Should I even bother applying to UPenn?

Applying to College
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<p>I would be applying to the nursing school.</p>

<p>I'm a senior and when I graduate I will have completed 13 Honors/AP courses during my high school career (9 honors classes, 4 AP classes)
-GPA: 3.88/4.0
-ACT: 28 (will take again in october, aiming for a 29-30)
-Got a 4/5 on my AP English Exam last year
-Tons of community service (Youth group, sunday school teacher, arts and crafts at a local library, and English as a Second Language teacher)
-Century Club for 2 years (over 100+ hours of service)
-Key Club one year
-Field Hockey 2 years
-Golf 2 years
-National Honors Society 2 years
-Accepted into a Pre-College Program at Emory University this summer and took a non credit course in Neuroscience
-I've been working at an animal hospital for about a year, so I'm familiar/involved with some aspects of medicine (I can write one of my essays about this)
-I work 16 hours/week during the school year and 25/week over the summer
-Hosted a french exchange student in 10th grade, and will be an exchange student for 2 weeks in France this spring.
-I am also taking an online class this year (Veterinary Assistant) on top of my rigorous course schedule.</p>

<p>A family friend of ours has connections to admissions and told me he could say something to the admissions officers as well.
Would I even have a chance? Be honest!</p>

<p>Any ideas of other nursing schools I could get into? Thanks</p>

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<p>Yes, apply! I think you have a good shot. But if you don’t apply, you definately won’t get in. In fact, if Penn is your first choice, you should apply early.</p>

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<p>Definitely concentrate on your test scores. Are you thinking of applying ED or RD?</p>

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<p>TBH I think it’s definitely a reach. Your GPA and ECs are good, but bringing up your test scores will make you a much stronger applicant. The “connections” don’t help much since a lot of applicants have some sort of roundabout connection to the ADCOM. Examples of connections that would have a non-negligible impact on your chances of admissions would be a person that you are somewhat close to that is actually on the ADCOM, a person that you are very close to that is closely affiliated with the ADCOM, family members or close family friends that donate millions to the school, or a person that you are close to that is the head of something major that you are going to be in (i.e. you know the head of the nursing school, you plan to be on the track team and your mom is friends with the track coach, etc)</p>

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<p>You never know until you try. I suggest you apply missy/mister!</p>