UPenn Class of 2021 RD Results

doorrealthe
Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:30:58 +0000

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected

Wharton

Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2300 (770/740/800/8) only sitting
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2 - 800
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.9 ish UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), AP Lang (4). AP Calc AB (5). AP Gov (5). AP Comp (5). AP Environmental (5).

Senior year course load:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
AP Statistics
AP Economics
AP Literature

Awards:

AP Scholar with Distinction

National Merit Scholar Commended

Chosen as 1 of 8 teens nationwide for a major program (lots of publicity)

(2x) High school award in math and science - given to best student in each class

Yale essay contest 1st place

Two other, smaller online essay contests - finalist/top10 winner

second place in We The People state competition

High honor roll, NHS, etc.

Extracurriculars (exactly what is on my Common App):

Blogger for the Huffington Post

Co-Editor in Chief of school newspaper

Co-President of DECA business club

Co-Founder of a growing company (annual revenue projected around $15k-20k)

Published writer and journalist: fantasy novel published on Amazon, reporter for local newspaper, published in 4 literary magazines

Editor for a national high school literary magazine

Karate Black Belt (first degree)

Class Treasurer

AVID Tutor and Freshman mentor

Former waiter and housekeeper at a bed and breakfast, ongoing private tutor with 3 clients, former employee for a financial literacy website

Recommendations:
Good

Essays:
Pretty good

Other:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: competitive state
School Type: Very large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: No financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):

Strengths: ECs
Weaknesses: Scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think the peer recommendation helped me as well as the interview!
What would you have done differently?: Nothing
Where else did you apply?

Accepted: Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, UVA, and BC
Waitlisted: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Duke, and UChicago
Rejected: Princeton, Penn, Cornell, and Brown

A little frustrating but oh well. Dartmouth it is!