Penn Ed Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I waited to do this until i had ALL of the final stats that I was going to apply to college with, so here it is. I am going to be applying to colleges this fall, and I want to apply to Penn (Arts and Sciences) Early Decision. What do you think of my chances?</p>

<p>Public High School (sends like 20-30 to ivys or ivy-level schools each year)
about 280 kids in my grade
GPA- 3.82 unweighted (out of 4.00) (my school does not weight or rank)
SAT- 2300 superscored (800 CR, 720 Math, 780 Writing)
SATIIs- US History- 790
Bio M- 720
I have taken the most rigorous courseload at my school. My schedule for senior year is: AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, AP French, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Masterpieces (english). </p>

<p>EC's/Awards: (they are condensed, but READ them)
-Independent Social Science Research: I have won Merit and 1st Place in 2 local competitions, and I am submitting my project to Intel this fall as well as other competitions in the spring.
-Research Internship at Columbia University (during summer of 2007)- there was an extensive intervew and application process- selective
-Internship with Local Government- won leadership award
-Vice President of Model Congress Club- member for all 4 years of high school and have been VP for Jr. and Sr. years- I also have won 4 1st place awards and 2 honorable mentions at competitions
-Editor for School Newspaper- Soph, Jr. and Sr. year
-have about 170 community service hours
-went to upstate NY with Habitat for Humanity and built homes
-went to New Orleans and helped clean up/build houses 5 months after Katrina
-qualified for State Tournament Fr. and Jr. year for Student Congress (part of Forensics club)
-won Local History Competition and monetary award</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Teacher- 1: Jr. year AP US history teacher- pretty good
2: Fr., Jr., and Sr. year French teacher- great
Guidence Counselor- called me his "favorite student," so i expect it to be incredible</p>

<p>Essays- working on them now- they are looking pretty good. </p>

<p>I hope i'm not forgetting anything. Tell me what you guys think. If you have any questions, please ask. Thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>ah SORRY i did forget some stuff.</p>

<p>AP Courses:
AP Stat- 4
AP Us History- 5
AP Euro- 5
AP Psych- 5
AP Bio- 5
- I am taking the exam for all of the courses that I am taking senior year, so I will have 11 APs by graduation. </p>

<p>ALSO- I was National Merit Commended</p>

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<p>I think you have a very good chance to get into Penn. Ur scores are really great!!! You should be proud...</p>

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<p>chances seem good... ;)</p>

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<p>I also think your chances are good.</p>

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<p>what are you going to be majoring in?</p>

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<p>Yay Penn ED! hehe</p>

<p>I think you have a really good chance (assuming you're not a URM or from a very under-represented state, in which case you'd be almost a lock with ED)... But yes, even w/o either of those things I think you have a good chance.</p>

<p>Good luck! You're crazy talented... Hope to see you at Penn in a year!</p>

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<p>thanks everyone. </p>

<p>with one voice: i'm a white jew from new york (so no URM or under-represented state). </p>

<p>ivyleague104: i think i'm going to major in PPE (philosophy, politics, economics) at Penn- if not, maybe history or poli sci or something like that.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>Well, I was going to say that you have a great shot, but I guess we are instead having a marquee of repeated symbols. Here are mine:</p>

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<p>yeah about that repeated symbol thing....i got a bit confused by "eating food"'s post, so i responded with that. thanks a lot for everybodys input.
quick question: do you think it would be better if i took the Math IIC SATII, or do you think i'm fine now?</p>