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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I'm a junior in high school. I will be graduating in the class of '09. knowing UPenn's high 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 May(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
AP U.S. History- A all yr
Chemistry Honors- A all yr
French II- A all yr
Leadership- A all yr
Pre Calculus A all yr
Yearbook- A all yr</p>

<p>Senior Yr. will take:
A.P. Biology
A.P. U.S. Gov
A.P. Calculus
A.P. English
A.P. Statistics
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)
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>

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<p>do you want to apply to cas, wharton, engineering or nursing</p>

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<p>do well on your SATs and you're good for any of the schools i think. good luck!</p>

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<p>i want to apply to wharton :)</p>

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<p>definitely make sure you kick butt on math sat's, i've seen that seems to be a common thread in wharton acceptees, great stats though</p>

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<p>academically you are fine provided you get <2200 and 800 on the math SAT2.
however you need to demonstrate a PASSION for studying business. you need to work on something that will give you something to discuss how you really want to study business vs want to go to wharton so you can get a good job. unless you find something special, there is a good chance you will be just another 4.0 kid who is rejected from wharton.</p>

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<p>so when i apply to upenn, do i do so to their undergrad admissions or to wharton. and as for the reasons for why i want to go into business, what do you mean dlesk between studying and getting a job? i mean, a good solid future job is definetely one of my main reasons, but also the international relations part of it. i love dealing with other cultures and people, i love languages so would that be a good reason for it?</p>

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<p>please read this thread about how to apply:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/466126-when-you-apply-penn-you-pick-one-school.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/466126-when-you-apply-penn-you-pick-one-school.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>undergraduate admissions is the place you apply for all penn schools, including wharton.</p>

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<p>ok thanks i was confused with that, like when you list the schools to where you sat scores are sent to, they have upenn undergrad admissions and then they have other its other schools so i didnt know if it was the same for the application</p>