Please, please chance me!

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<p>Hey, so I'm currently a junior and I'd like to know if I stand a chance. I'd like to apply to UPenn ED, and if I don't get in, I'm applying to Georgetown, U of Chicago, Cornell, Brown, Stanford, NYU, Johns Hopkins, McGill, and Northwestern. </p>

<p>So, here are my academic stats:
ACT: 35
SAT II Chem: 740
SAT II Biology-M: 760
SAT II World History: 780
SAT II French: 800
Unweighted GPA: 4.0 (1% of my class)</p>

<p>Awards:
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze/Silver/Gold Awards (given to participants who have qualified in physical activities, community service, skills, residential project, and adventurous journeys. And gold is extremely hard to get before graduating)</p>

<p>Headmaster's List (from grade 9 till now): Certificate given to students with 3.8 gpa and over.
Science Award (from grade 9-10)/History Award (from grade 9-10)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Comm.Service:
President of AIDS Awareness Committee
Head of choir
Lead flute in band
Captain of Canadian marching band
Head of Amnesty International
Volunteered at a women's shelter for 200 hrs
Did translating work for foreign migrant workers from Bangladesh, Phillipines, etc working in Korea
Sang at a charity event called 'Toy Tea' in Montreal every December</p>

<p>I go to a small boarding school in Quebec (Canada), and it doesn't have any honors, and it only offers APs to 12th graders. So, I'm currently self-studying human geography and microeconomics, and planning on taking the exams in May.
I'm Korean, and I'm trilingual (speak fluent English, Korean and French). </p>

<p>Please, please, please chance me! (Oh, and I'd like to major in international relations)</p>

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<p>i think you have a good shot at those schools, you definitely have the numbers and your ECs are pretty unique. do you have anything that can show leadership?</p>

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<p>pretty darn solid here. keep up the good work</p>

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<p>I would say youre a solid applicant. But a “solid applicant” + Canadian = In</p>

<p>Aside from that, the only thing keeping you out would be essays. There seems to have been less emphasis on the quantitative stuff this year and more on the essays</p>

<p>Good Luck…December 11th is only 11 months away!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Oh, and another question. At my school, 12th graders can become prefects (or school presidents), but would it be detrimental if I don’t try out for it because I’d so super busy next year? I know that I can be one, but I just don’t want to waste my time doing stuff that I don’t want to do.</p>

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<p>PoliSci (I.R.) is becoming increasingly popular here at Penn [which is good :slight_smile: ] </p>

<p>If you apply early, I would say
85% chance you get admitted
10% chance you get deferred
5% chance you get denied</p>