Everyone's chances

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I’ve been seeing recurring threads of people asking about their “chances” at Penn, so I decided to start this threat so anyone can post their information here, and everyone can give their opinions on your standings, and vice versa. (exclude essays and recs because everyone’s is going to be good regardless)</p>

<p>Academics:
SAT Score: Math:800 CR:660 Wr: 660
SAT 2: Math L2C: 800 French: 670
GPA Unweighted: 3.7
GPA Weighted: 4.3
Rank: Top (5%) out of 620 students</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Math Club: All four years of high school. President. Ranked 7th in State. Highest school scorer.
Environmental Club: All four years. President.
National Honor Society: President.
National French Honor Society: All four years of high school
Korean School: Four years. Activities Coordinator
Beta Club
Habitat for Humanity: three years
Relay for Life: three years
Tae Kwan Do: six years
Kendo: four years</p>

<p>Also, I spent four weeks of my summer before my junior year at the UPenn Summar of Arts and Science Academy. The following summer, before my senior year, I took the precollege program at UPenn. I took Math 114, which is Calculus 3.</p>

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<p>damn...</p>

<p>(10)</p>

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<p>State which school you applied to!</p>

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<p>KrnACxHunta, you should also tell your race, state of residency, and ED/RD.</p>

<p>Just based on the above though, for ED, I'd say you have an okay shot at the College... Def tougher for Wharton...</p>

<p>Yeahh, someone do me (!)</p>

<p>ED to College</p>

<p>GPA: 96.5/100.0 (F: 94.9 > S: 97.1 > J: 97.4 = Upward trend)
Rank: 13/372 (Top 3.5%)
SAT I: 2330 (CR 740, M 790, W 800)
SAT II: 690, 740</p>

<p>ECs/Awards:
Math Club - Officer, Vice-President, President
Mathlete Team - Captain
Certificate of Merit - New York Math League
Silver medal - Nassau County Interscholastic Math League (NCIML)
Spanish Club - President
School Newspaper - Feature Editor
Published by The America Library of Poetry
Local Youth Football Clinic volunteer - Assistant Coach
General Student Organization volunteer - Senior Leader
Studio Art - sent 2 supplemental pieces
(You can see them here <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/Rcappa527/2arts.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/Rcappa527/2arts.jpg&lt;/a> if you care, they're small so no one can copy them... Left is a pen stippling, right is a painting)
2nd Place, schoolwide Art Contest
National Honor Society
Honor Roll every semester
National Merit Semifinalist
1st Place, school Biology Fair
Brown University Summer Program
Babysitting job</p>

<p>State: New York
School Type: Private (Catholic)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

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<p>you go to catholic school? i've always wondered what that might be like...</p>

<p>but dude, u have a great chance as well. esp ED</p>

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<p>Are we forgetting that we find out decisions in 29 days? It really doesn't matter what your chances are right now (if you are ED). Just look at last years ED decisions posted on CC. Thats more interesting (due to the wide variety accepted) than just listing out stats. </p>

<p>Good luck to all.</p>

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<p>Applied ED
High School: Public, rarely sends grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.93
GPA - Weighted: 4.52
Class Rank: 1/566</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 700
SAT I Writing: 800
ACT: 32
SAT II Chemistry: 790
SAT II Spanish: 740
SAT II Math Level II: Took in November, should be 750+</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Junior Statesmen of America 11-12 Founding Member, Vice President
Spanish Honorary 10-12 President
Speech and Debate 12
Quiz Bowl 12
Golf 9-12
Mu Alpha Theta Math Honorary 11-12</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:</p>

<p>National Merit Semifinalist
Buckeye Boys State Delegate -- Elected State Senator
County Spanish Award
Most Outstanding Spanish Student Award</p>

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<p>with<em>one</em>voice, you really do have excellent chances! </p>

<p>JYankees, which school? It's really difficult to respond without knowing which school.</p>

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<p>applying to SEAS regular decision</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85 unweighted, top 10% ish</p>

<p>SAT: 2250, 800 math, 760 writing, 690 reading</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 800 math II, 800 physics, 720 bio, 680 chem, 580 world history (don't ask)</p>

<p>hardest courseload available including 3 languages (spanish latin and french)</p>

<p>did a robotics program at penn this past summer and won the final competition. I have a recommendation from one of the penn professors I worked with.</p>

<p>ECS:
captain of school robotics team
saferides officer
tutoring
volunteering at a soup kitchen in the bronx
work 20 hrs/week
art club
science classes at columbia on saturdays in a very prestigious program for students in the tri-state area</p>

<p>2 great teacher recommendations</p>

<p>good essays.</p>

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<p>just wondering-does penn look at unweighted or weighted gpa, or is it by circumstance?</p>

