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<p>SAT I: 2000
* SAT IIs: 790 korean, 590 bio m (i know...), 610 math 1
* GPA: 91 uw, 94 w. (3.7/4.0)
* Rank: top 11%.
* APs/IBs: us history 3, english language and composition 4, will be taking ap calc ab, ap bio, ap english lit, and ap french language
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Honor Roll recipient, President's Volunteer Service Gold Award, All SJ Honors Symphonic Band, National French Exam Top 6%, Scholar Award at my school, Most Distinguished member of Key Club, and my marching band won a whole bunch of titles.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

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<li>ECs: Key Club (committee chairperson),
Marching band (section leader, field sergeant)
Symphonic Band (section leader)
NHS
French Honor Society
French Club (President)
Musical Orchestra
Class Council
School Aid</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: just helped out at parents restaurant
Volunteered 624 hours</li>
<li>Recs: i'm sure all are stellar.</li>
<li>Essay: I showed a couple of people and they all seemed to love it.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: new jersey.</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation</li>
<li>Strengths/Weaknesses: grades probably, i have two C's on my transcript, and some pretty baaaad grades for my senior first semester so far on 2 of my AP classes.</li>
</ul>

<p>thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>anyoneee??</p>

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<p>Your ECs and rank are fine. SATs could limit your chances at the ivies, you typically need a 2200+. Your GPA isn’t stellar either, but I guess it’s decent. If I were you, I would retake the SATs in january and send scores to the schools that still accept them. Being first generation is certainly a boost, but does not by any means guarantee admission. I hate to say this, but being asian, and an overrepresented minority, you will be held to higher standard than say a first generation hispanic. Nevertheless, I believe that with good recs and brilliant essays you still have a chance. Good Luck :)</p>

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<p>Ya definately (and I mean this really isnt even a choice) retake the SATs for UPenn. As of now, while the other components of your application range from adequate to good for UPenn, your test scores will prbly destroy you at most the ivies. Work on it. I think you will need a 2150 to have a serious shot at UPenn. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>thanks for the constructive criticism guys!
my problem is that i think im taking the math 2 sat IIs this coming up january so i dont think i can take the SAT I again… could i do anything else?</p>

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<p>99% of the freshman class is in the top 10%. The rest are probably rich kids.<br>
Unless you can bring that up I wouldn’t expect anything?</p>

<p>And nj and sat doesn’t help. </p>

<p>I’m being honest (brutally)</p>

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<p>Ok…well have you tried taking the ACT? I know that some schools, like UChicago, accept February ACT scores, so you could try that. Oh wait…i just looked it up, they only accept january test scores. Well…I would say just really try to write AMAAAZZING essays and if you’re taking Math II then you should probably take Bio as well.</p>

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<p>okay thank you!
even to the brutallly honest one. haha</p>

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<p>790 korean —> Failure</p>

<p>don’t bother</p>

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<p>Put everything you have into your essays. Write something that is totally out there and completely unique and you will have a chance. I would definitely suggest taking the ACT as well. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>It’s all about your essays. A lot of applicants have similar stats; only few have outstanding essays.</p>

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<p>^ completely agree</p>

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<p>i really put everything into my essays, but i really cant be the judge of them…</p>

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<p>You could try sending your essays to a few others and see what they think.^^^</p>

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<p>haha only if you’ll really critique it. some people havent gotten back to me :/</p>

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<p>this is one way to test how good your essay is. Grab a few essays from the internet. Print them out. Print your essay out. Give them to a parent or a peer and ask them to choose the best one. If yours doesn’t get picked, you know you have work to do.</p>

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<p>That’s a really good idea!</p>

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<p>that actually is a really good idea, only thing is that i sent my app in already last night. but still i think that’d be a good idea. thanks!</p>

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<p>would you guys say im a long shot for penn?</p>

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<p>You were wrong.</p>

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