Chance me for Penn SEAS? will chance back!

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<p>My first choice is UPenn SEAS (bioengineering), but I'm also applying to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Johns Hopkins, and Tufts for biomedical engineering, all regular decision (I couldn't do ED because of financial aid). I'm a girl, white, and from NY.</p>

<p>GPAw: 103.00/100 (either salutatorian or 3rd in rank out of 700- my school doesn't officially rank until graduation)
-High honors every year (+94.5%)
ACT: 34 composite, E36, M35, R30, S34, W10/12
SAT: M760, R700, W780 (2240, 1460) essay:10/12
Subject tests: Chemistry 800, Math II 780, Biology M 750
-National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Honors everything since freshmen year
Past APs:
-European History (4)
-Calculus AB (5)
-Biology (5)
-Language and Composition (5)
-US History (4)
-French Language (3)
Senior APs:
-Physics C
-Calculus BC
-Chemistry
-Micro/macroeconomics
-Literature and Composition</p>

<p>ECs:
-President of Student Ambassadors (help with transfers and foreign exchange students)
-Editor of Yearbook
-Secretary of DECA (qualified for states for 3 years)
-Math and science tutor
-National Honor Society
-AMC and Mathletes
-Math Honor Society
-Trivia team
-Science Research club (intel sts, siemens, ISEF)
-French Honor Society
-Quill and Scroll Honor Society
-Science Olympiad team
-Glee club
-Dance lessons for 14 years
-Student teacher for dance classes for 5 years
-Community theater productions
-Piano lessons for 12 years</p>

<p>Work:
-professional laboratory intern
-summer camp counselor</p>

<p>Thank you!!</p>

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<p>Stats look pretty good. Math score could be higher for SEAS but still good.</p>

<p>A lot of EC’s but seem generally scattered. Dance lessons/Piano may be your best bet there because there seems to be a great deal of commitment there.</p>

<p>You are definitely a qualified applicant, but like all Ivys, it’s a crapshoot. Best of luck. Chance me too?</p>

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<p>I know I’m not the top student, but what’s the point in not trying?</p>

<p>I think my top schools are reaches but they are UPenn, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Brown, and I plan to send out an application to Stanford as well. Also applying to Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Penn State, and Northeastern.</p>

<p>White Male, First generation college student
Class Rank: Top Decile (no exact rank) in a public school in MA
SAT: 2120 800 math, 690 CR, 630 writing (hopefully more schools look at SAT like Cornell, Math/CR which is a 1490)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 720 USH, 700 Math I, taking Chemistry in January
ACT: 34 Composite 34 math, 34 science, 33 english, 36 reading</p>

<p>Do any of the Ivy’s superscore? My SAT’s and ACT’s alone aren’t very strong, but with an 800 Math and 36 Reading it should help my application.</p>

<p>Varsity athlete in both football and baseball
Executive board of NHS; created school’s first community service fair (attended by hundreds of students)
100+ hours of community service at various events and specifically at local children’s museum over 2 year+ span
Math Club/Chess Club
Spent last summer in a research lab at UConn experimenting with BioNanomaterials
School recipient of numerous community service/leadership awards, as well as Cornell Book Award
AP Scholar/ NMSQT commended</p>

<p>I am applying to enginering and specifically the chemical engineering programs.</p>

<p>Also, school allows students to only take AP’s junior and senior years. I took 3 jr year, USH, Stats, and English Language. 4,5,4. This year, I take Calc AB, Chemistry, Government, and Spanish Language. School does not carry Calc BC. All of my other classes are honors level.</p>

<p>My school’s GPA system is so volatile so that I won’t even bother giving my GPA, but the unweighted is about 4.0. Both my unweighted and weighted GPA’s have significantly increased each year of highschool, even as my classes have become more difficult.</p>

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<p>i definitely think you have a decent shot, but like you said, the ivies are all a crapshoot. it might be a little late, but if i were you i would send only the ACT to the schools that allow you to score choice. i know many places don’t look at the writing section of the SAT, but schools may shy away from that 630 in comparison to your other scores. overall i think you’re a strong applicant though, and good luck!</p>