Penn ED Huntsman/CAS?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi Guys,</p>

<p>After doing some research, I think I've found a winner in Penn. I've visited before but after looking at it again online, I just felt it. Anyway, I'm really interested in the Huntsman program and I just wanted to get a gut-check on whether I should try to pursue it. Here are stats:</p>

<p>Race: ORM</p>

<p>Class Rank: No class ranks (would be around top 5-7 out of 600)</p>

<p>GPA: no unweighted at my school, Currently my weighted GPA is 4.30/4 (estimated 4.55-4.60 at end of Junior year)</p>

<p>At my school, honors is +.5 and AP is +1.0 to the GPA (ie, Alg. 1 HN=4.5; AP Calc=5.0)</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>7th
Alg. 1 HN (A) (high school credit)</p>

<p>8th
Geom HN (A) (high school credit)
Spanish 1 (A) (high school credit)</p>

<p>9th
Bio HN (A)
Photo 1 (A)
World History HN (A)
English 9 HN (A)
Spanish 2 (A)
Alg. 2 HN (A)
PE 9 (A)</p>

<p>10th
Chem HN (A)
AP Stats (A)
AP World History (A)
English 10 HN (A)
Precalc w/Trig HN (A)
Spanish 3 (A)
Leadership/Student Gov. (A)
PE 10 (A)</p>

<p>11th (planned)
AP Chem
AP Calc BC
AP Us History
AP Lang
AP Physics B
Spanish 4
Advanced Composition/ Writing Center</p>

<p>12th (planned)
AP Bio
Multivar Calculus/ Matrix Algebra
AP US Gov./AP US Comparative Gov.
AP Lit
AP Physics C
Spanish 5/AP Spanish
Advanced Composition/Writing Center </p>

<p>BTW: this is one of the most competitive sched. @ my school</p>

<p>ECs:
Model UN since 9th grade (running for leadership pos.)
Debate Team (10th grade, almost gar. Secretary position)
Math Honor Society/ Mu Alpha Theta
Art Honor Scoiety
History Honor Society (next year)
Science Honor Society (next year)
Volunteer at highly renown hospital (app. 250 hours by end of Junior year)
Mock Trial (founder, Pres.)
Student rep. at county ecological committee
Writing Center Tutor (maybe a squad leader of about 5 people, we'll see )</p>

<p>Summer:
State Governor's School (only 200 from state get in) or Harvard SSP this summer
After Gov. School this year, volunteer for local Democratic committee
Research internship at local college next summer (also applying to internships at Stanford)</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT: 2270 (770 M, 760 R, 740 W) might retake for 2300+
SAT II:
Bio: 740 (Took last year after Bio HN)
World History: This June, 760+
Math 2: This June, 770+
Spanish: Plan to take June 2013, 750+</p>

<p>As for fin. aid, my parents make around 220k, so we'd only get like 2k a year at most private schools. Even if I apply ED, can I try to negotiate w/ the fin aid officers at Penn to make it a little more affordable </p>

<p>Also, if you think I'm not qualified for Huntsman, what do you think about CAS?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Forgot to mention in ECs:</p>

<p>Rec League Basketball for 6 years, will volunteer coach 7th graders this fall</p>

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<p>C’mon guys, 300 views and nothing. bumpy bump bump</p>

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<p>Also, what do you think of my chances for just Wharton?</p>

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<p>I’d say you have as good a chance as any! Best of luck.
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<p>bumpy bump</p>

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<p>Decent chances because you are applying for ED.</p>

<p>Good luck to you!</p>

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<p>bumpy bump</p>

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<p>What’s your target language? Hopefully not a native one. Huntsman is extremely competitive and gets a boatload of Asian applicants, so I’d say average chances. Zero chance for a cent of aid at $220K.</p>

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<p>I’ll be targeting spanish. Will have been studying for 5 years when applying, and 4 years when I take the Subject SAT next June.</p>

<p>Yea, I had a sneaking suspicion I’d not get alot. But I heard that in some cases, people can negotiate the fin. aid package. Is that true?</p>

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<p>Wow! Fantastic stats. Keep working hard and get the BEST grades possible junior year. </p>

<p>With these stats, you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>No, you can not negotiate financial aid at schools only offering need based aid when you will be seen as not having need.</p>

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<p>your courses and scores definetely stand out alot, also great gpa. ECs seem good as well/
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<p>the reason people haven’t been chancing you is that you’re a sophomore. tbh, I don’t think you should be here, and I say it for your own good. Being on this site will just stress you out mor than you need to be. I would say not to come back til the end of junior year at the earliest</p>

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<p>Huntsman is an incredible program and based on your ECs I think you’d be a solid fit for it. Just make sure you can write a good essay about why you want to be in the program. Also, I would try to do some more “unique” ECs as a way of standing out.</p>

<p>Unless you are really bent on doing International Studies, I think you should have your backup school be Wharton rather than CAS.</p>

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<p>Wow. This is a really old post. These days, I’m not really looking into Penn anymore, but I still plan on majoring in International Relations but also do premed.</p>