Chance me please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
1

<p>To the college of arts and science ED</p>

<p>I want to study International Relations</p>

<p>Profile</p>

<p>Race: Indian
Religion: Sikh
Gender: M
Family Status: Middle Class
Legacy: None
School Profile: very competitive small private school</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>Rank: n/a
GPA (W): n/a
GPA (UW): 3.65
AP Biology- 5
AP US History- 5
I plan to take 3 APs next year and I have also taken 6 Honors classes throughout my high school career (in my school an honors class is almost at the same the level as an AP)</p>

<p>Extra: I took the college class "Intro to World Politics (Poly Science 20)" at UCLA</p>

<p>Scores</p>

<p>ACT: 33
SAT II: 790 USH, 790 World History, 730 Biology E</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Journalism: Co-Editor-in-chief of student newspaper (12)
Contemporary Issues Editor (11)
Copy Editor (10)
Staff Reporter (9)
Staff reporter for middle school newspaper (7,8)
Our newspaper is ranked number 1 in the county for a school of our size.</p>

<p>Work at local public library for community service (10,11,12)
- received Presidents Award and Community service honors</p>

<p>I founded a teen community council at the library that promotes education and dialogue amongst teens from various socioeconomic backgrounds
President of the council (10,11,12)
Editor-in-chief of its newsletter (10,11,12) </p>

<p>Model UN
President (11)
- I have attended the conference at Berkeley and led my delegation to the NHSMUN conference in NYC this past March</p>

<p>I teach Punjabi at my local temple (11,12)
- I received the volunteer appreciation award</p>

<p>I learn Indian classical music (11,12)</p>

<p>Pre-med Club (9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>Helped teachers in 2nd Grade (9)</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Counselor- good
Teacher A- very good
Teacher B- very good
Advisor of teen council- very good</p>

<p>Essays:
not bad, but not extraordinary </p>

<p>Other stuff:
I speak 3 languages fluently (English, Hindi, Punjabi) and I can conversationaly speak Spanish
I received academic awards in history in both 10th and 11th grade.</p>

2

<p>I don't know much about ACT scores, so I don't know if you'll get in or not, but I would advise you to definitely push the fact that you speak three languages in your application. That's the sort of thing they really like.</p>

3

<p>A 33 is approx. a 2200 I believe...thanks for replying</p>

4

<p>My stats and grades were better than yours..AND i'm a legacy. I applied ED and was deferred and ultimately rejected!
BUT...I was accepted to and WILL attend Cornell!
GO BIG RED!</p>

5

<p>Hey how is it going dulce? I thought you were going to michigan?
Your chances don't look to great bud.
I don't see many significant ec's that hold much weight, Penn wants someone that is different and you have the basics.
Your gpa is a little low try to bing it up this year
3'Aps isn't that many, now if thats all your school offered it is another story</p>

6

<p>i wouldn't want to discourage you from applying, because you never know. however, although your test scores are solid, your gpa is a tad low and your courseload doesn't seem too rigorous. i see some sort of passion shinning through, but make sure to emphasize the things you love to do.</p>