Chance me please for UPenn

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<p>9th grade: AP World Hist (5)
all other classes were honors, straight A's
10th: AP Eurpean history (5)
AP Environmental Science (5) All A's </p>

<p>I was offered a full scholarship to Leysin American School, an IB boarding school in Switzerland for 11th and 12th grade. </p>

<p>11th Grade: IB HL courses: Chemistry, Physics, Math, English, Psychology
Ab initio French 1, Music Theory (non IB but used AP curriculum), finished with all A's except my B+ in HL math
12th grade: 2nd half of the aforementioned IB courses, I studied French in an intensive course in a swiss university over the summer and jumped to IB SL 2 French (equivalent to 4 years of accelerated French after just learning for 1 year) </p>

<p>SAT: this is a bit weaker than I would like but I got
Reading: 730
Math: 680
Writing: 610
Took the math 2 and physics subject tests this morning (my school's testing policy did not let me do it before today) </p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Swimming on a club team and varsity school team ~18 hours a week for 9th and 10th grade
Swimming on school team </p>

<p>Habitat for humanity public relations rep in 11th grade (ran advertising for fundraising, public announcements, organized relations with locals in town), Vice president of club and leading branch board member(makes decisions regarding allocation of club resources/manpower to maximize fundraising potential), volunteer laborer on habitat construction site in Comanesti, Romania</p>

<p>NHS</p>

<p>Student ambassador leadership program: school wide leader program, serves as RA in dorms, meets with school administrators to discuss concerns of the student body that the student council cannot address</p>

<p>Work Experience: </p>

<p>Assistant swim coach for summer camp for 9th and 10th grade summers
Red cross certified lifeguard for private homeowner's association community pool
Swim instructor for aqua firm and fit (taught small children)
Camp swim director/lifeguard/safety coordinator for Camp Jernee
Data collection assistant(volunteer) for university of miami's neurology dept. </p>

<p>Formed small food business based around home made beef jerky that i sell in my dorm. profits cover all of my living expenses not covered under the scholarship for the boarding school, travel, skiing, going home for christmas and summer vacation, a trip to malaysia for spring break, and a summer course at the university of neuchatel in switzerland (in other words, very profitable) </p>

<p>I think that covers everything. Any insight is welcome. Thanks</p>

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<p>EC’s and grades are good, but I think you’re going to need to raise that SAT for a chance at Penn. Have you tried taking the ACT? Some people find the format easier.</p>

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<p>Your grades are great, but the SAT is kind of low for UPenn. The extracurriculars are good but they might not be good enough for schools like Penn. I’d say it is a low to mid reach. Good luck though!</p>

<p>Chance back please!</p>

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<p>Honestly, you’re chances are probably around 30% (which is higher than average!)
Your grades are good, and the IB Diploma will def help. However, the SAT’s are quite low for a top American school. </p>

<p>Tour extracurricular’s are quite strong and varied. However, you don’t really have national honors, and I subscribe to the philosophy that you need at least 2 national honors to be a really strong candidate for a school like MIT or Penn or something.
Good luck though! You definitely have a above-average shot at Penn!</p>

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<p>@PantherTrax and @cali4niastudent
I realize my SAT’s are pretty low for those schools, I could do better. I’ll be retaking them one last time in a few weeks and I’ll be taking the ACT in december as well. I don’t really know how I could have gotten any national honors since I have been outside of the US for 11th and 12th grade.</p>

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<p>@fortetennis, I’m taking the ACT in 2 weeks. Taking standardized test is relatively hard to arrange at my school because most of the students stay in europe so SAT’s/ACT’s are not so important for most of them</p>

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<p>BUMP bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Is your b+ a translated score or raw score?</p>

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<p>scores are low for UPenn, ECs are great though.
I’d say you have low chances (everyone does, though) but higher than some other good kids. </p>

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<p>@Aangehu,
My B+ is after the appropriate IB curves were applied to the exams taken in class. Almost all of my class grades were based on exams scores/IB assessments/labs entirely</p>

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<p>i think you need to raise your sat in order to have a better chance at penn. your ecs seem pretty interesting though and that will probably help.</p>

<p>chance me back?</p>

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