Can I get into my dream school?

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GPA: 4.0 UW 4.5 W

SAT: 1460 (new SAT)

ACT: 34C

SAT Subjects: Waiting (US History, Literature)

AP Exams: US History, English Language and Composition, Psychology, Environmental Science (Waiting for all)

Senior Schedule: AP Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government and Politics, AP Spanish, Constitutional Law Honors, International Relations Honors, European History Honors

Academic Honors: Furman Scholar, High Point Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar

Honor Societies: President and Founder, History Honor Society; Vice President, English Honor Society; Treasurer, Science Honor Society; Mathematics Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, National Honro Society

Clubs: President and Founder, School Robotics Club, President, School Model United Nations, President, School Political Science Club, Key Club

Extracurriculars: Youth Mentorship (5 years), Political Staffer for Local Judge, Poll Clerk, Tutor, Self-Published Author, AIDS Refugee Worker

Sports: Varsity Sailor, Ultimate Frisbee Locally

What do you think? Can I get in?

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I think you have a great chance…tbh, your ECs are a little generic but if you show ur passion for them in your essays…you will be extremely competitive

Chance me; http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1902695-chance-me-for-penn-ed-cas.html#latest

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Your senior schedule looks impossible. How are you taking so many classes - 6 AP 's +3 honors classes is crazy.
A good point for you is that your schedule clearly shows you’re academic interests without sacrificing on breadth of study.
Can you replace calculus ab with honors calculus? What about replacing AP lit with honors English or a senior seminar ( since you already have AP Lang, this is the easiest choice to make.) Definitely replace AP chemistry with another science doesn’t (need to be ap) - AP chemistry is one of the most time-consuming, difficult science AP 's.
AP macro, AP gov, AP Spanish + 1 AP should be the most you have from this list + the honors classes.
That schedule would be very good for Penn and would serve you well in admissions.
Taking the schedule you listed would decrease the odds of admission because you’d have no time to sleep, no time to re-read your essay drafts and actually 'see’them, no time to complete your application properly.

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@MYOS1634 Could be worse. There are seniors taking 10 APs in one year.

@Ozymandias1124 For any school in general you just need to find what you love and good things will come your way. Tell Upenn about your passion, be yourself and you’ll do fine.

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Where in the world are you going to school?
Even at Gunn kids don’t take 10AP’s in a year.

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@MYOS1634 Ap course difficulty varies greatly between different schools- son had 8 AP classes this year (senior year) and NEVER had ANY homework at all - ALL YEAR LONG! (Actually he had 3 AP Lit papers the entire year and the teacher gave them time in class for weeks to do them) We were dismayed to say the least- son even complained to the principal that he felt like the teachers had given up senior year and didn’t even try… that it was a waste of time… The AP Calc BC teacher didn’t give any homework or tests the second half of the year instead gave everyone 95’s for grade and said they were on their own to study and learn the material…
Yet he took the AP tests and did well …

So you really can’t judge a courses difficulty just bc its AP-

TO OP- It looks to me like you have a stellar resume and a great shot of getting in IMO!

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Are your ap classes taught like regular classes elsewhere would be, or are they 'real’classes?
Most AP classes are taught like AP classes (teachers have to undergo special training and of course there exam is a ‘check’).
If your AP classes aren’t watered down/no homework classes, this schedule is unreasonable.
There are only so many hours in a day. 9 of those must be dedicated to sleep. About 2 will be dedicated to eating, cleaning, getting ready, and another 1-2 going places, iddling in place, etc.
Of the 12 hours left in a regular day, you have 7 hours of school and 2hours for extra curricular activities. That leaves about 3 hours for homework. You can work fast and be efficient, but each AP will require about 45mn of hw, perhaps more.
Logically, you should remove one AP (o suggest chemistry) and replace it with its honors version or an easier science. Even counting macro/gov as one class, you still have one class too many at least.
That overfull schedule is your likeliest obstacle to gaining admission to your top school. You’re definitely competitive and you’ll make the first cut, but such a schedule will likely prevent you from managing your application well - especially the essays, which require time to 'sit’undisturbed, then rewritten.