Chances ED AT WHARTON and RD Swarthmore, Georgetown, & more

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying to Huntsman/Wharton ED at UPenn! I visited the summer before my junior year, and I'll admit--the "click" didn't come at that moment. I was still all, "oh, lovely campus. what else?" Then I started finding out about the communities at Penn--their newspaper, their Model UN, etc., and I fell in love with it. It's definitely my first choice, so I want to know what impressions/advice you all have!</p>

<p>Other colleges on my list are:</p>

<p>Northwestern
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
UT-Business Honors
Rice
Georgetown SFS
USC
Claremont McKenna
Swarthmore
NYU Business/Political Economy</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Female
State: Texas
School Type: Public
Rank: 36 out of 587
SAT: 2300 (V-800, M-760, W-740)
SAT II's: Math II--790, US Hist--730, Spanish--640 (retaking on oct. 10th)
AP Scores: 5's Calc BC, Comp Sci A, English Composition, Human Geo..4's Euro Hist, APUSH, W Hist...2 on Spanish (er, whoops. O_O)
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar w/Distinction</p>

<p>Leadership/EC's</p>

<p>-->President of Speech and Debate Team--will be 4 yrs of participation
-->President of Model UN--4 yrs of participation
-->Founder of my school's branch of Amnesty International
-->MUN Secretariat 2009 (I helped organize a middle school conference)
-->Deputy Executive in 2 MUN Conferences that I'm helping create
-->International Editorial Board Member at a globalization research institute
-->Member of Invitational Robotics Team
-->Founder of a schoolwide awareness campaign on gender equality, energy, water conservation, and illiteracy</p>

<p>-->English Honor Society
-->National Honor Society</p>

<p>Legal Internship with a corporate lawyer (I'm co-authoring a paper with him, but it'll be finished around December)</p>

<p>MUN internship with a local UNAUSA director</p>

<p>Coordinator of an eNewsletter</p>

<p>Awards</p>

<p>Texas Forensics Association:
-->State Qualifier in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking and Original Oratory
-->4th Place Impromptu at State</p>

<p>National Forensic League: Degree of Superior Distinction (798 points)</p>

<p>UIL: 2nd Place in UIL Districts in Informative Extemporaneous Speaking</p>

<p>Model United Nations: Outstanding Delegate Award</p>

<p>Academics
-->Academic Excellence in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade
-->Subject Awards in Debate and World History</p>

<p>Summer Activites</p>

<p>Global Scholar Summer Seminar
Harvard Summer School--Globalization and Global Justice (Got an A)
Rice Summer School</p>

<p>I also have a rec letter from a Harvard prof. for Penn. I'm not sure how much rec letters are weighed, though...D:</p>

<p>Also, I'm concerned about midyear transcripts. What's their worth? I might get a B in AP Bio, which is worth 1.5 credits...</p>

<p>--T</p>

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<p>Is your target language something other than your native language?</p>

<p>If yes, you’re certainly in the running. I’d say with an outstanding application and recs, you have a real shot.</p>

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<p>Yeah, my target language is Spanish. Unfortunately, I didn’t do so hot on the SAT II, so I’m thinking I’ll retake it and try to…calm down. XD</p>

<p>Really? Thanks! Honestly, I’m fairly certain that I’ve got the “international” part of my app down…it’s the language that’s scaring the hell out of me.</p>

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<p>Also, hmom5, what do you think about the other colleges on my list? </p>

<p>(I know this is irrational, but I bet every college applicant has had this fear for a split second: What if I don’t get in anywhere?</p>

<p>It’s ridiculous, I know. But, it’s…college.)</p>

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<p>harvard, yale, and stanford are high reaches, but the rest are easily matches of some sort. (or safeties) have fun leading a successful life! </p>

<p>also, chance me back? :smiley: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786831-let-me-chance-you.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786831-let-me-chance-you.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I’ll chance you back, but I warn you–I’m no admissions director. I honestly have no legitimate credibility in that regard. :P</p>

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<p>your SAT score is sexy :). I think you have sick chances at UPenn. Overall great span of work, besides the weak rank. :confused: but hey no one is perfect! and Penn isn’t as inhumane as HYP. I hope u get it!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Yeah, my rank’s a bit on the weak side, but I’m banking on SAT and EC’s. No matter what, I’m going to stay top 10 percent, so I suppose nothing else can be done in that regard…</p>

<p>Good luck as well!</p>

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<p>Yeah ranking is definitely a bit low…what’s your w/uw GPA?</p>

<p>Good ECs though</p>

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<p>My school is on a 6 point scale, and I think I have a 5.58 weighted on that. (Honors and AP courses are 6 points, Advanced ones are 5 points). </p>

<p>Yeahhh. I’m hoping Natl Merit’ll make up for that. xD</p>

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<p>omg!!! i went to global scholar last summer!!! at washington & lee?!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I went the summer after my freshman year. XD</p>