I never did this chances thing before....it doesn't bite

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>SEAS ED Computer Science. My essays are fine but my app had one or two inconsistancies (i faxed in a correction but it won’t look good. can i overcome that?)</p>

<p>White middle class male from Massachusetts (Russian if that makes a difference)</p>

<p>SAT: 2280 – High math, high verbal, low writing (790m, 800v, 690W) combined over two tests–one new SAT and one old</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 2C, 680 History, 680 Lit, 570 Ecological Bio Freshman year–shouldn’t have taken it :(</p>

<p>Class Rank: 4/186 for Penn but could fluctuate as low (high?) as 6
GPA: weighted around 4.2, unweighted near 4.0 (from a competitive public high school)
AP: US Hist, Government, English, Calculus BC, Economics, Physics, Computer Science</p>

<p>Independent Study in Computational Physics my recommendation from this teacher should be cool. we’re gonna publish something in an undergraduate magazine.</p>

<p>didn’t do well on APs last year: US Hist: 3, Comp Sci: 4</p>

<p>Only wrote down Comp Sci on app…</p>

<p>Activities:
Mock Trial-- Officer grade 12 (10, 11, 12)
Political Action Club-- (11, 12)
International Relations Club-- (11,12)
Student Council-- Class Rep(10, 11), School Treasurer (12)
Chess team – Captain/second board Junior year, first Senior
Math team – Captain won a few awards for top Junior (hopefully Captain next year)</p>

<p>Varsity Track (9,10,11,12) – Captain pretty good, just barely didn’t make states, so not good enough to be recruited. hopefully states this year though for my own ego and stuff.
Varsity Tennis (9,10,11,12)
Ping Pong - Captain</p>

<p>National Honor Society</p>

<p>Piano – Seven years, not concert pianist, but not bad</p>

<p>Helped administer a relatively popular website for three years (8-11…still am an administrator but not as active this year)</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Top Geometry student 9th grade
Rensselaer medal winnder (top Math & Science student)
University of Pennsylvania Book award
Virtual High School award for Computer Science</p>

<p><strong><em>Presidential Physical Fitness award</em></strong>: YES.</p>

<p>Work:
Staples Machines/Merchandise associate
Computer tutor for elderly around town (i guess semi-business but i didn’t write it as one, just wrote tutor)
Tennis tutor at JCC</p>

<p>Trips:
Harvard Model Congress (11,12)
Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (11,12) (at penn…wrote my why essay about part of this)
Youth to Israel (A trip to Eastern Europe last year to find out more about heritage)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
30 hours for Jewish Community
Habitat for Humanity</p>

<p>this thread is unnecessary. 8 Days.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance, but isn't the college the school that offers CS?</p>

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<p>dude, you applied to the wrong school...</p>

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<p>I think the last two posts are jsut being sarcastic. SEAS is the one with Computer Science. lol</p>

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<p>no... if you look on the website, it lists computer science under the college, if it's an engineering field it's under <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.seas.upenn.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>like chemical engineering is <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.cis.upenn.edu&lt;/a> is cs</p>

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<p>Computer Science is part of SEAS.</p>

<p>Quoted from the CIS website:
"The Computer & Information Science Department is part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science."</p>

<p>Link: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/visiting.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/visiting.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>wow, didn't open it lol, i looked at the website and didn't see it under the list!</p>

<p>sorry to worry you jabbermouth (foot in mouth*)</p>

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<p>jabbermouth has committed suicide</p>

<p>they screwed up my major anyway. my interviewer thought i was Biomed...we checked online (the interview was at my house) and it said what i applied for: applied science program in computer science.</p>

<p>In retrospect though, guys, i think you're right, i should have applied to the college (especially with the 40+% increase in SEAS. </p>

<p>Regardless, what do y'all think abou the chances otherwise. Keep in mind the error on the app that i had to send a fax to correct (nothing to do with the major)</p>

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<p>I think SEAS is still easier to get into than the college, even after the huge increase..</p>

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<p>does anyone else think its cool that he/she won the penn book award. <em>salivates</em></p>

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<p>yea... how come penn doesn't offer that to every school? we only had the wellsley book award, and well... i'm not a female, but i took home the bausch and lomb honorary science award, decent consolation prize lol</p>

<p>but i am jealous</p>

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<p>haha the bausch and lomb award is very prestigious i believe.</p>

<p>any other thoughts on the chances? (i know it no longer matters but i never actually got to experience this aspect of my CC adolescence).</p>

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<p>If you dont get in ill cry...b/c then i wont get in either lol</p>

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<p>Phew, for a minute I thought that you were applying to the College (in which case that's one more applicant to make me look bad).</p>

<p>You have a great shot, it would seem.</p>

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<p>lol i guess that's a good sign. i'll keep my fingers crossed until judgement day</p>

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<p>You are me. I'm applying comp sci too. I was the top geo student. We both play piano. AND I GOT THE PRESIDENTIAL PHYSICAL FITNESS AWARD BOOya.</p>