Chance me for ED legacy to SAS

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<p>I am interested in studying poli sci or possibly PPE (philosophy, political science, and economics) and was wondering my chances for admission. I am entering my junior year at a fairly prestigious florida boarding school and live in florida (if that weighs in at all
Stats:
GPA 3.4 (unweighted)
SAT 1460-1600 (projected by PSAT)
ACT I believe a projected 33-36 (by a pre ACT)
Classes:
SOPHOMORE YEAR:So far I took AP Euro (the only ap offered to sophs except for calc which is impossible at my school) and got a 5 as well as taking all honors classes for the rest of my schedule except for regular pre-calc</p>

<p>JUNIOR YEAR:This year I will take AP US and Spanish Lang along with all honors classes for the rest of my schedule</p>

<p>Senior Year I plan on taking AP Spanish Lit, AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Macro and Micro, AP English, AP Physics, Philosophy, and Political Theory (both not offered as APs and I'm not even sure that they exist as AP courses)</p>

<p>ECs:
Over 100 hours of community service likely to increase
Dorm prefect (essentially an RA for boarding School)
Model UN 2 years
Varsity Track and Field 3 years
Varsity Football 2 years
Member of Key Club 2 years
Likely to be inducted into Hispanic Honor Society (for students who excel in spanish classes)
Worked as camp counselor for 2 years
Summer pre-med program at Depaul (LeadAmerica)
Likely to attend a summer program at Penn next summer</p>

<p>If you could chance me for ED legacy to the SAS that would be great Thank You</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I write for my school paper and that my goa should go up because my freshman and sophomore year i had no direction and didnt know how important it was but now i know i want to go to Penn and will work tirelessly to bring my gpa up to my potential</p>

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<p>LeadAmerica = good, varsity sports = good, projected sat and act = good, legacy = good</p>

<p>it doesn’t matter if yr a member of a club- leadership only matters</p>

<p>try to do a little more in terms of extracurriculars and try to get those projected scores and u should be good.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your advice but the other activities obviously count for something lradership or not right?</p>

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<p>please help!</p>

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<p>If you’re really interested in ppe, there’s an amazing ppe program at Oxford in England…</p>

<p>That being said i think your stats for Penn are looking good. Landing solid recs and writing personal essays will really help your app next year. </p>

<p>Try to enjoy high school as much as you can though… you’re only in junior year, no need to worry so much!</p>

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<p>oxford? just out of curiosity how would admissions play out as an american applying to oxford? any information would be great</p>

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<p>You wouldn’t have good chances at Oxford. You’d be held to a standard similar to that of an international applicant applying to Harvard. Your GPA probably wouldn’t cut it.</p>

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<p>yeah i figured as much but can anybody help me with Penn?</p>

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<p>anybody else?</p>