<p>I am in love with UPenn and am thinking about applying ED. However my stats are so below average that I am also thinking that it is a total waste of time. So what do you think?</p>
<p>ABOUT ME
Going to be a senior
Live in PA
Upper Middle-Class
I plan to major in chemistry and hopefully go to medical school.</p>
<p>CLASSES
9th grade - 4 Honors
10th grade - 4 Honors
11th grade - 4 Honors, AP Calc BC
12th grade - 1 Honors, AP Spanish Language, AP Chemistry, AP Euro History</p>
<p>STATS
GPA - 4.12 W / 3.77 UW
Rank - 65/551
SAT - 620 M / 440 V / 580 W (1640/1060) (I know, enough said)
ACT - Planning to take in Sept. (Hoping for 27-30)</p>
<p>ACTIVITIES (also for 12th grade)
Tennis (9-12) (Varsity 11-12)
NHS (11-12)
SHS (11-12)
Bowling (6-12) (Captain 7-12) (Not for high school)
Altar Server (5-12) (80+ hrs)
Volunteering at Hopsital (9) (50+ hrs)
Attended National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (Summer between 11-12) (Awesome time)
Madel U.N. (9) (Club was discontinued)
Attended spanish camp for a week (Summer between 10-11)</p>
<p>AWARDS
Spanish Academic Award (10,11)
Latin Academic Award (10,11)
Varsity Tennis Letter (11)</p>
<p>sat score, no offense, is absolutely terrible for upenn, yo really have to take it over again. Also, plan for at least 32 on act's to be relatively safe.</p>
<p>tkae some sat2's maybe spanish, is there latin? math 2?</p>
<p>your ec's aren't really notable except bowling and altar service- maybe an essay topic?</p>
<p>if you don't work out ur test score problems, no chance, sorry.</p>
<p>if you do work out your test score problems:
if you are white, asian, or have no real hook, eh. far reach.
if you are a minority, far reach/normal reach (which is a not bad chance, considering this is an ivy league, and a popular one at that)</p>
<p>work on that essay. it should nothing short of amazing, and that would hlep your record a good amt i think.</p>
<p>Work really hard to get your scores up and try to get RECRUITED. How many AP courses are offered at your school? If there are many, and you only took four, then that's another strike against you. Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I kinda saw this coming, but I will live.</p>
<p>Lucky98: I don't know how the recruitment things works, but I'll see. At my school there are about 12-13 AP's. However 4 is considered a lot here.</p>
<p>If you're thinking about applying ED to another school that is not nearly as selective as Penn, you shouldn't waste your ED at Penn. No offense, but I doubt you could get into ANY top 30 university.</p>
<p>"Work really hard to get your scores up and try to get RECRUITED. How many AP courses are offered at your school? If there are many, and you only took four, then that's another strike against you. Good luck."</p>
<p>ACtually that is not always true. My school offers a lot of AP courses. But due to the fact that my school has a major system like colleges and the major that I choose had no APs junior year (and my school only allows a person to take 3 APs outside of your major, I have taken one of them, and the test for a second one so 2/3). I am going into senior year with two APs and taking 5.</p>
<p>My point is that every school environment is diffeernt and colleges know that. A representative from Harvard visited my school during a college fair, he told me that they look at the school profile and they even know about the special way that my school is set up. So tennisace2007 this might not be a strike against you per se, only if the situation I described (or something similar) goes on in your school. Good luck.</p>