Chances... :/ UPenn ED

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Hello. I should probably be sleeping right now but instead I’m here to create a chance me thread, which couldn’t matter any less as college acceptance/rejection is an absolute storm and I know I suck haha, because yay poor decisions. (Thank you very much for taking time to respond to this, though, if you choose to).

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (780 reading 760 math)
SAT II: Math 2: 780 Chem: 780
Unweighted GPA: 3.88 rip
Weighted GPA: 4.37 rip
Rank: n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (4 rip), APUSH (4), Chem (4), CS (4), Spanish (2 r i p)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP BC Calc, AP Psych, AP Lit, law
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a rip

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years basketball for my school and 2 years of club, writing club for 4 years (president this year), law club for 4 years (treasurer this year)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: my local hospital
Summer Activities: sleeping, procrastinating, intern at local start-up for 1 month, attended a pre-colligate course at Hopkins, played too much basketball

Essays: working on my common app still (had a draft but discarded because it was too mundane (in a bad way), started the supplemental essay and, not gonna lie, the intro is pretty weird
Teacher Recommendation: getting one from my English teacher and Bio teacher (had her freshman year)
Counselor Rec: she knows my name/who I am
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: lol yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: under 50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low-income

Lay it on me.

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Reach at best, but apply. You never know

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@MaizeScream What makes OP a ‘reach at best’? Their stats seem to be on par with UPenn.

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Mostly lack of ecs and he seems unsure of essays

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@MaizeScream what about stats? also lacking?

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@MaizeScream forgot to add more to the writing ec. I’m part of 3 literary magazines and I’ve been published in a few. Got a gold key from Scholastic last year, too.

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@Yarnweaver
Stats are great, no problems there. Being published will bring up your chances a lot, as well as the gold key.
But don’t forget… It’s UPenn. They get a lot of applications and yours has a great shot but don’t be too down if you don’t get in!!

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@MaizeScream yep I’m going into this with no expectations haha thanks for the reply

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bump

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What program are you applying to? Based on your comments next to GPA/AP grades, it seems like you know what you’ weaknesses are.

Your essays need to shine, and perhaps consider focusing on your ECs (bball, writing, etc) to differentiate yourself. I’ll agree with @MaizeScream that it’s going to be difficult unless your essays are fantastic.

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@aoeuidhtns I’ll be applying as an English major. Yeah, I need to get my act together and really work on those essays. Thanks for the reply.

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There is always a chance, but don’t bank on it.

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@captusica true :confused: