chances pleasee!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I might be applying ED; am i a competitive enough applicant?</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Income: will not be needing aid
URM?: nope, Indian
State: NJ</p>

<p>Intended Major:
probably biomedical engineering</p>

<p>GPA UW: 94.5/100 we don't weight
Class Rank: we don't report rank; probably top 10/70 though</p>

<p>Subject Tests:
MathII- 780
Bio- 740
Physics in october- estimating at least 770</p>

<p>SAT: 2260
CR 710
Math 780
Writing 770</p>

<p>APs: 5s on AB calc and bio</p>

<p>Courses: I go to a Magnet school, where all courses are considerd Honors level
9th Grade:
Biology
Tech
Combined Algebra
Spanish I
World History
English I
Fitness
Foundations of Science/Data Analysis</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Chemistry
Physics
Tech
Pre-Calculus (skipped geometry over the summer)
Spanish II
U.S. History I
English II
Fitness</p>

<p>11th Grade:
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Tech
Spanish III
U.S. History II
English III
Fitness</p>

<p>12th Grade Anticipated:
AP Physics C: E/M
AP Literature
AP Chem
AP Euro
Multivariable Calculus-(self studying BC calc over the summer)
Fitness
Tech
Comm Media (we have to take "arts" requirement to graduate)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Tennis (9-12)- co-captain 11th and 12th
Dance-
Bharatanatyam since age 6; have completed an arangetram (solo dance recital symbolizing graduation)-highest possible achievement
FOGANA dance competition summer of 08- 1st place Regionals; 2nd place Nationals; also participating this summer, going for 1st place nationals
Active member of:
National Honor Society
Student Council
Science Olympiad- secretary '08-'09; treasurer '09-'10
Math League</p>

<p>Volunteer work:
hospital: 100+ hours
library: 50+ hours</p>

<p>Junior Year Summer:
Paid internship at an engineering company in NYC; 3 days a week, 9-5:30 for 9 weeks
also:
teaching dance at my dance school
volunteering at hospital</p>

<p>my recs are going to be great
i'm not sure what a powerful essay topic would be, I was thinking about writing about my whole dance experience and how I changed and learned from it..but idk.</p>

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<p>I think your alright! you definitely have a chance. Just try showing your dancing passion.</p>

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<p>your stats are somewhat similar to mine & hopefully we both have a good shot!! Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>You are definitely border line. You should spend more time really trying to help other people and not just resume building. Give it a try.</p>

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<p>trying to help other people…?what.</p>

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<p>Hobart has a huge stick up his a$$.</p>

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<p>I wish you had more AP tests, but it’s ok. Could you try to get recruited for tennis? (My friend did that for MIT even though she was D3). Just write good essays and, in my opinion, apply ED to show interest.</p>

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<p>ahh im not good enough to get recruited haha
about aps, i took the most my school let me =/</p>

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<p>i think you have a good chance. I was accepted (hence the username) with invitation to two scholar programs, and I would contend that some of our stats our similar. My scores/grades were a little better, and my ec’s might’ve been a bit better, but then again you are a female applying to engineering, so that might help. just write a great essay and i think you’ll have a pretty good chance.</p>

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<p>i just thought of one more thing to add when i looked at your post again - i think dance would be a great topic for your essay, especially if you’re trying to portray that dance is a big part of your life and that you want to continue dance at penn. try brainstorming about significant events during your dance career (a major achievement, an embarrassing moment, a learning experience, a humorous experience, and so on). if you can write one that is painted with vivid details/imagery, and really draws the reader in (i.e. it would be interesting to someone who might not be as eager about dance as you are), then i think you’ll have a great chance at getting in. just make sure you avoid a rather unimaginative, typical story about dancing by writing in a way that really captures the reader’s attention, making the reader “feel” as if he/she is there watching your (or as if he/she is you during this big/funny/exciting moment)… good luck (and btw in my last post i didn’t mean to convey that i was a better applicant or anything, so i hope you don’t get that vibe; i was mainly just trying to create a rough comparison between you and me without knowing anything more than what you wrote in your post)</p>