<p>Please read:</p>
<p>I'm a taiwanese american female, senior competitive public high school in georgia. i would love to be a biochemistry major at Penn...</p>
<p>my problem is that i just got my oct scores, and i dropped 80 pts from june. i put penn as a score recipient. and i don't know if i have any chance with this drop. i'm pretty devastated right now.</p>
<p>SAT:
JUNE: 2240; 690 cr, 780 math, 770 writing
OCT: 2160; 690 cr, 780 math, 690 WRITING (CRAP)</p>
<p>SAT II: 780 math level 2, 740 bio-m
ACT:
APRIL:32; 34 english, 35 math, 26 reading, 32 science
JUNE: 33; 35 english, 36 math, 32 reading, 27 science; I think I'm now retaking this in December.</p>
<p>Rank: 7/501
Numeric Avg Weighted: 99.69ish
AP Classes: 4 World History, 5 Biology, 5 Calculus BC, 4 English Language,
English Literature, Chemistry, Physics B, Statistics </p>
<p>Extracurriculars
1) clubs
student council
junior varsity math
varsity math
science olympiad
orchestra
fencing team
beta club
national honor society
spanish national honor society
fiddle team</p>
<p>2) leadership
freshmen year:
junior varsity math team secretary</p>
<p>sophomore year
varsity math team secretary
student council representative</p>
<p>junior year
varsity math team vice president
science olympiad vice president
student council treasurer</p>
<p>senior year
student council president
nhs treasurer
varsity math team president
science olympiad president</p>
<p>3) music
all state orchestra member for consecutive years
all county orchestra member for consecutive years; junior year i was associate concertmaster; sophomore year i was associate principal 2nd
governor honors program semifinalist for violin
royal schools of music diploma (some exam i used to take every year and got a license to teach)</p>
<p>4) athletics (i don't think i could get recruited though...i didn't fence very much this year because my junior year was hectic)
georgia high school fencing league state champion (freshmen)
georgia high school fencing league state runner up (sophomore)
ranked 6th in the state overall in epee at ga state games
junior olympic qualifier 2007</p>
<p>5) volunteer
volunteer 120+ hours at hospital three years in a row, was the captain of the program last year. the hospital is the 2nd or 3rd best pediatric hospital in the nation
food drives at the biggest sit in dinner in the world during holidays
local nature center
peer tutor biology at school
school renovation... me and student council girls painted all the girl's bathrooms at school... i don't know if this is very relevant but it was interesting lol</p>
<p>6) awards
wellesley college book award
discover card tribute award semifinalist
monte jade society award winner
uga merit scholar
lots of spanish contests...
science olympiad medals... local, regional, and state-- most in entomology and ecology
lots of school level awards...</p>
<p>7) pageantry
national american miss state finalist
miss georgia academic achievement
best recommendations winner
miss talent top 5
national american miss and all american miss pageant qualifier</p>
<p>7) miscellaneous
graphic design... i designed my school's homecoming posters and invitations
fence both epee and sabre
play piano and saxophone as hobby</p>
<p>other schools i'm applying to:
ga tech
washington university in st louis
vanderbilt university
massachusetts institute of technology
uchicago</p>
<p>Penn is my dream school. I don't know how this drop in SAT score will affect me. If I can do good on the December ACT and get deferred possibly, do you think it might help a little?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>