<p>I'm sorry, I find these threads just as annoying as you guys probably do. But, I was just REJECTED from UPenn ED, so I'm getting a bit nervous about my RD schools. So, please take some pity on this ivy league reject, and chance me? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>Personal:
Female from Long Island, NY (I know, automatic reject)
White
Competitive public high school
middle-class area; will be applying for financial aid (although I probably will receive none)</p>
<p>Stats:
SATs: 780 M, 760 V, 710 W
2250/2400 or 1540/1600
GPA: 96.658/100 (w)
Class Rank: 18/400 (top 5%)</p>
<p>1 AP Soph year, 4 APs junior year, 4 APs senior year....all 5s on the 5 tests taken so far
Other than the APs, I took every honors/advanced level class available (about 15 total).
I dropped Spanish in favor of taking AP sciences junior year- how much will this hurt me?</p>
<p>Major ECs:
Debate- Captain, competed in state championship, lots of awards
president and founder of 2 other clubs
lots of political campaigning and activism
hospital volunteer- 3 hrs/week for the past 2 years
food bank volunteer- 2 hrs/week for the past year</p>
<p>Thanks for any input. It's greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Oh, and I guess I should mention a few other things.</p>
<p>Although I hate making excuses, my freshman year grades were pretty low b/c I was suffering from a serious illness, which caused me to miss a few months of school. Since then, there's been an obvious upwards trend. If class rank was based on sophomore, junior, and senior years, I would be ranked 3rd out of 400.</p>
<p>My essay was about my illness and getting past it, and it actually won an award in my school, so I'd say it's pretty good.</p>
<p>My Emory supp. essay is ok...I think I rushed it.</p>
<p>Teacher and guidance recs are wonderful, as far as I know. I was unable to read them, but I have a close relationship w/ the teachers I chose and my GC.</p>
<p>Oh, and my SAT IIs were a 720 in math II and a 720 in literature. Good times.</p>
<p>Now that's really it. I promise! </p>
<p>Any responses would really be appreciated!!!</p>
<p>I have similar SAT and GPA, and I rank 6-7 out of maybe 300 or so. My essays were rushed too, and my EC's were mediocre. I got in ED I, and I'd imagine you'd have similar luck, if not better chances.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and not that it matters, but Emory despite what the web site says, doesn't give a crap about SAT IIs unless you're homeschooled.</p>
<p>Penn rejected two kids ED with profiles similar to yours from my school. I just got into Emory ED and I think your chances are very good RD. Go to the ED profile posts for Emory and I think it will put your mind at ease.</p>
<p>Yeah, to be honest, some of the scores in the CC ED thread seem a tad low. Unless Emory significantly started accepting lower SAT/ACT scores, I think us on CC might have lower scores than the avg admit.</p>
<p>insanity90...i was rejected from penn ED too and i have been freaking out thinking im not going to get into college ha...but your chances seem great</p>