Any chance at UPenn?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone, thanks for reading. I'm a senior and I'm thinking about applying to Penn this year. Do I have any shot?</p>

<p>SAT: 2260
CR: 760
Math: 750
Writing: 750</p>

<p>GPA: 4.00 (unweighted) / 4.49 (weighted)</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 1% (My school does not formally rank, but my unofficial ranking is 1)</p>

<p>APs:</p>

<p>Euro History: 4
Calc BC: 5
AB subscore: 5
Enviro Science: 5
US History: 5
Currently taking English Lit, Stats, Gov, Econ, Art Hist</p>

<p>ECs (eek):</p>

<p>Summer Camp Counselor (9-10) - 325 hours
Key Club (9-12)
Math Tutor / Volunteer at middle school - 100 hours
Math Club (11-12) - secretary
Journalism (11-12) - Editor-in-Chief of school magazine, Managing Editor and Sports Editor of school newspaper, Won writing awards
Science Bowl (12)
Active in Buddhist temple</p>

<p>I think my numbers are decent, but my ECs are very weak. Do I have any real chance at Penn?</p>

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<p>I won’t claim to have intimate knowledge of UPenn’s admissions system, but from what I’ve read, EC’s seem to be more of a tiebreaker for students with extremely similar academics.</p>

<p>Considering you’re a Valedictorian, AP student, and got high SAT scores, you should probably be fine. By fine, I mean this school is at least a match for you. You’ve got just as good a chance as anybody else, considering the fact that UPenn seems to attract freshmen with very similar achievements. It’s definitely not a reach, but keep your fingers crossed!</p>

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<p>you think that the admission offices first rank the applicants on their academic achievements and sat scores and only then look at the EC’s ? cause I’m in a mess it thats so :confused: I think they look at the whole application. I hOpe they do. any way to know that ?</p>