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Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Im currently a Senior in high School, and hope to eventually major in English.
Ethnicity/ Gender: Asian/female</p>

<p>Academics
Am an IB Diploma student, hoping to get a predicted score of AT LEAST 38/45 (Inclusive of bonus points)
English HL- 7
Business HL- 7
History HL- 7
Math- 5
Biology- 5
Spanish-7</p>

<p>Final Grade 11 score was 35</p>

<p>All scores are on a 7 point scale
Am in the top 20% of an extremely accademically challenging high school</p>

<p>SAT
CR- 750
Writing- 740
Math-690
Was in the 97th percentile for PSAT</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
- Founded first school yearbook
- Editor of yearbook for 2 years
- Founded first school paper
- Editor of paper for 2 years
- Spent 2 years in the Press department of school festival, was the Head of Department my second year
- Summer school Harvard 2006
Have a very strong portfolio with published poems, articles in major newspapers, school paper i founded etc</p>

<p>Work Experience
Summer Internship at a very prestigous national newspaper
Working to raise funds/tutor kids/study child rights at a shelter for the children of commercial sex workers. Have an official online blog on the shelters website documenting my experiences. Could possibly film a documentary on it.</p>

<p>Sports
- Swim team for school grades 6/7/8/9/10/12
- Club swim team
- District Swim Team
- State Waterpolo Team</p>

<p>Social Service
- Volunteer at an Old Age Home
- Volunteer at a homeless shelter for kids
- Volunteer at a Girls Orphanage</p>

<p>Any thoughts on more unis to apply to?</p>

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<p>Your high school is weird. My school put all students who are expected to receive IB diploma on top 10%. And a 30 is equivalent to 88%, 32 is equivalent to 92%, 34 is 96, 36 is 99.9, 38 is 99.9%, 40 is 99.9%, and so on...</p>

<p>Your school is darn tough. I think you're good with your IB, but why didn't you take 4 HL?</p>

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<p>My school is a really competitive one, and is all IB. I guess that's why my rank doesnt look that great</p>

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<p>And how hard is English at Penn to get into?</p>

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<p>You don't apply to a major at Penn. You apply to one of its four undergraduate schools.</p>

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<p>Oh so the major you apply for wouldn't really influence admissions decisions at all?</p>

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<p>It might, if your skill set obviously doesn't match your indicated major. For instance, if you apply to the College of Arts and Sciences as a math major, yet you got a 550 on your SAT II Math, adcoms would probably raise concerns. </p>

<p>But otherwise, it's the school that matters, not the major you indicate. Students can change their majors after entering the university.</p>

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<p><em>bump bump ba bump!</em></p>