<p>EC & Awards:
United States Senate Youth Delegate 2015
National Judicial Competition of the YMCA
4 Leadership Roles (1 highly involved and statewide, 1 regionally, 2 within my school)
Girls State
Governors School of Excellence (Academics)
Varsity Athlete
Youth in Gov't
Model United Nations
AP Scholar with Honor
NHS
Student Council Work
National History Day state level
German Club</p>
<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Euro
AP World
AP Environmental Science
AP Lit
AP Stat
German IV (Independent Study)
4th year of elective</p>
<p>My volunteering is my weakest area, and I am anticipating I'll only end up with around 100 hours. It's not phenomenal work.</p>
<p>I'm hoping my USSYP status will be a huge factor. It's really the biggest honor I could have for my intended field. Also, my ACTs are a bit low (and my SATs are definitely low) but I hope they aren't low enough to detract heavily. Outside of math, I do pretty well.</p>
<p>I didn't apply ED because I was concerned about money.</p>
<p>I've also applied to BU (feel very safe), University of Delaware (again, very safe), and Harvard (an insane reach).</p>
<p>What worries me is the number of AP classes you took. Are those like the only ones your school offered though? Because then, it wouldn’t be held against you. As long as your other ECs are fine, it won’t matter. In fact, according to an MIT admissions officer, the whole Volunteering thing was never really a “requirement”. It sort of just caught on. As long as you have some things in volunteering, it shouldn’t hurt your chances at all. It’ll be up to your essays at this point. Goodluck!</p>
<p>I took 10 total, which is rigorous within my school. Between freshmen and junior year, I also took IGCSE courses for all of my core classes (except for APs) and did alright on most of those. I took the most accelerated classes available at my school minus choosing AB Calc over BC.</p>
<p>Ma’am, we get it. No need to bump because either way none of us are (to my knowledge) Penn admissions counselors and can only offer personal opinion. Per the website your credentials are in the range of that of an admitted student. Just apply.</p>
<p>UPenn is a definite reach. Your stats aren’t stellar, but don’t be discouraged: they are enough to make you a competitive applicant, which is all that really matters.</p>
<p>My best friend was accepted to Penn last year with a 30 ACT. Another girl who applied with a 2200+ SAT, however, was rejected that same year. All Ivies are crapshoots, so it’s all about taking a chance. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Don’t be discouraged! Your SAT and ACT scores are just numbers. If you can write an amazing essay and really show Penn that you genuinely want to go there and succeed as a student, then you are a competitive applicant. I was accepted with a 27 ACT and 1690 SAT which as you can tell aren’t great. However, I poured my heart out in my essays and had an amazing interview. Scores are just numbers. In the 20 or so minutes it takes them to review your application, they don’t sit there questioning your scores for ten minutes. I point is to review your application as a whole. The scores only help to see if you are likely to succeed there academically but they can also see that from your writing ability in your essays and through your teacher recommendations and your transcript. Don’t let anyone discourage you, you just have to take a chance, submit your application and pour your heart out and hope that the admissions officers recognize your potential. :D/ </p>