Question about ED at UPENN.

Applying to College
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<p>I'm totally in love with this school and i've wanted to go here since i've started to look at colleges. However, would it be better for me to ED upenn or wait untill regular decision because my stats are on the low side.</p>

<p>Great ECS (Plenty of Committed Leadership Roles)
GREAT GREAT community service
4.0 unweighted
top 15 kids if not higher out of over 600.
female engineer
And heres the pit fall:
1890 on SAT
31 on ACT
640 on Physics SATII
740 on MathII SATII
650 on US SATII</p>

<p>should I ED penn or wait early decision and hope for the best?
Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>A 31 ACT should be fine, and (unless admissions has changed in 2 years) it should also mean you don't have to submit your SATII scores. </p>

<p>ED (especially at Penn) gives you a fair leg up in admissions. The acceptance rate is about double that of the RD admit rate. ED your chances should be pretty good, though not a guarantee.</p>

<p>What sort of engineering are you looking to get into? If it's not BE, Systems, or CBE you could also pull the diversity of being one of a few girls to go into that major.</p>

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<p>I'm looking to go into chemical engineering :)
which usually requires SATIIs doesn't it?</p>

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<p>From the admissions website

[quote]
The American College Test with Writing, may be used in lieu of the SAT Reasoning Test and two SAT Subject Tests.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>I guess it's also dependant on your Math and Science scores. If you did really well on them you should be fine.</p>

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<p>What you want to major in doesn't really matter, but I'm not sure that I'd put it down on the app, because your SAT 2's (if you end up submitting them) are not so high. Apply ED, it gives you a leg up.</p>

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<p>would submitting the ACT only be a disadvantage?</p>

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<p>No. Penn says they accept the ACT in lieu of the SAT so they treat both equally. You will not be at a disadantage. Standardized testing is only one piece of the whole admissions puzzle. With a 31 ACT if they reject you there is something more than just your test score.</p>

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<p>submit your ACT instead of SATs
then retake the SAT II, although you no longer need them becuz of the ACT, it looks good if you get high scores there.
if they dont improve then dont send them
but i would send the math II regardless</p>

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<p>matt, you can NOT chose which scores to send. I am in class of 2009 so we dont get to pick and choose our SATS.</p>

<p>Anyone who has been though early decision process, do you know if you can back out due to financial aid? or view your package early?</p>

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<p>I'm kind of in the same boat as you, applying to UPenn with ED, and with not to overly great SAT and ACTs, except my SAT IIs were 760 for Chem, 770 for US and 660 for Lit (I thought it was going to be LANG, and I didn't even study for it V_V)</p>