Chances thread

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hey… I would appreciate if you guys give me some chances. I know UPenn is kind of out of my league, but I want to take a shot.
I want to major in maybe Biology. I would like to become a dentist so I’m looking in that direction. I will early decision for sure. (ALSO
I’m actually still a junior so the gpa for 11th grade is predicted, but very realistic.) SAT score is from practice tests.</p>

<p>Rank: 20 out of 500 top 4%
GPA overall: 99.2 4.6 weighted upward trend
9th grade: 93.097 (slacked major time)death of uncle and grandmother so I was also depressed
10th grade: 100.3
11th grade: 103.1
SATs: 2250 1490 M/V
USH: 760
Bio: 740
All honors with like two cp (college prep below honors) in 9th grade and one ap in 10th, two in 11th, and about to take 5 in senior year. I got 4, 4, and 5 for my scores.
I’m Chinese, have a green card so not international, english as second language, and low income.</p>

<p>ECs: (very weak I know) In 9th grade, I didn’t join any clubs… I’m very mad at myself. The clubs will be two/three years if I’m able to join it before applying to my ed school next year.
NHS 2 years
Interact 3 years
Science Club 3 years
Asian Club 3 years
Student Council 2 years
75 hours volunteering
Tennis varsity 2 years(Junior + Senior)
is it okay if you guys also chanced me on these other colleges?
Cornell
Rutgers
Lehigh
Carnegie Mellon
Georgetown
JHU
Penn State
NYU
I’ve worked at a small computer store, fixing computers and etc. I’ve also managed a cleaners, not as small as you may think, with at least 13 employees working there right now. So it is like at least as large as your local Mcdonalds in terms of employees. I have to work to support my family, because we do indeed have a low income. This might have affected my grades, ecs and etc since I work on weekdays aswell.</p>

<p>I have an unusual sitituation in that, at the begining of 10th grade I had to return to China. My dad was in very bad shape in terms of his health. I stayed there for almost 7 months so I didn’t return to finish 10th grade. I couldn’t go to any school in China, since the international schools cost 10k+ a year and the local schools obviously aren’t the best. So I returned this school year and retook my 10th grade year. That experience really helped me though, and helped me gain motivation to do much better in school. (BTW during my time there I taught kids english) But yeah I don’t know how colleges will look at this whole mess…</p>

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<p>I would say you have though a somewaht good chance... but penn is pretty strange. My friend who had a 2060 and not great SAT II's (560's and stuff) and wasn't that high in GPA/class rank (30 out of like 300-360) got in. however her brother was going there (legacy) so thats a huge factor in penn. And her EC's were great too so... i don't know I think you have a good chance at most of those schools. For your EC's you shoudl be happy you have things like science/asian/interact. our school has only the following
NHS
Spanish NHS
key club
FFA (futuer farmers of america lol..)
and some other clubs that arn't worth mentioning. I always regret going to my high school. I don't stand a chance against anyone else because it was so bad.. >.<.</p>

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<p>My sister who also got accepted to UPenn for nursing had a low sat score as well. 1290 M+V. But she was #1 out of 400 and she had slightly better ecs than me. (Cornell Summer Program, and more leadership positions but less volunteer hours.) She applied early decision.</p>