@betwixt Thank you so much for the follow-up, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately, I was rejected. I will probably be going to Tel Aviv University next year and take only a few classes so I will still be considered a sophomore, rather than junior transfer.
Thanks and congratulations to you and your daughter!
Accepted CAS. Can’t believe it. I got rejected last year but somehow it worked out this year!
So sorry to hear @rosen1999 … you wouldn’t consider another year at UConn and trying again? Does Tel Aviv U offer what you’re looking for? I believe you applied to Wharton, if I’m not mistaken.
@betwixt I cannot consider another year at UConn, I go to a small commuter campus in Stamford, CT. I live at home and I need to get out into the real world. I need to do something relatively “extreme”, to grow myself as a person.
I don’t feel UConn will provide me that.
Yes, I did apply to Wharton. I happen to have a severe math learning disability called dyscalculia, it makes learning math for me nearly impossible. UConn did not have the means to provide me with the proper accommodations, and as a result, my first year of college was way more difficult than it needed to be.
I took a chance sharing extensive information and details about how dyscalculia affects my ability to learn, but I think that may have been a mistake.
@rosen1999 Well moving to Tel Aviv is nothing if not extreme! 
I think sharing your challenges was a bold move, and you shouldn’t regret it. It’s impossible to know how one story with admissions will read vs. another. I am surprised you chose to apply to Wharton if learning math is nearly impossible - it would be a very math-based, quantitative curriculum. I really am curious why Penn/Wharton? You still have an opportunity to reconsider your strengths and focus those to a university of choice. Are you thinking Tel Aviv for a year and then trying again?
@betwixt I am well aware of the very math-based, quantitative curriculum. But there is so much more to business than just mathematics. @mgr001 is my identical twin brother, and we both have the disability.
We knew it would be difficult, but we wanted to try. Our goal in life is to become fashion designers and create our own clothing label/design house. We didn’t want to go to art school like so many others and become too relaxed. I don’t believe they teach you very much at those schools either.
I think you would have to read my essay to fully understand my reasons for Wharton, but essentially, we wanted to gain the business knowledge to put our creative minds into action and Wharton seemed like the best way to do that.
We knew that Penn would have the means to help us with our disability, so we looked at the math-based curriculum as a manageable challenge. I should not have said that math is nearly “impossible”. When people with dyscalculia are taught in the traditional way, math is nearly impossible. However, when it is taught in a way conducive to the way my brain is wired, math can be a joy. Think of it as a less extreme case of a blind person learning to read without brail.
Thanks for the clarification @rosen1999 … it is great that you are so driven to get past your challenges to pursue your goals. So interesting that you and your identical twin have the same college and career goals. No doubt you will both make it happen.
Congrats @bzheng5587 !
Accepted to the School of Engineering and Applied Science as a rising sophomore for chemical and biomolecular engineering. I was also accepted to Duke (Trinity) and Northwestern (McCormick).
These are my stats:
College: Honors program at a top 20 public school
Current major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
HS GPA weighted and unweighted: 5.02, 4.0
College GPA: 4.0
ACT: 34 (super score 35: R36 M35 S35 E35)
SAT subject tests: CHEM 800, MATH II 800
AP Classes: 10 classes (nine 5s and one 4)
Recs: Did not know the instructors well but my grade in their class was very good - Interpret that how you please.
Outside class: Religious organization and chemical engineering related clubs.
Essays: Very good in my opinion. Very personal essay relating me to Upenn and I outlined what I would do to contribute if I was accepted.
Rejected. I already decided on UC Berkeley so I’m pretty glad I didn’t get into Penn and take the position from anyone who would have attended.
Accepted CAS! Can post stats
Congrats to all of you that are accepted into UPenn! I will be attending UPenn as a freshman next year, and would be excited to see some of y’all on campus!
@PLA312 Stats please
I’m wondering if transition is difficult for transfers to walk in abruptly while others already have their academic and social rhythm, specially for students who aren’t coming from college of similar level or size. Trump was a transferee, even with all the wealth, it must’ve been rough academically.I think Ivanka was a transferee as well?
@antimarkovnikov
I got into Duke and Penn. I think I am going to pick Penn. How about you??
“Anyone else crying his or her eyeballs out right now?” I am. But it has nothing to do with any transfer.
Accepted CAS! Definitely attending, Penn has been my dream school since Junior year
College: Top 50 LAC
Major: Psychology
HS GPA: 3.9/4.0
College GPA: 3.6
Midterm report: All A’s
ACT: 33
Penn still had my testing info from last year when ALL test scores were mandatory so I was v scared bc my scores were not the best
SAT: 1360 & 1330
SAT subject tests: Lit 670, Chem 640 (lol)
AP Classes: 5 classes (only took the test for Chem- 3, Lang - 5, and Calc AB- 4)
Recs: Perks of going to a super small LAC is that you get to know your professors really well. I got one from my writing professor and my gen. chem professor, and both classes had less than 20 students so I was able to stand out. I think that they both wrote amazing recs.
Outside class: Cultural clubs, work-study jobs, nothing really special
Essays: When I got rejected last year I was pretty sure it was because of my essays, they were so general, full of cliches, and talked more about what I wanted to do socially than academically. So I completely redid them and thought about what I truly wanted to achieve at Penn. Positive that this is what got me in!! My grades and test scores were definitely below Penn’s average, but I worked super hard for months to make my essays perfect. For the supplement, I wrote specifically about what I loved about Penn, what programs I wanted to pursue, and how I saw myself making an impact there.
@jk9801 Congratulations on your acceptance and thank you for sharing your stats!
I have some questions:
Were rejected both as a freshman and a sophomore?
If so, did you speak about your rejection(s) in your application and how you were maybe not ready to attend UPenn at that time/how you changed from when you originally applied?
Thanks!
Also, I am unsure if anyone noticed the link I posted for the 2019 transfer thread, but here it is again: