Please chance me for ED UPenn

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<p>Please chance me for ED UPenn</p>

<p>Background Information
~ From: NJ
~ Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic (born outside the US)</p>

<p>Current School
---- Rank: 1 out of 295
---- Cumulative Unweighted GPA: 4.0
---- Type: rarely sends grads to ivy leagues, competitive schools
---- Graduating in June 2010</p>

<p>Classes Taken & to be Taken
(My school offers very few APs, and i have taken the most challenging schedule possible at my school.)</p>

<p>Standardized Test Scores (I plan to retake SAT/ACT)
~ SAT Scores (2060/2400)
---- Math: 690
---- Reading: 680
---- Writing: 690
~ SAT II Scores
---- Bio: 790
---- Physics: 740
---- Math 2: 750
~ ACT: 32 composite</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
~ Science Club (president)
~ Health Care Careers Club (vice-president)
~ National Honor Society (vice-president)
~ New Jersey Governor's School in the Sciences
~ Future Business Leaders of America
-- Won first place in regional FBLA competions two years in a row (10th and 11th)
~ Volunteering at a local hospital (summer) and at a local school for disabled children (during school year)
~ Tutor since 10th grade once a week
~ ERASE club (member/ a club concerned with culture awareness, etc.)
~ Rotary Interact Club (member)</p>

<p>Recommendations
~ AP English Teacher (should be excellent)
~ AP Calc teacher (should be pretty good)</p>

<p>Notes
~ I plan to major in biochemistry and attend medical school in the future. </p>

<p>Thank you for taking the time to read this!!</p>

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<p>good chances. what i would do to increase yr chances: take the sat again and improve your scores. no one wants to see a doctor w/ a 690 sat math.</p>

<p>nonetheless, yr doing well, and i hope to see u in 2010!</p>

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<p>The only things hurting you are your SAT scores.</p>

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<p>i can assure you that SAT math scores have no bearing on becoming a doctor. my uncle got a 550 SAT math back in the day(it re-centers to a 560 so don’t use re-centering as an argument). he went to Columbia for med iirc.</p>

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<p>of course med schools don’t care about yr sats but when u apply 2 college u have 2 state yr interests. if i were an admissions officer and i saw a 690 and a kid wanting to be pre-med, i would like towards my pile of kids w/ 800s who want to be pre-med.</p>

<p>anyway, it’s easy enough to fix this. yr solid other than yr sats. just study really hard and take the test again.</p>

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<p>Lots of ec’s and great gpa. but i would sharpen those sat scores for penn.</p>

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<p>Thanks! And I’m retaking SAT in October and judging by the practice tests I’ve been taking it should increase. And hope to see some of you in 2010!! :D</p>