In all honesty, I’m more angry that I didn’t get deferred than I am that I got rejected. I would be fine with getting rejected eventually; Penn is a great school and I’m clearly not the world’s most qualified candidate. I just think that I’m truly a complete applicant who at least deserved to be deferred.
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It is my grandfather. He went to Wharton and also was a professor for a bit.
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@sisercat strong extra curricular / achievement ?
ah cool.
I feel you man. Don’t have legacy but thought I had a really well-rounded, complete application and my interviewer even said he thought I was a great fit for Penn (I know they don’t read your application). Just sucks it couldn’t have been at least a deferral. Wishing you the best man and hopefully we both get into other extremely good schools!
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Accepted School of Engineering and Applied Science! (Applied for M&T but it’s more than okay)
Stats/Info:
- White/Asian Mixed Male
- No legacy/didn’t apply for financial aid
- Public school with 495 in grade (no rank)
- 35 ACT/No subject tests
- 3.96 UW/4.34 W GPA
- Good ECs (rowing nationals placing, world choir games choir winner, state champ piano duo, etc.)
- Fine Arts Supplement for Piano
Accepted into the College of Arts and Sciences !!!
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White/ Originally from Athens. I grew up there until HS. I go to a small public school in upstate NY
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No legacy/ Applied for financial aid.
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750 Biology Subject SAT. I’ve taken 8 APS but I didn’t submit my scores bc of Covid. Didn’t submit my ACT score.
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97.5 unweighted. 100.11 weighted (submitted my weighted)
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Decent ECs (Envirothon Regional Champ and 2nd place in the state, Environmental club president, Summer Medical internship in Athens Greece, Accepted into the Simons Research Program at Stony Brook but it got canceled bc of Covid)
Honestly surprised I got in. Great job everyone!!!
Did anyone else get a named scholarship?
I got in
Black/ Female: Ist Gen Immigrant from Nigeria
33 ACT 4.65 W/4.0 UW & 10 APs (5 exams: 3 5s; 2 4s)
- go to school in VA
I think my awards/ECs and essays got me in!
I did. I got the Rosenburg scholarship I think. My essays and Recs are definitely what got me in.
Not from India but Indian, my son got accepted into M&T program as an international student from Canada.
rejected
applied to Bio-Dent
T/O
essay 8.5/10
ec’s 8/10
from Taiwan
no legacy
rank 1/60
IB predicted 44/45, and now is 45/45
very low cumulated WGPA 3.86
junior GPA was high 4.25/4.33 W, 4.0/4.0 UW
interview was great
Accepted
College of Arts & Sciences
asian. applied test optional, no legacy, applied for financial aid.
interview 8.5/10
essays: 8/10
ec: 9/10
4.477 weighted gpa. 3/497 ranked
public school. Predominately Hispanic community.
no awards (except honor roll and honor societies)
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deferred :): honestly im content considering I thought I would for sure get rejected…good luck everyone !!
Well guys it’s been fun. Now that I’ve been rejected I no longer have use for this page. I wish you all the best and just know that we are all gonna do amazing things in life! To the people that got in, congrats and best of luck at Penn next year!! To the people like me who had their dreams crushed, everything’s gonna work out and next year we’ll look back on today with a slight chuckle because of how happy we are at the school we end up at :))
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accepted to wharton!! congrats everyone :))))
urm, 34 act, no legacy, applied for financial aid
interview: 8/10 it was pretty normal
essays: idk but i loved them
ec: followed my passions and had a lot of rly good leadership roles & i think the AOs saw that
3.8 gpa (& upward trend), no class rank
private school
LORs: my advisor told me that they were amazing so 10/10 i think
i think my LORs & ecs got me in for sure
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Same for my kid. She was rejected from SEAS, legacy. Not sure if ECs were too weak, or her essays weren’t on target.
Sad thing is, she couldn’t do sports or work due to a disability but darned if she would mention being disabled…
Both my spouse and I think we would not have gotten in this year…
Very interested if they went very diverse by geography - we are near NYC and freshmen year I had 10 of 15 dormmates who were from near NYC or Philly.
PS - she has a 4.0 in two Penn courses that we paid for despite me losing my job, so…didn’t matter that she can succeed at Penn I guess.
What school in Canada and what were the stats.
just wondering, where are you getting this information from?
Deferred from Wharton 3.89 gpa 8/405
urm first gen no sat