Chance me for CAS ED

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I'm a junior at a pretty well established boarding school that has sent a few kids to Penn over the past few years. I'm a legacy and will be applying ED as an economics or history major to the College.</p>

<p>Academics/scores
3.46 GPA (YIKES)
Will finish with 11 APs and all honors where available except for 1 freshman year
740(CR), 720(M), 670 (W) first try, no preparation and am retaking in June with preparation
Sat IIs: 800 math 2, 750 us history, 680 spanish
AP Euro: 5 sophomore year; AP US/AP Spanish lang junior year; AP calc ab, AP art hist, AP eng lit, AP physics c mechanical, AP US govt, AP comparative govt (self study), AP Macro, AP Micro senior year</p>

<p>Recs/ECs: expecting pretty good, maybe a little above average but won't bore you by listing them</p>

<p>Anyway, with my major hooks being legacy/ED, test scores, and strength of schedule, will I be able to outweigh my questionable GPA and get into Penn?</p>

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<p>forgot to mention psats: 227, definitely national merit finalist</p>

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<p>low gpa. you said it: yikes! um, schedule will not outweigh it. it doesnt matter if you have 20 Aps, if you fail all of them, its pointless. get it?</p>

<p>your sat is too low. retake. up to 2250 for the decently safe zone. </p>

<p>btw: aps dont count unless you take the test. its just another “honors” class if you dont substantiate it with a 4/5.</p>

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<p>Even for a legacy, thats a low GPA. Going to need higher test scores and really good essays to compensate.</p>