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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Asian female, from a rural school district
Applying ED</p>

<p>SAT I: Math 780, CR 710, Writing 740
SAT II: Biology M 650, Math I 740, Math II 700</p>

<p>AP Biology: 5 (the only AP course I was allowed to take as a junior)</p>

<p>Class rank: 4th of 170 (unweighted)
GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Academic achievements:
-National Merit Semifinalist
-Attended the Pennsylvania's Governor School for Health Care (5 week program at UPMC)
-School nominee for various awards (Elmira College Key Award, Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Conference, etc...I won't bore you with these)
-National Junior Honor Society
-National Honor Society</p>

<p>Science Olympiad:
-2 medals at Athens Area High School Invitational
-3 medals at the National Invitational in D.C.
-4 Regional Competition medals
-2 State Competition medals
-Science Olympiad Award of Excellence
-Treasurer and Co-Captain</p>

<p>Band:
-Clarinetist (7 years)
-School Marching Band Drum Major
-County Band
-District Band 2nd chair
-Regional Band 1st Chair
-State Wind Ensemble</p>

<p>Piano (12 years)
-School Concert Choir accompanist (9-12)
-County Concert Choir accompanist (10-12)
-Fletcher's Piano Competition Winner (8 consecutive years)</p>

<p>Varsity Swimming:
-Team Co-captain
-3rd Place at District Swim Meet
-Broke the record for 200m freestyle relay at Valley Christmas Invitational</p>

<p>FBLA:
-Regional 1st place(10)
-Regional 2nd place(11)
-Attended State Leadership Conference(10-11)</p>

<p>Community Service:
-Volunteer at local hospital (approx. 200 hours)
-Managed concession stands for FBLA fundraisers
-National Honor Society annual food drive
-Played piano for local nursing home
-National Chemistry Week chem demos for elementary students (11-12)</p>

<p>My essays were undoubtedly a huge headache; I spent a large amount of time on them until I was satisfied. For the "Why Penn" essay, I correlated my specific future career goals with the tools that Penn could offer for me to achieve them. I also wrote about my involvement in my high school community and the great amount of school spirit that is demonstrated on Penn's campus, in addition to the types of students and niches that are available there.</p>

<p>For the "autobiography" essay, I wrote about a certain experience I had during the Governor's School over the summer and how it affected my perception of the world of health care and also the motives of my own ambitions.</p>

<p>And lastly, the Common App essay was about music. I felt like I truly had to write an essay about this; it has been a major part of my life. I wrote about the importance of collaboration that I have seen in my musical ensembles and the never-ending strive for perfection.</p>

<p>Thank you for any comments you may have.</p>

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<p>Your SAT IIs are a bit weak. Which school are you applying to?</p>

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<p>sister!!!
haha im sure u'll get in much better chance than me ....u should see some of their comments to me bout he sats haha pretty much saying y am i even trying =(</p>

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<p>College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>ps: Dondon stop worrying! =)</p>

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<p>I think you are competitive. Good luck.</p>

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<p>u have very good chances in my opinoin...i dont think satII are THAT important</p>

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<p>^um actually, they are STARTiNG to be more important than SAT I in many schools (yes, that is HYP too)</p>

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<p>yea i think they are very important because you take them in your best subjects and its focused on your specialties (whereas the SATs don't really test anything specific)... the subject tests are more related to what you learn in school and probably how well you apply that knowledge</p>

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<p>but then again if they are very important...wouldn't they make it mandatory?</p>

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<p>Aside from the subject tests, how are my chances?</p>

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<p>i think you have a good chance for CAS (without the SAT IIs)</p>