Chances for UPENN ED

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<p>GPA:
4.30 weighted, 3.93 unweighted. Our school only weights for AP classes, not honors.
Class Rank:
4 out of 800 (weighted), then 80/800 (unweighted)
School Profile:
-Offers 22 AP classes
-about 30 students attend top 25 universities and top LACs
-86% go on to four year colleges
-3500 h.s. student population
AP classes taken:
AP Calculus A, AP Calculus BC, APUSH, AP Government and Politics, AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Composition,
AP Classes will take Senior Year:
AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Art History, AP Micro, AP Macro
(13 by the time I graduate)
SAT Score:
730 CR/680 Math/710 Writing (11 essay)→2120
ACT:
32 M/31 R/32 E/27 Science → 31 composite
AP Scores:
4-AP Comparative, 5 AP Gov, 5 AP euro</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:</p>

<p>Violin:
-played violin since 5
-in State’s youth symphony since ninth grade
-Freshman orchestra assistant chair
-Three superior ratings from state high school league (most in school)
-Started quartet Freshmen year to play at nursing homes-especially during the holiday season </p>

<p>Future Problem Solving:
-Team Captain
-Alternates for International Competition, third place at state (11th)
-Received the 2/6 award at Regions (10th)
-Advanced to State (10th and 11th)</p>

<p>Medical Club:
-Started Medical club, president
-Get speakers from around the medical field–>dermatology, optometry, physical therapy, etc.
-got Medical Club as a school sponsored club, very hard to do in my bureaucratic school.</p>

<p>Community Service:
-Quartet plays during the holiday season at around five nursing homes around the city
-Quartet plays around daycare centers and educate kids about music
-Tutored Hispanic immigrants for one month during the summer
-Camp Counselor for younger children during the summer
-updates web pages for the state Library
-National Honor Society</p>

<p>Awards:
-Influential Women Essay Contest-3rd place, won 100 dollars, two years in a row (10th and 11th)
-Writings have been published multiple times in TeenInk (literary magazine)
-Youth President’s service Award three years in a row
-I was featured on city’s newspaper about my community service
-AP Scholar (hope to get National Scholar if I get fours on my test)
-National Merit Commended (210)</p>

<p>Employment:
-Full time employment at Starbucks Coffee from May to September
-Nannies two boys after school for two hours, every day of the week (starting middle of sophomore year to now)
-Nannies full-time during the summer. I work during the day, from 9-5 nannying, and then I work at starbucks from 5-11, so I work two full time jobs in the summer
-Quartet plays at Weddings occasionally. </p>

<p>Extra stuff:
-My essays will be awesome. I know that, because I’m very creative and I’ve gotten my essays published in various newspapers
-Recommendations: I guess the ones from the two teachers will be above average, but I’m not expecting “superior” recommendations; however, the recommendation from my counselor should be better, since I cried and talked to her while my parents were going through a divorce, and we carry conversations very well.
-Parents consistently argue, became divorced during sophomore year
-have a 5 year old sister I take care of
-Lost a best friend in car accident junior year (during AP testing season)</p>

<p>Chances for applying ED?</p>

<p>How are the SAT/ACT scores? are they a bit too low?</p>

<p>anything I could improve on?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>pretty decent shot...what about ur SAT 2's?...what school at penn would u be applying to?</p>

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<p>arts and sciences. I'm taking SAT II in OCT and ACT in Sept (hoping for 32+)</p>

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<p>You're going to have to be a carpenter I'm sorry</p>

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<p>a carpenter? dang it, I always wanted to be a plumber</p>

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<p>Sorry the guild was full</p>

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<p>Doesn't anyone think this is a fool's errand?</p>

<p>We have no way of knowing what is good enough for Penn. It is simply impossible to know what will push one person into the accepted group over another person. </p>

<p>The acceptance rate is so low and the number of applicants is so high that they can't use a mathematical formula to find the best candidates. They can eliminate the unqualified (those who couldn't handle the workload) but those people tend to know who they are to begin with. </p>

<p>My mother has a friend who works as an admissions official at some collegethat I can't name off the top of my head. He says that he wishes that his college could take in 80% of the people who apply. They would all thrive at the college. But naturally he can't. </p>

<p>Thus, much of the process is utterly random. </p>

<p>Personally, I think you have a very good chance at getting into Penn. But what do I know? What do any of us know? Apply and find out what happens a couple of days later. </p>

<p>It makes very little sense to worry about your chances right now. As far as the entire admissions process goes, good luck!</p>

<p>All of my nice rambling aside, don't apply to Wharton. If you end up taking "my" spot, I won't be happy. I may be forced to track you down and scowl in your general direction. :)</p>