<p>What stands out in your mind as something particularly seductive to Penn admissions? Is it:</p>
<p>Stats?
GPA
Class Rank
SATs</p>
<h2>SAT IIs</h2>
<p>ECs?
Clubs (such as debate)
Summer programs</p>
<h2>etc.</h2>
<h2>Essays?</h2>
<p>But moreover, what kind of qualities does Penn look for? E.g. do they prefer the analytical, math-and-science-types to humanities-centered applicants? Do they like the odd and quirky more than the serious?</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>well...firstly, i think admissions are VERY random....although i believe certain formulas are used to determine if an applicant can "handle" the rigor of an ivy league school, i doubt these formulas are the main ingredient in the admission process.....since admissions officers are HUMAN, they are naturally going to like one person over another for no "good" reason.....its just a matter of taste...if you do model UN and are a star in it, but another applicant plays field hockey and is pretty good, the admissions officer may choose the field hockey girl because the admissions officer herself played the sport....something as simple as that may determine acceptance (if that field hockey girl was "qualified," of course)....also, the school may need different things each year....maybe penn needs a good viola player for its orchestra, and you happen to play viola very well (boom! youre in over a person with everything the same as you except he would have piano instead of your viola).....for each program and school, what "they want" is different...im sure wharton and engineering concentrate on math much more than the college does....ill list who got in from my school to maybe help you</p>
<p>ED:
guy A - he is half persian half jewish lol - the college
1440-1480
about a 750 average on sat iis
ranked 18th out of 524
most rigorous curriculum
legacy
dad is a professor at another university
plays hockey very well, is a great model UNer, has amazing leadership roles, good at business type stuff (FBLA and DECA)</p>
<p>ME - im russian - huntsman
1580
800, 790, 760 sat iis
my unweighted gpa isnt even an A
weighted im ranked 43 out of 524 (unweighted its 80-82)
i also have very good ECs (leadership stuff, volleyball, model UN, community service, business stuff, my own entreprunerial things)
no legacy or anything like that</p>
<p>RD
girl A - indian - the college (deferred ED)
1530ish
ranked 16th
great ECs - tennis, leadership, model UN, etc.
no legacy or anything like that</p>
<p>girl B - white - the college
1520 (converted from ACT)
ranked in the top 10 students
good ECs as well - model UN, lots of various clubs
quadruple legacy or something crazy like that</p>
<p>guy C - white - the college
1460
ranked 18th or somewhere around there
almost no ECs other than debate team (i believe)
mom works at penn (not in admissions or anything though)</p>
<p>well...hope that helps...obviously everyone had good SATs and generally good ECs......no one from my school was accepted because of his/her sole science prowess....everyone did well in humanities (in school and in ECs).....also, we are from new jersey, which makes it HARD to get in.....if you are in a state like nebraska or idaho, you have it a lot easier.....a bunch of factors are NOT in your control....location, race, admissions officer's mood/personal preferences, what the college wants....etc....just do your best....and hope for the best
good luck</p>
<p>I do know that a lot of debaters (at least LDers) have gotten in to UPenn (i.e. David Wolfish, Max Stevens, etc.). Does Penn really like debate? If so, that would be nice (nats qualifier, harvard triple-octos, stanford run-off, eastside catholic 2nd, president junior & senior).</p>