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<p>3.67 UW GPA (4.24 W) - hardest curriculum available at a well-regarded public HS</p>

<p>35 ACT</p>

<p>taking Math II, Physics, & Chem SAT subject tests in Oct...gonna get all 800s </p>

<p>Extra-currics:
-Editor-in-Chief of school yearbook (award-winning)
-Leader of volunteers for inner-city relief work with underprivileged kids
-Varsity Forensics team (consistent tourney finalist/semifinalist)
-Varsity ski team (skiied since age 3; also have raced Nastar since I was a kid)
-JV A tennis team
-Robotics team (FIRST & local tourneys)
-Freshman mentor</p>

<p>Work:
Lifeguard (year-round)
Kumon tutor
Babysitter</p>

<p>Community service:
-Providing free day care to underprivileged kids/ beautifying the city of Detroit
-art camp counselor
-Safety Town instructor
-tutor</p>

<p>Honors:
NHS
President's Service Award
Distinction in Forensics
AP Scholar
Principal's List</p>

<p>Fantastic essays, great recs (physics & math teachers)</p>

<p>Biomed engineering major</p>

<p>White female from MI</p>

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<p>I normally don’t participate in chance threads since I find them useless but to the “gonna get all 800s” don’t count your chickens before they hatch. A 35 is excellent on its own, you seem to be set in terms of test scores. A 3.67 by itself could be better but where you went to high school is also important and it’s not horrible. You stand a good chance as you already know, applying ED will help you of course but you’re a strong candidate either way. </p>

<p>Also from MI. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your opinion. How are my ECs? I’ve received mixed opinions. And I know the “all 800s” sounds presumptuous, but I’ve actually already taken Math II & Physics and done reasonably well, I just wanna get them to 800s along with Chem (apparently 3 is the magic number…you want at least that many). I have until mid-October to study, including the rest of the summer, and when I put my mind to something, I’m often good at achieving it!</p>

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<p>Oh and MI rules. And my GPA trends upward after freshman year (3.84 UW without it, all solid As the last two trimesters of junior year).</p>

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<p>Just so you know, the test is on October 1st. Having until “Mid-October” to study is literally impossible, unless you are taking the exam in November.</p>

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<p>Wow, have you really? Typical CCers. They’re fine.</p>

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<p>Oh okay, I have over 2 months to study.</p>

<p>And Tenors, are they impressive/atypical at all? Or just average?</p>

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<p>they’re impressive…
what’s the president service award? how does a person go about getting one?</p>

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<p>Thanks :slight_smile: Umm you have to reach some sort of quota for service hours to get one…I got it through the community service office at my school</p>

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<p>oh…i’m not sure if my school offers it or not. but is 300 volunteer hours enough to get one?</p>

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<p>yeah for sure. but you can only get them in like the spring</p>

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<p>oh damn…that;s gonna be too late. i’m planning to apply wharton ed…</p>

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<p>Well you can still get the award…you just won’t have it to put on your college apps.</p>

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<p>Hello</p>

<p>Ok ur gpa is a bit low BUT</p>

<p>I think ur in very good shape, since the rest of ur resume is rocking!</p>

<p>Good luck and I like that u said that you’ll get all 800
Shows that ur a hard worker and that u want results</p>

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<p>yeah man, exactly what I was thinkin</p>

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<p>Maybe you will be able to get 800s, however it really is not a worthwhile goal. You should study, but don’t spend to much time worrying about it. I think your essays should be a much higher priority because those can actually make you stand out.</p>

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<p>“apparently 3 is the magic number…you want at least that many”
Really? I’ve been told that two is enough since they only look at your highest two.</p>

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<p>Bumppppppp</p>

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<p>Is Penn one of those schools known for being willing to forgive a low GPA if the applicant has high test scores?</p>

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<p>I have the same question except switch the words “GPA” and “test scores”.</p>