Chances for Penn??

<p>Hi! I am going to be a senior in high school next fall.
I go to a Catholic, all girls private school that is one of most competitive in New England.
I am an Irish Catholic female (aka. white) & both parents attended college.</p>

<p>Legacy: My deceased grandfather went to Penn undergrad.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3 ish (weighted)</p>

<p>Rank: don't rank, but within top 5 out of 150ish</p>

<p>SATs:
CR-730
M-740
W-760
(2230 total) only took them once</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:
US His-760
Math I- 720
(will take Lit in fall)</p>

<p>APs: Junior Yr- US His (5)
Lang &Comp (5)
Senior Yr- Chem, Spanish, Calc AB, Lit, Gov</p>

<p>Have always taken honors when available during Fr/Soph. 4 yrs of religion as a major course.</p>

<p>EC's:
Varsity Alpine Ski Racing- 4 yrs (Captain senior yr)
Varsity Cross-Country- 3yrs (sophomore through senior)
JV Golf- 3 yrs (Captain junior yr) sportsmanship award 2yrs
Fr Soccer- Freshman yr</p>

<p>Instrumental Ensemble (clarinet player)- 4 yrs, varsity credit</p>

<p>Model Congress- 3 yrs (potential leadership position senior yr)
~Harvard Model Congress participant 3 yrs</p>

<p>Key Club (in school service)- tour guide 3 yrs</p>

<p>Campus Ministry- various community service 4 yrs</p>

<p>Young Neighbors in Action Service Trip Texas- summer after junior yr, 1 week</p>

<p>NDAid- organized Cookie Campaign to raise money for kids in Haiti, potential leadership position senior yr</p>

<p>National Honor Society</p>

<p>Spain/Portugal school trip, h.s. credit received</p>

<p>1 summer of working in convienent store, babysitting 4 yrs</p>

<p>Sewing & Design classes since 6th grade & on</p>

<p>~Thanks SO MUCH!~ sorry for the length!</p>

<p>oh, I’m applying to CAS. Sorry I forgot to indicate which school!</p>

<p>You have an excellent chance – top of class, great SATs, decent SAT2’s, very good extracurriculars and Legacy. You realize that you need to apply ED, correct? This will give you a boost and in my opinion you are IN!</p>

<p>well I am planning on applying regular for financial reasons. I need to be open to offers from other schools…</p>