Chance Me Penn SEAS ED and Columbia EA

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (720 CR 760 M 740 M)</p>

<p>SAT II: World History (680 ), Ecological Biology (770), US History (780), Math II (760)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.2 UW/ 5.1 W (I know its a weird system)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15% (School is very very competitive)</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) US History (5) Biology (5) Calculus AB (5) English Language (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Gov Pol
AP English Literature
AP Spanish (have done Spanish all 4 years of HS)
AP Statistics
AP Econ (both Macro and Micro)
AP Physics B
AP Comp Sci</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, nothing else </p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>

<p>Music:
I have been playing in a regional band since 8th grade (1st Chair of Section 11-12)
Participated in Marching Band from 10-12 grade. (Drum Major 12)</p>

<p>Academia:
Debate Club (9-12, No leadership position)
Science Olympiad (11-12, Captain 12)
Moody's Mega Math Challenge (11-12)</p>

<p>Others:
Baseball for HS (10-12, Varsity 11-12)
Wrote novel since 9th grade, self-published and might get a publisher. its a lot of work btw guys</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Worked at Fast Food restaurant over this summer</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Small-time volunteering at library. Community service in parents' native country over the summer. Various other events I participated in. That's about it... this is probably the weakest part of my app</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Traveled to my parents' native country and volunteered to help the poor at an impoverished village. I worked at a fast food restaurant over this past summer as well. The rest of the time was devoted to baseball </p>

<p>Essays: Average of 9/10 for most of them, I think I was able to reflect and express myself well in my writing. My AP English Lang teacher reviewed them with me as well so </p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations:</p>

<p>APUSH Teacher- Very strong, I did fairly well in her class with a low A average but much more importantly we share a lot of interests and he genuinely enjoys me as a student and person. 9.5/10</p>

<p>Biology Teacher- Although I never got to know her as well as I did my APUSH teacher, I had a strong upwards trend in that class as I did bad at the beginning of the year and constantly improved from there on. We did share some jokes as the year progressed and they think that I am a funny, interesting, and intelligent kid. 9/10</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: I did not talk to my counselor at all for my freshman, sophomore, and first half of junior year. As college came on the horizon, however, I saw him more and more. Our conversations were mainly school-based however. They do know about my academic skills as well as my EC involvements, however. 8.5/10</p>

<p>Interview: Had an interview with Penn, it went very well, although the intterview was much more instructive than I thought it would be, as the interviewer told me all about the school and shared his enthusiasm with me. Nevertheless, I thought it went well.</p>

<p>Other:
State: I said I would be vague, so Northeast (not Pennsylvania)</p>

<p>School Type: Very Competitive Public School (6th Public HS in State)</p>

<p>Race: South Asian</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Income Bracket: 100,000</p>

<p>Hooks: Baseball, looked at by mediocre D3 schools that suffered academically, and my Instrument
so basically, not much </p>

<p>I plan on double majoring in Comp Sci and Economics.</p>

<p>Both are reaches but it’s definitely worthwhile to apply. If your essays are killer you just may get in! Good luck!</p>

<p>Uh Columbia EA? There is no EA for Columbia! If you made a mistake to apply to both UPenn and Columbia ED…you’re getting in a huge trouble man</p>

<p>If thats^the case, just call one of the schools , explain the mistake, and have them change from EA to regular decision. ASAP </p>

<p>I meant RD sorry guys. </p>