Chance Me for UPenn, etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello Everyone,
Can you guys chance me please? I'm not sure if me looking at UPenn is a little overambitious. I'm interested in Pre-Med as a major. And I'm still looking for other schools in the northeast/mid atlantic/southeast to apply to, so if you know of any schools that are a match for my stats I'd appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks a lot</p>

<p>Grades:
4.15 weighted GPA (school doesnt do unweighted)
High school ranked top 300 in country I believe
Unofficial Rank 16/517
AP Classes: junior- AP Bio (4 on AP exam, A- in class) AP Lit (3 on AP exam, A- in class) AP Calc AB (4 on AP exam, B+ in class) senior- currently taking AP Macro, AP Chem, and AP Stat</p>

<p>Scores:
2070 SAT- 710 Math, 630 Reading (not my strong suit), 730 Writing (idk how that happened)
31 ACT- 34 Math, 34 Writing, 31 Science, 25 Reading (again not my strong suit)</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:
Varsity Soccer: junior and senior year (couldn't play during sophomore due to surgery, was out for 5 months)
Club soccer: co-captain of club team for as long as I can remember
Piano: been playing outside of school thoughout middle and high school, played for a few school chorus concerts
TopSoccer: soph and junior year- helping kids with special needs learn how to play soccer
Future Doctors Club- current co-president
Key Club- community service club, soph-senior year</p>

<p>Work:
Busboy at local Pizza Restaurant for 2 years, about 10-15 hours a week during the school year</p>

<p>Volunteering/Community Service:
Key Club
Hospital Volunteering- 3 years at inner city hospital during the summer compiling and adapting materials used for patient education and cleaning rooms and stuff
currently going to shadow in the ER at another hospital
over 200 hours total I believe</p>

<p>Awards:
Lamp of Learning (top 10 GPA) freshman year
National Hispanic Merit (psat scores)
National AP Scholar
Athletic Award
Nominated for "Who's in science- Chemistry" award by chemistry teacher junior year</p>

<p>Hooks?
I'm hispanic, don't really know how much that helps
my dad is a PSU alum, other than that nothing really</p>

<p>Applying to:
PSU Schreyer Honors College
UPenn
Bucknell
Pitt
Duke
Emory
Dartmouth (maybe)
Any others?</p>

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<p>low reach, gpa/sat not enough, would be high if it weren’t for urm</p>

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<p>PSU Schreyer Honors College: match
UPenn: high reach
Bucknell: match
Pitt: low match / safety
Duke: high reach
Emory: high match
Dartmouth: high reach </p>

<p>I’d recommend you retake either the SAT or the ACT, shooting for at least 2100 (700+ on each section) or at least 31, respectively. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks guys. I’m retaking the ACT and expecting a 32-33 because I’m used to the reading section now. I think that will be what I send to colleges. Will that help my chances?</p>

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<p>i agree with halcyon. ur sat is a bit low for upenn.</p>

<p>chance me back maybe</p>

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<p>I hopefully will get a 33 on ACT and send only that to colleges. Will my extracurricular be enough for top tier schools? I’ve been pretty consistent throughout and have done a good amount of stuff</p>

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<p>low reach. If you can bump up your ACT and write a great essay, you would have a decent chance :)</p>

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<p>Wow, great GPA and awards, I think you’re in at PSU and have a great shot at the other schools!</p>

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<p>Keep in mind even if you get a 33, Penn looks at ALL testing history for ACT and SAT. Good luck!</p>

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<p>What’s the big deal if Penn looks at all testing history? If you score well in the end, that’s not good enough?</p>