Chance me for Penn CAS ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hi guys... I'm currently a rising senior, and am planning on applying to CAS for early decision. I would really appreciate any replies!</p>

<p>School: Large, public high school in NJ (block scheduling so you can't really take a lot of APs)
Race: Caucasian </p>

<p>Academic:
GPA- 4.05(UW), 4.34 (W) (My school had a weird scale freshman year, so now it's impossible to have over a 4.0 uw)
Never gotten anything lower than an A in mainly honors and APs.</p>

<p>APs- Stat (4), English Lang (5)</p>

<p>PSAT-National Merit Commended from NJ</p>

<p>SAT- 2290 Superscore (800 CR, 750 M, 740 W)
Planning to take Sat IIs (Math II and Spanish) in October and Spanish w/ listening in Nov.</p>

<p>Senior year schedule- AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Lang, a bunch of honors electives (most rigourous course load possible for this year)</p>

<p>EC's-
Co-pres. of temple youth group
School tennis team (JV past two years, hoping for varsity this year)
Weekly volunteer at program teaching disabled kids to play tennis
I'm running a fundraising event for that program
Member of:
-speech and debate
-interact club
-National honor society (tutoring for this club)
-Spanish honor society
-math honor society (tutoring for this club)
Rec basketball/baseball leagues
Writer for school newspaper
Piano player
Various tennis clinics and lessons</p>

<p>Summer: American Legion Jersey Boys State, Wharton Sports Business academy (both this summer).</p>

<p>Thanks for any chances!</p>

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<p>youll never get in</p>

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<p>it sounds fine to me, the college isn’t hard to get into like wharton.</p>

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<p>Bump… Bump…</p>

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<p>My school has block scheduling as well, I hate it because I can only take 3 AP classes my senior year. Study a lot for those SAT IIs, they will help. Your scores are good and your GPA are great. You are involved in a lot of activities, try to focus on one or two to show your passion for them in your application. See if you can get another leadership position or two.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>You will never get in</p>

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<p>ya dude ur done for u have no shot at penn. try …sewanee: the university of the south!</p>

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<p>im doing the same thing…college of arts and sciences early decision…hope to cya there one day!</p>

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<p>I think you have a chance. I would make sure your counselor emphasize that this was the hardest courseload possible given the circumstances of block scheduling. And it will be better if you are ranked higher.</p>

<p>My Sat score was 2200 with lousy sat ii scores of 540 spanish, 640 chem and 690 math ii</p>

<p>I was waitlisted for RD(CAS) but later got in.</p>

<p>You might want to consider applying RD as if there are competitions or stuff after the ED deadline you want to report on your application to help boost it.</p>

<p>But the main thing though above all else is the essay, make sure you show why you want to go to Penn and really why should penn want you.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>You’ll get in only if you suck Furda’s ****.</p>