<p>I plan on applying to UPenn SEAS ED. Could these grades hurt me? I'm still in the top 12 in my class of about 400, so I'm not entirely sure if they could. I also posted my senior year schedule if it helped.</p>
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Freshman Year:
Honors English I 5 Credits | A
Journalism 5 Credits | A
Basic Public Speaking 2.5 Credits | A
World History & Culture 5 Credits | A
Honors Geometry 5 Credits | A
Honors Biology 6 Credits | A
CP French II 5 Credits | A
Physical Education I 3 Credits | A
Health Lab I 1 Credits | A+</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English II 5 Credits | A
Yearbook Journalism & Design 5 Credits | A
Honors US I 5 Credits | A
Honors Algebra II 5 Credits | A
Honors Chemistry 6 Credits | A
CP French III 5 Credits | A
Spreadsheets & Database Mgt. 2.5 Credits | A+
Radio Broadcasting 2.5 Credits | A
Physical Education II 3 Credits | A+
Health Lab III 1 Credits | B+</p>
<p>Junior Year:
Honors Math Analysis 5 Credits | B
Physical Education III 3 Credits | A+
Health Lab III 1 Credits | A+
AP English Language & Composition 5 Credits | B
AP Psychology 5 Credits | B
Honors French IV 5 Credits | B+
AP US History 5 Credits | A
AP Chemistry 6 Credits | A
Yearbook Journalism & Design 5 Credits | A</p>
<p>GPA So Far: 3.83 UW, 4.235 W</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP Biology 10 Credits
AP English Literature/Composition 5 Credits
AP Calculus BC 5 Credits
AP Computer Science 5 Credits
Physical Education IV 3.75 Credits
Health Lab IV 1.25 Credits
Yearbook Journalism & Design 5 Credits
Physics at Middlesex Community College
<p>You got less B's than I did junior year yet people tell me on my chances threads that I have a good shot at most universities. The point of my statement, there's a lot more important to the app than school grades. You pass the first test, just make sure you do equally well or better in other parts of the app.</p>
<p>Fred, I chanced you in your thread. Good luck. I might as well just turn this into a chance thread as well. What are my chances for these schools? I've listed them in order of my liking. Grades, GPA, Rank, and senior year schedule above in first post.</p>
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University of Pennsylvania SEAS {ED}
Columbia University SEAS
Dartmouth College
Johns Hopkins University
Cornell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Tufts University
Lehigh University
Boston University
Rutgers University
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<p>Extracurriculars:
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Yearbook - Editor
Yearbook - Academics Section Head
Yearbook - Index Section Head
Newspaper - Editor
NJIT Chemistry Olympics - Co-Founder of HS team
AntiWar.Com - Regular Submitter/Writer
AltMuslim - Regular Submitter/Writer</p>
<p>St. Peter's - Volunteer - 50
Star Tutoring - Tutor - 40
Local Mosque - Volunteer - 240
Red Cross Leadership Program - Volunteer
Folding@Home Distributed Computing - Dedicated Donor</p>
<p>Key Club - Member
French Club - Member
Robotix - Member
Painted Words/Literary Magazine - Writer
Mathletes - Member
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</p>
<p>I'm just going to concentrate on the writing-related activities as writing is my passion. I love to write.</p>
<p>Awards and such:
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9th Grade Honor Roll
9th Grade High Honor Roll
10th Grade Honor Roll
10th Grade High Honor Roll
11th Grade Honor Roll
St. Peter's Service Award
National Honor Society
French National Honor Society
Governor School Nominee
AP Scholar with Honor
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<p>Test Scores:
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SAT: 2300|(800M|750CR|750WR)
SAT IIs (top 2): 730 Chemistry (might be higher, waiting for a rescore on an older one), 720 Math II/C
APs: 5 US, 4 Chem, 4 Psych, 4 Eng Lang
<p>Well, I'd like to know which ones thought. Which ones are matches, safeties, and reaches? What kind of reaches? Although, I appreciate your reply greennble.</p>
<p>By the way, for clarification, my rank is about 12/~400.</p>
<p>your grades are almost exactly like mine, and im pretty much feeling like i cant even get into berkeley (i'm from california). wait, did u get the same grades both semesters? i think im just too pessimistic. and plus grades are not everything. your grades are great (i wish i could say that to myself) but it's just that people applying to UPenn probably have had straight a's throughout high school. yes it makes me sad to think that, but you dohave a good shot, given you have awesome ec's, test scores, etc. good luck! </p>
<p>oh wait... i just saw the thing abotu your rank. yes that is pretty good for having those many b's. at my school im probably 30-40 with the same grades as you. your rank def. makes it better though</p>
<p>You got a 2300? I think you should be in at Penn ED pending higher test scores in SAT II's. The 720 on MathIIc will hurt, but I doubt you'll be rejected outright. But as you said, anything can happen. Your EC's are good with a few math/science related ones. These are important but not the crux of your admission. You will need great essays and stuff but overall you've done well. I'd expect you'd get into at least one of your reaches if Penn ED (High Match ED, if deferred, Low Reach) does not work out well.</p>
<p>Anybody else? Should I take SAT II French to make up for the B+ in Honors French? Should I also take SAT II Physics in Nov. with French, for SEAS? I could self study it.</p>
<p>UGH! Can you even get into a decent college with horrible grades like that?!? Have fun at community college. Just kidding, your grades are fine.. Why are you worrying over a couple of Bs lol.</p>
<p>I basically agree with Fred's ratings except I think you're a match at JHU and Cornell. Take some more SAT IIs if you are pretty sure you can score higher.</p>