Do I have a chance of getting in?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>SAT: math 650 reading 620 writing 610
SAT2: biology 690 math 680
AP scores 5 world history 4 ap biology 3 lit and nsl
Weighted GPA: 4.86
Unweighted GPA: 3.83</p>

<p>African American; female</p>

<p>1 and a half year Internship:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Internship at the National Institute of Health (HHMI/NIH) </p>

<p>Clubs and extra stuff:
National Honors Society
National Science Honors Society
The Academy of Science
National English Honors Society
Literary Magazine Poetry Co-editor
County Honors Chorus
Jazz Singers
Youth Group (Religious)
Classical singing (6 years)
Lead a national fundraiser (30 hr famine)</p>

<p>public school that is not really competitive
essay was about over coming stereotypes (and my sister's illness)
strong recommendation from a senior researcher at NIH, bio teacher, music teacher,
and HHMI program</p>

<p>Applying to UVA, Duke, Cornell, Columbia, UPenn, Princeton and Yale</p>

<p>But Upenn is my NUMBER #1 choice, chance me with Upenn and others if you know. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your resume is good, but try to gain leadership roles in some of those clubs. Penn loves leadership. And the Ivy league schools love minorities! Someone told me that it is easier for a minority to get into an ivy league school than Duke or UNC. That’s probably not completely true, but the stereotype has to come from some educated source. If I were you, I’d heavily consider Cornell too because of all the Ivy league its the easiest to gain acceptance and has a huge range of majors. Good luck!</p>

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<p>thankx…only a few more days til April 1st!!!</p>

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<p>I just read a list that said the average acceptance rate to Penn from last year was 16.9, while the acceptance of blacks was around 22.5%. So, best of luck. And, UVA’s was around 45%.</p>

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<p>I hope you get into those schools, they need more minorities (blacks and hispanics) like you and me. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Do I have a chance of getting in?</p>

<p>31 ACT
10 AP Tests, 4s and 5s
3.6 GPA, all honors classes
Top 5% of class</p>