Hey!
Do you know what percentage gets deferred
how do you let penn know that you are still interested?
Hey… Really disappointed. I was really hoping to get in but hoping that I still have a shot. I read that deferred applicants usually get in at a higher rate than actual RD applicants so…
Post stats if deferred!!!
35 ACT, 800 Math II, 800 US History, 4.0 UW GPA, 2/732, 5s on AP calc bc, AP enviro, AP Euro, APUSH, AP comp sci principles, and AP Lang. 4 on AP Bio.
Senior schedule: AP stats, AP physics c, AP lit, AP gov, AP psych, multivariable calculus, and ordinary differential equations
I’m not gonna write descriptions of my ECs but they are:
Cross country (captain), track (captain), owner of local tutoring business, counselor at local summer camp, peer tutor at school, stem cell research, MU alpha theta, and volunteer at local hospital.
Applied as a cognitive science major — probs should’ve applied as a math major, given my math-heavy schedule and math scores. Oh well.
Deferred from CAS for comms, West coast not cali
36 ACT, 800 Math 2, 780 Physics, 800 Japanese, 3.94 UW GPA, top decile but no rank, most rigorous courseload, tied with 1 other student for most rigorous senior year courseload
ECs: Large social justice club (president), Admission student ambassadors program (President / coordinator), Yearbook (editor in chief), Aerodynamic engineering club (president), middle school photography and journalism club (leader), Overseas writer for one of India’s largest newspaper companies (got a summer internship there, was asked to continue work for them after returning to america. Got a letter of rec from the editor), Congressional internship for a progressive congresswoman, 100+ volunteer hours at same location.
it rly do be like that sometimes.
I feel like i’ve seen that around 20% of students get deferred. Penn is unique from most of the other ivies in that they reject far more than they defer, which is good for us because it means we actually do have a shot in the regular decision round.
so like around 1400 applicants were deferred this year and somewhere around 224 will be admitted in RD
Is there anyone here who was deferred from SEAS?
I was deferred from SEAS.
GPA: 97.1/100.00 (unweighted)
ACT: 34
SAT IIs: Spanish-710, Math II-720, US History-720
Junior year courses: AP Lang, APUSH, pre-calc honors, spanish honors, regular physics (only offered 3 APs junior year)
Senior year: BC calc, AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Macro
Extracurriculars:
2 year editor-in-chief of school newspaper
founded basketball clinics for kids in town-started freshman year and have made over $10,000
4 years audition-only chamber orchestra, 7 years private lessons, Area All State section leader, performed at Carnegie Hall
3 years varsity basketball, 2 years JV captain as freshman
president of string buddies (help out at elementary school orchestra)
president of Midnight Run club
camp counselor for 2 years
Tri-M music honors society
NHS
selected to apply for PEO Star Scholarship
Recs:
One is from my english teacher of two years who also selected me as editor in chief of the newspaper at the end of sophomore year
Other is from my Spanish teacher who is known for writing strong recs
Sorry I didnt get deferred from SEAS got deferred from the College of Arts and Sciences ^
If I was deferred from Wharton, is it possible for me to switch my application to CAS?
@hsclassof2023 You would have to send the admission office at Penn an email saying that with your reasons.
how’s everyone feeling about deferral after the dust has settled?
Visiting other schools mitigated the probable eventual rejection, highly recommend lol
sorry for late post but deferred from SEAS
ACT: 31 (35M and the rest 29), 8 Writing
SAT: 1300
GPA: 4.26 W, 3.83 UW
Rank: 20/574
Sr Year: Linear Algebra & Diff. Equa (Fall), Multivariable Calc (Spring), Cybersecurity Honors, AP Statistics, Regular Junior English, Regular Senior English, Online Regular Civics, Computer Graphics 1.
E.C:
- Math Club Founder & President
- Went to a highly selective (2% ac rate) summer program for AI.
- Built a robotic teaching program on campus
- TA for Computer Science
Hooks: Immigrant (I came to the US 2 years ago)
If it was real that only 20% students got deferred then it would be a miracle for me LMAO considering my low ACT and GPA.