My chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>hi everyone
here’s my stats can anyone help me to predict my chances?</p>

<p>asian/female/canadian
big (2000 people) public school</p>

<p>hopefully major in finance/banking, or actuarial science, economics, or accounting</p>

<p>sat I-hopefully above 2300 (800m750r750w)
sat II planning to take four
hopefully
mathI800
mathII800
french with listening 750
chinese with listening 800</p>

<p>i didnt take my sats yet since i’m going to gr 11 this september, planning to take them in march.</p>

<p>i go to a public school in canada so we dont have ap courses, does that hurt my chance?</p>

<p>also i’m currently helping an registered accountant to set up a tax course for high school students, so i have some knowledge in taxation and business, this guys is knwon in canada for teaching high school kids and making them quite good but i dont think anyone in US knows him. i’m working without pay so i wonder if i should continue? he taught me software and some tax knowledge, tho.</p>

<p>planning to work at night during school years , like 12 hours/week</p>

<p>contests
last year’s only
amc10 150
aime 9
usamo qualifier</p>

<p>comc 65(kind of bad)
school champion for all canadian contests
invited to national math camp this summer</p>

<p>volunteer
200 hours now, hope to work more (as a cashier in gift shop at a hospital)</p>

<p>grades
95+ for all subjects other than english (92) and history (92), i took the most challenging things offered in my school, which is like “academic”</p>

<p>ec’s
student council treasurer
math club prez
yearbook photographer/co-editor
school ambassador
drama club</p>

<p>dats pretty much it
i still have one whole year to work towards it, how do you think about it? what is my chance?</p>

<p>thank you!</p>

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<p>Exactly you still have time. The fact that your school does not offer AP courses would not hurt you per se. IF you take the hardest courses offered in your school then you would be fine. But remember that you can easily go to a local college and take some college classes. That would look good on your college application. Don't put the bar that high for your expected SAT grades, because if you don't reach it, you will be unhappy. Make it reasonable. Then if you get higher that that level then you will feel like you accomplished a big feat. You have good grades. 2000 people is not a lot of people for a school. My school has nearly 5000. Which undergraduate college in Penn are you thinking about applying to?</p>

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<p>There's no need to take both math SATIIs.</p>

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<p>thanks theworld8905
i'm thinking about wharton, you?</p>

<p>about community college, do you just go and apply? like when do you go there?
is it expensive? does it matter if the college is kind of bad?</p>

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<p>username321
can you suggest something else for me to take?
i only take chemistry in school for science and i live in canada so there's no us history</p>

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<p>Why are you taking four to begin with? But if you insist, why not take the chem satII?</p>

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<p>will it be too hard?
i mean all i will have is the thing taught in our school
i do a lot of math on my own, but i dont really do much science</p>

<p>if i only do one math but 2 languages, i'm afraid the chinese one will look kinda cheap since i am from china?</p>

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<p>An 800 Chinese is certainly nice, but if you're a native speaker, it wouldn't be as impressive as an 800 from someone who isn't native. That's just my take on it though. I think you should focus on Math and French for your SAT2 tests.</p>

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<p>I agree with legendofmax regarding the language tests... and I just emailed my regional admissions officer with the same question about native speakers of a language taking that same SAT II, she said that PENN looks at your top-two scores, so you might as well have an 800 in your bag than take something else and get a lower score.</p>