ED Penn Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Asian male, 16 yrs old (skipped grade 8)
Applying ED to College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>SAT I: CR 570; M 800; W 670 (Retook in oct, def. improved)
TOEFL Read.: 30/30
SAT II: Math II 800; Chinese 800; Chem, Phys, US Hist. mid-700s
Location: Public School in Los Angeles, CA
Rank: 3/507 (in US since 10th grade)
GPA: 4.00/4.00 (UW); 13 semesters of AP’s
Currently: 6 AP’s
AP’s: six 5’s; Eng 4</p>

<p>Major Awards:
Canadian Math Champ (9th grade)
second place American math league
AIME 9/15
co-captain: science bowl, academic decathlon</p>

<p>Not so many EC’s…
var volleyball (best denfense)
secretary: chinese club
president: math club
many random clubs</p>

<p>Recoms: pretty good (1 teacher said the best student ever met)
Essays: mediocre…
Legendary: none; parents both PhD’s</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>From what I hear, EC's are an important factor. This will really hurt you. ALso try to make your essay better.</p>

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<p>I'm Indian. I've lived in the middle east for 16 years. I'm 16. I'm applying for Early Decision to U Penn, at the Wharton School of Business</p>

<p>I've taken the SAT three times, In Jan., in May and then in October this year. My first has been the highest, while in May it dropped. It dropped by 60 points on the total score from Jan to May.</p>

<p>the scores in jan were:</p>

<p>Math: 580
CR: 530
Writing: 570</p>

<p>My activities are:</p>

<p>Grade 9*</p>

<p>Activities undertaken:</p>

<p>Choir
Drama—
Swim Team (Local Swim meets)**
Summer Job at Local Company</p>

<p>Grade 10</p>

<p>Activities undertaken:</p>

<p>Choir (Festival of Choirs, Christmas Carols at local Hotel),
Publications (Yearbook Staff)
Drama—
Swim Team ( Local swim meets as well as Budapest, Hungary)
168+ hours of Community Service in India (Hindu rituals for family)
Secretary to General Manager of Construction Company (period of one month)</p>

<p>Grade 11 </p>

<p>Activities undertaken:</p>

<p>Publications (Yearbook Staff)
Drama (Our Town—Dr. Gibbs—main character),
Swim Team
Basketball (Junior Varsity)
Planning Arranging and Conducting seminar in India for International Products.
108 hours community service (team member responsible for an event—hindu—bhagwat gita recitation), 150-200___ hours of community service at hospital in India.
Training at a Switchgear Manufacturing Unit
Manning Exhibition Stall for Industrial Products.</p>

<p>Grade 12</p>

<p>Activities undertaken:</p>

<p>Publication (Co-Editor of Yearbook)
Swim Team (Local Swim meet and Moscow, Russia )
Basketball
(First) Summer Camp Experience (21 days) (Explo Programs Senior Session 2 at Yale University in New Haven, CT—classes taken were Business Management and Java Programming—related to choice of majors—mini courses taken of DJing , Public Speaking and College Admissions).
Visit to France, using French language to interact.</p>

<p><em>Before joining 9th Grade, I successfully attained the title of Dan 1 Confirm—Black Belt in Shodokan Karate.
*</em>Started Swim Team in 7th Grade, participated during summer at competitions in India, while in Oman, competed against schools in Abu Dhabi, UAE.</p>

<p>I have taken a total of 2 Ap's. but i've taken them in my senior year ( I am taking them). The school had changed it's subject preference, and dropped the course my class in took in Grade 9 so thus the 11th graders this year can take more AP's than we can.</p>

<p>I have 2 recommendations:
1 from a bio teacher from 10th and another from english in 11th grade.</p>

<p>I'm going to take the SAT 2 in November in Physics and Math 2</p>

<p>To add to that, My GPA is around a 2.6 but I have taken challenging courses throughout my entire high school career, but they haven't been AP's, but they were challenging courses because of mainly the teachers.</p>

<p>Can any undergrad or anyone at all tell me, if i have a chance ?</p>

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<p>why2k, you have no chance. Unless if you mean Indian as in Native American, your SAT scores are just too horrible.</p>

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<p>hanzhe07, I think you can get in</p>

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<p>What's with all these kids that have great grades and rank but crappy test scores?</p>

<p>OP, if you want a chance of getting in, you need to raise your SAT significantly. 2040 won't cut it.</p>

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<p>Yeah, the SAT Verbal part is really low... but considering I am an ESL, I don't know...</p>

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<p>I'm an Indian from India.</p>

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<p>why2k, your scores suck; deal withit. Most kids who apply to Penn have
significantly better scores than you i.e. 2200+. (I am one) If we only
get likely's, you' not goin to get accepted. Plus EC and the fact that
you're an international student are not goin to cancel those crappy SAT I
scores. Seriously were you brain dead? Give up on Penn and go somewhere
less competitive. I'm not trying to be mean, but seriously give up!!!</p>