CHANCES to get into *UPENN*

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>i know this is in the “chances” forum but i don’t want to miss your opinions. </p>

<p>i’m a JUNIOR right now and i’m starting to get a grip of reality that it’s actually going to take a lot more to get into UPENN. Add to the fact that i don’t think i can get into their summer program, b/c i haven’t taken the SATS yet -_-, it makes me sad. Anyways, what are my chances… (this is what i presume will be on my app in senior year and i’ll try to be realistic)</p>

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<p>Freshman year 4.0 weighted
Sophomore year 4.17 weighted
Junior year <em>5.0</em> weighted
-apchem,apenglish,apcalcAB,apcompsciA,physicshnrs (getting all A’s)
Senior year (don’t know yet)
-apenglish,apbio,apstats,apphysics,apgovecon</p>

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<p>SAT - 1500+ (taking january)
NEW sat - 2300 (very rough conjecture, but i’ll do what it takes)</p>

<p>Sat2’s: Math2c (790), Chem (800), Physics (800), Bio (660). </p>

<p>AP’s: Ap Euro (3) - sophomore year, Chem (5), Calc (5), Compsci (5), English (4 or 5)</p>

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<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS
(warning: looks a little more than it is b/c of length of list)</p>

<p>Some good summer program. don’t know yet
tennis JV (2 years), V (1 year)
wrestling V (1 year) ----------severely injured my left arm (broke both bones, healed now, i’ll try to mention this positively)
key club (4)
-200+ service hours
math club (3)
science club (3)
spanish club (3)
young musicians club (2)
-viola chair leader
business workshop (1, small thing)
banking and financing institute (1, small thing) - instructor from PENN
business institute (1, small thing)
orchestra (4 years)
-chamber orchestra
glendale youth orchestra (1 year) + 1 more year
viola - 3 years (mtac - level 8)
violin - 4 years
piano - 5 years (mtac - level 8)
national honor society - all semesters
orange county pentathlon - 3 medals (JUST 8th grade though, counts?)
partially fluent in chinese

  • other stuff that i can’t predict right now</p>

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<p>as you can see, i’ve become a lot more motivated this year to get 5.0 gpa compared to my previous years. (hope penn will like that). It’s just that i think i’m still too late to catch up. What do you guys think of my stats? If it’s suitable for Penn, i will work hard and do what it takes to raise my chances. Penn is my TOP choice. i will apply ED if it helps. </p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>ED def helps
it's really really difficult to tell on stats alone
it seems you're spreading urself thin.. i dunno
my hugest advice would be to research penn a lot and to write really great essays
but keep up the grades, do what you love, blah blah</p>

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<p>yea def apply ED if u love penn... write amazing essays... afaforce pretty much summed it up.</p>