Chances for Penn Admission

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>About a month ago in November, I submitted my ED application for the University of Pennsylvania. I applied to the College of Arts and Sciences, for the economics course. I was wondering if somebody could tell me how well I stack up against others. Below is a list of all my classes, predicteds, extra-curriculars etc...</p>

<p>Ethnicity- Indian, but I have never lived in India. I have lived between Tanzania and Zambia, two east african nations....I'm a third cultured kid. </p>

<p>School-Private-One of the most reputed in not only the country but also eastern africa. The penn undergrad admissions representative visits our school every year. I managed to meet with her and have a good flowing conversation with her.</p>

<p>IB Diploma-</p>

<p>HL Chemistry- 7
HL Economics- 7
HL Geography- 7
Sl English- 4
SL Math- 7
SL French-5</p>

<p>Predicted is 37.</p>

<p>SAT 1 scores-</p>

<p>M-600
CR-460
W-580</p>

<p>SAT II</p>

<p>Chemistry 660
Math Level 2 670</p>

<p>SAT 1 scores are low, but its because living so far from the US, practice is difficult to get...but my SAT II's are good enough.</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Captain of the School Varsity Volleyball team
Goal Keeper for School Varsity Football team
Organizer of one of Tanzania's first MUN conferences
Yearbook Editor
Johannesburg MUN conference delegate
Represented the school in local tournaments in over 7 different sports
Golf School Tournament Winner, and longest drive hitter.
Interned at Aldwych International last summer
Student council grade representitive for 2 consecutive years
Achieved Piano Grade 5 in ABRSM
Achieved Piano Grade 5 in ABRSM Theory
414 CAS hours uptil now....highest in the grade
Organized various volleyball and table-tennis activites for school community
Helped small indian children with their english in the summer vacations</p>

<p>Recomendation letters</p>

<p>1(. From Chemistry teacher- my counselor rated it a 9/10
2(. From Math teacher (9/10 too)</p>

<p>Alumni relationships-</p>

<p>I have a sister at Penn.</p>

<p>My App Essays- Common app essay 9/10
Supplement Essay 9/10</p>

<p>Please let me know how good my chances are...Thanks</p>

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<p>Your ECs are fine, but IB English score, SAT 1 scores, and SAT 2 scores are all really low.</p>

3

<p>Your SAT is too low.</p>

4

<p>I know my SAT’s are low but in my entire grade nobody has got higher than 1950…its because we live so far away from any real prep materials.</p>

<p>Also, i heard that for international students SAT’s dont count as much.</p>

<p>As for SATII’s, I got the highest amongst the people who applied ED with me to Penn.</p>

5

<p>Do you think that Penn weights SATs greatly? I thought I heard that Recomendation letters, application essays and rigor of high-school courses are REALLY important…the rest just considered or important.</p>

6

<p>“Do you think that Penn weights SATs greatly?”
we shall find out tomorrow. good luck!</p>

7

<p>;) Thanks!</p>

<p>Did you apply to Penn too?</p>

8

<p>Yes, Penn weighs SAT greatly. Your CR score will tell them that it would be difficult for you to succeed there. It would be near impossible for you to get into Penn now.</p>

<p>You may want to take a year and work on the scores if you think you can do much better and you really want to attend a good US school. You have a background that could interest many. But you’d need a bare minimum 650 CR score and SAT Iis and math over 700 to have any shot.</p>