I said I wouldn't do it...but please Chances.. I'd appreciate it

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I would greatly appreciate if someone assesed my chances for UPENN CAS
(Despite anyones comments I;m still applying..because you never know.. ;however, I would greatly appreciate anyone's honesty and helpful criticism</p>

<p>Name: Ian
Ethnicity: African American Male
School: Queens High School for the Sciences at York College ( a specialized high school in nyc...its competitive...we have had students sent to top schools such as Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Uchicago..in only two graduating years with each class of around 90 students...unfrotunately no HYP acceptances)
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 600 CR 610M 630W OUUUUUUCHH!!!!
SAT2: 700 BIo 620 US
I PLAN TO TAKE THE ACT IN SEPTEMBER AND HOPE TO RECIEVE A 33 SO I DONT AHVE TO SEND THESE
Courseload: ALL Academic Classes are honors. My school doesn't offer many AP classes. I took AP BIO and AP US so far.
AP Grades: BIo- 4 US - ?
Senior Courseloud: AP Lit, AP French, AP Calculus BC, Senior Math Team, Advanced Swimming, Astronomy and Microbiology
Awards:
Venture Scholar
Lincoln Douglass Debate Octafinalists
Women's History Month Essay Contest Finalists
Poety Contest Finalists (poem is going to be published)
Programs:
NYU STEP PROGRAM
York College Now Jazz
York College Blue Notes
Clubs:
Co Founder of Baroque Club (Violin)
Captain of Debate Team
Drama Club
Swim Team
Summer:
Engineering Internship
Job at Daycare
Activites:
A Pletheora of Community Service
I can play the piano, trumpet, and violin
trumpet-a jazz group
violin-orchestra
piano- have completed NYSSMA</p>

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<p>your extracurriculars seem really cool and unique with all of the different instruments and you've got a couple solid leadership positions, so you should definitely touch upon those in the essays. don't go overboard in saying all of your activities though, you should really emphasize the ones that are most important to you and show your greatest dedication. SATs wise it could definitely better but if you get your ACT to even 30-31+ i think you could be in decent shape. even higher scores always help though, you wanna try not to mess up your chances with those. you also might wanna check and see the stats of ppl from your school who got into the more selective colleges (USNWR top 20-25) and then you can compare yourself to them to get a better idea of what acceptance letters you'll be receiving from those type of schools, b/c i think those numbers from your demographic and school would help you get a better gauge on things. good luck.</p>

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<p>Do your best with the scores. In displaying your ECs in your app. focus on a few of them, preferably the strongest and most meaningful to you, and keep it clear and concise. Granted your scores will be solid, focus on your essays to get your personality across. Good luck.</p>

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<p>people from my school who had less than 2000 have made it into Brown PLME, UChicago, and Cornell</p>