Chance me for Penn ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hi. </p>

<p>I am a senior applying to Penn ED and I was wondering if you guys could chance me:</p>

<p>Demographics:
Race: White
Gender: Male
Home State: NJ
Highschool: Competitive Public</p>

<p>SAT:
Reasoning: 2370 (CR:800, M:780, W:790)
Subjects: Bio 770, US 800</p>

<p>Academics:
Unweighted GPA: 3.93/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.43/4.5
(Only ever got two B+'s Freshman year)
Rank: Does not rank, top 5 percent</p>

<p>AP Courses:
Senior: Calculus AB, Statistics, English Lit, Spanish Lit, US Gov
Junior: Bio (5), Psych (5), English Lang (5), Spanish Lang (5), US History (5)
Sophomore: European History (5)</p>

<p>Activities: Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader, Eagle Scout), School Paper (Editor-in-Chief), Co-founder of satirical paper at high school, Track (Two varsity letters), Running Crew for plays and musicals (All activities for all four years)</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National High School Community Service Award from National Civil War Historical Society for Eagle Project</p>

<p>Volunteerism: Volunteered in a hospital two days a week last summer, Volunteered in phonebank for the inclusion of LGBT Scouts
Work Experience: Paid SAT Tutor
Pre-college Program at Brown University two years before</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think. Will I be accepted, defered or rejected? Penn has been my dream forever but I have no "hooks". If I don't get in, I plan to try Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, Northwestern, WashU, Hopkins, Rice, CMU, NYU and Rutgers.</p>

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<p>So what does that mean for me? My guidance counselor tells me I should get into one of the ivies/Stanford/Northwestern?</p>

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<p>yea you don’t have anything unique. Just a good test score.</p>

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<p>Someone from a competitive school in New Jersey can’t just have good test scores and grades and AP scores and be given a solid chance to get in. Most applicants to top tier schools have much better ECs than you do. You have a shot albeit a small one, but make sure you have other colleges lined up…</p>

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<p>I say you’re in</p>

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<p>Don’t let these other posters get you down. By looking at their number of posts and when they joined they are probably either 16 or 17 year old kids or their parents. Assume they have little admission experience. Your stats/background are very good so take some chances.</p>

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<p>Barn is right. Your stats are a match, the problem is too many kids have stats that match. That being said you have just as good a chance as any of them. Set yourself apart with your essays. Good Luck</p>

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<p>Obviously it’ll depend on what school you’re going to. For Wharton, I would say it’d be a bit of a big reach for you because of your ECs. But, for all the other schools, I think you have a pretty decent shot. Your Stats are good, and you do have ECs and they aren’t bad ECs. So, I think if you do well on your essays you have a pretty good shot.</p>

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<p>Stats are certainly solid enough to get in, but so are most of the other applicants.</p>

<p>Definitely would’ve given me a better feeling to see more EC focus + leadership, aside from Eagle Scout. Hopefully you crushed the essays.</p>

<p>No hooks apparent, although if you happen to be LGBT (not assuming that though just based on your support — “Volunteered in phonebank for the inclusion of LGBT Scouts”) and made that one of your essay subjects then that would’ve been a plus diversity-wise and perhaps a bit of a hook.</p>

<p>I’d say, like most applicants of your caliber, you have a reasonable shot at CAS, SEAS, Nursing. Everyone is a reach at best for Wharton.</p>