UPENN Class of 2017 RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
721

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t report
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry (800); Literature (780); U.S. History (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.2 (?)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/466
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Psych (5), Eng. Lang. (5), U.S. History (5), Stats (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 2 or 3, I think
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (Secretary), Academic Challenge, some others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Job for three years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]Library, Habitat, nothing special really; not that many hours either[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Four fragmented anecdotes about my life, on the weirder end of the spectrum[/li][</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[</em> ] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Good
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Don’t remember
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $40-45
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]QB Finalist, maybe geographyReflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Solid academics, maybe debate
[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteering, maybe singular focus on debate in extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Solid academics, QuestBridge, geography, maybe essay
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Princeton '17!</p>

722

<p>Got waitlisted.</p>

<p>Does visiting the campus help?</p>

723

<p>Getting a rejection is always unpleasent, especially at a dream school (I was rejected as well), but universities at hk are amazing as well! I kknow I definately want to study abroad there in college!!</p>

724

<p>Afternoontea, I was also accepted with similar stats! There is hope.</p>

725

<p>hey guys, just hopping into the discussion here. I got waitlisted too</p>

726

<p>Does anyone know if there is a waitlist thread for UPenn Class of 2017? Cause im really confused on how Penn approaches the whole waitlist issue… do they rank students or do it in tiers? any info would be helpful. Thanks!</p>

727

<p>@lulumama
If he was admitted to the Jerome Fisher program, the acceptance letter will mention it, and there will be a link on the left hand column that brings up a welcome letter to the program.</p>

728

<p>I don’t think there’s a waitlist thread yet. I wanted to create a new one, but somehow it wasn’t working!</p>

729

<p>No, it would mention Jerome Fisher if he got it. I applied for that program in my Early Decision app but didn’t get it either. It is HIGHLY selective. I was accepted into Engineering and VERY HAPPY! My acceptance did not mention I did not get JF.</p>

730

<p>Hi, another waitlisted student :)</p>

731

<p>What can I perhaps do to increase my slim chances of getting off the wait list and into U Penn></p>

732

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 770 M, 690W) (single sitting)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 700, Bio 700, Chem 570, Lit 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.4/100 – 3 year cumulative average
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors core classes, no AP classes offered at my high school
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):4 years Football, 4 years Lacrosse, 2 years wrestling, School Newspaper, Literary Magazine, Student Athlete School Spirit group, Faith group
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Caddy, busboy
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Religion Teacher to youth
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, athletic training
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:Solid, I think
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Great, from what I was told
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] Intended Major:Undeclared Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Nothing I can think of
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Versatile, well-rounded, writing ability, grades/SAT
[<em>] Weaknesses:No real hooks, I’m a dime a dozen applicant in some of these applicant pools
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No real hooks, pretty common applicant, low SAT II’s
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted to UVA, Binghamton, Northeastern, Fordham, Pitt, Delaware among others. Waitlisted to BC, Hopkins, Tulane. Denied from all ivies i applied to (HYP, Cornell, Penn)[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I always said I would make sure to post in these decision threads when I got my notifications because I always perused these boards when I was doing my own applications. To any high school juniors thinking about college, I just have a bit of advice. Don’t apply to more than 10 schools, try less if you could. I know what it feels like to be that overachiever, wanting to “keep your options open,” but seriously – the essays will pile up, the fees will pile up, and god help you when every school wants a seperate financial aid form on top of the FAFSA and CSS. Apply to your favorites, the practical, and a few reaches because thats what its all about hahah. Practice SAT tests too, a little bit of work can skyrocket you into a whole new echelon of schools and merit money.
I guess things are just getting more competitive by the year in college admissions. Maybe grad school</p>

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