<p>I sent in my application, so since there's nothing to do now until December 15th, any thoughts on how my application looks?</p>
<p>SAT I: took today for the first time
SAT II: 780 Lit, 700 Math, 650 US History (took it on a whim last year, didn't think I would have to send it anywhere...)
ACT: 35, took once
GPA: 4.0 UW (school doesn't weight)
Rank: 1/400 something
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest that my school offers
Awards: NMSF</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars (listed on common app):
Rotary short-term exchange student (last summer)
Varsity cross country (4 years, varsity captain)
Track (3 years)
School newspaper (2 years, news and layout editor)
Democrats club (treasurer)
Mock trial</p>
<p>Jobs/Work Experience: reporter for city newspaper</p>
<p>Volunteer/community service:
member of a community service club
led a class project to raise over a thousand dollars for charity</p>
<p>Essays:
Commonapp I liked a lot, it was about something pretty unique
Why Penn I didn't like as much, but my mom edited it and she loved it
Teacher rec: who knows</p>
<p>State: OR
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Looks pretty good to me, and wise to apply in ED round. </p>
<p>Positives: GPA + rank + one sitting ACT score. Why even take the SAT when you’ve got a 1-sit 35 on the ACT?</p>
<p>Negatives: SAT2 math score is acceptable but not great, and the APUSH score could definitely be a lot higher. EC leadership decent but could be stronger — doubt they’ll count “Treasurer of Democrats club” as leadership.</p>
<p>Key: Hoping you came across as passionate about something and driven in your essays, as your summary above doesn’t paint me that picture.</p>
<p>You didn’t mention AP classes but since you mentioned that courses were hardest that your school offers I assume you took several? # of them and AP scores? If AP scores were 5’s then ideally you sold that somewhere in your common app.</p>
<p>ivyparent:</p>
<p>I wouldn’t have taken the SAT except for that I needed it to be a national merit finalist haha. Not that it’ll matter if I get into Penn, but…</p>
<p>I took 3 APs last year and 4 this year</p>
<p>Is cross country captain and newspaper editor not enough leadership?</p>
<p>Thanks for your response!</p>
<p>I think you’re a smarty. and any school would be lucky to have you :)</p>
<p>But I think you should spend more time trying to study more for AP tests and less time following your whimsy all the way to a poor SAT US History score</p>