Chance a Rising Junior!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I am en route to beginning my junior year in high school (Class of 2014), and am requesting preemptive chancing to: </p>

<p>Penn (Early Decision)
Columbia
Cornell
Ohio Wesleyan
Rutgers
UC Berkeley
Williams </p>

<p>I will be applying early for Penn during the summer before my senior year, going into the CAS to major in English. I will apply to the other schools through regular decision, majoring in English regardless of the school in question. Here is my information, some of which will be hypothetical goals:</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2200
ACT: Likely not taking, maybe a 33 if I take it
SAT II: 780 Math I, 780 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA (out of 4.5): 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/333
AP (place score in parenthesis): Macroeconomics (5), English Language and Comp (5), American History (4), Statistics (5),
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP French Language, AP Microeconomics, Honors Physics, Honors Discrete Math, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Honors Gym (laughable, but helps GPA).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, don't really know of any other awards offered in my area/community.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer- 2 years, JV Soccer- 2 years, Travel Soccer in MAPS Competition for 8 years, Internship at Senator's Office for one summer
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard throughout high school, swim instructor, certified pool operator
Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours of volunteer work at local library and local animal adoption shelter.
Summer Activities: Soccer practice for high school and travel, volunteering, reading, working, AP Summer assignments, interning
Essays: Perfect
Teacher Recommendation: Best in career.
Counselor Rec: Best in career.
Interview: Excellent </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Bangladeshi (don't know where it would fall on app)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>The biggest problem with threads like this is so much of this is up to chance. What if you get a few B’s in junior year? What if you run into some unexpected struggles in the SAT? What if you have a rough time with the SAT II’s and end up with 720’s in 780’s (the Math I SAT II, for example, has a reputation for being particularly challenging - since it’s so easy it has no curve and getting only 1 question wrong can drop you to a 780).</p>

<p>If, magically, all of this managed to come together then of course you would be a very compelling candidate to UPenn, especially taking legacy into consideration. However, I wouldn’t worry about this now – focus on your junior year and getting all of that pesky testing down!</p>

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<p>Thank you for your feedback, verilytrue. I do understand that much of this and other threads of the same type are up to chance because an entire school year before applying is left to speculation and estimation. However, these are rather realistic goals, and of course I will work as hard as I can to make them a reality. Also, I plan on taking Math II as well for SAT II, but I forgot to put it up there. Oops. Thank you!</p>

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