<p>Hey guys! I was wondering if you could take the time to give me an estimate of my chances! Appling as an Engineer major.
California Resident
Grades: 3.9 UW, 4.41W 4.21 UC GPA
Rank: top 3%
ACT: 31 Composite, 34 English, 33 Math, 29 Reading, 29 Science.
SAT: 2100. 620R, 720 M, 760 W.
SAT Subjects: Math 750, Mandarin 770, PHysics 650 (LOL).
Course Rigor: Taken almost every AP class offered in high school, except BIo, Chem, History, and Literature. Have 2 APs senior year, AP physics C and Ap Calc BC. got 4's on all previous AP's.
Awards:
Outstanding Student: One given to class per gender, an outstanding student based on every aspect.
Outstanding Athlete: One given to class per gender, an outstanding athlete overall.
Questbridge Finalist
Scholar Athlete
Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society Vice President
Played piano for over 12 years and passed 3 different schools of Piano. (ABRSM, JSAC, CM), all at highest levels.
Interact
California Scholarship Federation(CSF).
4 Year varsity Track, 3 year Track captain. Only Asian in the top 50 state ranks for 110m High Hurdles.
Tzu Chi Chinese volunteering organization.
Essays: Decent, but could be improved.
Community Service.
Tzu Chi Chinese volunteering organization.- at least 80+ Hours
Interact: 50+ Hours
NHS: 8+ Hours
Helping people around town build their computers, troubleshoot them, etc. Named "Handyman" as I tend to go around asking people if they need help with anything.
Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwanese).
Income Bracket : <25k</p>
<p>Could you please grade my SAT essay out of 12? thank u</p>
<p>Is there always another explanation or point of view? </p>
<p>My mother always says “ Everything is relative”, and I must admit that her words are quite true. What may seem to me, as quite ordinary and normal, may be by someone else’s standards, very peculiar. It all depends on the way we look at it. Although sometimes, as in my case, the realization of this is not immediate, and for so long I may have expected that all things were seen in one way. It is not until my trip to Africa, that I understood that it was all a question of habit. </p>
<p>As long as I could recall, punctuality was always fundamental in my country, whether it be for a job interview, a friend’s get-together, or school. Never did I imagine that it would ever be seen differently. But in the African culture, the notion of time is not the same: everything is done at one’s own pace. I remember planning dinners with friends and watching the clock tick and even asking myself if they were ever going to appear. A call or message would have been nice, and for quite a while, was exactly what I was expecting, though I didn’t receive any. My friends would show, two hours later! And after a while, I felt the need to understand the reason behind such actions. And I did: I learned that there was no need for them to rush, since their lives did not require them to do so. Never was there any form of stress around them, nor any pressure whatsoever to arrive on time, so the concept of punctuality to them different immensely from mine. I learned that, just across the Atlantic Ocean, there is a whole different meaning to punctuality. While I may feel that a half-hour delay is rude, my friends in Africa would consider this quite on time. Nowadays though, I have grown to respect their point of view and accept it. </p>
<p>I remember another time, while taking a stroll on the beach, I saw a local girl, about my age. She was very thin, almost skeletal, and hardly had any clothes on. I decided to ask her if she needed anything, and her response was “just some water please”. Expecting to get in return a cup of water, the girl was in tears when I handed her two bottles of fresh water. This moment made me think: something that I take so much for granted, meant the world to someone else. Water, a liquid so ordinary to me, and hardly looked upon, was so very precious to this local girl. This did though, teach me a life lesson: I do underestimate the value of the most important natural resource in the world, possibly because it is so plentiful in my country. While in hers, not only does it exist in little amount, but to get a hold of it is very difficult. </p>
<p>After my trip to Africa, not only did I learn that my meaning of punctuality and my idea of the finest natural resource differ from those of others, as I also understood the causes for these differences. Today, I understand that as much as I may think that there is only one view on one specific issue, I may only need to cross the ocean to prove myself wrong.</p>
<p>Grade my SAT essay? I lold.</p>
<p>What…? Lol…</p>
<p>hahaha I’m with dfree124</p>
<pre><code> There is absolutely no point in anyone here grading your SAT essay. Even if you are discontent with the score you received, asking others to take a look at it doesn’t accomplish anything. Also, an admission officer wont say, “this essay was pretty good; he/she should have gotten a 12.” Your essay isn’t sent in the score report.
Now, I’m going to assume that you posted this essay because you plan to use it in your application. If that’s the case, I must advise you against doing this in the future. Never post your essays on a place like CC, where anyone from around the world can see them and possible use your ideas. Although I’m not a fan of PMing an essay to others, even that’s better than simply posting it on a thread.
Now to the essay itself. I hardly read it, but my advice to you is to have an English teacher look it over before sending it anywhere (if that’s what you plan to do). There are a few grammatically awkward moments. I suggest you have someone whom you know well and trust read over your essay to determine whether or not it is representative of you and your voice.
Now to the chance me. You’re awards and ECs are very good. The biggest weakness is probably your test scores, which are sub-par for Penn. However, if your essays are strong, you have a great shot. Good Luck 
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<p>guys, the OP wasn’t the one who posted the SAT essay. Somebody else did, and successfully hijacked the thread in the process.</p>
<p>This is some fine trolling.</p>