Chance me???

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>GPA: 92 percent average ~3.7?
SAT Scores: Taken last week, scores will be in soon
SAT Subject Tests: Will Take
Literature
Biology E/M
United States History or Math Level 1 (Taking Math Level 2 next year)
(That is from Freshman and Sophomore year, unweighted. Has gone up so far Junior Year)</p>

<p>*Taking Most Rigorous Course Load Available</p>

<p>Junior Year Classes:</p>

<p>SUNY Black History
AP English
Pre-Calculus Advanced
AP United States History
SUNY Spanish
Physics
AP Biology</p>

<p>Independent Study: Photography</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities: </p>

<p>National Honor Society(10,11,12)
Global Community Club(11,12)-President
Prestigious Ladies Of Power (10,11,12) - President
STEP Program(Science and Technology Entry Program)-(6,7,8,9,10,11,12)
Interact(Volunteer) Club- (10,11,12)</p>

<p>Sports:
Junior Varsity Cheerleading(9)
Varsity Cheerleading(10,11,12)
Varsity Track(11,12)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work
-Private Tutor(10,11,12)
-Open Door Reach out and Read(10)
-Volunteer Ambulance Corps (11,12)</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 15% (May go up~hopefully) </p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
Act-So Photography Bronze Medal(10)
High Honor Roll(9,10,11,12)
Act-So Photography(Competing again This April and next year)
UCA All American Cheerleader (9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>Recommendations:</p>

<p>Counselor Recommendation: (Expecting to be very good, considering that she and I are very close)
Additional RecommendationFrom another counselor, who is an advisor to a club I am in. She is a mentor, in a sense.)</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations: Not Sure</p>

<p>Additional Information:</p>

<p>*Live in New York
*Gender: Female
*Race: African-American
*Might be applying early decision.</p>

<p>What are my chances?</p>

<p>Btw, "SUNY" classes are college level classes. I wasn't able to take AP Spanish because it isn't offered to non-natives their Junior Year at my school.</p>

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<p>Not really about chances, but skip the SAT 2 in math 1, and just take math 2 this year. Math 2 has a much more forgiving curve, and it’s 100% Pre-calc. You would have to go back and review if you’re taking calculus next year because Math 2 has a heavy focus on pure trig and polar functions, which calculus covers later.</p>

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<p>Are you good enough to get recruited for track?</p>

<p>There are too many kids around here that believe if you are URM, you can walk into an Ivy and that is just not true. You need solid academics, reasonably good scores (above 2150 at least) and some stellar ECs and achievements. Looking at your resume, it is very hard to predict whether you are good enough for Penn (I don’t see that in academics/rank at this point which can be overcome by high test scores). </p>

<p>I don’t know much about cheerleading to understand if your honor is a big deal or not and whether it gets kids admitted to top colleges.</p>

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<p>Chancing without an SAT score is pointless. I’ve seen valedictorians with 1800s and kids ranked in the top 30% with 2350s on CC. Regardless, you just about need to be in the top 10% for Penn. 96% of Penn’s students were in the top 10% of their class in high school, the other 4% is full of recruited athletes and other students with major hooks. I won’t go into anything subjective, but that is how your objectives stand.</p>