chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hey all,
I am currently a junior. Based on my resume, what would you say are my chances?</p>

<p>Background:
I am an Israeli in origin; I moved here as an 8th grader.
I currently live in the Boston area.</p>

<p>stats:
W GPA ~4.7/5 UW GPA ~3.9 Rank top ~10-15/430
SAT I 2340 (800 M, 780 V, 760 W)
SAT II Hebrew 800, Physics 800, Math IIC 800 , U.S. History 780,
world history hoping for 770-800.</p>

<p>EC’s
Jewish Student Union at my school:
-soph year: Israeli affairs coordinator
-junior year: Vice President
-next year: hopefully co President; if not, then Executive Vice Pres.</p>

<p>Young Judea (a zionist-activism organization)
-fresh+soph years: member
-junior year: Vice President
-next year: President</p>

<p>International Forum at my school
-I founded this club junior year. (and am the President, of course)
-we meet once a week and discuss current global events.</p>

<p>Hebrew College
-a secondary school; 6 hours a week (4 on Sundays, 2 on Tuesdays)
-from 8th grade till the end of this year.
-so far, am first in my class of ~200</p>

<p>“Kol Hanoar” (“The Youth’s Voice”) at Hebrew college
-a weekly publication I founded soph year. I am the editor, of course.
-includes news headlines from the Jewish world, 4 opinionated
articles written by students.</p>

<p>Writer and associate editor at school paper for the Global section.</p>

<p>Etgar Lnoar

  • a community service program at my temple. We help disabled kids learn Hebrew for their Bar/Bat Mitvahs (2 hours a week). This is my first year doing this, and will do so next year as well.</p>

<p>Awards:
-Kaufman award for academic achievement in Jewish studies.
-Grossman Family award (encompasses 1000$ scholarship) for leadership in my Jewish community.
-JCRC (Jewish Community Religious Council) award for my leadership at teh Jewish Student Union.</p>

<p>Summer programs
-Keren Or program over the summer before freshman year
-David Project (pro-Israel awareness project) program summer before soph
-Camp guide at Young Judea camp summer before junior
-David Project program again this coming summer</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>theres a chance thread</p>

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<p>Unless you really, really screw up your essays, you are in.</p>

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<p>:)
thanks</p>

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<p>i wouldnt put it that well...id say more like...if you write really good essays and have good reccs you have a pretty good shot</p>

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<p>He has one of the more complete profiles I've seen on this board. He can get into at least 2 or 3 Ivies.</p>

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<p>what do you mean by complete?</p>

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<p>Man you're lucky that you are Jewish. Penn loves Jewish kids. 35.1% of the white population is Jewish. grrr why am I Eastern Orthodox? </p>

<p><a href="http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v?TARGET=printable&article_id=3e27ea05cffe5%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v?TARGET=printable&article_id=3e27ea05cffe5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>close to 25% of Harvard-Yale-Princeton is Jewish ;)</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump............</p>

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<p>You'll get special privileges over other students for being Jewish:
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060404/ts_usatoday/antiisraelbiasatcollegesscrutinized%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060404/ts_usatoday/antiisraelbiasatcollegesscrutinized&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Be a Jew AND die rich ;)</p>

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<p>How close is Columbia to NYC?</p>

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<p>Columbia is in NYC silly. It's in Morningside Heights on the Upper West Side of Manhattan</p>

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<p>sweet! I love NYC</p>

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<p>i dont think you can guarantee anyone that they will get into two or three ivies jpps...or even one...yes he has a very complete profile and has a great shot if he writes good essays...but i think he needs to keep that in mind...its a great shot...but not guarantee...if you start thinking your in you start putting a little less into your app without even thinking about it...and thats where you start screwing yourself</p>

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<p>don't worry, I'll never let my guard down :)</p>

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<p>orrican, you are a beast!</p>

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<p>I'll take that as a compliment... lol</p>

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<p>"i dont think you can guarantee anyone that they will get into two or three ivies jpps"</p>

<p>Like I said, UNLESS he screws up his essays, he is in at least three Ivies. He has great grades, unbelievable scores, and his ECs are CLEARLY very meaningful. I'm sure his recs will be glowing, judging from the rest of his profile--he doesn't exude any arrogance or anything like that.</p>