Asian Studies at Penn Easrly Decision

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I am Chinese by blood but was born and grew up in the Philippines, first language is Tagalog, second is English and third is Mandarin. I want to go to Penn for Asian Studies. How would you guys say my chances are? Any tips on what I should work on? I am still a Junior.</p>

<p>June 2008: 2190
Math: 780
Critical Reading: 710
Writing: 700</p>

<p>November 2007: 2020
Math: 670
Critical Reading: 640
Writing: 710</p>

<p>SAT II: taking in October, Math IIC, Biology, and Chinese in November
IB:
Math Higher Level (calculus): A-
Economics Higher Level: A-
Business Higher Level: A
English Standard Level: A
Chinese Standard Level: A
Biology Standard Level: A</p>

<p>AP exams:
Calculus AB: 5
Microeconomics: 4</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.9 (both semesters)
School Ranking: top 10% (on the higher end)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Chinese Club VP, Internship in a publishing company, President's award for academic excellence, Taught street children English, Math and Science, Work as a waiter in Teriyaki Boy fasfood restaurant, Writing for myairshoes.com about sneakers (I collect sneakers), going to work as salesperson at Nike Philippines</p>

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<p>Bump! Help? Anyone? Please?</p>

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<p>Everything looks in line with what it should be. Nothing special you have to do except apply.</p>

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<p>By the way, how would you guys say people dress at Penn?</p>

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<p>In clothing. I suspect it's different clothing from person to person but I could be wrong.</p>

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<p>Well, it is true that clothes vary from person to person, but there is some degree of similarity the clothing style among people living within close proximity of each other. There may not be access to designer labels or there people may be too focused on work to bother shopping for the latest designs. Also, people in New York University, not all of them but the majority, would tend to be better dressed than people in a Deep Springs College.</p>

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<p>Well, there are a lot more people wearing dresses, skirts, makeup, and frilly underwear at Penn than at Deep Springs. But if you know anything about Deep Springs you know that those things are a little more common at Deep Springs than one might expect.</p>

<p>Seriously, there is as wide a range of dress styles at Penn as you could find anywhere. Compared to UCLA, people will be wearing more clothes, especially in the winter. Compared to Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, the University of Chicago, there are more people (women, mainly) wearing expensive clothes. That's noticeable around Penn: certainly not everyone dresses expensively, and not a majority, but the minority that does is bigger than at many otherwise-similar colleges.</p>