Freaking OUT.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a sophomore, and I want to go to UPenn more than anything! </p>

<p>Last year sucked. I was really lazy and immature, but I realised how stupid I was being towards the end of the year and changed.</p>

<p>9th grade:
Biology H: B/B
Spanish I (honors not offered): B/B (I'm actually great at Spanish, I was just lazy with the homework and stuff.)
U.S History H: A/A
English I H: B/A
Inner Man - Spirituality (honors not offered): B/B
Physical Education: A/A
Algebra I (I am horrible at math, no excuse here.): B/B </p>

<p>No extracurricular activities available. Or APs. I spent most of my time composing and playing the piano, since I thought that music would be the direction I'd go in. </p>

<p>10th (this is the way it will go)
Geometry: B/A
World History H: A/A
English II H: A/A
Chemistry H: B/A
Weight training/Psychology: A/A
Faith and Tradition/Prayer and Spirtuality: A/A
Spanish II (honors not offered): A/A </p>

<p>ECs: JV Volleyball (I despise it, so I'm doing swimming next year), Science Olympiads, Key Club, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, Clearwater Marine Aquarium Junior Educator, Astronomy Club, Nursing Home volunteer, Writer's workshop, National Science Honor Society, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Softball, ASPCA, and a job at Barnes & Noble.</p>

<p>I love marine science, and animals. I also love to write. I am a fingerstyle guitar composer (played the guitar since I was eight; began composing for fingerstyle at 13), and a classical/jazz pianist (began at 14.)</p>

<p>I'm horrible at math but I'm working on it. But I think that all these mathematical people applying to Ivy Leagues is becoming so cliche, and I highly doubt that UPenn ONLY accepts math geniuses. I focus on my talents, and I am showing what I CAN do. </p>

<p>But the PSAT really has me worried :-/. I got like 6 wrong out of 20 on section one of the practice PSAT. This is going to kill me :-/.</p>

<p>Any advice, or help? Chances for UPenn?</p>

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<p>just do as well as you did in your sophomore year as junior/senior year. you have a lot of EC’s and work on math. its too early to tell</p>

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<p>Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>EDIT: When I said that I got 6 out of 20 wrong on the first section of the PSAT, I meant the math section :-/ </p>

<p>I am going to fail the math section…</p>

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<p>And @Batllo, yeah, I had one great teacher in math, when I was in 6th grade (but I was horrible at it then, as well.) But all of my math teachers from 6th grade (especially 7th) up, were useless and lazy people. However, I now go to a new school, and my math teacher is fantastic! It’s still incredibly hard for me, but I am performing better this year. </p>

<p>But the math section on the PSAT will…ugh…</p>

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<p>Bump! 10char :)</p>

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<p>Ok, so today I took the PSAT and I did HORRIBLY on the math section (I literally skipped like 7 in one section)… </p>

<p>but I am absolutely positive that I got over a 700 on the writing section (I found it extremely easy) and a score of 650+ on the Critical Reading.</p>