<p>Senior + nerves = chances thread. </p>
<p>Here it goes guys!</p>
<ul>
<li>Female</li>
<li>Hispanic</li>
<li>South Florida</li>
<li>Income: < 20,000</li>
<li>Where: WHARTON!</li>
<li>Applying: Regular Decision Questbridge Finalist (I couldn't be matched because I am not a citizen or permanent resident yet and thus count as "domestic international")</li>
<li>GPA: 3.7 UW / 4.6 W</li>
<li>Rank: Top 5%</li>
<li>SAT: 690 M / 700 R/ 740 W</li>
<li>SAT 2: Math 1 670 / World Hist. 710 / Spanish 800</li>
<li>ACT: 31</li>
<li>APs: English Language (5) , Span. Lang. (5), Span. Literature (5), World History (5), U.S. Government (3)</li>
<li>Senior courseload: AP American history, AP Calculus AB, AP Art Portfolio, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature. </li>
</ul>
<p>(I ran out of APs to take in my school so they let me take IBs without been in the program: IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Chemistry 3, IB Biology 2)</p>
<p>I am also taking Anatomy & Physiology but that's an Honors course. That's my entire senior courseload. (I am taking the AP Chem and AP Micro exams as well)</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction (First in my school in >6 years), Questbridge Finalist. Lots of minor awards in foreign language. </p></li>
<li><p>ECs:</p></li>
<li><p>President of my class for 2 years. Extremely dedicated. Means a lot to me. Wrote one of the essays on it. </p></li>
<li><p>Individual research on ALS (Haven't really worked with anyone, but simply spent the year studying the disease on my own.) Wrote another essay on it. </p></li>
<li><p>Lots of minor activities in politics (Wrote another essay on it)</p></li>
<li><p>Interview: Great.</p></li>
<li><p>Hook?
When I first began high school, I was going to drop out (my family was always encouraging and supportive but my entire environment aka ghettoness said otherwise.) So in my transcript, my first semester of freshman year has the grades of a dropout. Wrote my Autobiographical essay on how I got to believe in myself and did a 180 turn. From sophomore year to senior year, I've taken at least 10 classes a year (at school, plus online, plus over the summer). Went from ranking in the bottom 50% to ranking in the top 5%</p></li>
<li><p>Essays (9 total plus 15 short responses. Questbridge asked for 5 essays and the Penn Supplement was four more. I used the "additional information" whenever I could)</p>
<h1>1: Autobiography. Growing up how I did.</h1>
<h1>2: All that has pushed me to wanting to one day become a politician</h1>
<h1>3: ALS research. Deep interest in the natural sciences.</h1>
<h1>4: President of my class.</h1>
<h1>5: Why Penn: Wharton and dual degree programs. Don't have to compromise my interest in business and science. Encourages me to explore all my intellectual curiosities.</h1>
<h1>6: Professor essay: Dr. Virginia Lee of Neurology Department. Worked on EXACTLY what I had researched throughout my summer (ALS + prions)</h1>
<p>The other essays were on my resilience, explaining my huge courseload, etc. </p></li>
</ul>
<p>Wharton has been my dream since sophomore year. I am also applying to:
- MIT
- Rice
- Swarthmore</p>
<p>How do I stand? I am nervous because I really wanted at least a 700 in the SAT Math. Thank you guys!!!</p>