<p>Please check this out… and repy at this thread.</p>
<p>I am not like everyone on this website…“Perfect”
I just have the aspiration to go to Penn. :)</p>
<p>Anything I could do to improve would be helpful.</p>
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<p>I applaud you for being a "real student," not the typical CC ueber awesome at everything kid.</p>
<p>People are probably going to be harsh in evaluating your chances, but don't let 'em get you down.</p>
<p>I am not..I am an avergae smart kid that wants to get into Penn...with my mindset nothing can bring me down</p>
<p>Selected Colleges:
Your colleges. University of Pennsylvania,<br>
Standardized Tests: SAT I: Verbal: 530 Math: 630 Writing: 560
SAT II: </p>
<p>Academic Strength: Unweighted GPA: 3.62 out of 4.33
Weighted GPA: 0 out of 5.33
Class Rank: 56 out of 718 students.<br>
Extracurricular Activities: Extracurricular: </p>
<p>Marching Band/Drumline
Leadership: Captain/bass drum section leader
Time Spent each week: 12 Hours </p>
<p>Responsibilities/Duties: </p>
<p> Educate beginners marching style
Instruct beginners how to interpret a
coordinate chart (Marching Drill)
Learn cadences/Pep band music for football
games (State Champion football team)
Learns music for marching show (5
competitions)
Learn music/drill for drumline show (Placed
14th out of 75)
Lead the band/drumline
Parades/fundraising/Pep rallies </p>
<p>Youth Group Networking Coordinator/Akshar Dhwani Band
(church band)
Leadership: Drum captain, networking head
Time Spent each week: 4 Hours </p>
<p>Responsibilities/Duties: </p>
<p> Created/updates database (Personal
Information/Attendance)
Coordinate events (Outings/Sports days)
Distribute information via Yahoo! Groups
Mentor youth groups (Sunday service)
Teach/member Akshar Dhwani Band </p>
<p>Science Society
Leadership: President
Time spent each week: 2 Hours </p>
<p>Responsibilities/Duties: </p>
<p> Designate events/Contact Guest speakers
from universities (UTA, UTD, UNT)
Advertises meeting via multimedia
presentations
Set-up experiments/meeting area
Designed shirt
Awards and Recognitions: Awards/honors: </p>
<p> Science Standout Award (Chemistry)
Marcher of the Week Award (School Band)
National Honor Society - member
International Baccalaureate curriculum
Volunteer Service 150 Hours
Mu Alpha Theata (Math Honor Society)
member
Bobsled Team (Computer Science Team)
member
Part-Time Job: Cinemark-Usher - 6 hours a
week
Other Information: Under-represented Minority? no
Location: Texas
International Baccalaureate curriculum </p>
<p>HL English
HL History of the Americas
HL Math Methods
HL Physics
SL Computer Science
SL Spanish
TOK
Extended Essay
CAS </p>
<p>"I WILL BRING SAT SCORES UP!!!!!!!!!"</p>
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<p>That will be key. You need your scores to be around 700 and if all those members in ur EC list become president/vice-president, then you're chances will be much better. Right now, you have what is called a laundry list of ecs, but leadership positions will make you shine. You seem very involved in music which is great...did you know you get music lessons at Penn with an instructor who comes to ur dorm? Can you explain ur GPA to us...like did you mess up freshmen year and this brought your GPA down or is it that you go to an ultra-competitive school...these things matter and will be taken into account by Penn.</p>
<p>Also, can I ask why your weighted GPA is 0? Does that mean you haven't taken any honors/HL classes or that your school doesn't weight GPAs?</p>
<p>Applying ED is a wise move...just be prepared with some safeties. Penn is a reach now, but if you follow some of my advice, I think you'll get there...gl!</p>
<p>I dont know how to calculate my weighted GPA..I have all IB classes...</p>
<p>weighted chart would look like this:</p>
<p>98-100 = 5
93-97 =4.666
89-92 = 4.333
86-88 = 3.666
83 - 85 = 3.333</p>
<p>the regular gpa would subtract 1 from that.</p>
<p>UT-Austin is my safety</p>
<p>I did bad in 8th grade..I had 3 classes which were on my transcript</p>
<p>Ohhh, ok. Like you took advanced math or something grade school and transferred out of it in high school. Make sure your GC explains that. What would your GPA look like without those 3 classes? That actually helps, lol</p>
<p>Taking all IB classes is good...make sure you score high on the exam, that will/may compensate for low standardized test scores</p>
<p>how would I calculate my gpa? the way my school does it or A=4 b=3 c=2</p>
<p>it would be a 3.71 the second way.</p>
<p>Lol, I don't know the rest of your grades...ask your GC. If you had like As/B+s in your high school career (excluding your grade school grades) then I say your GPA is great</p>
<p>it would be a 3.71 the second way. (exculding 8th grade)</p>
<p>there are so many variations to calculate gpa. :)</p>
<p>Ok then your main concern right now should be:
1) Raise SAT scores
2) Score well on you HLs
3) Get mucho leaderschip positions</p>
<p>Also, how good at music are you? Do you play a unique instrument? that could be a hook. And I'm assuming College of Arts and Sciene at Penn...Wharton is insane</p>
<p>I am a percussionist..I am alright...I play bass drum for marching season....no I talking a chance at Wharton.</p>
<p>If I score well on HL how will Penn know? it will be the end of my senior year.</p>
<p>Chances are very low for Wharton. Follow previous advice and be sure to convey your interest in the school. Even so, you need something to stand out in order to get accepted; those stats will NOT get you in.</p>
<p>Is the 3.71 what they take into account for gpa?</p>
<p>I used the method:
(all honors/AP/IB classes)
a =4
b =3
c =2</p>
<p>I also have 92.9930 grade points..can anyone tell me how to interpret this</p>
<p>theres HL math methods? I thought the only math Hl was Math HL the class.</p>
<p>math methods and math studies</p>
<p>i hav very similar stats as you : HS grad class of 07', IB diploma, similar SAT scores, marching band etc and i wanna apply to wharton ED this nov. also !!! gd luck!!!! but i'm very worried about my SAT score it's no where near 2250 :(</p>
<p>hey..I wish you the best of luck..anything can happen...:)</p>
<p>thx~ yup anything can happen ^^</p>