Do I stand a chance?

<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Location: IL
School: Public very competitive high school, 3200ish students
Rank: 88/756
GPA: Unweighted: 3.5, Weighted 4.07 (at the end of this semester will probably be in the 4.17 area)</p>

<p>I don't know whether to mention this in my application or not, but my grades took a serious dive sophomore year do to a difficult time I was going through outside of school...had it not been for this, my GPA would be 4.2+.</p>

<p>8th Grade High School Credits
Honors Geometry, Honors Spanish 2, Art I</p>

<p>Freshman Yr.
Honors Native Speakers Spanish 2, Honors Biology, Honors English, Honors History, Honors Algebra II, Photography I, TV/Radio Production</p>

<p>Sophomore Yr.
Honors Native Speakers Spanish 3, Honors Chemistry, Honors English, Honors World History (no AP offered at sophomore level), Honors Trig, Honors Child Development</p>

<p>Junior Yr.
AB Calculus, Honors English (no AP offered at junior level), AP Spanish Native Speakers, Honors Advanced Journalism, AP US History, Honors Physics</p>

<p>Senior Yr.
Going to take AP Psychology, AP Spanish 5, Honors Senior Studies (a specialized course my school offers that incorporates intensive community service, English and history), Honors Sociology, Honors Advanced Journalism</p>

<p>ACT: 33
Taking SAT and SAT IIs in the Spring</p>

<p>EC:
Varsity cross country 9-12, Captain 12
Student Council 11-12
Junior/Senior Musical 11-12
Soccer 9
Track 10
School newspaper 11-12
Contributor to town newspaper 11-12
Community Service Club 10-12
Going on a 2-3 week service trip abroad next summer
100+ hours community service</p>

<p>Award:
All-Conference cross country freshman and sophomore years
Freshman and Sophomore Honor Society
Outstanding Achievement in Spanish
Advanced to state competition for child development project sophomore year</p>

<p>Job Exp: 15 hours a week at a restaurant</p>

<p>Do I have even a slight chance at Penn? I'd probably be majoring in sociology. Thanks for any input!</p>

<p>yeah I think you do because being Hispanic will really help you. Enough to gain admittance? I don't know.</p>

<p>You will get the advantage of being a minority but your rank will definitely hurt.</p>