SEAS: DEFERRED
Objective:
SAT I {best single sitting) (breakdown): Didn’t send
SAT I (superscore) (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32C (35 E 32 M 32 R 30S)
SAT II: Math II (750), Bio M (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), US Government (5), World (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP US, AP English, AP French, Honors Phsyics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition Program
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Code Club, App Development (Sent them an App that I created, Debate Club, Chem Club.
Academics
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: NHS
Summer Activities: programming
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9.2/10 Talked about my heritage and culture and how it defines me. The writing style was maybe a little too over the top looking back. The supplement was good but also looking back i think the way i highlighted my passion of comp sci/programming was also over the top and wasn’t presented in the bett possible light.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, AP Calc Teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10, AP World Teacher
Counselor Rec: never saw it
Additional Rec: no
Interview: Went pretty ok. We bonded over politics which we both find interesting, overall 8.5/10. We got along very well but some underlying weaknesses in my app were exposed which was embarassing, but he was pretty cool about it.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Comp Sci.
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small, rural school, less than 159 students
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
Gender: M
Income Bracket: less than 40k a year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Having a passion, my ethnicity, my grades and class rank.
Weaknesses: ACT? maybe, over the top writing style?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: strong applicant pool, over the top essay style, passion not presented in best light. Ed doesn’t help nearly as much as people say it does. My hook could only go so far.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UPitt, Temple
General Comments : I knew it was gonna be close af, and I didn’t quite make the cut. I’ll be applying to more Rd schools and will try to convince Penn to admit me in the RD round.