ED to CAS (Chance please?)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Asian male from NY
GPA: 3.73 UW, 3.89 W
Rank: Top 5% of ~400 students (school sends a handful of students -> Ivies/year; top 5 public school in state)
SAT: 2300 (1 sitting)</p>

<p>SAT II: Chem: 770; Math II: 740 </p>

<p>APs:
10th grade:
- AP World: 4 </p>

<p>11th grade:
- AP US: 4
- AP Lang/Comp.: 5
- AP Chem: 5
- AP Calc BC: 4 (AB subscore: 5) </p>

<p>12th grade APs in progress: Govt, Macroeconomics, Literature, Statistics, Spanish, Physics B</p>

<ul>
<li>Orchestra for all 4 years, if that counts.</li>
</ul>

<p>ECs: </p>

<ul>
<li>Student Gov't (4 years): served as Senator for 2 years, Exec. Board (public relations officer) 2 years.</li>
<li>Site Based Representative (11th and 12th grade) - I meet with the principal and faculty monthly to discuss school events/issues.</li>
<li>Fundraiser Forum secretary (11th and 12th grade) - organize dates of all school fundraisers.</li>
<li>Mock Trial (4 years - Co-President in 12th): went farthest school has ever gone.</li>
<li>School newspaper writer (4 years) </li>
<li>Varsity tennis starter (11th and 12th grade) - D1, conference finals.</li>
<li>JV tennis starter (9th and 10th grade)</li>
<li>Play cello for a private orchestra at weddings and such.</li>
<li>Did stem cell research at a laboratory for 2 summers (500+ hrs) -- helped identify proteins that help in stem cell genetic reprogramming (will be published soon [hopefully])</li>
<li><p>200+ hours of volunteering at a local hospital and library.</p></li>
<li><p>AP scholar with distinction</p></li>
<li><p>Tri-M music honor society</p></li>
<li><p>Nat'l Honor Society</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Should get extremely solid recs. Essay has been reviewed by teachers/peers; seems to be well-written.</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying ED to UPenn (specifically CAS).. I just would like to get a general idea of what I'm in for haha</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Typical Asian, no offense. You definitely have a shot, so you won’t be rejected, but I’m guessing if you apply ED you’ll be defferred until the RD round. Your SAT is great, and the research is beyond great, but your GPA is lacking a tiny bit, and you’ve got affirmative action working against you. You definitely have a shot, but I wouldn’t be surprised either way. The fact that UPenn takes nearly half of its class from the ED round helps though. Good luck!(: </p>

<p>Chance me?(:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1211013”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1211013&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Haha no offense taken, I get what you’re saying. </p>

<p>[ bump! ]</p>

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<p>Bump!! Second opinions are encouraged!</p>

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<p>bump, please! </p>

<p>i’ll chance back! :D</p>

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<p>Solid chance. Your scores/grades are definitely in the ballpark. Are you going to go for a biochem/bio major? If so, that stem cell research should definitely help.</p>

<p>Chance me back- <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1213256-ed-seas-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1213256-ed-seas-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Hopefully, we’ll get in haha</p>

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<p>Sorry for the delay in response. Thanks, man. I’m not sure about my major yet, so I’ll probably go in as Undecided… do you think that’ll hinder any of my chances?</p>

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<p>Bump! I’m open to more opinion/criticism/comments!</p>