Chance me

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I am from India studying in one of the best schools and its really competitive.
SAT Score - 2280 (Reading-750, Math-760, Writing-770)
SAT 2 Math Level 2- 800, Physics and Chem not given but I expect 780-800 in them also
AP Calculus AB, Physics C, Chemistry- all 5s
Class ranks
9th grade-10 (I am afraid about this year dragging me down)
10th grade-3 (This is really good for Board Year in India...)
11th grade-3 (Phew 11th is tough in India!)
12th grade- Results due in October for midterm exams</p>

<p>I have a post in my school which is equal to the President Student's Council in the American system so you can compare...</p>

<p>Done 200 hours social service but its not sustained, I worked with 2 diff. NGOs for 3 months each this year and last year but I did solid work.</p>

<p>I am a proficient writer- 5 articles have been published in prestigious newspapers (I wonder if you have heard of The Statesman or Hindustan Times Next?), won story writing competitions and national level essay writing competetions and received a red blazer for excellence in creative writing from my school, written great poems and helped to bring out my school magazine last year</p>

<p>Debating and MUN(heard of this?...its great fun!)- Won inter and intra school debates, won international MUN conferences, well known in my school for this!!</p>

<p>Sports- Practiced Kickboxing for 2 years, but I am not a blackbelt or anything</p>

<p>I have not won any mathematical olympiads or science awards, but I will have very good recommendations and will write great application essays( I am a writer!)</p>

<p>I may not have a lot of stuff but I am very ambitious and would love an Ivy...Please be honest in your opinion, ruthless if necessary because I want good advice</p>

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<p>If you apply Early to the College, and do not seek financial aid, you will probably get in. Pay attention to the “Why Penn” essay, though, because “I would love an Ivy” will send you straight to the rejected pile.</p>

<p>You’ll also want to take an SAT 2 test in either Literature or a Foreign Language.</p>

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<p>^^ knows exactly what he’s talking about. Your SAT II’s are stacked on the math/science side. If you’re into writing and such, you would probably do well on the Lit exam (writing in English, right?) and that would make you look more balanced (you don’t need a stellar score, a 700+ is good).</p>

<p>Also, which school/program within Upenn are you applying to?</p>

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<p>Yeah U Penn sux with aid anyways… You know I sometimes envy American students coz they have so many opportunities in their schools. Key club, bowling, orchestra, jazz club, honors society? None of this stuff is a part of the Indian system even in a school like mine. If I had these things I would have great ECs and I would probably make it to Upenn!! In India its all about the grades. And yet if you think about it we don’t do so badly when it comes to being successful!</p>

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<p>Yeah I guess I should give Lit. Although I am ooking for mechanical enginerring and I hear this program is excellent in Upenn!</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppppppp…</p>