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Old 04-03-2007, 12:49 AM   #168
sphairistic
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Threads: 31
Posts: 383
Finally getting around to doing this now.


Waitlisted: Wharton

Stats:
  • SAT Verbal: 760
  • SAT Math: 790
  • SAT Writing: 720
  • SAT Total: 2270
  • SAT II: 770 Math I, 800 Math II, 800 Latin
  • ACT: n/a
  • AP/IB taken/scores: Lang&Comp - 5; US History - 5; Latin Lit - 5; taking BC Calc, Physics, Gov, Lit & Stats this year
  • GPA weighted: 4.81
  • GPA unweighted: 4.0
  • Rank or % estimate: School doesn't rank, but I'm somewhere from 1-3 / 145
Subjective:
  • Essays: One on being kicked out of AP Chem to fulfill art requirements (I thought it was pretty good); the other was a bit more abstract & had to do with my being an analytical thinker. The best, though (at least I thought) was my Why Penn/Wharton essay--wrote about a lot of reasons why the school would be good for me and vice versa.
  • Teacher Recs: Very good
  • Counselor Rec: Extremely good
  • Hook (if any): Legacy, though my GC warned me that wouldn't help me unless I applied ED. Should've listened. I also thought my Girl Scout Gold Award project would help.. apparently it didn't.
Location/Person:
  • State or Country: MA
  • School Type: Extremely small, elite public school--feeder school for Harvard (4/145 got in this year); sends dozens to top schools each year
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Female
  • Legacy Yes/No: Yes
  • Recruited Yes/No: No
  • Important ECs: Mock Trial (2 yr Captain), Math Team (Captain), Model UN (founder/secretary general), AAU Co-Pres, Literary Magazine secretary, Student Council, School Council, Varsity Field Hockey (1st team All-Star), Varsity Tennis, Physics Olympics, Peer Ministry, Girl Scouts
Other Factors: Er.. yeah, nothing really. My GC warned me against applying EA to Yale instead of Penn, saying that being a legacy RD might actually make it harder for me to get in, but, naturally, I didn't listen. I got into Duke & Georgetown, though, so will probably end up doing poli-sci and going to grad school for business.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats on those who got in, though I shall, of course, love anyone who turns down Wharton for Harvard/Yale/Princeton/wherever else. :-) Not too expectant on getting off this waitlist, but my dad is one very angry alum right now, so maybe he'll be able to do something
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