Asian Whartonites?

kidPenn
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:37:02 +0000

Hermann, the above poster is really valuable information. If you can stand out similar to her, to that extent, then you should keep your hopes high.
I think her ‘hook’ is that she has a dance company(i think) and immense volunteering

keep in mind she did apply ED which does show interest and is a boost

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take it
ACT: 31 (32E, 34M, 29R, 28S); 31 (33E, 31M, 31R, 28S)
SAT II: didn’t take them
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): english language (4), APUSH (3); didn’t submit any
Senior Year Course Load: super difficult + Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold Presidential Service Award, some random unexciting ones
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): dance, dance company (captain), Educational Director of a dance nonprofit Everybody Dance Now!, Mock Trial lawyer, National Charity League (Parliamentarian, Pres, VP etc.)
Job/Work Experience: office assistant
Volunteer/Community service: a TON; I run a nonprofit with 5 other teens and have spent over 900 hours in the past year doing work with EDN!, NCL etc.
Summer Activities: Oxbridge Paris program, I took calc 150 last summer, working with EDN!

Essays: good I thought–a lot of emotion and research
Teacher Recommendation: I signed the FERPA but I was told that all of them were amazing
Counselor Rec: ditto
Additional Rec: my dance teacher wrote me one that I’m sure was great
Interview: didn’t have one

State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: small private school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: high… didn’t apply for aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none unless you count my community service involvement

Strengths: extracurriculars, community service, recommendations
Weaknesses: test scores were on the weaker end
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know and don’t care because I’m stoked!!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn’t apply anywhere else