Chances at ED?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>i know you are sick of these threads but i have no clue if i have a chance at ED or not. helpful comments will be greatly appreciated :-)</p>

<p>interest: pre-med/biochemistry</p>

<p>School: public school (i think it’s pretty average- there is a wide spectrum of students)
GPA (UW): 4.0</p>

<p>SAT : 760 M/ 650 V/ 650 W (retaking on Oct 14)
ACT: 35
SAT 2: 800 MathII/ 800 Chem/ 750 BioE/ 740 Physics</p>

<p>AP: Bio 5 / Chem 5 / Gov 5 / Calc BC 5 / Psychology 4 / Physics 4</p>

<p>Senior year: AP stat, AP econ, AP English, Spanish, Orchestra, 2 university classes (Human anatomy, Introduction to brain and behavior)</p>

<p>Honors:
All-State Orchestra (3, possibly 4 years)
AIME Qualifier
State Math Competition Qualifier
National merit (?) (psat: 219)</p>

<p>EC and others (the year numbers are not including including next year. also, i moved after my freshmen year so some of the EC are 2-year rather than 3):

  • Cross Country (3 years)
  • Violin/Orchestra (3 years, possibly sending in a tape?)
  • Volunteer at community library (3 years)
  • Volunteer at hospital (2 summers)
  • Tutoring (1 year)
  • 1440 Interact (a community service club) (2 years)
  • math club (3 years)
  • Hostess at a restaurant (started a couple months ago)
  • Summer internship at a chemical engineering lab (1 summer)</p>

<p>i think that is pretty much it… again, helpful comments will be very very appreciated!</p>

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<p>Your biggest hook is applying from Iowa. Write some compelling essays and you have a decent shot. It would also be helpful if you become a captain or president of some of your ECs senior year.</p>

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<p>you would have Good Chances ED and RD.</p>

<p>How much Fin Aid do you need? If you need a good amount go RD.</p>

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<p>quaker - thank you for the advice. </p>

<p>excel - also, thank you. do you know if someone who applies RD is awarded a better financial package than an EDer?</p>

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<p>People have told me (penn students) that RD will give you a better fin aid package than ED. </p>

<p>but as I said you have good chances RD.</p>

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<p>penn finan aid is effing crap. freshman year i got a 10 k grant, my soph more im getting barely a third of that. </p>

<p>...then again my parents are asian money hoarders</p>

<p>...but then again, im sure penn could afford to give more to middle class families from 4billion dollar coffers, not that theyre gonna catch up with the big three any time soon.</p>

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<p>Your finaid doesn't change regardless of when you apply. If you know you want to go to penn, apply ED. Don't worry about the money. There always are these myths that go around saying that since you got in ED and have to go there, you get less money. As any sane person would realize, it's bs. No reputable university would to that as it would be a public relations nightmare if they were caught and would cost them a lot more than they were saving. Penn's finaid dept is entirely independent of admissions and penn is need blind. In other words, they try to stress as much as possible that money should not be a reason not to apply.</p>

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<p>thank you everyone for all of the comments.</p>

<p>username- u were right. i contacted penn and they said that they give out the same fin aid for ED and RDers. I think i will probably apply ED because i do really want to go to penn. </p>

<p>again, thanks for the comments everyone! :-)</p>