Chance, please?

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<p>Current Grade Point Average: 97.2/100 (UNWEIGHTED AT MY SCHOOL)
Current Class Rank: 4/250
ACT: 31 (Essay: 10)
Schedule: My school only has 4 AP classes, and I haven taken them all. In the subjects where AP isn't offered (Spanish, French, English, Government, Economics, Calculus), I take the most rigorous (either SUNY or honors). I'm also in both band, choir, and our select vocal group. I have given up a lunch and study-hall for the past three years to achieve all of this. </p>

<p>Leadership Experience:
• President of the Class of 2010 (9, 11, 12)
• Co-Editor of The Paw Print (11, 12)
• President of the South Glens Falls Choral Department (11, 12)
• President of the International Thespian Society (12)
• President of El Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (12)
• Attendance at the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference (January 2009)
• Participation in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Law (July 2008)</p>

<p>Notable Awards and Honors:
• University of Rochester’s Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences (2009)
• President’s Award for Educational Excellence (2009)
• Most Outstanding Student in AP European History (2008)
• Citizenship Award (2007, 2008)
• President’s Award for Educational Achievement (2007)</p>

<p>Highlights of Extracurricular Activities:
• South Glens Falls Drama Club (9-12)
• The Paw Print (9-12)
• South High Marathon Dance and Planning Committee (9-12)
• Annual participation in Lake George Youtheatre (9-12)
• South Glens Falls Arrowhead Yearbook (10-12)</p>

<p>Membership in five honors societies:
• International Thespian Society (10-12)
• La Société Honoraire de Français (10-12)
• Mathematics Honors Society (10-12)
• El Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (11, 12)
• National Honors Society (11, 12) </p>

<p>Highlights of Volunteer Services:
• Scott Murphy for Congress (March 2009)
• Kirsten Gillibrand for Congress (November 2008)
• St. Michael’s SHMD Breakfast (9-12)
• Spanish tutoring at Tanglewood Elementary School (12)
• Salvation Army (11)
• St. Mary’s - St. Alphonsus Polar Express Train (11)
• Mrs. Roberta Berg’s 2nd Grade Classroom, Tanglewood Elementary School (10)</p>

<p>Employment:
• Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf (11, 12)</p>

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<p>welcome to penn O.o</p>

<p>only thing, don’t make your awards sound like a list. Focus on the couple that REALLY count.</p>

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<p>Should be more than enough for the College, and a fairly good chance for Wharton.</p>

<p>Make it absolutely clear that you took the most rigourous classes available at school. (Do this in the commonapp essay.)</p>

<p>A couple of grammatically correct and properly spelled essays should more than suffice.</p>

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<p>I want to major in Political Science - definitely applying to the College and not Wharton! Haha</p>

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<p>Good Application. Good grades… OK ACT score. No SAT 2!!!</p>

<p>From what i can see here, you are a great student with good leadership. Excellent chance if you’re non asian. A bit of a pickle if you are. Around 350 Siemens/Intel national semifinalist will apply to the HYPSM and Penn+ Columbia, with the Westinghouse heavily weighted. You have to be competitive against these kids.</p>

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<p>Love the mini-golf job! Did you have to dress as a pirate? Brings up memories of my sisters working at Burger King (check out their uniforms from the 1980s on youtube commericials) and Roy Rogers (cowboy). On the other hand, I was a room service waiter (bowtie).</p>

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<p>CC’er: I am not Asain and UPenn doesn’t require SAT 2 scores with the ACT… I’d rather not submit them.
jamesschen: No pirate costumes actually :P</p>

<p>Thanks for the input everyone! :)</p>

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<p>they may not require them but you are shooting yourself in the leg by not submitting them. If they are upper 600’s/ lower 700’s you’re not losing anything by submitting those. Just so your application doesn’t have a big fat N/A on it.</p>

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<p>I have Bio-M : 680 and US History : 690. Should I?</p>

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<p>To Hewittdy:</p>

<p>If not required, no.</p>

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<p>This person participated in a lot of activities…but gut instinct says no to wharton ED, yes to college ED.</p>

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<p>I’m not going to apply to Wharton, but definitely the college. Perhaps ED… I haven’t decided on that though. My interests are so dispersed, but I am totally dedicated to all of them.</p>