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johnnyboy33 · 03-29-2007, 04:33 PM

Decision && School: Accepted CAS

Stats:[ list][*] SAT Verbal: 750[*] SAT Math:760[*] SAT Writing: 800[*] SAT Total: 2310[*] SAT II: Math IC - 750; US History - 740[*] ACT: 33[*] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 AP English Lang, 5 AP Stat., 4 US History[*] GPA weighted:4.25/4.25[*] GPA unweighted:4.0[*] Rank or % estimate: 1 of 153
[/list]Subjective:[ ist][*] Essays: One was about my biggest extra curricular and i thought it was pretty strong; my Why Penn I thought was weak, but it must not have been too weak.[*] Teacher Recs: One was unbelievable (AP Chem teacher) and the other one I never was able to see, but she gave me an award last year so it was probably pretty strong.[*] Counselor Rec: I actually have no idea..[*] Hook (if any): I think the high rank and test scores mixed with a strong community service edge helped.
[/list]Location/Person:

State or Country: Southeast Florida
School Type: Private Independent
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: President of City Youth Council; Founder/President of several school programs including Mentoring Program, Peer Writing Lab, and Vice-President of Key Club

[ b]Other Factors: My counselor sent an e-mail to Penn telling them that it's my first choice, etc. and I think that helped a lot. I also kept in touch with them, updating, etc. [/b]

03-29-2007, 04:33 PM	#52
johnnyboy33 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Threads: 0 Posts: 1	Decision && School: Accepted CAS Stats:[ list][] SAT Verbal: 750[] SAT Math:760[] SAT Writing: 800[] SAT Total: 2310[] SAT II: Math IC - 750; US History - 740[] ACT: 33[] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 AP English Lang, 5 AP Stat., 4 US History[] GPA weighted:4.25/4.25[] GPA unweighted:4.0[] Rank or % estimate: 1 of 153 [/list]Subjective:[ ist][] Essays: One was about my biggest extra curricular and i thought it was pretty strong; my Why Penn I thought was weak, but it must not have been too weak.[] Teacher Recs: One was unbelievable (AP Chem teacher) and the other one I never was able to see, but she gave me an award last year so it was probably pretty strong.[] Counselor Rec: I actually have no idea..[] Hook (if any): I think the high rank and test scores mixed with a strong community service edge helped. [/list]Location/Person: State or Country: Southeast Florida School Type: Private Independent Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Legacy Yes/No: No Recruited Yes/No: No Important ECs: President of City Youth Council; Founder/President of several school programs including Mentoring Program, Peer Writing Lab, and Vice-President of Key Club [ b]Other Factors: My counselor sent an e-mail to Penn telling them that it's my first choice, etc. and I think that helped a lot. I also kept in touch with them, updating, etc. [/b]