chance me for CAS? i apologize in advance :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>ok i just wanna get an idea of where i stand with regards to admission to Penn...thanks :)</p>

<p>High School: NJ public school, rarely sends grads to top schools</p>

<p>Rank: 1/190 </p>

<p>GPA: 103.02 (i think...)</p>

<p>Standardized Tests</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Test (2200 single sitting)</p>

<p>CR: 710
M: 700
W: 790 w/10 essay</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests</p>

<p>US History: 790
Chemistry: 770
Math II: being taken tomorrow...lol</p>

<p>AP's....my school does not offer many AP's but i've taken as many as I can
Most challenging courseload availabe in HS</p>

<p>US History: 5
Chemistry: 3</p>

<p>this year, I'm taking Calc AB, English Lit and Comp, English Lang and Comp, and Bio</p>

<p>I haven't received any significant awards...I got the Rensselaer Medal...nominated for NJ Governor's School in the Sciences and other leadership conferences, including Boys' State</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>S.H.A.R.E. 4 years (community service club at my school, my top EC, i wrote about this in the common app activity blurb, the advisor of this club (who is also my APUSH teacher) is writing one of my recs, it should be pretty stellar)</p>

<p>Varsity Soccer 2 years (i got recognized in a regional newspaper for playing soccer while fasting)</p>

<p>Varsity Track and Field 3 years</p>

<p>NHS</p>

<p>Italian Honor Society</p>

<p>Volunteer at Mount Sinai Medical Center Genetics Department ~85 hours</p>

<p>Essays are pretty good, one is about my immigration experience, another is about an influential academic experience with the aforementioned APUSH teacher</p>

<p>so what do you think?</p>

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<p>someone tell me what's CAS :|</p>

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<p>College of Arts and Sciences</p>

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<p>GPA: 103.02 (i think...) </p>

<p>Sorry this GPA is a little too low, try SUNY Oneata </p>

<p>You have no chance at Penn.</p>

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<p>You could be a tad higher on the M/CR SAT portions, but I don't think it will hurt as you're in the midrange for all 3 and have 2200 total. You could be either deferred or accepted...if your essays/recs are strong then I give you a strong 70% chance because penn loves vals. this is for ED. you will probably get owned in RD.</p>

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<p>i would be applying RD.....why would there be such a big difference between ED and RD?</p>

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<p>Because Penn tries to fill almost half the freshman class with ED, where this year only 3610 people applied. This year CAS ED will have a 37% acceptance rate for ED vs. last year's CAS RD acceptance at 17%.</p>

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<p>well more people apply RD...so obviously the acceptance rate will be lower</p>

<p>i thought the general consensus was that those who apply ED are a self-selected group of excellent students, legacies, recruited athletes, etc. hence the large acceptance rate</p>

<p>i'm not sure about penn, but i've seen on other college websites where they explicitly state that a person rejected in the RD round would not have been admitted ED....so i don't see how there could be that big of a difference in my chances between applying ED and RD</p>

<p>can someone clarify this?</p>

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<p>^ i see 30 kids from my school apply to penn each year, and i can tell you what i see. penn is somewhat predictable during ED, but a crapshoot during RD. during RD they are trying to protect the yield and identify who is really interested in penn, so a strong applicant can get rejected if they don't think he'll attend. not a bad idea on their part, as many people apply to all 8 ivies RD.</p>

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<p>If your essays were good, you're in. No doubt about it.</p>

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<p>pretty good chance ill say</p>

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<p>thanks</p>

<p>bump, i'm also taking the ACT on saturday.....i got a 34 on my last practice test so assuming i repeat that...would chances improve?</p>

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<p>bump, i got a 770 on math 2, still waitin on the ACT though</p>

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<p>"GPA: 103.02 (i think...) </p>

<p>Sorry this GPA is a little too low, try SUNY Oneata </p>

<p>You have no chance at Penn."</p>

<p>HAHAHA ROFL thats funnny...</p>

<p>then again, u nvr know with the ivies.....</p>

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<p>oh and by CAS i mean SAS, lol</p>

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<p>bumppppp anyone else?</p>

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<p>bumper car</p>

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<p>good chance</p>