<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR 780 M 740 W 2300 total
ACT: did not take
SAT II: 780 US History 750 Chem 750 Lit 730 Math I (oy…)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/317
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, European History, AP Lang, all fives
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Dual-enrolled- Bio, Stats, Honors Research/Mentorship, Environmental Science…AP Lit and AP Gov, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Odyssey of the Mind, Band (Marching and concert), FIRST Robotics, Recycling Club (president), yearbook, lots of church stuff, play flute and piano
Job/Work Experience: worked as a teacher at this summer science camp for kids this past summer
Volunteer/Community service: played the piano at a retirement home, junior volunteer at a hospital for two summers
Summer Activities: Girls State, hospital volunteering
Essays: common app one was pretty good (i wrote about my heritage) and why penn had good reasons and specific details. I didn’t write the optional essay
Teacher Recommendation: glowing, especially one by my english teacher that I had for two years
Counselor Rec: didn’t see, but I think it was okay?
Additional Rec: I go to a gov school for science and technology, so my calc teacher last year wrote me one
Interview: uhm…I thought I had bombed it. The interviewer wasn’t very conversational and I was really nervous. </p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: extracurriculars, essays
Weaknesses: no big leadership positions or awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my app showed that I was passionate about the activities I am involved in and who I was as a person. Cheesy, but true I think 
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere
General Comments: Congratulations to all who were admitted! I can’t wait to meet all of you!! To those who are thinking about applying…I would say go for it! You really never know what’s going to happen.</p>