I don't get it!?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>So, i've been getting emails from UPenn saying that they want me to go there. I am a junior going to school in a suburb of the DFW metroplex. </p>

<p>What i don't get is, why would UPenn want me to go to their college. Compared to all you other hopefuls, my credentials pale in comparison. </p>

<p>I'm only ranked 9/275 in my class,
have a weighted GPA of 5.00,
1st place at BPA regionals for Software engineering and 6th in state
Have played the cello for a little over 4 years(not that great at it)
interned at BPA compitition
PSAT score was 208
have a paltry 20 hours of community service hours(planning to boost it up over 100 this summer)
im VP of the French National honor society(does not mean much because we NEVER meet!)
an avid artist(have no awards, recognitions to show though : ( )
love history
and im taking 4 AP's this year and 7 the next. </p>

<p>Other info: im Indian(the Asian variety : )) so no URM for me.
My dad went to IIT(Indian Institute of Tech, for those of you who know wat I'm talking about)</p>

<p>So, why would UPenn want me, at best an above average student?</p>

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<p>Emails don’t really matter.</p>

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<p>Yeah, to be honest, colleges give a ton of those emails to kids to get them to apply, usually based solely on people’s PSAT scores and whatnot. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be able to get in if you apply, but your credentials are pretty good anyway so you might as well if you’re interested.</p>

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<p>Really Hiyo_bye?
My other dream school has been MIT but i don’t know what to improve on so as to make myself look better.</p>

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<p>Yes and that’s why you should have given collegeboard a special email account that was set aside for this. Expect at least 1500 spams from all sorts of colleges in the next two years. Now in the second term of senior year, I continue receiving such emails (though, thank god, much much less frequently, like 3 to 5 every month)</p>

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<p>lol, im getting 3-5 emails PER DAY. My email account is really cluttered : (</p>

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<p>I got emails from Columbia, WashU, Northwestern, and a whole slew of elite schools.</p>

<p>They really don’t mean much, but you look like a student who would get into such a school anyway.</p>

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<p>Maybe Penn finally decided to step up their marketing campaign</p>

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<p>You should go. It’s a pretty awesome school if I do say myself ;)</p>

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<p>Wow, Penn is actually contacting prospective students? The only thing I ever got from them was Penn Portal login info after I applied, and then an acceptance letter…</p>

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<p>1 email send – 1/10 cent
1 application from desperate kid -$70
1 application evaluation -$15 (random guess)</p>

<p>profit: $55 per email that solicits an application. Think about it.</p>

<p>On the other hand, you might be a strong applicant and actually get in. Don’t let an email influence you though.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys, i feel a bit more content with my achievements now. : )</p>

<p>I just felt really hopeless after reading about so many CC’ers having ridiculously good creds</p>

<p>(ex.'s: 100’s of hours of community service, qualifiying for AIME, and winning intel compititions, and so on)</p>

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<p>Yeah you’re pretty much a beast… apply. But a 208 on the PSAT = 2080 on the SAT, right? Maybe bump that up a bit just a bit, to be safe, although it’s already technically already good enough.</p>