Hi! I’m a rising senior. As you can probably tell by my username and my title, I really want to go to UPenn School of Nursing. My GPA and SATs are pretty weak (my sophomore year was horrible). I know that UPenn is a reach for me, but it’s my dream school. I would really appreciate if any current of former Penn Nurses could talk to me about my chances, but anyone who gives me a chance is great too. Thanks for looking at this and lets get started!
GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.14 W
- upward trend of GPA from Sophomore year
SAT (NEW): 1480
Courses:
Freshman: Bio Reg, English 1 (not exactly reg, but not honors either), World History Honors, Geometry Reg, Chinese 1 Reg, Intro to Comp. Sci./CLA, Marching Band/ Concert Band
Sophomore: Alg. 2 H (C’s both semester), Chem H (C, then dropped)/ Chem Reg (A), English 2 H, AP Euro (3), Chinese 2, Media Concepts, Marching band/ concert band
Junior: Precalc Reg, AP Bio (B/A), APUSH (B/A), Chinese 3 IBSL (B/A), English 3 H, Film IBSL, Marching Band/Concert Band
Senior (what I’m planning to take): AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, Bio IBHL-2, AP Lang, AP Psych, Marching Band/ Concert
Honors/ Awards:
California Senate Volunteer hrs (‘16)- 300 hrs, recognition of service to the Korean community of (insert major city).
Bronze Medal Archery (‘15)- 3rd out of 32 Team Rounds at U.S. National Target Championships and JOAD Nationals
Symphonic Band (‘16)- Superior in Festival
Marching Band- So Cal SBOA division, top 12 finalists (‘15, ‘17)
Extracurricular:
Korean Traditional Dance- classical training, Performed at churches, weddings, military bases 1000+ audience (8 wks/yr). Taught 5 students on dance (10 hrs/ wk, 48 wks/yr)
- 5th < 9 10 11 12 (grades)
Competitive Archery- Rank 47 out of 217 (‘16) (10 hrs/ wk, 40 wks/yr) - 8th < 9 10 11, 4-5 competitions/yr at state and national levels,
Marching band- Section leader for Mellophone. Trumpet (‘14,’15,’16) Mellophone (‘16, '17) (15 hrs/ wk) . Training others how to play the mellophone, march, band camp (21 wks/yr) - 9 10 11 12
Jazz Band- All female jazz band (‘16,’17) Jazz band (‘15,’16) (1 hr/wk). First chair. Trumpet section leader. Taught 2 students how to play the trumpet. (38 wks/yr) - 10 11 12
Concert Band- Trumpet (6 yrs), French horn (1 yr). - 5th < 9 10 11 12
Volunteer:
Kaiser Permanente Gift Shop- Oversee cashier and manage gift shop. 100+ hrs (3 hrs/wk) (40 wks/yr)
- 10 11 12
(school) Music Dept Uniform Crew- Organize, manage uniforms - 10 11 12
Special Program:
Internship at (Name) Heart Institute- 6 weeks, 40 hr workweeks
12
California Leadership Academy
12
Paid Job
Kumon Tutor- grade, tutor young children (4-5) to preteens (12-13). (8 hr/wk)
10 11, Math and English
Additional Information:
My Recs will be amazing, both teachers I asked love me, so I know that won’t be a concern.
My personal statements I’m nervous about.
I’ve contacted and visited the Nursing admissions officer, so I’m hoping I left a good impression.
Thanks for your time!