chances me, black male urm

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>ender: Male
Ethnicity: Black, African American
School: City Public Schools, doesnt send many kids to top school
Grade: 12th</p>

<p>GPA
-3.87 unweighted
- school doesnt have A+ or weighted grades
- top 10 percent. i think 40/450
SAT (One and Only Sitting)
700 Critical Reading
650 Math
700 Writing
= 2050</p>

<p>ACT-
-30</p>

<p>AP's
School doesnt offer many AP's. Only APUSH which i got a 3 on. And Spanish which I am taking this year</p>

<p>Courseload: Took hardest classes I could take, including some at the University of Minnesota</p>

<p>EC's
I am ranked top 200 in the country for tennis
Placed 4th in Minnesota State tournament
National Honor Society
I dont have time for a ton of others because tennis and work takes up all my time</p>

<p>Volunteer
I volunteer 6 hours a week at an after school tennis program for kids from city schools.
And I tutor 2 hours a week at Minneapolis Public Schools</p>

<p>Jobs
I work around 15 hours a week at a tennis center cleaning and coaching</p>

<p>Other
National Achievement Scholar(2500 scholarship)</p>

<p>I got into Cornell a couple days ago
I really want to go to Penn or Brown
My essays were pretty good, I think recs were good didnt see them though</p>

<p>Wondering if I have a chance at all or if I should just assume I wont get it
tangies08 is offline</p>

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<p>you are actually my twin.
i got 2050 on my sats,
i got into cornell, and i really would like to go to upenn or brown.
my ethnicity is african american.
my school has 0 ap classes.
ummm so i dont really know where we stand, but i am looking for the same answer i guess.</p>

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<p>haha thats awesome hopefully we both get in. its relieving to get into cornell though right? at least we know we have that option</p>

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<p>yea, cornell is easily my second choice (vvvveeeeeerrrrryyyyy close second) and i would have no problem going there if i didn't get in to my first choices which are upenn and brown.</p>

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<p>which high school do you go to in minneapolis?</p>

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<p>minneapolis south</p>

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<p>are you being recruited for tennis????</p>

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<p>not exactly. i talked to the coaches and im pretty sure i would be on the team if i got in but im pretty sure they arent helping me get into the schools</p>

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<p>hey, i got into CAS!
complete results
Accepted- Cornell, University of Minnesota, Bowdoin, Penn
Waitlisted- Brown, Wash U</p>

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<p>Yay, congrats man.</p>

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<p>Yeah, you were pretty much guaranteed.</p>