Chances for UPenn, Emory, UMich, Georgetown, UVA Nursing

Chance Me / Match Me!
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White male, New York, low income
(I already did ED to UPenn)
Desired Major: Nursing

GPA: 3.65/4
Weighted GPA: 4.2/4
Very competitive HS
GPA has dramaitaclly increased, have held 4.0 for 2nd of of sophmore, all of junior, and senior so far

AP US History: 5
AP Physics 1: 5
*Taking AP Calculus BC, AP Gov, AP Physics C, AP English, and AP Computer Science currently

ACT: 35 (33E 36M 35R 35S)
9/12 Essay
ACT Superscore: 36

SAT II Physics: 780
SAT II Math 2: 800
SAT II US History: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 710

Awards
New York State Debate Championship Qualifier, 3 out of 4 years
New York State JV Public Forum Semi-Finalist, 11th grade
Vassar Invitiational Debate, 5th place, 11th grade
Questbridge Prep Scholar

Clubs
President of the Debate Team, 12th grade
Member of Debate Team, 9th-12th
Member of Model UN, 110h-12th
Member of Computer Science Club, 10th-12th
Member of Christian Club 11th-12th
Founder/President of Engineering Club

Work
Held 2 jobs during high school, including my current job at a kids afterschool program
Worked at a summer camp
Have over 150 hours volunteered at afterschool program prior to working
Specifically to health, I am certified in CPR, AED, and have NYS certification
Worked at a deli for 2 summers
Worked at a pizzeria for one summer

Essay
Definetly very unique
Explained my personal achievment
Explained my situation that caused the lack of good grades freshman year
Recomendation 1: Physics Teacher, 9/10
Recomendation 2: APUSH Teacher, 9/10

Please be as honest as possible, thank you!

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Hi! I’m really only knowledgeable about Penn, so I’m just going to respond to that, as I don’t want to feed you completely random information. Your test scores are great, you have strong ECs, and I would say that you being interested in the nursing school as a male definitely makes you a compelling applicant. With that being said, I didn’t see much evidence in your application of your interest nursing, which might be a bit problematic. Likewise, your GPA isn’t too strong, but the fact that there’s an upward trend is encouraging. I would say that you have a 30% chance of getting in ED (as it is Penn), but it’s highly probable that you’ll get deferred (NOT rejected). I also applied ED to Penn, so hopefully we are both Penn '23 :slight_smile: