Chance ED?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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Academics:
SAT: 800 Math, 730 Critical Reading, 800 Writing(11 Essay)

SAT IIs: Math II 800, Physics 780, Math I 800, BioE 760

GPA (UW): 94

GPA (W): 100.5

Rank: 23/550 - top 5% ( go to competitive highschool in NJ)

AP:Bio(4), Calc AB(5), Calc BC(5), US history(5), Lang(4), Microeconomics(5),

Senior Course load: Gym, Honors Literature, AP Stat, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, Honors programming

I have one of the most rigorous course loads in my school, accoriding to GC

Extracurriculars:
1.NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
I started a tax-exempt official non-profit charity that raises money for a notable cause through fundraisers and other activities. This is one of my main extracurriculars.

2.KARATE
For 7 years, I have been practicing karate and have reached the distinction of Senior Brown

3.HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERING(230 hours)
Since summer between 9th and 10th grade, I have volunteered in the cafeteria, front desk, and emergency room

4.SOCCER(9,10,12)
For 3 years in high school, I played for my school team and got my varsity letter in senior year. I also get paid for being a referee for younger children recreational games

5.RESEARCH
During the summer, I helped conduct research in a local university with a professor. I will submit copy of paper as supplement

6.SCIENCE MUSEUM VOLUNTEERING(120 hours)
Since summer between 10th and 11th, I have volunteered in many exhibits for 120 hours

  1. SCIENCE HONORS SOCIETY(Treasurer) Helped start this club in my freshman year but club became officially passed in my junior year. I was elected treasurer in my senior year after being committee member junior year.
  2. GUITAR Play guitar with teacher for 7-8 years.
  3. SHADOW FAMILY PRACTIONER I shadowed a family practioner for 60 hours.
  4. FBLA(Committee Member) Been part of club since freshman year and am currently a committee member in charge of fundraising for the club

Honors:
AP Scholar with Distinction
PSAT National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
National Honors Society
Honor Roll/ Principals list in high school
Nothing much…

RECS:
APUSH teacher/ Physics teacher : decent\

Essays: Very nice

Hooks:none

I have many more ECs, but commonapp only allows me to list 10 important ones. So how are my chances? I wish to major in Biophysics or biology and follow the pre-med track

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Don’t you need recommendations from Academic Teachers (Math, English)?

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U.S. History and Physics are regular academic teachers.

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Bump

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Your academic stats are competitive. Your EC’s are a bit weaker;
You need to show any achievement/results/awards from them (FBLA, Science honors society?, Guitar?). Or maybe include them in your essays. The Research is good, karate brown belt is ok, volunteering is nice but doesn’t help considering most other people do some sort of it.
Being paid as a referee is perhaps a point u want to emphasize, as it’s technically a job and requires skill
Also, if your “why penn” is very nice then that should help.
Considering this is ED, i’d say you’d have a fair chance for CAS. However, Wharton ED is definitely a reach.

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Funny, I think your ec’s are strong (esp research and contributing to a published paper) they all show your passion for pre med bio track well… but I think your academics are a tad weak.

Not your test scores, they are stellar, but a 94 gpa seems like a 3.6 or 3.7 which seems a tad below average at Penn. You still have a great shot mind you but that is the one area I felt was slightly weak -also why not AP Lit instead of honors lit- they are looking for you to show you are challenging yourself and taking the toughest course load - you showed last year in taking Ap language and getting a 4 and a 730r that you could have easily handled AP Lit … just wondering why you didn’t take AP?
Regardless -obviously you have a great chance and are very intelligent! Have confidence in yourself!