UPenn Class of 2021 RD Results

Skim28
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:56:46 +0000

Objective:
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
School of Arts and Sciences

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): superscore 33 R: 36 S: 33 E:33 M: 29
SAT II: didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 4 Human Geo: 5 Gov: 4 World: 3 Psych: 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): Earth: 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, IB English 12, IB Bio HL, IB 20th Century History, IB Math SL, IB Latin HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
co-founder and president of a club which got a $700 grant for a Hashtag LunchBag event
Varsity and JV lacrosse
Science Olympiad
Captain o the quizbowl team
second place in a speech about women’s inequality
a few minor school awards
service-learning diploma (over 250 hours)
Class representative for senior class
member of NHS
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
volunteer at local Korean School for three years to teach traditional Korean instrument
volunteer at the local art museum for children
Summer Activities:
State’s governor school
interned at local legislative

Rate out of 10
Essays: UPenn supplement: I took my best essay from UChicago and changed a bit. It was a good essay that I thoroughly loved and thought was my best one. I changed a good chunk of it, applied to specifically UPenn and gave that. I am not going to rate my essays since they will be pretty biased and I would overrank them.
Common App Essay: It was a bit of risk, but I love it. It talked about my experience with interning at the local legislative and how none of them cared. At the end, we got to offer a fake bill and mine was sexual comprehensive bill, which I got a negative feedback. People telling me I liked sex or people insulting me. I live in a very conservative state. It hurt a lot since I put a lot of passion and preparation for a speech. And I realized people will always exist to crush your passion
Teacher Recommendation: Waived right to read
Counselor Rec: Probably generic since she was new to me
Additional Rec: Old counselor who retired and I think she liked me
Interview: Went really well, one of my favorite interviews
Other: Sorry, I am not ranking anything because people on CC always tend to overrank everything and I want to give you an unbiased report

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Politics, Philosophy Politics and Economics
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public, large
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: I want to say my essays since they really expressed me as a person. My test scores were mediocre to be honest
Weaknesses: Lack of spectacular ECs, no major awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, I have no idea. I am surreal to find out that I got accepted. Everything feels like a dream. I have really nothing going for me. I think my essays really pushed for me because they contained a lot of emotion and heart. Honestly, my test scores were alright and being Asian that definitely can work against me. This feels great since I basically got rejected from all of other reaches. Emory stung the most. My state school seemed a real possiblity for me.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UNC Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Oxford at Emory, NC State, and Penn
Waitlisted: Berkeley, Emory
Rejected: UChicago, Duke, Yale, Brown, Yale-NUS
Waiting: Stanford
General Comments :
I am doing this because I used to be glued to this website. I just want you to know that you don’t have to be perfect to go to a school like this. They are not looking for perfect stats. They are truly looking for it and whether you can contribute to the overall culture of the campus. These processes are truly holistic because I am honestly an average student with nothing truly special. Those who were rejected, the school doesn’t make you, you make the school. Don’t let this rejection define you. Those who were accepted, congrats! Go Quakers!