<p>I was deferred from Wharton with a solid application (2360 SAT, 35 ACT, 3.85ish GPA, leadership in extracurriculars, several thousand dollar business, my best essays) and I'm wondering why. I know that college decisions are random to a slight degree, but I truly believed that this school was perfect for me and me for it.</p>
<p>So, I pose this question to all those accepted: did you ever visit the campus? Or, perhaps more pertinent - did any of you NOT visit?</p>
<p>Visiting doesn’t matter that much, especially with EDs who show interest b/c they are in fact ED. </p>
<p>There could be a million reasons from your class rank, to how you came across in your essays, to misleading the admissions committee (did you inflate the hours you spend on activities?).</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing about the visiting…</p>
<p>Two of my classmates, similar scores and classes but worse EC’s, got in …but I was deferred…Sigh.</p>
<p>Penn is pretty much the only ivy that weights interest, but applying ED already shows about as much interest as you can show. . .visiting might help a tiny bit but I’m not sure. I live on the other side of the country from Penn but visited 3 times; I just got accepted to Wharton. I’m not sure if this really means anything though because I’m also a URM from a state that sends under 10 kids a year to Penn. I’m sorry you were deferred but it isn’t the end of the world; try sending an additional letter to the school explaining how/why wharton is still your #1 choice and tell them about any changes in scores or a new rec letter or something. Best of luck to you during RD</p>