UPenn Class of 2021 RD Results

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Fri, 31 Mar 2017 04:03:33 +0000

[ size=4][ color=orange]**Decision: Waitlisted after Deferral **[/color][/size]

Wharton School of Business

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology E, 780 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Salutatorian
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus BC (5), AP Physics 1 (5), AP Biology (5), AP US History (5), AP Statistics (5), AP Lang (5), AP Physics 2 (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Economics, AP US Gov, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Spanish

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

*Octofinalist (Top 16) at NCFL Nationals in PF Debate
*2 time Tournament of Champions qualifier for PF Debate
*NSDA Nationals Qualifier for PF Debate
*Scholastic Gold Medal
*Top score in state on AMC10
*2nd Place in event at FBLA Nationals
*Placed at PUMaC
*International Public Policy Forum Debate Top 32 in World
*2 time AIME qualifier

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate Team (2 year debate captain), Math Honor Society (President), FBLA (Vice President), Science National Honor Society (Project Director), National Honor Society (Warden of Leadership)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring?
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (~70 hrs)
Summer Activities: Boys State (served as State Senator), FBLA Nationals, attended debate camps, founded my own debate camp for middle schoolers
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app was about a failed startup and how valuable the experience was even though it didn’t succeed

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 (My AP Lang teacher, was active in her class and one of her best students that year. Should’ve been decent)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 6/10 (My AP Physics 2 teacher, did not stand out too much)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 6/10 (I go to a large public school, so it was probably generic, but my counselor interacted with me a lot because I was a top student so it should be better than average)
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 (Thought it went well, my interviewer said she would vouch for me)

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 150K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Heh

Reflections:
Strengths: Test scores, awards, and I thought essays, but maybe not
Weaknesses: GPA wasn’t insane, teacher recommendations weren’t outstanding, maybe interview went awry
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My narrative wasn’t super compelling compared to some of those of the other kids applying. The anti-hook doesn’t help either.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Brown, UC Berkeley, Rutgers, UNC Chapel Hill
Waitlisted: Yale, Harvard, Cornell, UChicago, Duke, Northwestern
Denied: Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia

General Comments (if any): Hella waitlists. Glad to have gotten into Brown though!