Do I Have a Shot?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hi everyone, let me start off by saying that I am a junior and look forward to applying to UPenn next year So, some of the stats will be based on practice tests from collegeboard</p>

<p>SAT: 2160(this is based on two practice tests, not superscore. What should I get it up to?)
ACT: Never Taken
SATII: Chemistry, US History, and Math II (expecting 750-800 on all)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.97/4
Weighted GPA: 5.3/6</p>

<p>AP Classes Taken (school offers about 25) </p>

<p>AP Human Geography (5)</p>

<p>AP World History (5)
AP Biology (5)
AP Environmental Science (5)</p>

<p>AP Language and Composition
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP European History
AP Psychology
AP Physics B</p>

<p>AP Literature and Composition
AP Macro/AP US Gov’t
AP Calculus AB
AP Art History
AP Computer Science
One More AP </p>

<p>ECs:
Volunteering at a science museum (9, 10, 11, 12)
County orchestra (first chair) (10, 11, 12)
French Club/French National Honor Society (Vice President) (9, 10, 11, 12/10, 11, 12)
Chemistry Club (President) (10, 11, 12)
School Enviro Club President (10, 11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12) (tutoring through NHS)
Frisbee Club (10, 11, 12)
Science Olympiad (10, 11, 12)
I will have about 400 community service hours by the beginning of the next school year)</p>

<p>Will be National AP Scholar
Hoping to win an award or two with Science Olympiad</p>

<p>I plan on doing something with either languages or science</p>

<p>Oh, I'm hispanic and neither one of my parents went to college</p>

<p>I think that covers the main points so thanks in advance! (any other school recommendations for me?)</p>

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<p>Um. I’ll be pretty surprised if you don’t get at least deferred. </p>

<p>For your test score, you should get it up to the best you think you can do.</p>

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<p>Your grades, rigor, and testing all are great. For Penn, however, the essay is the deal breaker. If you write a good essay, I’d say you’re in. If your essay is less than stellar, you’re not. Penn boasts about how it rejects half of the valedictorians who apply, because half of them had bad essays.</p>

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<p>hells yea…</p>

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Actually, Penn used to reject 62% of the valedictorians who applied, and that was when the overall acceptance rate was 16.1%, and not as low as the 12.4% it was this past year:</p>

<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile for Class of 2011](<a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/20080213223110/http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/profile/]Penn”>http://web.archive.org/web/20080213223110/http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/profile/)</p>

<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile for Class of 2015](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/profile/]Penn”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/profile/)</p>

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<p>That only furthers my point…</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input you guys!</p>

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<p>Guys, (s)he’s Hispanic…with good test scores, GPA, ECs, and rigor, (s)he’s pretty much a bye.</p>

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<p>Did not read the first generation hispanic part. Never mind my above post, I would be surprised if you didn’t get in.</p>

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<p>definitely in</p>

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<p>you have 2 hooks…I think that should do it plus you have a great resume</p>

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<p>Apply ED!!</p>