Chance for UPenn!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi. I'm an international student applying for the u.s. It is my dream since I was little.Now is the time and I find the application process a bit difficult for international's students. I would love to know what do you think about my grades, ec's etc...</p>

<p>Gpa: 3,8, probably 4.15(1ª quarter senior year)
Sat: 1700( I know it´s awful, I´m not good at standardized tests)
Sat II: Sat Math 1- 600 Sat biology- 540 (awful too) Math level 2- 680
Ap classes not offered in my country </p>

<p>Ec´s</p>

<ul>
<li>Founder and CEO of National Association for Youth Entrepreneuship</li>
<li>President of the student body ( in charge of the yearbook, all dances(prom) and the spring break trip, and all the other things)</li>
<li>Founder President of the science club</li>
<li>Founder and President of The Entrpreneurship club</li>
<li>Founder of The Happiness club- cause happiness is a full time job</li>
<li>Founder and Editor of the high school's newspaper</li>
<li>Founder, CEO and CFO of "Go Youth conference"</li>
<li>Media manager at a Tedx event in Potugal
Founder and President of a national recognise association called(Association for teen entrepreneurship);</li>
<li>Doing research with phd professors about forensic entomology at university of Lisbon</li>
<li>Implemented in school a project to save energy by re-utilizing oil and transforming it in biodiesel</li>
<li>founded and "run" a movement for a change in the educational system in my country</li>
<li>I write and i´m the school correspondent for a national magazine in Portugal</li>
<li>volunteer at the national food bank</li>
<li>team member and blog administrator for daphnia project in my high school</li>
<li>I was class president for two year in junior high ( i don´t know if they care about it)</li>
<li>Manager and founder of a "recycled books project", raising and buying old manuals and then distributing them to students who need the most</li>
<li>I'm in the political commission of a national wide party in the regional area( i´m in the youth section of the party), it's the same thing as young democrats or young republicans, and I´m in the elected commission for my city.</li>
<li>I attended a program at university of Aveiro (Portugal) in the summer where I studied robotics, biology,etc</li>
<li>I practice tennis for 7 hours a week, being ranked as top 350 under-16 (back on those days) and ranked top 250 under-18 -- national rankings (where I compete with people who play for 10 years, and I just play for 4 years)</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>-1ª place in the high school prize for science research
- honorable mention in a national science contest in Portugal
- 6th place out of 250 in other national science contest
- Finalist in the science contest in Portugal, which is the qualifying contest for Intel Isef
- Semi Finalist in Do Something awards Portugal in entrepreneurship category</p>

<p>I think that's it . Please chance me for these colleges and I´ll chance you back. Your honest opinion please.</p>

<p>P.s- I´m the only applicant to Upenn for undergraduate studies in my country. That helps?</p>

<p>P.s- i´m white and non of my parents have been in universities at u.s.</p>

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<p>I think that you have good EC’s but in the end I think that your SAT score will hurt you. Try taking the ACT, it was easier than the SAT for me. </p>

<p>If you can get your scores up, then you have a shot.</p>

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<p>Thanks man. Even being the only applicant I don´t have a chance with these stats?</p>

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<p>You have a chance, you just have a good chance if you improve your scores.</p>

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<p>Your SATs are way below average for UPenn… That’s just a fact. Your fabulous EC’s may make up for that, and they may not. If you can retake your tests, do it. If not, I think you still have a fair shot.</p>

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<p>bump bump…</p>

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<p>Tiago, how any posts do you need for people to tell you you don’t have the stats for ivies?</p>

<p>And what on earth makes you think you are the only applicant from Portugal? I know for a fact that you are not. Further, all any school needs is a single student every four years to include a country on their list.</p>

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<p>Waverly, I know my Sat score is crap. What about all the things I´ve done for the past years, you don´t see kids from portugal with my age with half of these things. Im active in my community, I aim to improve my country, I´ve shown that in my application, in my essays, in my teachers amazing recs and counselor rec, all the awards (Do Something!! , I know it is not Intel isef but if you see in America the awards just go to famous people and I was a semi finalist here. And you say I don´t have the stats??? You should say I don´t have the Sat but I´ll do more for the university than many 2400 sat scores. And how do you know if there more applicants?? if you anymore I would like to meet them actually, I love to meet interesting, proactive people who put the same amount of effort that I put in all I do.</p>

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<p>bump bump…</p>

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<p>Penn likes leadership, so that might save you :slight_smile: . I agree though, try the ACT if possible. Getting your scores up even a little might really help.</p>

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<p>Do you need financial aid?</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, yes.</p>

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<p>If you need FA and you are an international, your chances are already slim. Penn is need-aware, so they take your needing FA into account. There are a ton of extremely qualified FA needing international students, and they only take a few. I hate to say it, but your SAT scores take you out of the running. Your SAT scores make your school look really easy. At my school, everyone with around a 4.15 is getting scores from 2050-2250 on their SATs. You do have good grades, but scores like that discredit them. You do have a slight chance, however, because of your amazing ECs. Regardless, Penn gets to pick and choose from their FA needy international applicant pool, and there are kids with your ECs, great test scores, and great grades ready to take up those spots.</p>

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<p>How exactly do you have a GPA? Portuguese grades shouldn’t be converted to GPA.</p>

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<p>Because you need financial aid, it is going to be VERY hard for you to enter Penn. Penn isn’t very generous with FA for international students. Other schools, though need-aware, can be more generous.</p>

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<p>No chance, sorry.</p>

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<p>Have you taken the TOEFL exam?</p>

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<p>Oh, and tiago, you can’t assume you’re the only one from Portugal applying to UPenn. I actually know for a fact that you aren’t :P</p>