<p>@kayyyy
i think iPhones will work, I’m planning to check from mine.
the decision website opens up just fine, so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.</p>
<p>So nervous as well. All of my friends have got into fantastic schools- Stanford, Brown PLME, Harvard…
And I didn’t even have to tell my closest friends, they expected that I’d apply ED given how much I’ve talked about Penn the last year or so. And they’re all so confident in me and I just wish that I could be confident too- but from past experience, overconfidence just leads to disappointment.
Anyways, with just about 20 hours left, most of which I’ll be asleep anyways, it’s time to calm the heck down and enjoy winter break.
Good luck to you all! And I hope to see you at Penn next year</p>
<p>your posts didn’t load before I sent mine, it’s comforting to see that others are going through similar experiences and we are not alone in this!</p>
<p>I agree. CC is almost like group therapy, lol. </p>
<p>This is positively the worst day of my life so far with the high potential for tomorrow to break the record. It doesn’t help that people are all so supportive.</p>
<p>i don’t know. i feel that complaining to you guys does kind of calm my nerves. A lot of my friends hate listening to my ranting–they have already gotten into their respective colleges already. This time tomorrow most of you guys’ll all have gotten in and not me.</p>
<p>My counselor advised against penn purely due to my gpa (3.72.) She said I made up for it with the subjective components of the application, but I don’t know if it’ll be enough. Penn has so many applicants that academic prowess is a given–if i’m not able to fulfill that, i don’t know whether they’d give me a second look. </p>
<p>Is everyone here me? I feel the same way. I also have a similar GPA to ceyago and I’m so unsure of what will happen. I tried to not really tell anyone because I’d feel so bad if I didn’t get in and everyone knew. Not getting accepted also means more essays -___-</p>
<p>Hey I’ve been following the forum since it began…finally got the nerve to make an account. Tomorrow’s the day. I’m a trainwreck; everybody is at this point! </p>
<p>Stats and stuff are just a check box, they want to know about you. We’ll get through this together.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think that colleges put that much weight on GPA anymore. I mean sure, they do look at in the context of your school, and as long as you’ve taken a rigorous course load and have done well (3.74 is only a couple Bs, right?), beyond that I personally do not believe that there is much distinction between a 4.0 and a 3.7~.</p>
<p>I assumed that it was more of a point system. Like you get certain points for your gpa/sat/rigor, and then for your essays, recs, ECs, etc.</p>
<p>A check box would be a lot better!</p>
<p>I’m convincing myself that they can’t outright reject someone who has slightly fallen short academically but excels otherwise. So being deferred will be enough for me!</p>
<p>On a quick google search pertaining to Ivy League admissions, I found this to be intriguing. The text it from a Harvard page, but I think it is still pertinent for us:</p>
<p>"MYTH: Harvard is only for geniuses.</p>
<p>FACT: Harvard rejects literally hundreds of candidates with 1400-plus SAT scores and 4.0 GPA’s in favor of students with lesser academic achievements. The truly brilliant students are almost always admitted, but the other 90% of each class is comprised of students who meet a combination of factors, including intellectual ability, unusual attractiveness of personality, outstanding capacity for leadership, creative ability, athletic ability, maturity and motivation for a liberal arts education and geographic distribution."</p>
<p>So some get in for “unusual attractiveness of personality”, eh? :P</p>
<p>I think so too; its the same thing as deciding between a 2300 and a 2390. Who cares? At that point, it’s semantics. I think they know plenty well that you’re smart enough.</p>
<p>@Harrovian At least shoot for a deferral! If you’re deferred, it means hey! You’re Ivy League material; there just may be extenuating circumstances and we couldn’t admit you.</p>
<p>On another note, did anyone apply AI? I’ve never seen a single soul on CC that has :(</p>
<p>Oh man. This is my first time posting, but I’ve read all 60+ pages of this particular forum. First off, good luck tomorrow to you guys, it would be awesome to meet up with you guys next fall in Philly. I really hope you guys get in–you guys clearly want it bad enough. But I also have a question about my situation that I’m hoping someone can answer.</p>
<p>I’m sort of in the opposite camp of many of you guys. I have a 4.72 gpa (never gotten below a 95 in a class before), 2/143 in my class, I’ve taken the most rigorous schedule chock full of AP’s, I got a 2400 on my third sitting of the SAT (single score), coupled with 800 Math 2, 800 US History, and 790 Biology. However, my extracurriculars and summer activities are not nearly as good, and my essays are probably well-written but nothing ground-breaking. Would my objective stats make up for subjective stuff? I applied to Wharton</p>
<p>Btw, I’m an ABC male (American Born Chinese) living in NC.</p>
<p>50% of ED kids get rejected, the other half are either deferred or admitted.</p>
<p>I don’t know. I think if you feel you’re special some way or another (and are not unrealistic), it’s safe to say you won’t be outright rejected. </p>
<p>If you feel your ECs/Essays are special, I doubt they’d reject you. Being special is what sets you apart, but I don’t know if it’ll get you admitted.</p>
<p>@Tarheel714 I know a girl with similar stats (2400 sat, val) who got into penn last year. I believe her biggest EC was just working herself up to significant roles in the school plays. I don’t think you have much to worry about with those scores as long as you showed a commitment to some activity and emphasized that in your application.</p>
and not me.</p>