Norman Mailer Creative Non-fiction Essay Competition National Finalist, NCTE Achievement Award in Writing, published in a few literary magazines, a ton of other regional writing competitions

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Problem Solvers (one year; founder/president; recruited around 20 members), debate (three years; Speech Director, aka the most pointless officership ever), literary magazine (four years; senior editor), band/orchestra (four years; first flute)
Job/Work Experience: Started a company…that floundered for a year, before dying a horribly embarrassing death. Also was “precinct captain” for a Congressional campaign, which entailed exactly nothing.
Volunteer/Community service: Over 100 hours. Organized a fundraiser, interned at a non-profit music organization, worked for some charities
Summer Activities: Lots of camps–Harvard Debate Camp for two years, YYGS, a creative writing camp at Columbia, and an economics/leadership camp at Cornell
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App–about how I felt pressured by Asian-American culture to be an obedient math competition-winning piano-playing clone kid but ultimately found my voice through deviating from tradition; 9/10. Penn supplement–about how I thought too many Americans were ignorant and/or apathetic about politics, so I founded FPS to encourage informed and proactive citizenship; 9/10. Very cheesy essays, haha.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10–AP Biology teacher, not sure how much she liked me. I did get an A+ in her class, though, which was nice. Also, I was super competitive and loud.
Teacher Rec #2: 5/10–AP Lang teacher, pretty sure he didn’t love me. Quiet and sarcastic in class, but very creative.
Counselor Rec: 10/10–Loved me.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 10/10–Awesome interview. She thought I was hilarious and we definitely connected.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: PPE
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Over $400k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope

Reflection

Strengths: Great essays, a few national awards. Really tried to present myself as “not your typical Asian kid” (creative, loud, unconventional, adventurous, extremely proactive, competitive, individualistic, revolutionary, etc.)
Weaknesses: Teacher recs, mediocre grades
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was “recruited” by Kelly Writers House, but other than that, I’m genuinely not sure how I managed to pull it off!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Applied ED

General Comments : Hopefully this helped :slight_smile: You guys are all brilliant and will do amazing things in life!

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[aB][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color]**

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 780 V, 730 M, 640 W
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): 780 V, 730 M, 660 W
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 690 US History, 720 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): this was my best part by far
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses: test scores BUT WHO CARES BECAUSE IT’S NOT EVERYTHING
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
being myself-- don’t stress people :slight_smile:

General Comments :

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500 (760 CR, 740 M)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35E, 33M, 34R, 34S)
SAT II: 760 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school only does weighted which was 3.98 but I’d guess unweighted would be around 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA (I would guess top <10% out of 20 people
IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted is 39/45
Senior Year Course Load: IB Higher Levels: Maths, Economics, English, Biology, IB Standard Levels: Chemistry and Italian
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None :slight_smile:

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
NHS (President)
Rowing Crew - Club Sport
Model United National (Vice President)
School Board Strategic Planning Committee
Eco Club (Vice President —> Treasurer)
buildOn (Fundraising officer)

Job/Work Experience:
Internship at Fiat/Jeep
Research Internship at a municipal policy institute in Hyderabad, India

Volunteer/Community service:
Church group, serving breakfast to the homeless in the city every weekend

Summer Activities:
Harvard SSP: International Relations and Environmental Economics (Both A+s)
Previously mentioned research internship
A ton of travel (#blessed)

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 8/10 I chose the failure option
Why Penn: 9/10 ’twas pretty damn good I thought
Huntsman Supplement: 10/10 poured my heart out bruv

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Math: Honestly no clue probably 7or8/10
Teacher Rec #2: Italian: Has a history of writing spectacular letters but idk
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: 9/10 (My headmaster - we are pretty close)
Interview: 6or7/10 I feel like I was over-prepared it didn’t feel like a conversation

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yea
Intended Major: Huntsman double major: Economics/International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant): but I live in Italy at the moment (3 years)
School Type: Private, International (very small - 20 people in my graduating class)
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Time abroad, scores were decent, reasoning for choosing UPenn, etc
Weaknesses: GPA possibly, maybe common app essay, and I didn’t ask to read the letters of rec so idk.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably a very strong applicant pool
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: (Accepted) Michigan State University

General Comments : I really fell in love with the school, so I’m pretty bummed out.

