Chances for Upenn Huntsman Program (Chinese)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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Hi, I am a junior at a top 20 US public high school. I plan on applying to Huntsman next year.

Stats:
GPA 4.0 Unweighted 4.9 weighted
SAT II: 770 Chemistry, 620 Chinese (plan on retaking), should get 800 in math 2
HSK Chinese Test Level 3 Proficient
Freshman Year Aps:
AP Human (5)

Sophomore Year APs:
AP Chem (5)
AP Calc AB (5)
AP World history (5)

Junior year Aps
Ap Macroeconomics
Ap government
ap language and composition
AP USH
AP Calc BC

Senior year
AP Stat
AP Literature
AP Comparative governmemt
Ap Microeconomics
AP Physics
AP Chinese

Extracurricular:
Varsity Tennis Player and nationally ranked tennis player
Model UN
Choir and Band
Future Business Leaders of America Global business event
DECA Sports management event
Went on scholarship to China 2018 and applied for NSLi-Y Chinese program this year
Was an intern for local political campaign 2018 election
Will be doing political science research at local university
Chinese teacher at local organization
Won awards at various Chinese competitions

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could you possibly be recruited for tennis cause that would be a huge plus

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I could not be recruited to play at Upenn as it is a division 1 top tier tennis school

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700 is the minimum SAT II score needed to apply for Huntsman, so it would be difficult to “chance” you without satisfying that prerequisite.

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SAT II isn’t necessary at all. They want to see you take and AP class in your language OR send in a 700+ in SAT, preferably both. In fact, they don’t even really care for SAT II when it comes to
Asian languages, cause they know how screwed up the curve is for non-natives. If you’re taking AP Chinese, you should be good on the language front.

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@thebly totally agree with the curves. some of my Asian friends literally take sat 2 of their languages for fun and experience. and @Tennisplayer3423 your profile really seems good but do try to get a higher score for chinese but since there are too many natives/half-natives taking them, maybe try HSK. this one is also wayyy more useful if you decide to do exchange programs in china etc.

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@vikiiii I passed the HSK level 3 with a very high score

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yep saw that, I mean if you wanna make your profile stronger maybe try another level? junior year still leaves quite some time for these :slight_smile: