Got an email asking if I still wanted to remain on the waitlist. I guess I just made it to the second wave? Pls accept me penn
[05/17] A guy on Reddit claims to have gotten off the waitlist.
Can someone explain what the extended waitlist is (generally how many people get on it)?
just curious - what college will you guys attend if not accepted off waitlists?
Gap Year cuz I got rejected by all the colleges I applied.
Good luck on your waitlist school(s)! I don’t know much about extended waitlist stuff but I think previous years’ Penn waitlist threads would provide some helpful insights. @hopefulizard
guys…no idea how this happened but I got into Wharton!!!
I received the portal update just like you all and I thought it would be a rejection too (because usually I think they call if you get in) but I opened my status update and I got in??!! i was in shock because they take like no one off their waitlist (especially not for Wharton) but I got accepted somehow.
anyways, just crying and completely over the moon right now. Penn Wharton was my dream school but after getting waitlisted, I fell in love with the school I committed to and tried to (and did) forget about Penn. got a tough decision ahead but so so grateful. good luck to everyone!!!
just got in a couple hours ago for engineering
I got put on the extended waitlist… Has anyone gotten in for the College?
I got an email yesterday that they cannot offer me admission.
Congratulation! Did you both get any financial aids?
Just wondering if UPenn exclude those who need financial aids from consideration.
https://www.page217.org/2019-waitlist-update/
does not look good :-/
I just got accepted yesterday off the waitlist for Wharton! Will be going (: just got rejected from Georgetown the day before so this was a nice cherry on top for me.
Congratulation! Did you apply for financial aids?
Just wondering if UPenn exclude those who need financial aids from consideration.
Hello everyone! I just got accepted from the waitlist and made an account to share my stats/details with you.
First things first: All candidates here (even those who were denied) are way better than I am but here we are! So dear parent/student, don’t lose hope.
P.S I’m an international student from Pakistan.
Decision: Accepted (after getting waitlisted)
Objective:
SAT I: Superscored: Maths=700 English=710 Essay=20/24
ACT: Not Taken
SAT II: English literature=720
U.S History=560 (Never studied a word of US history, took the test based on general knowledge)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: 1/60
AP/IB: Not taken.
OLevel: 9As 1A
A Level: Predicted grades: Economics= A, Law=A, IT=A, Accounting=A.
Major Awards: First Position all over Pakistan in National Poetey Writing Competition, First all over Pakistan in Turkish Language assessments, TSA Writing Competition (Oxford Union) Pakistan finalist, GOI Writing Competion Japanese Embassy in Pakistan Winner.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Coucil(Head girl 2017-19), Welfare Club (President+Founder), Publications Club (President), School magazine (Editor-in-Chief), MUNs+debating(couple of awards+ English Speaking Union certified speaker and national finalist twice), Wrote op-eds in national newspapers in Pakistan on current affairs and int’l relations.
Job/Work Experience: Helped my father with his side business, summer volunteer at my city’s only cancer research hospital (marketing department, radiology and as a play therapist for young patients.
Volunteer/Community service: Cancer hospital, internship and project with WWF-Pakistan, volunteered at an orphanage and conducted a food drive.
Summer Activities: I won a national scholarship to Georgetown University’s summer immersion. It was fully funded by Pakistani govt and US department of state.
Essays: Wrote my essay on the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India: A risky and controversial move but I made it clear in the essay that no amount of controversy can preclude me from writing about what I am truly passionate about.
Teacher Recommendations: A very generous professor at Georgetown offered to write a rec for me. Haven’t read it but we had a good rapport and she (thankfully) regarded my passion with admiration.
Economics Sir wrote an exceptional rec for me. I had written a research paper with him on political economy and he mentioned my proposals to combat economic crises in Pakistan to in the letter.
Accounting teacher wrote the last one. We were very close and she knew me well and believed that I would do well at UPenn.
Counselor Rec: My Vice Principal was my counselor and wrote a flattering rec.
City/Country: Lahore, Pakistan.
School Type: Private. International but not renowned.
Ethnicity: Asian (South Asian).
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Not sure about the parameters in US.
Received a full ride though. (100% aid since Pakistani rupee is badly depreciated and even the well-to-do here would be considered financially weak in US).
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I speak four languages with fluency (Urdu-mother tongue- English, Turkish and Punjabi-regional), I can read and understand a bit of Arabic and Japanese and I am learning Spanish. I think being multilingual helped a bit.
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: Test scores were really poor but I justified it since I’m an international student and know nothing about US history. Couldn’t take multiple attempts because SATs here are expensive.
I think my essays were good although the Penn supplement was mediocre at best. My recs probably saved me and my American professor was too generous in her praise!
Finally, I used to spend hours through these threads like you guys trust me we get through it. To all international students and esp Pakistani ones, you can do this. I did it on my own you don’t have to pay heaps of money to get into an ivy league.
And finally, to the US students: I see most of your parents are very much involved in the admissions process. Please cherish that and love them for it. Parents from Pakistan and I’m sure other Asian countries (mostly) are completely reliant on their kids, not well acquainted with international admissions systems and we do everything on our own (and failure isn’t an option lol!). To all the parents, you’re doing a great job!
@BHBHBH27 Congrats! I’m an international student from South Africa who’s still stuck on waitlist!? So good to hear of another international student getting in off the waitlist! Best of luck at Penn.
Thank you so much! Just hang in there I’m sure you’ll be very happy with wherever you end up! Sending best wishes.
yo bhbhbh27. if your scores are right, you will be depressed being there…most kids will walk over you with their scores and you will be in the bottom of the GPA curve. trust me. prepare yourself mentally if you are determined being there.
@happy9bird I don’t think SAT scores are an indication of how well you’re going to do in college…
@happy9bird the hardest part of going to an ivy is getting accepted @BHBHBH27 will do just fine.