Do i have a chance?

<p>GPA 4.26
Class rank probably 8th or 9th / 630
SAT 2200 (it might be a bit higher when i apply)</p>

<p>-- have a legacy</p>

<p>9th - 12th Varsity Tennis- MVP- Finals at States
9th-10th Varsity Swimming- MVP- Finals at states</p>

<p>NJHS 9th-10th
NHS 11th-12th
TONS of volunteering
Student Council
Equations, linguistics, etc</p>

<p>SAT II’s 800, ~ 740</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English
AP Chem
AP Physics
AP Calc BC
AP European history</p>

<p>trying to decide whether to apply ED or RD…</p>

<p>sounds good to me. :)
apply ED, I heard chances are always better then</p>

<p>Apply ED if it is your first choice and no financial constraints. You definitely have a good chance either way.</p>

<p>HAHA, legacy... that's the BEST apply ed/rd u'd have a great shot either way, stay away for engineering!!! GRRR</p>

<p>i have heard legacy is EXTREMElY helpful ED & has little impact RD. But good shots even w/o legacy.</p>

<p>i heard that too.... okay, just wondering-- my friend applied ED to penn and got accepted... later, he got accepted to duke RD, and is now going to duke? how was he able to do this? and i saw his letters, so i know he wasnt making this up</p>

<p>if this kid goes to your school and doesn't have huge financial needs you might be screwed - or he might be faking his papers</p>

<p>why would i be screwed ? ( his dad is a doctor) ... maybe hes faking his papers then..</p>

<p>because schools dont like it when you break the ed contract</p>

<p>but how does that have anything to do with me?</p>

<p>how big of a difference is it between applying RD v. ED... if you were to guess, what would be my chance for each? would it be like 60 v 20 or like.. 35 v 30 ?</p>

<p>your school gets blacklisted, and the college probably won't take any students from your schools for quite a while.</p>

<p>hopefully he made up the papers then = (</p>

<p>Penn tells legacy admits to apply ED if you want your legacy to help.</p>

<p>Fun fact: The average college GPAs of Penn legacy students are higher than non-legacy.</p>

<p>well, I hope that you are not applying to anything that requires math skills (because your percentages don't add up to 100)</p>

<p>umm... i didn't want them to add up to 100%... i was saying in terms of acceptance, i.e. 60% chance ED/ 20% chance RD vs a much closer percent.... i was just wondering how much ed helped legacys...</p>

<p>More along the lines of 60 v 20</p>

<p><a href="http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faq.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faq.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p>FAQ for all legacy questions. Among them is the answer that yes, applying ED matters.</p>