Chances at UPenn SEAS Bioengineering

Chance Me / Match Me!
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First time posting on this forum. Hope I’m doing this right!!

Please give me insight into my chances at UPenn SEAS Early Decision. I applied as BAS in Biomedical Sciences

Unweighted GPA: 3.96/4.00 (got a B one semester of BC Calc and one semester of lang)
Weighted GPA: 4.75/5.00

SAT: 2400 superscore. 2360 single sitting. (took it twice)
800 math 2, 780 chem, 760 bio.

APs: BC Calc, lang, chem, bio, us government, us history, world history

currently taking ap econ, ap physics, ap lit, ap stat

EC’s/awards:

Molecular biology research for two summers at local university.
Academic Decathlon National Finals 2x (team captain since junior year)
It’s Academic: didn’t really win much (team captain since junior year)
Science Bowl state top 10 2x (team captain senior year)

Played clarinet since elementary school (all-state, all-county, some state/local orchestras)

science honor society, national honor society, part of a science committee that organizes science stuff for our community.

worked at local hospital 9th and 10th grade.

Over 1000 student service hours overall.

Others:

Felt essays were really good (both common app and penn supplement)

Got a rec from my AP World teacher who I’ve known for 4 years. Feel like the rec was pretty good.

Got a rec from my BC Calc teacher who’s English is not that great. Feel like the rec was decent.

I got a supplemental rec from my lab mentor, which I looked at and can say was really good.

Asian male from the Northeast.

Thanks!!

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bump 10char

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Your record is amazingly similar to my daughter’s (even in details) who applied last year. Not to dishearten you (as you should know it is a crapshoot), she was rejected! Having said that, your record is amazing and your chances are as good as any top applicant!

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You are a strong condidate. However, I am not sure what you mean you worked at a hospital in 9th and 10th grade.
My D could not volunteer (not work) in my city hospital until she was in 11th grade. There was age restriction. And she could not volunteer more than 5 hours per week.

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I should’ve said volunteer. I was kind of like a customer service representative, working for around 4 hours a week.

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Is there any way to approximate a % likelihood of getting in early decision? Just kinda curious.

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bump 10char

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I also got national merit semifinalist and took some MITx biotech courses, if that really means anything!

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Your stats are impeccable… I’d be very surprised if you were rejected. Not gonna list all the strong areas of your app but it’s very strong overall

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thanks SylvRst! Could you say the same about a deferral, or is that a lot more likely?

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I think you have a 60/30/10 chance. 60% getting in/30% deferred/10% rejected

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I would say you have a 25% chance, which is triple the average applicant.

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@ClarinetDad16 the SEAS ED acceptance rate is only 8.3%?

Damn i thought it was a lot higher.

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I don’t know what the ED rate is for each school, but if you are not a legacy, not a recruited athlete, not a special development case, etc. the ED rate unhooked is not far different than RD unfortunately.

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I am none of those things unfortunately. Thanks for your input!

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@asapdan Sorry you never @ me so I didn’t see your reply. I agree with @girl1425. It is likely that you will be accepted, but there is still a chance for a deferral. Penn values ED applicants for their commitment even if you’re not a legacy/recruited athlete. So your chances are definitely better than applying through RD

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I was really dubious about my chances considering how competitive it is, but thanks for the perspectives! @SylvRsr, I sure hope you’re right!

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@asapdan It is extremely hard to get into schools like Penn (<25% acceptance rate for ED) but your stats are also amazingly good! You’re welcome and good luck :slight_smile:

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For those who browse old change threads, as I did before applying, I ended up getting rejected ED. Guess I just got the short end of the straw.