<p>I am a junior in high school. I will be graduating in the class of '09. knowing Upenn's highly selectiveness, I would like to know how good my chances of admission are.</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic, I moved from Guatemala when I was 10 years old and have been living in the U.S. for 7 yrs. now (Fluent Spanish-speaker)
School Type: The only high school in my town, with approximately 2,000 students.</p>
<p>Currently: GPA- 4.0 unweighted for semester 1. Have gotten straight A's for the entire school yr. except an 88% in Honors Pre-Calc. during quarter 2 (would that hurt me?)
Class Rank- # 2 in my class (out of about 500 students) and battling for the #1 spot.
Will take SAT's in March (what's the minimum score that will still make me competitive?)</p>
<p>Freshman Yr.
Italian I Honors- A all yr
Algebra II Honors-A all quarters and second semester, but 87% for first semester (again, detrimental for chances?)
English 9 Honors- A all yr
PE -A all yr
Workplace Basic Skills- A all yr
Leadership (Student Council class)- A all yr
Biology (Regulars, got out of Honors because of terrible teacher)- A all yr</p>
<p>Sophomore Yr.
Geometry Honors- A all yr
French I Honors- A all yr
Renaissance (another leadership-type class)- A all yr
Astronomy/Geology- A all yr
English 10 Honors- A all yr
World History Honors- A all yr
Italian II Honors- A all yr</p>
<p>Junior Yr.
American Literature Honors- A all yr<br>
AP U.S. History- A all yr
Chemistry Honors- A all yr<br>
French II- A all yr
Leadership- A all yr
Pre Calculus A all yr (except for the 88% for 2nd quarter)
Yearbook- A all yr</p>
<p>Senior Yr. will take:
A.P. Biology
A.P. U.S. Gov
A.P. Calculus
A.P. English
College English 101
French III (if the offer it)
Health/PE </p>
<p>EC's
Freshman Class President (05-06)
Renaissance Leadership Class member (06-07)
Honor Society President (07-08; 08-09 president elect)
Student Body Vice President (07-08)
Interact Club (06-07 as member; 07-08 as Vice President, 08-09 as President elect)
Student Body President? (08-09 elections Feb. 20th)
Soccer Manager (06-07 played but got hurt so just managed for the rest of the season)
Monte Carlo Club (07-08 one of only 6 members allowed for the French and Italian Students)
Community Service and also translate for church</p>
<p>Please assess my chances! i would appreciate it tremendously and also please give me any advice. Thank you!</p>