Penn ED CAS for one with a UW Below 3.5

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 3.4/4.00 6.4/7.0 W [Freshman-Junior year GPA can be explained somewhat]
Trend:
Freshman Year: 3.4 [6.4]
Sophomore Year: 2.6 [5.6] [killing me]
Junior Year: 3.2 [6.2]
Senior Year: 4.0 [7.0] [taking 6 AP and 2 Honors Classes [Multivariable is one of the honors] [Through 1 MP]</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 10% out of 550 when senior year grades included
School Type: Public, Sends many students to top schools [7 went to Penn last year, 6 of them through ED]
State: NJ</p>

<p>Schedule: Most Rigorous (9 AP, 14 Honors)</p>

<p>Grade Breakdown:
AP classes 8 As, 1 B [Including Sr year 1st MP]
Honors Classes: 4 As, 8 Bs, 2 Cs [Including Sr year 1st MP]</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
Physics AP - A
European History AP - A
World History AP - A
English AP - A
French AP - A
Multi-Variable - A
Psychology AP - A
Spanish AP - A
US History [Online] - 99</p>

<p>Scores</p>

<p>SAT: 2120/2400
760 Math
640 Critical Reading
720 Writing [11 Essay]</p>

<p>ACT: 36 [36 Science, 36 Math, 36 English, 35 Reading, 11 Essay]</p>

<p>Subject Tests:
Bio-E: 710 [got a b in spysics honors]
Math2: 780 [Got a C in precalc honors]
Chem: 800 [Got a C in honors chem]
Physics: 800 [got a b in physics honors]
US: 800 [got a b in us history ap]</p>

<p>AP Tests:
Calc BC: 5 [AB Subscore: 5]
Statistics: 4</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<ul>
<li>Theater (Musical and Drama): Lead Roles in all but 1 show</li>
<li>Habitat for Humanity (President of local chapter): Have been on mission trips</li>
<li>Tutor an Autistic Child in Math [he's learning calculus right now]</li>
<li>Organized a concert in a third world country, raised $24,000 which was donated to charity [I sang 5 songs as well]</li>
<li>Helped special needs children at a school</li>
<li>Organized a cultural show [about my culture] in my area a few times to raise awareness [I was the MC, $10,000 raised to charity]</li>
<li>Also Organized a tolerance awareness thing concerning the Israel Palestine affairs [I was the main speaker]</li>
<li>Volunteer with MoveOn.org; I may do a run from New Jersey to Washington DC To raise money for a foundation
[I did the charity things on my own]</li>
</ul>

<p>Work Experience:</p>

<ul>
<li>Worked at Penn as a research assistant [influential professor in his department but I'm not applying to that one.]</li>
<li>Website Designer</li>
<li>Graphics Designer</li>
</ul>

<p>Other:</p>

<ul>
<li>Chemistry Club</li>
<li>Biology Club</li>
<li>Medical Club</li>
<li>Choir</li>
<li>Green Hope Ambassador</li>
<li>Gay Straight Alliance</li>
<li>Badmitten Club</li>
<li>AIME Qualifier</li>
<li>Honor Roll [lol]</li>
</ul>

<p>Misc
Teacher Recs: Great
Additional Rec [research mentor]: Excellent
Guidance Rec: Excellent
Essay: Amazing [if anybody wants to read them]. Probably the best part of my application.</p>

<p>I've worked at Penn all summer. I've spoken to students. I know exactly why I love Penn and how I could fit in.</p>

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<p>Little to no chance.</p>

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<p>Agree with ^^^^. Deferred ED, ultimately denied.</p>

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<p>I don’t see a deferral. Read Penn’s common data set, unfortunately this is not going to fly. </p>

<p>You’ve been around these boards long enough to start focusing on colleges where you have a shot. Energy going into a Penn ED application is not helping you.</p>

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<p>How much different would this person’s chances be if he/she had a ~3.8 UW GPA?</p>

<p>With a 36 ACT, 2400 SAT II’s, and a few strong EC’s, this person seems like a rather strong applicant aside from GPA.</p>

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<p>A 3.8 is a lot different than a 3.4, especially when you figure than GPA/Rank is by far the most important factor.</p>

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<p>yeahh…I hate to be harsh, but I think that GPA is really going to hurt you :confused: ED usually does help your chances somewhat, but not with those stats… you should try looking at other places. good luck!</p>

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<p>There is no such thing as a strong applicant with a sub par GPA.</p>

<p>GPA is the most important factor. Period. 98% at Penn are in the top 10% of their class, and that’s calculated at the end of junior year, not senior. That includes the hooked.</p>

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<p>We are all so sorry. </p>

<p>Plenty of colleges, many of them worthy of you, would take your application with a smile. But Ivies are notoriously unforgiving, and I don’t believe that you have a chance at Stanford. </p>

<p>Read the Fiske guide all the way through. Do real research. Get rid of the brand name mentality and find the school that’s right for you. ;)</p>

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<p>Wait, I meant Penn. I get those schools mixed up because they’re all the same. >.<</p>

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<p>To hmom5, the OP IS in the top10% of his class, but I agree that chances look slim. I must say you probably have one of the best chances anyone with a 3.4 UW gpa could have though, if that means anything.</p>

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<p>He says he’ll be in the top 10% including senior year. I read that as not presently in it.</p>

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<p>This just shows how little I know about admissions, even after being on the boards for some time. When I read the first post, I actually though there was an okay chance. But I didn’t know GPA was most important…T_T I guess you learn something everyday.</p>