Chance ed wharton

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hi, I can't sleep so here it goes (trolls, please be funny, don't be annoying)</p>

<p>About me:
Asian American male (taiwanese; 1st generation american)
Attend a competitive public California high school</p>

<p>GPA: 3.971UW, 4.323W
Class rank: ranked 6th or 7th out of 550 students
AP tests: biology/stats/calcAB/physB/USHistory: 3/5/5/4/3
PSAT 223 (should get NMSF if not NMF)
ACT: 34 (34E / 36M / 32R / 33S)
SAT (bad, but unfortunately must submit): 650 R / 800M / 700 W = 2150
SAT2: math2 800 / bio(M) 740 / Physics 780</p>

<p>12th grade classes: Chinese 4, English 12, AP Chemistry, AP compsci, AP psychology, AP US government, Honors economics</p>

<p>EC: (yes, it's lackluster)
Swim team varsity 3 years so far, all league 3 years, NCS 3 years, captain next year (verified with coach @ end of junior year)
Year-round swimming 7 years, won several minor awards
Worked as swim coach 2 years during summer
Active interact club member 3 years
Regional Physics bowl finalist
Personal tutor 2 years
active math club member 3 years
2-time AIME qualifier (I heard Wharton loves math?; AMC10B 138/150, AMC12B 88.5/150)
Did mathcounts in 8th grade, placed 11th out of around 400 students in northern california
AP scholar with distinction
I emphasized the situation with swimming in my common app EC elaboration essay, so hopefully my lack of EC's can be explained through that. My HS mainly focused between math and swimming.</p>

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<p>I don’t think your EC’s are lackluster, but there are definitely students with ECs better than yours. Just apply and hope for the best. Your ACT is good enough that you don’t really need to work on the SAT.</p>

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<p>haloshots, what do you mean when you said you “must submit” your SAT score? I thought UPenn takes the ACT in lieu of the SAT? I’m in a similar situation and I really hope they don’t look at my SAT, which is lower than your SAT. Will they view that as a huge negative? even though my ACT is way better?</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>I have pretty good SATII scores, so i figured that it would help me more to submit my SATII and SATI than to just submit my act</p>

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<p>hhmm, can’t you submit ACT plus SAT II’s? I have two 800’s i want to submit. The only thing is that my SAT I sucks. or does Penn require all scores to be sent regardless?</p>

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<p>for penn, you either submit ONLY act, ONLY SAT, or SAT and ACT. score choice is not allowed, so if you choose to submit your SAT2’s, you must submit your SAT as well</p>

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<p>^no. You have to submit all tests from all dates and all companies. It’s not a big deal though, they’ll take the highest comparative score when considering your application. :)</p>

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<p>soooo how are my chances? can’t sleep and i’m bord</p>