Chance me please

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Objective:
• SAT I: (1st time) 2200; (will take again in March, practice averaging 2300)
• SAT II: Math II (800); Biology M (800)
• GPA: 3.9 UW, 5.9/6 W (averages at the end of this year; will be slightly higher by reporting time)</p>

<p>• AP (place score in parenthesis):
Sophomore Year
-AP Biology (5)
-AP Statistics (4)
Junior Year
-AP English
-AP Calculus AB
-AP European History
-AP US History
-AP Microeconomics
-AP Macroeconomics
-AP Physics B
Senior Year
-AP Spanish
-AP English
-AP Calculus BC
-AP World History
-AP Psychology
-AP Physics C </p>

<p>• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Not exactly major but... (EC Awards are listed in the EC section)
-People's Choice Award Given By School Principal [Award given by teacher's to their single best student]
-Best Student of the Month Award [Geometry, Calculus, et cetera]
-Featured on School Website Frequently
-Published Author (poetry in school magazine)
-Honor Roll 10-12</p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
School related </p>

<p>-FIRST Robotics Team 9-12 (Varsity 9-12)
--Multiple Awards
-Debate Team 10-12 (10-11 JV) (12 Varsity)
--1st place team 2011
-Chess Team 10-12 (JV)
-Science League 9-12 (Bio 1, Bio 2, and Physics 2 Team Member)
--1st place Bio 2 team
-Principle's Leadership Council [Council of 4 Selected Students Per Grade]
-World Affairs [Model UN] 10-12
--Best Novice Delegate Award & Honorable Mention Award
-FBLA 9-12 (Officer)
--2nd place regional winner; state qualifier all years
-DECA 9-12 (Treasurer)
--1 3rd place trophy, 1 2nd place trophy, 2 1st place trophies; state qualifier all years; state finalist
-MathLab [Math Tutoring] 9-12 (Coordinator)
-Laureate [School Magazine] 10-12 (Co-editor)
-Interact [Community Service Club] 9-12 (Head School Coordinator)
-NHS 11-12
-AP Biology Lab Assistant 11-12</p>

<p>Non-school related
-5 years active Guitar
-6 years active Percussion
-Phone Software Programming</p>

<p>•Volunteer/Community service:
-Math Tutoring (15 hrs)
Elementary School Daycare Assistant (15 hrs)
-Animal Shelter Remodel Project (9 hrs)
-High School Library Assistant (70 hrs)
-Lab Assistant (15 hrs)</p>

<p>• Summer Activities:
-9th grade summer - self studied and tested out of Algebra 2
-10th grade summer - took chemistry courses at the community college
-11th grade summer(Probably) - internship at Johns Hopkins working at neuron research lab (only one of its kind in the world)</p>

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<p>Good chance. You might want to specify your race/ethnicity because that is a factor as well.</p>

3

<p>Well i’m indian so… yea…
Thanks a lot though for the chance-ing</p>

4

<p>Still a good chance, but that obviously doesn’t help.</p>

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<p>I think that you have a good chance</p>

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<p>You pass objectively, but questions may be raised about your EC’s. Don’t get me wrong, they are extensive, but there is no specific focus at the moment. Are you interested in Biology? Mathematics? Programming? Guitar? Make sure you define A FEW of your interests that you really want to show to the adcoms to make you stand out from the crowd.</p>

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<p>It looks like you took a lot of AP courses, but only two AP exams? Or did you not get scores back yet? It will not be good for you to take AP classes and not take the tests. Our local schools require students to take the test if they take the class.</p>

<p>Also, your ECs skew very geeky and narrow. Any sports, even recreational? How about anything else non-math non-science? Kids with high scores are a dime a dozen, and MIT wouldn’t care if you played sports. But Penn cares a lot about extracurriculars.</p>

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<p>No, your EC’s are strong, too. I like how you have a mix of music and academic activities (Robotics, FBLA, etc.). I never mentioned sports once in my application (I run to keep in shape, but nothing else) and I got in. Follow your passions----if they aren’t sports, don’t worry about it.</p>