Class of 2020 Chances RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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Florida Junior

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (R690,M800,W800)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Will take Math II, USH, Chem, Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.909
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/615
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5). Spanish (5). World (3). Euro (3). Currently in Psych, USH, Calc AB, Chem, and English. Next year will take Human Geo, Macroeconomics, U.S. Gov., Physics C, Calc BC, Lit.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Human. AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Gov/APEcon, Dual Enrollment Art (tentative)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
In the eleventh grade, I participated in the David Essner Math Competition after qualifying for a select group of five members from my school, including sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Champion of the 12th annual FGCU Statistics Team competition
4th Place in the 12th annual FGCU Statistics Individual competition
6th Place in the 2015 January Regional Statistics Team Competition
27th place in the 2015 January Regional Statistics Individual Competition [Best from School]
4th Place in the 2015 SECME Math Bowl
Best from School’s AP Chemistry students in the National Chemistry Olympiad
6th Place in the 2015 March Regional Statistics Team Competition
21st Place in the 2015 March Regional Statistics Individual Competition [Best from School]
AP Scholar with Honor after sophomore year.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball and Soccer. Math, Social Studies, English, Science, Spanish, National Honor Societies. Chai Club, Chemistry Club (Executive officer), College Prep Club (Founder and President). Tutor. Pre-School of Madrichim (Jewish leadership youth group) (member). School of Madrichim (Jewish leadership youth group) (member). Maccabi Tzair Miami (local branch of global Jewish organization) (leader).
Job/Work Experience: Tutor in Algebra I and II, geometry, pre-Calc, Calc, stats, chem, physics, Spanish.
Volunteer/Community service:Summer Camp Counselor (160 Hours)
Pre-School of Madrichim (Jewish Leadership Youth Program) (66 Hours)
School of Madrichim (Jewish Leadership Youth Program) (170 Hours)
Madrich in Maccabi Tzair Miami (Branch of Global Leadership Program) (Ongoing)
Tutor in Algebra I and II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Statistics, Physics, and Chemistry.
Two week summer program in Spain where I’ll be teaching English to Spaniards!
Most of my college essays will hover around these leadership programs and the Spain program!^ they really beef up my app
Summer Activities: summer camp '13. Costa Rica with Pre-SOM '13. Israel with SOM '14.
Spain '15, and probably SCEEP '15
Essays: Fire 9-10/10
Teacher Recommendation: Fire 9-10/10
Counselor Rec: Fire 9-10/10
Additional Rec: prob NA
Interview: idk
Other: sexy

Applied for Financial Aid?: yeeet
Intended Major: either engineering or business. Maybe both
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): diversity, bilingualism (summer program and maccabi), ECs, leadership.

Reflection

Strengths: stats, courseload and ECs
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Diversity, bilingualism (summer program and maccabi), ECs, leadership.
Weaknesses: Ivy League lottery; still don’t know what I wanna study (prob either business, engineering, or both)

I think I’ll be applying to some of the following (still unsure):
Penn (hopefully M&T program!!)
Michigan
Cornell
Harvard
MIT
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
WashU
UF (safety)
Carnegie Mellon
CalTech

I still haven’t decided whether I wanna study business or engineering, maybe both. I’d like to apply to schools who are good with both. If you guys could rate my chances (1-10) of getting into each of the aforementioned (especially PENN), that’d be greatly appreciated. Any personal comments are accepted and suggestions of other schools is amazing!

I will also be attending a summer program this summer! I was accepted into SSTP at UF but did not receive enough financial aid. I’ve also applied to SCEEP at UMich, and SAMS at CMU. I will be attending a two week program in Spain where I will volunteer to teach English to Spanish teens!

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Bump af

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…bump

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Bumpity bump bump

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Chance thread for a reason

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Dear baller55, please understand that I have not read your particulars. I don’t need to. After much angst (and effort) I now understand that to get your application noticed when it gets dropped into a pile with 30,000 others (for 2 or 3,000 slots) YOU WILL HAVE TO hire an application consultant.

I know some of the regulars on this forum will tell you, “Oh no, you don’t have to do that. Just do … blah, blah, blah.”

If you want to rely on more than luck of the draw, YOU WILL HAVE TO hire an application consultant. At least you’re getting an early start. And I won’t be paying Ivy League tuition because I didn’t hire the consultant.

That said, if you can be content with one of the hundreds of other top notch colleges in America, just focus on two or three of those. Been there, got the t-shirts.

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@baller55 you seem a competitive applicant for Penn and the other schoolos you are applying to. Just bear in mind that there will be many many people with scores and credentials, Ecs much better than yours so try as much as you can to differentiate yourself through your essays etc. Especially for Penn the essays and specifically the why Penn essay matters a lot- Penn has a reputation for looking at candidates more holistically than many of its (ivy) peers.

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You are like every other applicant just show your passion and what make you “tick”.