Engineering Applicant Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Applied to engineering department</p>

<p>Academics :</p>

<p>Rank: 2/135 in class, 11/10500 in county (our county ranks us in the whole county)
GPA: 3.98 UW/7.15 W
SAT I: Math:780 Verbal:710 Writing:710
SATII: Math II:770 BioE:740 Phys:740
AP: 9 AP exams in soph and junior year, 5 4s and 4 5s. This year I have six more, and am an IB diploma candidate.</p>

<p>ECs:
Founded High Power Rocketry club. We have level two National Association of Rocketry Certification, and have built rockets that have gone 1000mph and 7000 feet high complete with altimeter and tracking system. Have candy business where we sell candy and tshirts to make money for club.</p>

<p>Guitar: Played guitar for 4 years and am in a band.</p>

<p>Judaism: Involved with synogogue, treasurer of jewish awareness club at school, won essay contest regarding the book Night and will be going to Poland, Hungary, and Israel as a result.</p>

<p>Science Fair- 1st in county twice, 3rd at states, 10 corporate awards. Did work with lift maximization with airfoils.
Science Bowl co-captain- national invitational finalist, 2nd in division at states, 4th overall</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta statistics captain - about 6-7 awards in various divisions</p>

<p>Did research this past summer at the University of Florida in the Computational NeuroEngineering laboratory. Developed an algorithm for Motorola that reduces background noise from cell phone signals.</p>

<p>National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Scuba Diving, cross country team, and a few other ECs listed on app</p>

<p>Work Experience: Web site design, teach at sunday school, and work at grocery store 10 hours a week</p>

<p>Essays: 9/10
Location: Tampa, IB school, school ranked 10th by newsweek</p>

<p>I really want to attend penn, all comments are appreciated. I did not list everything on my app just the main things</p>

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<p>you should be getting in</p>

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<p>i hope so...i hope since i am applying to the engineering program and I have a lot of engineering experience that it will help</p>

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<p>yeah i agree with extravaganza, your chances are pretty high. hope to see you next year</p>

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<p>Thanks, ya I hope I see you too. Im really excited, penn seems so amazing. Ive only visited, but just from the day I was there I felt I would really enjoy it.</p>

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<p>what do you want to major in?
I applied for bioengineering</p>

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<p>I applied to mechanical, but if I go I will do bioengineering. Over the last few months ive changed my mind and realized exactly what I want to study.</p>

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<p>Hahaha..if you don't get I will seriously be surprised...</p>