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)