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<p>does it matter that i got like 3 70's in the first term of fresh yr and 3 80's second my grades were bad but then ater i got like nothing under 98 what are my chances for upenn?</p>

<p>chances at</p>

<p>upenn (early)
princeton
harvard
columbia
cornell
boston university
stanford
brown</p>

<p>Freshman yr screw up- like three 70's...from then on all excellent grades nothing below 98
Overal- 95.4
rank-35/800</p>

<p>SAT- 2370
SAT II- four taken- 800,800,800,780
AP exams- world history (4) bio(5) psycology (5) ameircan (5)
going to take psyics calc european next yr</p>

<p>Regents (ny public school thing)- 97 99 68(ouch) 95 99 100 97 99</p>

<p>rigor of secondary school- very good, competitive</p>

<p>Ec- i tutor disadvantaged kids once every week since 2 years ago (soph yr), i used to volunteer at coney island hospital for 2 months then left to volunteer at Maimonides and i am a stem cell researcher at New York-Presbyterian’s Columbia University Medical Center
I am in SING (big play put in my school), the bio med society and in the club-
Help out poverty stricken where i am the leader, i organized 3 funraisers to help raise money to educate poor children in somalia...also 2 fundraisers to buy an acre of threatened rain forest, Model U.N, junior and senior president, drama club and debate
I play soccer on varsity team 2 years and counting</p>

<p>Academic awards= 10,000 scholorship won from an essay contest, Arista (like an honor society), archon (people with a lot of community service, Hoping to be intel semi finalist, national merit (2200 on psat), Christ Bozes High School Medical Essay award 500 dollars, The Laureates of Tomorrow - Nobel Essay Contest</p>

<p>hmmm....reoccurring topic....
....do you have a good explanation for the 70/80 scores?</p>

<p>I think I read on these boards that Stanford doesn't even look at freshman grades. Most places are forgiving of freshman lapses. I think you're in good shape.</p>