UPenn Class of 2021 RD Results

sadsenior
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 16:23:59 +0000

REJECTED!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750 eng, 800 math)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 eng, 35 math, 34 reading, 36 science)
SAT II: Math 2 (800), Chinese (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably around top 15/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology, Psychology, Chem, US History, English, Chinese (all 4s/5s)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, AP Compsci A, English, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band, various music ensembles, cultural club
Job/Work Experience: No “official” job
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring/teaching
Summer Activities: did berkeley summer session before
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’d say a 6, i didn’t have anyone read them for me because they were really personal
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): one of them a 9, another one probably at 6. counselor rec like 6 bc my school is really big and our counselors don’t really know us personally

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: politic
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Pretty high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: My test scores, basically
Weaknesses: my extracurriculars are really not on the same level as most ivy applicants
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: what i said above
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, UCI, USC, Boston university. Rejected here.

I wasn’t expecting to get in really so I’m not bummed out or anything. Good luck everyone in the future years