Pretty please chance me?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I feel pretty stupid because people that usuallly do this have 4.0 GPA's and perfect Sat scores. but anyway</p>

<p>My freshmen year of high school was very difficult. I was in all honors, but my father was terribly ill and had a heart attack. That year I did terrible. My unweighted GPA was 2.6 and my weighted was 3.2</p>

<p>From that point on i made a pact to myself to do good in school, and i believe that i did.</p>

<p>My sophmore unweighted GPA: 3.7 weighted 4.3
My junior year: unweighted GPA: 3.8 weighted 4.8
SAT 1: 2310
SAT 2: Biology, 720 World History, 760
I took all honors and AP classes. I took French all 4 years of high school. And i chose a photography elective all 4 years also.</p>

<p>EC: President of French Club; Treasurer of International Students Organization; Vice President of Electronics Club; Chess Club; French National Honor Society; Key Club; Golf Team; Volunteer 30 hours at local library; 100 Hours at a local hospital; Volunteered 150 hours at a gas station.</p>

<p>I generally love to sing, dance, play guitar, and i'm really into photography.</p>

<p>My dream would be to get into either UPENN, Cornell, or NYU.</p>

<p>Do you think i have a chance?
Thank You, any thing would be greatly appreciated</p>

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<p>Your scores are certainly incredible (SAT I), your SAT IIs are probably average but good enough for Penn (740 average), your GPA must be (2.6 + 3.7 + 3.8) / 3 = 3.37 UW which is definitely below the 25th percentile at Penn. This may hurt your chances. Your weighted GPA seems to be good, but the numbers don’t mean anything without a percentile. I’d be curious what your percentile rank is at your high school. Your ECs are below average and your hobbies don’t seem to be reflected in your ECs. This could be a deterrent as well. Personally I would say without a hook UPenn would be a definite reach, cornell would be a low to mid reach, and I would say with decent essays you are a lock for NYU. I wish you luck! If you get in to Penn please PM me.</p>

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<p>Your ECs are pretty “joiner club” looking unless you really did something interesting in those clubs. Your academics are up to par. Good recs and essays would be essential in your case to give your application some passion.</p>