Chances if i apply rd, or should i apply ed?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>i really wanna go either here or columbia!
here are some of my stats</p>

<p>valedictorian out of 270
old SAT 760 math 750 verbal
new SAT 750 math 670 verbal 670 crit
SAT2’s US history 720 Math2 720 Bio 670 (plan on retaking to get around 750’s)
AP US history 4
hardest course load my school has to offer</p>

<p>EC’s & awards include:
swimming 4 yrs
tennis 3 yrs
NJ gov school of engineering
SADD 2 yrs
Interact 2yrs
Foreign language club 2 yrs
Student council 2 yrs
newspaper 2 yrs
violin at settlement music school 8 yrs
settlement music school MLC intermediate orchestra 1yr
settlement music school West Phila advanced orchestra 1yr
my school orchestra 1 yr
community service at my local library
last summer workin as a cashier
who’s who (i heard this was meaningless?)
National honor society
national merit scholar
national society of high school scholars</p>

<p>im really tryin to decide where to apply early to, either columbia or upenn, my top 2 choices
any help or suggestions are appreciated :)</p>

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<p>I'd say you have a good chance rd, though of course ed would boost you and i think would make you close to a lock (assuming they don't look too closely at that dropoff in your verbal SAT, which i know they say they don't but you never know; even then you still have a good shot ed). Obviously though, you want to go to Penn over Columbia, I mean, heck, we're the "Happy to be There" school, at least Newsweek says so. :-P</p>

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<p>lol i checked that article and it seems that applying early will help alot. any1 else hav any advice?</p>