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**Decision: Deferred **

CAS
Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): n/a
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 36 (first sitting) (36 E, 35 M, 35 R, 36 S)
SAT II: didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58 (weighted 4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4) English Lang&Comp (4) Physics C E&M(2) Physics C Mechanics (4) Apush (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Gov, astronomy honors, spanish honors,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nhs

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): editor in chief of the yearbook, paid teen staff writer of a major newspaper, captain of model un, jv tennis player (captain junior year), student ambassador
Job/Work Experience: hostess at a local restaurant, summer job at beach at nearby university
Volunteer/Community service: smaller things here and there at local organizations
Summer Activities: work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 common app - explained my low grades a little while also painting myself as a very passionate and driven person who has just struggled with anxiety (but now has it under control)
9/10 supplement - unique angle & showed how interested I was in Penn while also passionate about politics.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
(I have no idea but here are my guesses)
Teacher Rec #1: like 8/10? I’m guessing she mentioned my research paper focusing on criminal justice and how passionate about it I was.
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10? I really have no idea she has over 200 students she barely knows our names but I think she likes me.
Additional Rec:
Interview: We got along really well (more of a casual convo) and she kept saying she really wanted me to get in so I can’t imagine she said anything bad

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): still not sure if this is a hook but U.S. dual citizen

Reflection

Strengths: ACT score, essays and recs and extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Grades
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No question that I didn’t get in because of my grades.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: haven’t heard back from anywhere else yet

General Comments : Actually pretty ok with getting deferred because it means they weren’t ready to just reject me (which is a huge compliment considering my grades are so low for penn).

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[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]

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**Decision: Rejected **

Wharton

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown):
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: didn’t take (nearest center is over 1 & 1/2 hours away
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: IB Chem HL, IB math SL, IB lit HL, IB Econ SL, AP gov, Accounting II (college), 3rd business development course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
International qualifier for DECA, state 3rd place, 2nd place at state for engineering
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Not in a particular order

  1. FBLA state(president)
  2. DECA (VP) international competition
  3. Eagle Scout
    1. 4 years soccer (varsity)
  4. 2 years basketball
  5. Eagle Scout
  6. NHS Job/Work Experience: assistant manager of a restaurant, 20hrs a week Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts and NHS...probably 1500 hours minimum over the past 4 years Summer Activities: Job, engineering workshops, business workshops Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App Essay: 9/10...wrote a full allegory about pasta (referring to college) Why Penn: 8/10...there are only so many ways to make these stand out

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:Business teacher. Had her for 2 years…read the rec, said I was the best student she ever had 10/10
Teacher Rec #2:Chem teacher: had her for past 3 years 8/10, she has been teaching forever, and is really blunt. Might not have been as well written
Counselor Rec: 10/10 have known her since she was 14 (now 26)…I read it. Was very specific and supportive
Additional Rec:
Interview: went really well, lasted for about 2 hours. Dude talked about parties for about 1 hour, lmao

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Missouri (rural)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large, super crappy
Ethnicity: half white, half Asian (Indian)
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 1.2+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): from a rural area and underrepresented state

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, area from, EC’s, essays, ref letters
Weaknesses: GPA (3.83) and no SAT II’s
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No SAT II’s, average GPA, not LGBT, didn’t start a charity, I’m part Asian (Google Michael Wang)[ORM]. Also my lack of internships
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
accepted into Mizzou (full ride)
Going to apply to most of the ivies, Vandy, Stanford, northwestern
General Comments : Bummed out, this probably sounds petty but I should have put down i was LGBT and only white. Anyhow, time to submit my other applications. Good luck :slight_smile:

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Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 780 M, 740 R, 700 W 2220 total.(Took it once.)
New SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): 770 V, 770 M 1540 total. (Took it once.)
ACT (breakdown): 35 C 35 E 35 M 35 R 36 S (Took it once.)
SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Bio E 730 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 302
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Euro, Psych, APUSH, and US Gov. 4’s on Human Geo, Environmental Science, and Bio. 3’s on Chem and Calculus AB.
IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP English Literature, Senior Composition, Fundamentals of Cell Biology, Latin 4, History of America in Vietnam (At local university), General Biology Lab (At local university), Calculus III (At local university) and General Chemistry with Lab (At local university)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, State champs for robotics my freshman year, Two-time recipient of the Missouri Community Service Commission High School Volunteer Award in 10th and 11th (Which means that the Governor and the State Senate recognize my service), All-District for Scholar Bowl (11th grade), Scholar Bowl District champs (11th), and Boys Nation First Alternate

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded my own nonprofit, founded a chapter of Amnesty International in my school, class president since my junior year, class vice-president 10th, National Honor Society President, Scholar Bowl Captain since 10th, Science Olympiad President 12th and Science Olympiad Vice-president in 11th, Deputy Field Organizer for the Koster Campaign for Governor 12th, Captain of the robotics team since 9th, Student Member of the School Board 10th and 11th, President of Latin club since 11th, Mock Trial. swimming club since 9th, Principal’s Advisory Committee, and my local Chinese association.
Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant at local university and an Internship with a Super PAC
Volunteer/Community service: Mostly through my nonprofit and other avenues. Around 700+ hours.
Summer Activities: Mostly volunteering and self-studying various topics on my own.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7, was a little generic, but it was still pretty good. This was my psych teacher and she liked me a lot.
Teacher Rec #2: 9, this teacher not only has been a club sponsor of two of my clubs, but also has helped me do independent scientific research and is also my workout partner. He has said that I am one of a kind.
Counselor Rec: 7, a little generic as well, but still very strong and he probably said a lot of good things about me.
Additional Rec: 8, probably wasn’t very detailed, but it was probably really good because he was my immediate boss on the Koster campaign.
Interview: 8, we had an excellent conversation and we shared some laughs and common interests that we both could talk about. It lasted for about 45 minutes.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
Intended Major: Biology and History
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type: Rural medium Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores,leadership, and how well rounded I was.
Weaknesses: Lack of big state and national awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I presented an honest look at myself and tried to put my very best foot forward. I worked really hard throughout high school and I put a lot of time into my application.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Tulane with 32k/year, Pitt with 30k/year, Arkansas, Mizzou, and Minnesota

General Comments : Congrats to all accepted! GO QUAKERS!!! SO SHOOK ABOUT GOING TO PENN!!!

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): 2250 (780 CR, 670 M, 800 W)
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): Same as above, only one sitting
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 R, 34 M, 36 E, 36 S)
SAT II: Biology E (750), Math II (720), Literature (700)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), United States History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): No
Senior Year Course Load: Gender Studies, AP Chemistry, Honors English electives, AP Environmental Science, Honor Band, French 4, AP Calculus AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): band (clarinet section leader), jazz band, pit orchestra, softball, Model United Nations (secretary, won an award at a recent conference)
Job/Work Experience: Work at a bookstore 15 hours/week
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer a few times a month at a feral cat rescue
Summer Activities: The past couple summers I’ve interned at a lab related to my intended major and I submitted my research abstract as part of my application.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App 9/10, I wrote about how comic books have made me a better person, I thought it might have been too weird but I showed my work. Penn one 10/10, hit everything I wanted to do and an admissions officer friend said it was what they wanted to see.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, junior year English teacher, former professional writer, got an A both semesters in his honors elective courses.
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10, APUSH teacher, loves writing letters of recommendation, we talk all the time outside of school and I think I’m one of her favorite people
Counselor Rec: 6/10, she likes me but it’s a pretty big school so she’s not close to any one student.
Additional Rec: 11/10, UW professor I worked with the past two summers, works with a Penn professor every so often, said I basically got my Master’s degree when working there.
Interview: 10/10, it was me from the future, right down to favorite Shakespeare play (Macbeth).

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biological Basis and Behavior
State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Really good public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ?? Not high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LGBT

Reflection

Strengths: Lab research, letters of recommendation, essays, interview
Weaknesses: Those math scores, white girl
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think in my essay and interview I really showed that Penn was the right “fit” for me out of all the schools. Being from Wisconsin helped.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Minnesota-Twin Cities and Delaware, both honors program. Applied to a bunch of other schools but didn’t hear back yet.

General Comments : Congrats everyone!

