ED Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hey so I've decided I'm definitely going to go ED for Penn in the fall. I'd love it if anyone could let me know what my chances.
I'm also legacy (dad went to penn)</p>

<p>Female
Residence: Maryland
Citzenship: US and Great Britain
SAT I: Cr-800 M-730 W-800 C-2330
SAT II: US history-760; planning to take Math II and French in October
GPA: 3.8 unweighted
I went to an extremely competitive private high school in Washington DC freshman and sophomore year that I hated. I got a 3.52 freshman year (very worrying) and 3.85 sophomore year. I transferred to the local public school into the IB Program for junior year (top 50 newsweek school) and got a 4.00 unweighted 5.00 (one of maybe 5 students to achieve this in IB).
I had a good relationship with the head of the private school I went to and she'd probably write a letter explaining the situation/recommending me
Rank: school doesn't rank but unweighted I'm in the top 10%
Schedule: Most rigorous. I took the hardest classes offered while at the private school (no APs allowed for underclassmen tho) and junior/senior years i'm in full IB.
I self-studied APUS this year and got a 5</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
IB Eng
AP BC Calc
IB Hist
IB French 7 (highest French course offered)
IB Theory of Knowledge (it's an IB requirement)
IB Psych
AP Gov
AP Bio (outside of school, online, got department permission to skip regular/honors bio)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
*Figure Skating: Figure skated competitively from age 8 until age 16. Took lessons twice a week and practiced 3-5 other days per week. Participated in the Pre-Olympic Training Program at Lake Placid, New York for four summers beginning with the summer before 6th grade.
Tested and passed up through USFSA Pre-Juvenile level.
Passed up through and competed locally at the ISI Freestyle Level 7.
Bronze Medalist at the 2003 District IV Championship.
Spent summers '06, '05, '04 and '03 training at the Lake Placid Olympic Center under the coaching of 1963 US National Champion Thomas Litz and US Figure Skating Gold Medalist Tammy Lalande.
Took ballet classes once a week to improve skating
*after quitting figure skating last summer I tried a number of different sports:
- 2008-2009 Varsity Indoor Track
- 2009 Varsity Outdoor Track and Field
- now I play tennis and take lessons 2-3 a week. I'll probably be on the school team in the fall
*Staff Contributor and Member of Editorial Board for school Literary Magazine (9-10)
*Environmental Awareness Club member (9-10)
*It's Academic member (11)
*worked on the Obama Campaign fall 2008. volunteered 2-3 afternoons a week at the field office in my area for 2 months. also went door-to-door in nj twice.
*spent a lot of time at my local temple. Religious/Hebrew classes twice a week from ages 10 to 16. went on temple-sponsored trip to Israel and Jordan last summer. </p>

<p>Summer:
* before 10th grade: High School Intern at WJLA ABC 7 under medical reporter Kathy Fowler
*before 11th: volunteered at St. Albans Early Child Care Center - 150ish hours
*this summer: received an award from NIH based on grant proposal to work at the Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation. study concerns teen driving and the increase in the female crash rate with the institution of the graduated licensing laws. I actually ended up writing a paper (of which I'm the first author). I've submitted it to the Transportation Research Board for publication. My boss says 50/50 chance it gets in but at least I can put down on my app that I submitted it haha</p>

<p>I'm sure you can tell by now that I have really no idea what career I'd like to pursue</p>

<p>Awards:
Principle's Honor Roll 11th grade
Top 5 in the National French Contest both 9th and 10th grades
Assuming National Merit Semifinalist (got a 231)</p>

<p>Thanks I'd appreciate any input : )</p>

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<p>Looks very good, but which college are you planning to apply to? If engineering, you should really get a science SAT II in there. If Wharton, you probably don’t have enough leadership. If CAS, your chances look really good (probably target school)</p>

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<p>Oh definitely CAS. sorry totally forgot to put that down. thanks for the chances</p>

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<p>For CAS, you’re almost a shoe-in (not to get your hopes up too high). With 2330, your chances are really good…good luck!</p>

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<p>yr sooo smart to be applying ed as a legacy. omg there was this kid 2 years ago who was a genius and his brother went to penn but he didn’t apply ed b/c he was considering stanford and he got rejected from penn rd. we had 2 legacies from my school apply 2penn ed and both got in, and i think they’d learned their lesson from that other kid.</p>

<p>also it helps if your parent gives $$. my cousin is just as smart as i am and her dad went to penn. she applied ed and got waitlisted and then ultimately rejected, but her dad never gave a cent to penn.</p>

<p>(the good thing about sibling legacy is that the money is not a factor)</p>

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<p>btw: she was applying to cas and her dad was in cas, was pre-med. went to harvard for medical school after penn. i applied rd to wharton.</p>

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<p>thanks for the chances! and yeah i know it really doesnt help if you’re legacy if you dont apply ed
anyone else?</p>

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<p>Just make sure to take those SATIIs and write good essays. Some kid in my school had a 2400 and had to go to Columbia because he thought he would get in everywhere despite writing mediocre essays. (By the way, I don’t mean that to knock Columbia. Maybe he wrote a good essay for them. But you get my point).</p>