an indian dude's chances UPenn RD?

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<p>So what are my chances RD? Here are my stats</p>

<p>Gender: M
Race: Indian
Location: suburban NJ (HS ranked 4th statewide recently)
SAT: 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W), 1 sitting, not superscored
PSAT: 226 (so should get semi-finalist before ED time rolls around)</p>

<p>-SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 US History, 800 Bio, 800 Math II, 800 World History
-GPA: 95.50 weighted, 4.1/4.0, top 10%, school doesn't rank </p>

<p>APs
-Chem 5
-Bio 5
-Stat 5
-US Hist 5
-Calc AB 5
English Lang 5
-I guess I would be "AP Scholar with Distinction", I know it doesn't mean much</p>

<p>Senior Year APs
-Calc BC, Physics C, English Lit, Gov + politics, Econ</p>

<p>-ECs: 4 year wreslter, JV sportsmanship award, no great awards/hooks (common app essay will be about wrestling, not too many indian wrestlers)</p>

<p>-300hrs comm. service at local hospital
-3 yr Model UN and Youth and Government member
-Exec Council for Model Congress (club got funds taken away end of soph year, had to disband)</p>

<p>-Peer Leader senior year
-EMT class of 120 hrs summer before senior year
will be state certified EMT-basic since early september 20</p>

<p>-summer job as lifeguard (10hrs/wk, summer before sr year)
-will continue lifeguarding throughout senior year</p>

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<p>buuuuuuump</p>

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<p>Your scores are outstanding, your grades look good (but I’d help to know your unweighted GPA), and the ECs look solid. Very good chances.</p>

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<p>I am just curious. Is Penn like the preferred choice for many Indian and Indian-Americans? Why is it so popular amongst Asians, South and East?</p>

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<p>Penn is a great school and lots of students want to attend. It is ethnically and religiously diverse not limiting to any specific group of students.</p>

<p>jerseyindian, all I can say is that your stats indicate you are competitive and great essays will make you stand out.</p>

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<p>I only half-jokingly credit Penn Masala.</p>

<p>Penn also has very strong relationships with these regions in business and regional studies. Wharton is preeminent (one of the Ambani bros went there after all, as did the founder of Mahindra & Mahindra, and countless more) and Penn’s CASI is one of the foremost, if not THE foremost, centers for studies of modern India (I remember a CASI professor missing a day of class because she had to go to DC to testify as a Congressional expert)</p>