Chance Me for RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 M, 690 CR, 770 W)
ACT:
SAT II: 2310 (800 MII, 750 Bio, 760 Physics)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.60
Rank : 29/295
AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5's and Three 4's
5's : Biology, Physics E&M, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and Government and Politics
4's: English Language, World History, and Physics Mechanics
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs: Latin, Stats, English, and Psychology, and a class at community college called Differential Equations
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP National Scholar, FBLA Nationals: 6th Place Business Math, Maryland All-State Junior Band</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math team (captain) for four years, table tennis for four years, marching band for four years, FBLA for three years, science olympiad for three years,
Job/Work Experience: Peer2Peer tutoring, just started this month; some pet sitter jobs too in my neighborhood
Volunteer/Community service: Camp counselor for a band camp, volunteered at the library, played the clarinet at nursing homes
Summer Activities: AwesomeMath for three weeks and CTY Program for three weeks
Essays: I thought they were pretty good. I wrote the optional essay about math and tennis.
Teacher Recommendation: I got one from my AP Calc AB teacher, and one from my Latin teacher. I imagine they were good.
Counselor Rec: I imagine it was good.
Additional Rec:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $110k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

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<p>You definitely have a chance. I think it’s going to come down to your essays and how creative you got with them. No offense, but although you ARE an impressive applicant and definitely academically qualified to handle the academics at Penn, nothing really stands out to me. Make your essays interesting to show Penn you are more than just an academic…just basing off of my friends here at Penn and people in general, most of Penn students are extremely social.</p>

<p>Also, Asians are ORM, not URM’s. Definitely considered overrepresented.</p>

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<p>^i thought the same thing about essays. Plus, it’s always hard to see just looking at stats so I may have missed it, but I didn’t see a passion. That one or two or three things that you’ve always had an interest in over a number of years. For example, u say u “played” clarinet at a nursing home. It sounds something u could’ve been forced to do but not something that is a passion for u that u do all the time and is excellent at it. Make sure your essays show your personal passion.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice oceane and Madaboutx! So how can I show more passion, both through stats and essays? I have to admit I think it’s hard to show lots of passion just through raw scores and brief listing of activities and awards.</p>