I visited Penn along with around 10 other schools on a trip over Spring Break, and UPenn immediately stood out to me, and I feel like it’s the one place that I belong for the next 4 years.
Demographic:Indian Male, Upper Middle Class
Interest-Chemical Engineering(Subject to change, but I want to be an Engineer)
Stats
-Unweighted GPA-3.87
-Weighted GPA(5.0 Scale)-4.29
-No class rank(Competitive large public school in Illinois)
-ACT-36C(36R, 35W, 35M, 36S), 9/12 Writing
-SAT-1560(800M, 760RW)
-SAT II-Math 2(800), Physics(770)
AP(8 AP Classes total, 5 5s, 3 4s)
-Sophomore Year
-AP Computer Science A-[4]
-AP US History-[4]
-Junior Year
-AP Macroeconomics-[5]
-AP US Government and Politics-[5]
-AP Language and Composition-[5]
-AP Calculus BC-[5]
-AP Physics 1-[5]
-AP Physics 2-[4]
Senior Year Plan
-AP Statistics
-AP Literature and Composition
-AP Physics C Mechanics
-AP Chemistry
ECs
-Indian Classical Violin-10 years(Competed in various competitions around the country)
-Saxophone-7 years(ILMEA state qualifier, Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band)[Section Leader]
-Boy Scouts-5 years(Life Scout, working on Eagle Project and working towards Eagle Scout)[Patrol Leader, Eagle Project]
-Scholastic Bowl team-4 years
-Tennis team-4 years
-Played saxophone in Volunteer band(100+ hours)
-Feed My Starving Children
-Assisted in Eagle Project work with fellow scouts
-3 week Chemistry internship related to Sustainability and Green Chemistry
Employment- 1.5 Years tutoring at local Kumon center
Essays
Will probably talk about my love for music, but haven’t decided yet
How are my chances? Any current students with advice on how they think they got in and other advice in general would be helpful to me also.