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): N/A
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33 composite, 34 superscore - 35 english, 30 math, 35 reading, 35 science, 32 writing
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank, guessing in top 10-15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (4), APUSH (4), AP Chem (yet to take), AP Calc AB (yet to take), AP Psych (yet to take)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Psych, AP Calc AB, Human Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Film and Literature, Choir
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Badminton (Varsity Captain), Young Liberals Club (VP), All-State Choir (2 years), Concert Choir, Women’s Choir, Chamber Singers, Model UN, American Red Cross Club, I am also a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Job/Work Experience: sales associate at Crate&Barrel in the summer (25 hrs/week)
Volunteer/Community service: lettered in Community Service, volunteer at a hospital
Summer Activities: work, CNA class
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 Common App - wrote about driving to visit family with my mom and talked about my unconventional upbringing; 10/10 Why Penn - I poured my heart out in this essay and explained how I would use Penn’s resources to my advantage

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10th grade English teacher. She loved me so I think it should be a 9/10 or 10/10.
Teacher Rec #2: 11th grade Precalc teacher. Also liked me a lot so probably 8/10 or 9/10.
Counselor Rec: 8/10. Likes me a lot but has ~100 students to deal with lol.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 10/10 I had a FaceTime interview with a nursing alum and we shared a lot of the same interests!

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Nursing
State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, class size of 650
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college student!

Reflection

Strengths: ECs, ACT score
Weaknesses: GPA, class load
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: showed very strong interest in nursing, good ECs, location
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: University of MN - Twin Cities, University of MN - Rochester, Montana State University, University of Pittsburgh

General Comments: so excited, this is a dream come true.

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**Decision: Rejected **

Wharton

Objective:
SAT I {Best single sitting ) 2300 (800 M, 780 CR, 720 W):
SAT I (superscore) 2360 (800 M, 780 CR, 780 W):
ACT 35 (36 M, 35 S, 35 E, 34 R):
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 740 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/557
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Chemistry (5)
Physics 1 (5)
US History (5)
Environmental Science (5)
World History (5)
Biology (5)
Statistics (5)
Psychology (5)
Macroeconomics (5)
English Language (5)
US Government (5)
Computer Science A (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Physics 2, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Euro, AP Micro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME (x2), National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State and National Champion math team member (9, 10, 11, 12) and new school Mu Alpha Theta VP, Math and Science Tutor (10, 11, 12), Started and coach church’s middle school math team (11, 12), Founded citywide financial literacy initiative at 3 high schools (12), Churchgoer and charity + youth group volunteer (9, 10, 11, 12), Bassist in a rock band in early HS, Secretary and founding member of school’s mock trial team (12) Qualified for states, Camp Counselor for two summers for 5-6 year olds, some with disabilities (9, 10), intern for 3 weeks at my dad’s law firm (11), Chem team member and local award winner (10, 11)
Job/Work Experience: only rlly tutoring for money 6-8 hours weekly and my dad’s law firm internship
Volunteer/Community service: counselor, church stuff aforementioned
Summer Activities: counselor for first 2 years of high school (6 weeks and then 2 weeks), Math team took up most of the other time w/ at least 5 weeks per summer for training and competing at Mu Alpha Theta nationals, Self-study of precalc and calc
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App- 9.5/10, pretty good, about how I lost 80 pounds in 8th grade and it made me an inspiration for people who are bullied
Penn - 9/10, visited the school, loved it, wrote pretty specifically
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, Math team coach and teacher of 4 years, the best around
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10, chem and physics 1 and C teacher, he loves me and knows me really well (he’s a total bro), don’t know about his writing skills tho
Counselor Rec: 6-7/10??? Met her twice, gave her a resume, no clue
Additional Rec: 8/10, Teacher at the middle school where I run the math team, definitely had some good stuff
Interview: 9/10, really connected with the lady, young girl class of 16, didn’t have many questions about penn tho

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Actuarial Science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Big public school, 2400 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > 250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Nope

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, GPA, teacher Rec, math awards, essays
Weaknesses: Lack of business EC’s, was my first app so I didn’t really have the hang of it yet
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: didn’t do any business stuff aside from making money through tutoring; wharton is whack lmao I’ve seen the businesses kids from these threads run
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Nowhere yet

General Comments :

This hurt. I begged pretty hard for Wharton. My best friend only applied to penn because I did and he got in CAS and I got denied. It sucks. Probably should have stuck to economics or something liberal artsy. Wharton only accepts business students–I learned this the hard way. I’ll keep my chin up and keep at it (by turning in 17 more apps, lol)