My chances of getting into Penn..?

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<p>Hey, I was wondering if you could answer this question for me:
Do you think that a Hispanic Female with the following credentials has a chance of getting in?:
-GPA: 91.5 unweighted, 97.2 weighted
-8 APs by the time high school is over
(this year chem, spanish and french I’m expecting 4s or 5s)
SATs:
-SAT I: Math 800 Reading: 740 Writing: 760
-SAT II: Chemistry: 800 Math IC: 760 French: 800 Spanish: 800 ( I don’t plan to give my spanish as one of the three, since I believe it wouldn’t be fair since I’m a native speaker)
Awards:
-AP Scholar (maybe higher after senoir year)
-National Hispanic Recognition Program
-St. John’s University The Women in Science Recognition
-Who’s Who Among High School Students
-Venture Scholar
Extracurriculars:

  • Hispanic Culture Club (3 years)-Treasurer
  • Relay for Life (3 years)- Team Captain
  • French Honors Society (2 years)
  • Spanish Honors Society (2 years)
  • Community Service in the Hospital (2 years) 2 hours a week, including the summer
    -waitress during the end of junoir year into senoir year
    Junior year summer:
    -Took Pre-Calculus, and Medical Forum</p>

<p>I also plan to include an extra essay about how I’ve been living in the ghettos all my life, and how I believe that if I lived somewhere else I may have performed better (5 people living in a two bedroom apartment it’s almost impossible to be able to concentrate, and if it’s not the family making the noise, it’s the neighbors blasting their music) and how it’s mad me determined to suceed in life and such. </p>

<p>Thank!
-A</p>

<p>P.S. About the Who’s Who Among America’s High School Students, I got the thing in the mail saying that I’d been recognized or nominated something like that, is only filling it out and sending it to them all it takes?
Also, is anyone familiar to the Venture Scholar Program? Does it really help at all?</p>

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<p>Don't worry about it. Write your best essays and hope for the best. One thing I regret is worrying too much about chances and statistics. Go for the gold kiddo.</p>

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<p>You have a chance, but in the college admission process nothing is ever certain :-)</p>

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<p>Don't include Who's Who recognition over other things. I've seen scholarships and applications that don't want you to put it since so many people get it in the country and yeah all you have to do is fill out the bio thing. </p>

<p>Also, it looks like you have a great chance at Penn. Good luck</p>

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<p>You seem to be a more dedicated and focused student than I am...I got into Penn and you are certainly welcome to check my stats using the search here...IMHO, you are more worthy of Penn than I am and if I can get in, you should be able to as well. Granted, I agree with the other people who say that college admissions is sort of a crap shoot or poker game, but even so, you should be a competitive candidate.</p>

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<p>how do I search stats in this site?? (I just joined today) I think it's kind of weird how everyone on the site thinks I have a chance, yet no one in my school seems to think that way..</p>

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<p>On the top part of this site is a blue band with "My Control Panel", "FAQ", and so on...one of those is "Search" with an arrow pointing down. Click on the arrow and click on Advanced Search and there you go!</p>

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<p>Just make sure to have your essay create the sense of achievement or overcoming your background, not some whining excuse for any shortcomings.</p>

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<p>you definitely have a good shot. And about people at your school, they're lying or they just don't know.</p>