Chance Me UPenn ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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I am an Indian senior from a NJ high school with an emphasis on medicine and health sciences.
GPA: 4.0/4.0 (unweighted)
Tests: (35 ACT, 35 english, 35-math, 35-reading, 34-science, 9-essay)
I am planning on taking bio m and math 2 in october but have been obtainign 790s and 800s on practice tests)

ECs:
Varsity Tennis Captain
Started a non-profit - we do various fundraisers and shoe drives locally
Internship at a hospital in india where I also shadowed various surgeons and the Dean
Research Experience at Rutgers over the summer
Waiter at a restaurant
Math Tutor at Mathnasium
Founded a Debate Team at my school
Member of Science Bowl Team

NHS member, Phi Theta Kappa Member (Dual-enrollment HS)

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You have a perfect GPA and near perfect ACT. So obviously you have a good chance at ED, if you took a rigorous courseload at school.

But you need to make sure your essays and letters of rec show more personality than this post…no offense!

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Thanks very much for responding! I really appreciate it. I am hoping to write a very unique essay and completely agree with you that I do not have very exciting ecs.