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<p>I think they look at UW gpa, but im not 100% sure...</p>

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<p>Oh, I was for Wharton, sorry</p>

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<p>Reg. Decision
White Male
HS: Strong public, not elite but still competitive
Either CAS or Wharton (do you think my stats are strong enough?)</p>

<p>ACADEMICS:
GPA: 4.4 (W) // 4.0 (UW)
Rank: 1/354
Courseload: Hardest possible
Taking classes at nearby (non-community) college</p>

<p>SCORES:
SAT I: 2300/1580 (800M, 780CR, 720W)
SAT II: 800 MathIIC, 780 History, 750 Chemistry
APs: I took nine tests in total so far, 5's on all except two 4's</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
Model UN | President(12), VP(11) | 9-12 | A few best delegations, some lesser awards
Debate | President(12), VP(11) | 10-12 | Small league, performed quite well
Academic Team | 10-12
Math Honor Society | 10-12
NHS | VP(12) | 12 </p>

<p>Governor's School Summer Program
Boys' State
Debate Camp</p>

<p>A plethora of volunteering with local organizations</p>

<p>AWARDS:
Some Debate and MUN mentioned above
National Merit Semifinalist
National AP Scholar</p>

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<p>Very good chances above, while ur EC's are lacking, u are not a complete bookworm. U are involved in EC's, just not as much as others. But ur academic credentials are superb. and ur taking classes at a college so that should be good. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Wharton ED</p>

<p>Female Chinese </p>

<p>Rank 2/686
GPA: 4.0 unweighted</p>

<p>SAT I
M 800
CR 740
WR 760</p>

<p>2300</p>

<p>SAT II
SAT II 800
Chinese 800
Biology 760</p>

<p>Courses:
took 8 APs already. Taking 6 APs and two college courses senior year. Out of the 8 APS I've taken, I got six 5's and two 4's</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Varsity Golf Captain 4 yrs
Founder and president of my own club 2yrs
Vice President of Math Club 4yrs
Vice President of Asian Club 3 yrs
Piano- 10 years w/ national superior awards
Varsity Basketball (JV captain) 1yr JV, 3 yrs varsity
Class President (9th grade)
other random clubs</p>

<p>Awards:
National Semifinalist
National AP Scholar
kodak young leaders award
NTCE Writing Award
Sports district awards
other random awards</p>

<p>Other activities:
Wharton summer program this past summer (11th grade)
Intern at local college 10th
China Speech and Debate Camp 9th
Business Research for a mega investment firm 10th-12th</p>

<p>Supplementary recommendation from a well-known alum who often speaks at wharton global forums and whom I did business research for.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance of getting in. :) If you don't then I don't know who will lol.</p>

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<p>pyar, are you referring to me in the above post? or someone else?</p>

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<p>damn, there is going to be some very tough competition for Wharton.
So MANY strong people are applying.
You can probably fill up all of Penn (College of Arts & Science, Engineering, WHarton, etc....) with just Wharton kids.</p>

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<p>ipoder, I am refering to you ;)</p>

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<p>CAS ED</p>

<p>African-American Male, Upstate NY Public High School of approx. 800 students.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2160 (690 CR, 750 MA, 720 WR, 11 essay)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Biology-730, Math IIC-720, US History-670</p>

<p>APs: Biology-5, English Literature-4, US History-4, I am taking Government, English Language, Chemistry, and Calculus BC this year.</p>

<p>GPA: Unweighted-96.8/100, Weighted-100.3. All my grades have been A's or A+'s.</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 10%/176
Courseload: Taken highest level courses at my school whenever possible.</p>

<p>ECs (I changed schools after 9th grade)-Cross-Country (9th), Basketball (9th), Jazz Ensemble (Saxophone-9th), Internship at local radio station (9th), JV Basketball (10th), JV Baseball (10th, 11th), Worked as a sportswriter for a local newspaper (summer before 11th), Harvard Model Congress (11th, 12th), Amnesty International (11th, 12th), Summer Academy at Cape Town (this summer), Varsity Baseball (12th), National Honor Society (12th), Founder and president of school's S.T.A.N.D. (A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition) chapter.</p>

<p>Awards-Academic Awards-English, Science, Social Studies, Math (10th), English, Science, Social Studies, Math, Spanish (11th), Harvard Model Congress Award of Excellence, National Achievement Semi-Finalist, AP Scholar</p>

<p>My recommendations and essay are all outstanding.</p>

<p>Additionally: I'm an aspiring Hip Hop artist-still looking for a producer and studio (myspace.com/ryanjobson), I skipped a grade so I'll be 17 when I enter college.</p>