Hi! I’m applying to UPenn ED this year (SAS, maybe LSM?) and I wanted to see how my stats and extracurriculars would stack up in both areas? I know that LSM is extremely competitive so I’m really hesitant about applying! Please feel free to leave any advice you guys have for applying, I would really love to hear some tips :))
Demographics: Asian female from a public school
SAT: 1590 (R/W 790, M 800)
ACT: 36
SAT II Math Level 2: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 770
SAT II Chinese: 800
U/W GPA: 4.00 (my school doesn’t do weighted or ranks)
Coursework: I’ve taken AP Chinese, Chemistry, US History, US Government and Politics, Microeconomics, English Lang, Calc BC, Physics C Mechanics, and Biology; this year I’m taking Spanish Lang, Statistics, Physics C E&M, English Lit and Calc 3 at a community college
Extracurriculars:
- I’ve worked as a server at a cafe since my junior year
- I tutor for a group of younger kids from China in English through video calls
- I’m the secretary of my school’s chapter of NHS
- I volunteer as a student teacher at a local math/science organization
- I’ve played clarinet in my school’s Symphony band and marching band for 4 years
- I’m on board for a local research organization for high schoolers? (We learn some computational biology stuff and we fundraise for disease research)
- I interned at a university neurology lab this summer and I did the LEAD SBI summer program at Northwestern?
- I do some other business immersion/ competition stuff and I’ve gotten some recognition but it’s nothing major?
Essays/LORs: I’m not that good at writing so I really hope my essays ok? They’re not looking so hot right now (tips/help would be really greatly appreciated ) but I think they are average? My LORs should be averageish as well (I’m sending 2 teacher ones)?
Any tips & stuff would be really appreciated! Also if anyone has any opinions/insight on LSM I’d really like to learn a little more about that as well. (Also, I wanted to know how much do LORs matter in this process?) Thank you guys for your helpp <3