UPenn Class of 2021 RD Results

Calchong
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 06:51:05 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objecttive:
SAT I (breakdown): OLD SAT (710M 740 CR 790 W) 2240 Superscore
ACT (breakdown): 34 Composite; 35 MATH 34 READING 33 SCIENCE 33 ENGLISH (one sitting)
SAT II:Math level 2: 790 Physics: 760 World History: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):?
AP (place score in parenthesis):I have taken 8 exams; 7 I got a 5, 1 I got a 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc BC, AP Physics 2, AP English Lit, AP Art History, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, Religion (catholic school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP national scholar, commended national merit thing, top in the class awards, some cross country/ track awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Cross Country Track Varsity, Regional Championships 7 times, featured in newspaper as all area honorable mention, team captain
Student Council Secretary Junior Year and Senior Year
NHS Historian Junior Year, President Senior Year
Played Piano since 8, won some local competitions
Pep Band (9th and 10th grade)
Math Team
Part of a Running Club in my area
Scholar Bowl Team Captain
Job/Work Experience:N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: tutoring after school, making peanut butter and jelly sandiwches for shelter every monday, playing piano at nurisng homes, playing piano at church and school fundraisers (catholic school), some stuff with running
Summer Experience: volunteered one summer at hospital, went to Uruguay for cultural trip one summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details):Common App- about the Washington dc metro; I would give it an 8
Why UPENN? I talked about how I love their language certificates program and how I love biophysics at Upenn based on my running experiences

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Recommendation #1:I CANT RATE THESE but they were all good
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Info/Rec:NA
Art Supplement: NA

Interview: it was so short I was so doubtful about this outcome

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:Affirmative
Intended Major:Biophysics
State (if domestic applicant):FL
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type: small, catholic, suburban
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender:MALE
Income Bracket:80-90k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none I am literally asian

Reflection

Strengths: actually loving what I profess to love
Weaknesses:scores as an asian going into STEM
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Just showing my passion for running and how it inspires me.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Brown, UPENN, Georgetown, Univesity of Florida
Waitlist: UChicago, Darmouth, Yale, Harvard
Rejected: Princeton, Duke, Rice

General Comments : Honestly you never know what is going to happen. I thought I was so cookie cutter, but apparently there was something about me they loved because it was not my scores.