Applying to Penn

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<p>Hi everyone,
my name is roger and i just graduated 10th grade from gulf coast high scool here in naples florida. This year (10th grade) i took awicked hard schedule which includes AP World History,Ap Biology, Honors Biology, Spanish 3 Honors, Algebra 2, Geometry Honors, English 2 Honors and Drafting 2. Ive managed to get 6 A’s (includes my Ap classes) and 2 B’s. Ive also joined clubs such as FCA and Key Club and have played 3 Varsit sports (cross country soccer and track). I have 3 School Records in running and will have a 4th soon. My GPA is around 4.4 and my class rank in the top 15. These next two years im really really going to give it all ive got to try an get into an ivy league university such as cornell, princeton or penn to pursue a degree in economics and business. My guidance counselor and i have developled this schedule over the next two years to give me the best oppurtunity of acceptance and I’d like to know what you think of it </p>

<p>Junior Year
AP Chemistry
Chemistry Honors
AP English Comp
Honors English Comp
AP American History
Honors American History
Spanish IV Honors
Pre Calculus Honors </p>

<p>and im taking Ap Art History online
Also for my junior year im doing all three sports at the varsity level and also joing NHS and am running for leadership </p>

<p>Senior Year
AP English Lang
Honors English Lang
AP European History
Honors Eurpean History
AP Spanish
Spanish 5 Honors
AP Calculus AB
Calculus Honors </p>

<p>my online classes will be AP Stats AP GOV and AP ECON
Along with my 3 sports and 3 clubs </p>

<p>My Gpa should be around 5.3 ish due to the weight our school puts on honors and AP courses</p>

<p>MY PSATS project me to score 1560 on the SAT</p>

<p>My whole family lives up in the New England area and im desperatly trying to get into one of these colleges so I can be given the best chance to leave a mark on this world </p>

<p>If you guys could tell me what my chances are for Penn accepting me (im doing early decision) it would be wonderful</p>

<p>Thanks for your time,
Roger</p>

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<li><p>You can leave a mark on the world without going to an Ivy League school :)</p></li>
<li><p>If those are your SATs on the new scale, you will really need to bring them up. The new scale is all three sections. If it is just math+reading you are just fine. Your class schedule, assuming you do well (mostly As) is just fine as well. </p></li>
<li><p>Find an EC that you are passionate about and make it known.</p></li>
<li><p>Get some great recs and write some killer essays.</p></li>
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<p>If you do this stuff, you will have an excellent chance. Good luck!</p>

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<p>yah-its the old scale</p>

<p>and my passionate EC is xc-i train every day for about an hour and a half and I want to run in college (my times are really close to college ones already)</p>