<p>I made a post like this last year, but I'm much more up-to-date now and have decided on ED</p>
<p>Caucasian, Female, New York (I know these work against me)</p>
<p>GPA- Above a 4.0 (around 102 on the 100 scale)
Rank- I believe i'm 2nd in my class of around 1000</p>
<p>APS:
Sophomore year- World History-4</p>
<p>Junior year- US History- 5
English Language-4
Biology-5</p>
<p>SAT I- Critical Reading-630
Math- 760
Writing-750
Retook in October, hoping to improve Reading</p>
<p>SAT IIs- Biology M- 750
Math IIC-740
US History-710
World History-650</p>
<p>Awards:
Semi-finalist in NYS Math Competition
AP Scholar with Honor Award</p>
<p>Extra Curricular:
Key Club member- all 4 year; currently- secretary
Beginning volunteering at an environmental center
Member of ARISTA (national honors society)
Co-founded project last year to raise money for children at St. Judes, making it into a club this year- Vice President
Tap and Jazz for 11 years
Writer for my school science newspaper (2 years)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>What school are you applying to?</p>
<p>Ah right, I forgot about that one, haha</p>
<p>College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>You have to play to win.</p>
<p>What's your unweighted GPA/rank?</p>
<p>hmm.. I really do not know. Our grades get weighted for every term, then added up for the overall weighted average.. we never see our actual, unweighted average, and to find it would be incredibly difficult...</p>
<p>i was admitted ED last year to the College of Arts and Crafts (Sciences) and I'd say of course you have a shot.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your inputs :-)</p>
<p>I know my grades are fine for the school, it's just the excessive competitivity and I realize I don't have any hook or stand-out quality.</p>
<p>I guess I'll have to wait and see :-)</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone else who's trying</p>
<p>Reading is a little low for someone w.o. a hook. How many kids from your school go to Penn in a typical year? They may have trouble letting you in if the others have higher scores. They feel it sets a bad precedent or something.</p>
<p>Oh, Arts & Sciences? No problem, all you need is a high school diploma. However, if you want to go to Wharton, you need to be a "Master of the Universe" like Percy.</p>
<p>Speaking of genius, "capital" is a chief city, "capitol" is that building with a dome in Washington.</p>