Chances for RD to CAS

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I would really appreciate any feedback from current students, or anyone, for that matter.</p>

<p>Rising senior, Asian (Indian) from a very, VERY diverse public high school in NY</p>

<p>SAT: 800 M, 800 W, 740 CR (2340 Comp.)
ACT: English 35, Math 35, Reading 34, Science 36, Combined English/Writing 35, Essay 12, COMPOSITE 35
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 780 Chemistry, 780 Biology E, 770 World History
APs:
10th grade: Biology 5, World History 5, Environmental Science (Self-study) 5
11th grade: Chemistry 5, US History 5, Statistics 5, English Language 5, Psychology (Self-study) 5, Human Geography (Self-study) 5
12th grade schedule: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics B, US Government, Calculus BC, Spanish Language, English Literature
GPA: UW: 4.0, W: not sure, 4.3 or so?
Rank: 1/~350 (this will not change)</p>

<p>Awards:
2-time regional Science Olympiad medalist
2-time district-wide Writer of the Year
National AP Scholar
National Merit finalist (most likely)
~15 or so school-wide achievement awards in different subjects, generally insignificant
Air Force Award
RPI Math and Science Medal</p>

<p>ECs w/ leadership positions, if any:
Asian Club (biggest club at school), (former treasurer, former secretary)
Mock Trial (secretary)
Science Olympiad
Science Research (very involved, exclusive class)
Model UN
Foreign Language/Science/English/Social Studied Honor Societies
Mu Alpha Theta + Math League (president)
National Honor Society (secretary)
Also, I co-wrote the AP Environmental Science syllabus for the class which will be introduced this fall, with the AP Biology teacher.
Volunteered 50+ Hours at local hospital (patient care/front desk)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
2008: AP Summer Academy at school (6 week intensive program preparing students for AP classes)
2009: Mathematical Modeling Program at Mercy College
2010: Currently doing research at a NJ hospital (in the cardio lab assisting with clinical trials, also get to see open-heart surgeries!)</p>

<p>Work:
Worked at local Kumon Center since September 2008, about 7 hours a week</p>

<p>Essay: should be great, probably either about my experiences at Kumon, the diversity I have experienced at my HS, or my experiences doing research at the hospital)</p>

<p>Recs: AMAZING. I know my guidance counselor very well. One of my teacher recs will be from my AP Bio teacher/Science Research mentor/APES syllabus co-author/NHS advisor/Science Honor Society advisor (basically everything short of a principal) who I have grown a close personal connection to. The other will probably be from my English teacher who I had in 10th grade and will have again for AP Lit in 12th grade.</p>

<p>That was really long, but thanks for the consideration!</p>

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<p>Great numberwise. I’m not so sure about your ECs. If Penn is your first choice, I would go ED. </p>

<p>BTW, how do you plan to fit all those activities and ECs on your application?</p>

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<p>^Thanks! I don’t think I’m going to apply ED to Penn, because although I do have some schools at the top of my list, I want to be able to make an unrestricted choice (especially in terms of financial aid packages) when the RD decisions come around in April.</p>

<p>As for how I will fit all of those…I actually probably won’t. This is taken from an old chance thread, and I reposted it in the Penn thread because I just visited and I loved the school. When I originally made this, I smacked everything on to it. But, in retrospect, I won’t include generally commonplace and less time-consuming things like the honor societies.</p>