Chances.. again.. but you guys are so awesome :-)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>White female from NJ looking to be a bio or chem major/ on pre-med track
Rank: 6/278 in very competitve high school
GPA- 4.3ish
Most rigorous courses (all Honors, AP, or accelerated sequence) and only one B entire HS career
AP’s: Bio, Chem, English, Spanish, European History</p>

<p>SATs- 610M, 610V, 710W (re-taking in Oct. w/ studying) I know, not great AT ALL, but I took these for the very first time in May w/o looking over anything and am now hoping for around a 2100 in October…</p>

<p>EC’s- Track (9- JV letter), Newspaper (9, 12), NHS (11,12), Peer Development Leader (11, 12), Spanish teacher for 3rd and fourth graders at local elementary schools (11, 12), Spanish NHS (10, 11, 12), History Club (11, 12- Director of Fundraising and organizing fundraiser for US veterans and to assist New Orleans), Assistant CCD teacher (11, 12), Junior Volunteer at local hospital (10,11, 12- 100+ hours; named “star volunteer”), Band (9, 10, 11- participated in competition in Toronto. One of four saxes distinguished), and in 11th grade I was chosen to interview war veterans for the library of Congress.</p>

<p>I’m looking to shadow a doctor this year and possibly be elected president of my school’s Spanish NHS</p>

<p>I have won various awards for academic excellence, excellence in Spanish, and have been on the Principal’s Scholars Honor Roll (GPA of 4.0+) every marking period of HS career. I recieved advanced proficient (highest level) in all subjects of NJ’s HSPA test.</p>

<p>I am also an immigrant from a previously Communist nation in Eastern Europe. I have lived in Albania and Italy before I came to the US at the age of 5. I am fluent in Albanian and English, and can understand and speak a good deal of Italian (planning to study abroad during college to become fluent once more). I also travel frequently, and have spent summers in Italy residing in a Byzantine Catholic Monastic community near Rome (my family is extremely close to the abbott of this order).</p>

<p>I’m working on my essays and should have excellent teacher recs.</p>

<p>I’ve been looking into Penn for quite some time now and I really like it… is it even worth applying to or will my dismal SATs totally shatter all hope?</p>

<p>Thanks so much… you guys are extremely helpful and have been lifesavers throughout this whole college process :-)</p>

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<p>your SAT scores are way too low!!!!</p>

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<p>w/ raised scores in October, you have a definite shot. Don't get down because of numbers.</p>

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<p>yeah definitely get your scores up..other than that...i'd say you're in good shape</p>

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<p>Thanks for the support.. I'm working hard to raise my scores significantly, and I'm glad that you think I would have some sort of chance with higher scores... it seems to me that colleges seem to be putting less and less stress on numbers, but I could very well be wrong...</p>