Decision: Rejected - Huntsman
Decision: Deferred - Wharton
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1420 in one sitting- 760/740CR & 640/680M
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1440- 760CR & 680M
ACT (breakdown):30- 29M, 33R, 31W, 27S
ACT superscore (breakdown):only once
SAT II (subject, score):taken, but not in time for app
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:I’m not sure? 4.0 UW I think? I’ve switched schools a lot, so I’m not up to date on all my stats
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/275 I think- I only got to take AP courses this year because my old school didn’t allow it
AP/IB (place score in parentheses):Never got to take an AP course before this year, but I did take the tests at other schools on my own throughout high school- USGOV(4), APUSH(4), APLANG(4), APGERMAN(5)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Psych, “SAT Prep”(a side course), AP Macro and Micro, Anatomy, American Lit, AP Lit
Number of other ED applicants in your school: none I think? Maybe a quest bridge kid?
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship Recipient for a Year abroad, High School Diplomats Scholarship for a cultural exchange program at Princeton, State Winner for Argumentative Essay in Literary Competition, Washington Youth Tour EMC Scholarship, all region player for volleyball 2 years, …and a couple others that I can’t remember right now. Basically I did what I love
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Honor? Honor roll all through High school,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Oh boy…So this is the short list because I don’t have time to type it all. Basically throughout high school, I’ve gotten involved in things I love, and they keep me busy
-Varsity Volleyball(9-11) Captain in 11th (played vball last year while I was in Germany on exchange too, and team manager at my new school because I got back late for tryouts)
-Varsity Swim(9-12) Captain at my old school 9-11
-Founded a Beta club at my old school and president (11) now a part of my new school’s BETA club
-head drama stage manager (9-11)
Literary team(8-11)
Poetry out loud region winner(12)
Co-Student body president (10)
Dutch exchange week while I was in Germany through my school
There’s lots of other things, but those are probably the big things that would stand out
Job/Work Experience:
-CFA for like a year
-Consignment sale organizer
Volunteer/Community Service:
-Lots of little stuff
-headed a partnership with my school and a new volunteer opportunity starting in 9th grade
-Co-founded and led an English learning group for underclassmen in Germany
Summer Experience:Scholarship programs to DC, Youth Leadership Scholarship camps here in state, High school Diplomats, Study Abroad went until July this year…basically very busy
Teacher Recommendation #1:pretty good I think. He’s an amazing teacher(My AP Calc teacher, and even though I’m not the best Calc student (I never really got precal and I kinda came into his class blind), he’s seen my literally go from failing test scores to some of the top in the class because I come and work on math in his room every day after school. So he’s only known me a few months, but good I hope.
Teacher Recommendation #2: I’m also not really sure, I’ve known her for years and she loves me, but she’s unconventional and frankly probably has no idea how to write a college rec letter, but her power and enthusiasm usually shines through to everyone
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty generic. I’ve also known her only a few months, but she seems to like me and I’ll often end up taking to her for a long time even when I mean to just pop into her office. My school doesn’t have a lot of kids who want to go out of state or anything, so I’m kinda an exception to her.
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: We talked for over an hour and I think I spent as long asking him questions as he spent asking me questions. Our conversation was basically very interesting, but he was very monotone the entire time, so idk. He also was a Huntsman alum and I felt like we were more in love with different aspects of the program (me the international and him the finance).
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details): Biggest issues with essays was that I changed them all last minute (like rewrote 3 days before because I didn’t like my earlier ones). All of my writing is 100% me- honest and personality.
Why Penn: Honestly I think it was pretty good, probably not perfect though. I focused on Huntsman and Wharton and how the mix of influences fits me.
Any dual-degree program essays: About women in business and global equality. Also not perfect, but probably not bad.
CommonApp Essay: By far my favorite. Centered on one of my favorite events studying abroad and what my friends there helped me learn about the world and about life. Very genuine.
Other:
Date Submitted App: 11:59 the night it was due
Applied for Financial Aid? yup
U.S. State/Territory or Country: GA, US
School Type: Now public, last year German, before that very small private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket Range:can’t say exactly
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): LGBTQ+, but I didn’t really get a chance to emphasize it in much of my application because I can’t be super out yet, so it was very understated
Reflection
Strengths: I’m a genuine, home-grown applicant. I decided a few years ago I wanted more that I was getting, and I went for it- I took extra college classes and AP tests, created opportunities where there were none, and applied for programs I really love. I don’t kill myself over just school and I really care, and I think that comes out well in my application. I got to be a part of a lot of amazing programs that probably looked pretty good as well.
Weaknesses: Not that many advanced classes before this year, erratic EC’s because of school switching, not an eye-catching SAT/ACT…
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted UGA, Berry, and U. South Carolina so far…
What would you have done differently?: Besides go to a different school at the beginning of hs (my old school held me back in a lot of ways), and maybe studying for SAT/Subjects more…oh and getting my essays more smoothed out!- well I really wouldn’t change anything. I feel like I got everything I wanted out of high school, had fun, learned and grew a lot, and didn’t spend all my time obsessing about how to get into college (probably why I was so unprepared but oh well). Upenn is a long shot, and right now I wouldn’t go back and change what got me this far
Other Factors: