Hi guys, so Penn is my #1 but I didn’t do ED to Penn because I fell in love with Swarthmore. I’ll be applying ED II. Anyway, I go to an under-performing public school in Philadelphia. I am wondering if I have at least a chance at ED II for Swart.
I am a Questbridge finalist but did not rank any schools. I’m applying to all schools without QB.
School Type: Public School in Philadelphia
Race: Asian Female
Prospective major: Bio? (quite undecided) but I def want to have a minor in German
Weighted GPA: 3.94’
Unweighted GPA: 3.76 (o.o) <-- I don’t do well in English (only area that I get B’s in) since I immigrated to the U.S in 4th grade
Rank: 9/180
Sat I superscore: 2100
SAT II- took them this month, but I believe I did bad
AP Exams: AP Bio and AP Eng (did horrible/not reporting)
EC’s:
History Club 2 years
Model UN 2 years
Student Council 3 years
Red Cross club (founder/president)
400+ volunteer hours (UPenn hospital volunteer + library tutor+ Red Cross)
Award:
Uh, 2 Scholastic Art & Writing Gold keys
Portfolio: will submit an art portfolio (mostly ceramic/pottery pieces).
I also took 2 year of classes at UPenn through one of their programs (did great and a Penn professor there is writing me a rec). I also did two semester of classes at a community college.
I also requested an interview with them and will be visiting the beautiful campus next week.
I did love UPenn for a long time and did so much with them (like volunteering at their hospital, museum, and taking classes there). But I realize recently that I fit in better at a LAC instead of a big uni. So, given my rather noncompetitive stats, do I at least have some good chance at Swart? Thanks!