Applying ED at Penn for Bio Engineering

Chance Me / Match Me!
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HI All,

My son is considering applying ED for BioEngineering at Penn this year. His stats are below…What are his chances?
South Asian (Indian) American, US Citizen living in NJ.
Public high school, upper middle class income family, only child.

Weighted GPA 4.48; unweighted 3.85
SAT: 1590.(math 800; Lang: 790)
Class rank: in the Top5%
11 AP Courses-
9th Grade : Bio Hons (Sub SAT Score : 740)
10thGrade: AP Chem (Score 4)
11 Grade: 5 AP courses (Physics, Calc, LAL, MacroEcon, Music Theory)- Scores 4 & 5.
12th Grade (enrolled): 5 AP courses (Physics 2, Calc, micro Econ; Advanced Math for Engineers, Spanish)

Extracurriculars
3 Summers at John’s Hopkins CTY (Intro to Biomedicine, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience)
1 Summer internship with Biomedical Research Institute of NJ- on tracking a Genetic marker for Alzheimer’s.
1 summer program at UCLA on Nanotechnology.
100+ Volunteer hours in Tutoring and social service.
Keen interest in music- plays violin and classical guitar
Black belt in Karate.

**Essay- Reasonably strong essay that describes his challenges with a minor physical disability.

Cost Constraints / Budget
No Constraints - have a well funded 529 plan.

**Schools
Also applying to-
JHU
Duke
GA Tech
U Mich
Case
Cornell
U Pitt
Rutgers
Other suggestions welcome…

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Looks like a good start with a lot of variety on type of schools and locations. For other state schools you could add in SUNY (Bing), UMD and Penn State for the honors college.

If he’s wants to be close or in a city you could look at Tufts in Boston, or Northwestern in Chicago

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