CHances for UPenn ED?

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<p>Gender: M
Race: Asian
Location: St. Louis Missouri
Came to U.S. in March 2010 from South Korea. Entered highschool as sophomore at the end of school year. Will be senior September 2011. have U.S. Citizenship
Will be applying to colleges in November 2011 for Early, January 2012 for Regular
originally was going to go back to South Korea after end of junior year, but started working on for college since January 2011
Older brother attends UPenn</p>

<p>My colleges of interest:
- UPenn ED CAS</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: - (Weighted); 4.02/4.3 (Unweighted)
Class Rank: -
PSAT: 191
SAT: 1950 dang.. (CR 590, M 740, W 620, Essay 8), going to take once more Oct 1 2011
SAT Subject Tests: Math level 2 (800), Biology E (760), Chemistry or Physics (yet)
ACT: 33/36 (English 33, Math 36, Reading 33, Science 31, Essay 7), 33/36 (English 30, Math 36, Reading 29, Science 36, Essay 8)
iBT TOEFL: Total Score 109, Reading 28, Listening 28, Speaking 24, Writing 29
Advanced Placement courses: Biology (5), Macroeconomics (4), Microeconomics (3), AP Calculus BC (next year), AP Chemistry (next year)</p>

<p>Academic Achievements:
National Honors Society
Mathleague.org sponsored high school math contest, state test 2nd on team, regional test(next level after state) 2nd in individual target round 11th grade small school division.
National Society of High School Scholars</p>

<p>Leadership Distinctions:
Korean American Students' Associaiton in St. Louis founding members, officer</p>

<p>Community Service: about 150+
St. Louis' Barnes Jewish Hospital (2011.6-2011.8); Nursing Department, PACU 100 hours
Little Sisters of the Poor (2010.6-) 12.5 hours so far
Korea Academy of St. Louis (2011.3-) 27 hours so far
In-school community service club community services (2010.9-) 10 hours
Free Medical Examination every month as interpreter (2011.3-) 6 hours</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Symphonic Band: (2010.9 -)
JV Tennis Team (2010.4 , 2011.2-2011.4)
JV Soccer Team (2010.8 - 2010.10)
Math team member got trophies etc. (2010.9 -)
Model UN member (2010.9 -)
VANK diplomat with excellency (2010.5 -)
Taekwondo 2nd degree</p>

<p>Internship :
Beauty supply (2010.8 summer)
Hangyurae Journal (2010.8 summer)
Clayton Cleaners (2010.8 summer)</p>

<p>Courses</p>

<p>Freshmen:
credit from classes in Korea.</p>

<p>Soph:
credit from classes in Korea.
Second semester(which I had for a month)
Chemistry, College Prep English II, Concert Band, ESL English, Honors Algebra/Trignometry, Honors Freshmen Physics
(In my school, physics for freshmen, chemistry for sophomore, biology for junior, free for senior)</p>

<p>Junior:
American Literature, Chiese II, Health Decision, Honors Biology, Honors Precalculus, Symphonic Band, World/US History II</p>

<p>Senior:
Advanced Composition I and II, Chinese III, PE, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, Symphonic Band, American Government,</p>

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<p>awesome for CAS i think.</p>

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<p>“awesome” is optimistic for most applicants. your language/writing/probs speaking is certainly not up to par visible through your SATs and your writing of your post–which will certainly affect your essays. everything else is pretty dece. if you can figure out how to improve upon your english, i’d say you stand as good a chance as any.</p>

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<p>^I’m not sure that is a definite problem. There is a Freshmen writing seminar just for people who are not confident with their ability to read and write in English…Which means they must be a little lenient to people who learn English as a second language.</p>

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<p>Get your TOEFL score up. Also, you cannot apply for federal aid since you are not a citizen</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replys!
also for clarification, I am US citizen. Only I haven’t lived all my life in the US but from 0-6 and 16-today</p>

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<p>would my older brother now attending upenn give any advantages?</p>

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<p>usually the legacy advantage only applies if ur parents or grandparents went to the school…ur brother going there wouldn;t rly give u an advantage</p>

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<p>If your brother can introduce you to his adcom and if you brother is successful at upenn, you will get the benefit of the doubt if you are a maybe on the admissions list</p>