Chances at Penn College

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<p>Hi! I am a male asian junior right now from Michigan. I have a 3.76 gpa now. I have had an interesting set of courses. Freshman year: Honors Precalculus, AP Physics B, Honors Spanish, and all regular classes not including spanish which i keep moving on up in levels ( i just started at spanish 200 instead of the normal 100)
Sophomore year: AP Calculus AB with a 5 on the exam, AP Chem one semester but next semester took Honors Chem because it was too hard, spanish 300 then all reg. classes
Junior Year: AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Economics, spanish 400, then all reg.
Senior Year: take AP Calc BC which covers all the hardest math courses in my school, and 2 other aps but not sure of them yet, then all reg. classes</p>

<p>Test Scores: I am taking the new sat and am currently around 2300. I have a 32-33 range on the ACT.</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>I am in a club called Building with Books, a charity association devoted to raising money to build a school in a developing nation. I am very involved in this club. I do about 12 hours of community service every month thru this club by teaching in an elementary school for underpriveliged kids who are below their normal grade expectations and have no real hope of catching up. I help the kids learn how to do their hw because their parents are also uneducated and cant help them out. Our building with books club is the only one in michigan that can afford to do this so we are the children’s last hope. I also went to this small community that has had a bad voter turnout rate for the past few elections thru BWB and helped set up voter stands and raise voter turnout for like 8 hours one day. I helped sell season packets for the Detroit Lions through the club for community service and to help raise money. (we got part of the amount we sold). I also participated in a classroom exchange to witness how school functions in underprivileged school districts that don’t have enough money to pay the teachers properly.</p>

<p>This summer i gave tennis lessons to little kids.
I am also on the varsity team for tennis this year but last two years on the jv team</p>

<p>I am in the debate club where we went to states last year and also plan to go this year.
I will have been playing piano for 10 years when i apply. I have played at a nursing home.</p>

<p>For the last two years i have been in our school’s orchestra, where i played the cello. This year unfortunately i could not because of a course schedule mixup. Last year in the spring break our school was invited to play in the annual Easter Parade in Edinbugh, Scotland, which i went to.</p>

<p>I had also been out of 2000 nominated to join the US Physics Olympiad team, which test i took in my freshman year but did not get in.</p>

<p>I recently founded our school’s first stand up comedy club, where I am the co- president ! We write skits and perform them! We perform in random school events, where one of the members of the club does a short skit. We are planning currently to start the school’s first talent show in its history!</p>

<p>I will have good recs, im sure cuz im well liked by all my teachers. I helped stop a notorious drug dealer in my school, lol, so my counselor will probably write me a good rec!</p>

<p>I also took summer school in the summer before my sophomore year at an advanced program for “academic scholors” at University of Michigan and a summer school program in the summer before my freshman year at Northwestern. I took a number theory class at U of M and a precalculus class at Northwestern that helped me prepare for precalc honors freshman year. </p>

<p>I am also part of the Youth Leadership Board for youths in my indian community. The YLB serves as the primary board for all youths in North America. We make conference calls and plan events for the youths to learn about our religion and participate at events in our national conventions held once a year. I also help arrange various community service projects that our community participates in.</p>

<p>I am also in the process of starting an FBLA chapter in my school with a friend, which is going to be really cool!</p>

<p>Based on these circumstances, what do u rate my chances of getting into Penn ED? BTW I have a legacy at Penn.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading all this stuff! What are my chances, anyone?</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>anyone please?</p>

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<p>I think you would have a great shot if you keep all of this together</p>

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<p>anyone else please?</p>

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<p>where in michigan do you live</p>

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<p>west bloomfield</p>

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<p>gpa is the only weak part about u. ED legacy is definitely a plus. if u have half-way decent essays, then i say ur in.</p>

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<p>thankx,,,, anyone else</p>

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<p>anyone else plezse?</p>

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<p>interesting classes
doesnt calc bc cover everything you learn in ab in the first semester?</p>

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<p>yea it does, but thats the only class I can take thats offered at my school. lol</p>

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<p>anyone else anyone else?</p>

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<p>I don't like the fact that you dropped AP chem. you were a sophomore, so it's more acceptable. but try to make up for it, somehow.</p>

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<p>i dont get why people take calc ab then take calc bc. all of ab is covered in bc right? why not just take bc</p>

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<p>some schools force their students to do it that way. also, they often cover more advanced topics that make some of BC's topics easier, like the implicit function theorum.</p>

<p>then they might even go into some multivariet calculus.</p>

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<p>Yea, i realized that it would hurt me (droppping AP chem) but i ended up taking honors chem next semester and got an A. Will my more difficult courses (like my math and physics) make up for it? Or will it hurt my chances significantly, eventually to the point of rejection?</p>

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<p>you gotta take AP chem and show them you can do it. just be an awesome student and try your best.</p>

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<p>I dont know if you get credit for ap physics b at all (most schools dont b/c it isnt calc based)
i know you get nothing for ab calc
take physics c next year maybe?
no one really knows if you will get in or not</p>

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<p>Megamike- I didnt take the AP exam for physics freshman year. Im not sure if im gonna take physics C next year cuz i wanna major in political science and eventually go into law. I might take more government/history AP courses. </p>

<p>I just wanna know that I got a decent shot. Im just scared that dropping from AP CHem (I got a B there) to honors (I got an A) might hurt me. Im just wondering if I make up with the rest of my classes, like math and physics. </p>

<p>Will a strong ACT score help make the difference and boost me to acceptance, along wit the legacy?</p>