<p>i dont kno too much about upenn other than its an awesome school, but seeing your stats you are right on target... maybe work a bit on your ec's and i think you'll have a better chance. you really need to apply ed or ea, i dont kno which one it is, but that will always help. good luck</p>
<p>i love how everyone is posting up thier profiles and asking other people, what are my chances of getting in? How the hell do they know. Please someone tell me what are your reasons for saying yes for any candidate when you yourself know that ivies are confusing. They are confusing in the sense that they have no "magic" formula for acceptance. There is no profile that would be a shoe in. I can tell you this for sure, colleges want well rounded people. If you are a person with very high grades but no extracurriculars, do not even bother applying. I know that is harsh since those people worked hard for their grades. But face reality, a person who slighltly lower grades and more extracurriiculars, volunteer hours... would have a better chance than you.</p>
<p>my A started at a 90 at my school...and most teachers would round up from an 89.5...and if they liked you and you worked hard...possibly would round up from a little lower too...my school sucked but i guess it was pretty good on grading :)</p>
<p>You are definitely a match. Your board scores are good and your ECs are neat. I am assuming you are just applying to the College also.</p>
<p>I'll try to be nice, open minded, and understanding rather than most people on this board nowadays. I will, however, reitirate what they are saying in their impatient demeanor. It IS Ivy League, and there is no 'magic' formula. You are in the ball park though. That is as much as we are all saying. For some reason though, many others on this board can't accept the fact that many pre-froshes rightfully hold a perspective on college admissions that may seem silly, albeit understandable and natural, due to their life experience. Basically what I am saying is ignore the jerks. I was in your shoes too and I am glad to give back whatever I can. I recieved a lot of valuable advice from cc.com back in the day. Good luck.</p>
<p>It may be too late to say this, but you should have taken more APs. Also, I was wondering: What do you guys do in your chinese club? I thought of starting one, but I wasnt sure what the club would do during meetings.</p>
<p>I agree with tm2000. No, we're not admissions officers and we don't really know what goes on behind the scenes, but we've been through the process before, and we can offer some tips based on our own experience. If you don't like these threads theworld8905, just don't reply to them, simple as that. Saewhan07 - I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>When I was at Penn I think they did use an admissions formula to consider applicants. Im not sure how this has changed since then, but this is how it was as I recall it. </p>
<p>The process reduced your file into a range of numbers:
1.) All of your test scores, GPA etc, are properly weighted and then reduced to a score from 1-9. This is your objective score.
2.) All of your essays, interviews, tapes, pictures whatever are also reduced to a score from 1-9. This is your subjective score.
3.) The two scores are averaged together to one number which they used to screen applicants, at least initially.</p>
<p>Scores 1-5 were automatically rejected. ~6 were considered if they had any other special or outstanding thing in the file which caught the eyes of the admissions officer (legacy, outstanding athletic ability). 7-9 were considered for admission. I think in this group your chances were about 50-50. </p>
<p>You can probably assess your score based on the standard weights people attach to them. Dont get too wrapped up in this though, they really do pay attention to things like essays. I was at a Penn club event my sophomore year and ran into the admissions officer who admitted me. Not only did she remember who I was, but also could tell me what I wrote in my admissions essay a whole two years after the fact. </p>
<p>^that's all silly the real systm they used was called the "feeling system". sometimes da lady in the office had pms so pretty much any1 reviewed that day got rejected but hopefullee u will be lucky liek me</p>