<p>I am part of M&T '15, and I know 2-3 other kids who got in as well. Environmentalism is an issue that a lot of M&T applicants talk about, and one of my main selling points was that I worked at Penn developing an environmentally-sustainable product. </p>
<p>If you talk passionately about what you want to do at Penn during your interview and in your essays, your stats won’t keep you out (they’re in the middle 50% range of all Penn applicants). However, there is a potential red flag in your application - even though one of your main EC’s is environmental science, you want to do computer science as your back-up at SEAS and you say you plan to work at Goldman Sachs after you graduate. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of consistency in your career goals, and you don’t want to show that in your interview. </p>
<p>You have as good of a chance as many other applicants because of your stats, and if you want to show that you want to get into Penn, try to shine in your interview and contact your regional admissions officer about your interest. However, please don’t consider M&T or Penn as your safety school - the opportunities available here are on par and potentially better than what you can get at HYP. I passed up Oxford EEM to go to M&T after reading about how great the program is and visiting the campus, and I highly suggest you do the same as well.</p>