<p>Waiting, and I desperately need some validation (or even rejection would be nice, just some opinion on what's going to happen so I lose some of this damned uncertainty) so I don't lose my mind.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 770/800/780
SAT II (subject, score): Chem 750 Math 2 740 Lit 740
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: UW 3.78 / W 4.38 (weakest area, I've gotten my fair share of B's)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank. Top 15% for sure, pretty sure around 9-12%.
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Calc AB - 5, WHAP - 4, Chem - 4, ELit - 4, Physics B - 4
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish AP, Physics AP, Calc BC AP, and an English Honors class. Small note - due to a good amount of extracurrics i have 12 grades on my transcript but only 7 classes, which is way more than usual for any in my grade
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 5 including me, none stand out that much though.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Some service awards
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar w/Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Job/Work Experience: None in the school year
Volunteer/Community Service: About 500 hours done so far (which I believe is the most in my year). Majority have been with this program for lower-income kids - since Junior year I have tutored or taught about 4 hours a week. Also helped with shelters, about 2 hours a week from frosh-2nd semester junior year. (I actually have about 650 hours done but I didn't enter a lot)
Summer Experience: After soph year, I was a graphic design/marketing intern at a startup. Designed website, made strategies, etc.
After Junior Year - taught at same program for lower income kids. Paid small stipend. Very intensive program, about 8 weeks but the general clock in/clock out was from 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM. It's a pretty well recognized program.
Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher, fantastic rec. He's known for writing great recs, and I TA for him - he knows me really well, we're very close.
Teacher Recommendation #2: Calc Teacher, Great rec. Also known for writing good recs, and we're also pretty close.
Counselor Rec: Pretty Good
Additional Info/Rec: Very good, from employer I worked with over the summer. Factors well into my essay.
Interview: I thought it was pretty good - guy right out of Penn, but it might've been a little bit informal.</p>
<p>Other stuff
Speech and Debate, 4 years, various awards. VLD captain.
Link Crew, 2 years.
Leader of immersions at my school - I wrote about some of these in my commonapp.
Various clubs and stuff at my school, I just put down 2 that I'm the president/co-president of.</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 9.5. I did a lot of work for this essay, and everyone that read it really really liked it. Written about service - I'm applying to PPE with the intent of getting a law degree to do government work, it related pretty well.
CommonApp Essay: 8. It was alright. Lot of work put in, and certainly good - friends that read it said it was a 9 or 10, but it was not near the quality of my penn essay. So, 8.</p>
<p>Other:
Date Submitted App: 10/25
U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Pakistani
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: Pretty high up there
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Uhhhhhhh</p>
<p>So if all y'all could just chance a brotha it'd be much appreciated</p>
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