Chances for Penn Early Decision?

Hi,

I visited Penn last week and absolutely fell in love with it. Could you guys tell me what my chances of getting in ED are?

School Type: Public (~1600 students)
Location: New Jersey
Race/Gender: Caucasian
Prospective Major: Biochemistry (premed track)
Unweighted GPA: 3.99
Weighted GPA: 4.56
Class rank: School doesn’t rank

SAT I Score: 1500 (800 M, 700 R/W)
Bonus Question --> Does the huge difference between math and english scores work against me?

SAT II Scores (I’ll be retaking both of these)
SAT II Math II: 750
SAT II Chem :730

AP Scores:
Calc AB: 5
US: 4
Chemistry: 5
French: 4

Extracurricular Info
*President of “LINC” program at my school; made up of all of the community service groups. I oversee about 30 groups (~500-600 students)
*President of the peer tutoring program at my school (~100 tutors)
*President of a tutoring program that sends high school students to help disadvantaged middle schoolers with their home work (~50 tutors)
*President of my school’s Red Cross Club; Vice President of Central NJ Red Cross Youth Council (oversees about 10 clubs in central NJ)
*Volunteer EMT at local first aid and rescue squad; highest call taker; NJ state-certified
*Conducted research in a chemical and biological engineering lab at Princeton University. Spoke to mentors about my research interest through the Association for Women in Science and Columbia University
*Participated in the Waksman Program at Rutgers where I published a new protein.

Awards
*Gold Key Award (awarded to 5% of my class for academic accomplishment and community service)
*French Honors Society
*QuestBridge College Prep Scholar

Recs
*Both teacher recs should be good (one will probably be outstanding)
*I have a good relationship with my counselor, so I’m sure his will also be good.
*I may get a supplemental rec from my advisor for community service

Random Extras
*My family has faced obstacles because of poor financial situation (will prob write an essay on this)

Good chance. You may boost your chance by applying through QuestBridge

You’re questbridge. Your chances are great!

Thanks @prepparent and @f2000sa! After seeing Penn I am considering applying ED there and only doing the College Match with QuestBridge if I am not accepted. Considering I don’t apply through QuestBridge, do I still have a good shot?

I think you have a great chance!
FWIW, son at Penn has met many fellow students who were EMTs… The EMT certification (and work) may mean more than you think…

https://penncurrent.upenn.edu/2016-03-31/latest-news/fast-acting-student-run-mert-call-medical-emergencies

Maybe they like/need EMT students for their student run MERT program… just saying might be a good thing to mention wanting to participate in somewhere in your Why Penn Essay…