Hey guys. Kinda freaking out since ED results come out very soon. Below is basically what I submitted on my application back in October. Let me know if you think the odds are in my favor… Thanks for your honest opinions!
Demographics: Asian, female, 70k income bracket
Intended Major: Statistics and Finance
Weighted GPA: 4.26 (I’ve taken mostly honors and APs all four years)
Unweighted GPA: 3.98 (got one B in PE)
Weighted rank: 6/291
School type: science and mathematics public magnet school
Test scores:
-AP: Environmental Science (4), Statistics (4), World History (4), Calc AB (5), Eng Comp & Lang (5), Physics 1 (4), U.S. History (3)
-SAT: 2240 (CR:750, M:690, WR:800)
-ACT: 33 (E:35, M:36, R:32, S:29, WR:33)
*This score was from October, so I ended up only submitting my September score of 32.
-SAT II - Math II: 750
-SAT II - Physics: 660 (really wish Penn did score choice because this is trash lol)
EC:
-Varsity tennis: 9, 10, 11, 12 (captain)
-National Honor Society: 10, 11, 12 (president)
-Science National Honor Society: 12 (co-founder, co-president)
-Tri-M Honor Society: 10, 11, 12 (secretary)
-Environmental Club: 9, 10, 11, 12 (president)
-Student Government Association: 9, 10, 11, 12 (representative)
-School musical pit piano player: 9, 11
-Marching band: 9, 10 (flute section leader)
-Symphonic band: 9, 10 (flute section leader)
-Jazz band: 9, 10, 12 (principle piano player)
-Chorus: 11, 12 (alto section leader)
-Freshman Mentor: 11, 12
Awards/Honors:
-All-County Chorus
-All-State Chorus
-All-National Chorus
-National Merit Commended Student
-AP Scholar with Distinction
Work: I’ve worked as a tennis instructor, and I’m currently working as a social media expert for a publishing company. I started my own website as a freelancer for social media optimization.
Essay: I wrote about how I overcame having to move away from my parents and learn a new language.
Hook: I don’t know if this is really a “hook” but I immigrated from Korea when I was 10 and got adopted by my aunt and uncle.