Penn Admissions -> Blackbox ???

exnovis
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:27:46 +0000

< Rejected >

Current School: 20~30th best national university
Entering as: Junior
Major Applied: School of Arts and Sciences
College GPA: 4.0

HS GPA: 3.8~3.9
SAT I: 2000~2100
SAT II: 2400
Sig EC: College - Internship at a renowned company in Asia, Writer of a college newsletter, etc.
High School - President of a sport club, etc.
Rec: Pretty good, he guesses
Essays: McEssay

Applied: Penn, a couple more
Rejected: Penn
Pending: others



< Accepted >

Current School: 3rd tier university
Entering as: Junior
Major Applied: Statistics
College GPA: 3.85

HS GPA: Don’t know only went two years
SAT Score: 2160
SAT II: None
Sig EC: Community Service

Rec: Did not see them, but assume they were good
Essays: Were reflective

Applied to: Penn, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Harvard, Rice, Cornell
Accepted: Penn, Dartmouth, Rice, Cornell
Waiting on: Johns Hopkins
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: Harvard (no transfers this year), Northwestern (would not accept application because I don’t have a diploma or GED)

Attending: Rice



Current School: Wesleyan University
Entering as: Junior (History major)
High School GPA: 4.6/5.0
College GPA: 3.76/4.00 when I applied, 3.85 at the end of the semester
SAT/ACT Scores: 2240 (800 CR, 730 WR, 710 M)
SAT II Scores: 800 US History, 790 World History, 760 Biology E
Significant ECs: Football, chillin, watching TV, listening to music
Recs: One pretty good, another not so much.
Essays: Two absolute gems in my opinion.

Applied to: Columbia, Penn, Cornell
Accepted: Penn, Cornell
Waitlisted: Columbia
Rejected: None

Likely Attending: Penn (unless Columbia takes me off their waitlist)



Current School: CC
Entering as: Junior
High School GPA: 3.3 UW
College GPA: 3.96??
SAT/ACT Scores: 2310 <------ This calendar year. 1400 Sophomore year.
SAT II Scores: 2350 This calendar year. 800 800 750 – Literature, Writing,
Math IIC – From sophomore year – 660 Math IC
Significant ECs: Basketball, Teach SAT math prep, other crap.

Applied to: Stanford, Pomona, Cornell, Penn, Emory, Amherst, CMC
Accepted: Stanford, Penn, Emory, Amherst, CMC
Waitlisted: none
Rejected: Cornell – did something stupid on app. Owned by Pomona.

Attending: Stanford.