To chance, or not to chance? Chance (me).

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Visited Penn and loved it. Was deferred SCEA from Princeton (sadness)</p>

<p>School: School of Arts & Sciences for Economics/South Asian studies</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 2270: 740CR, 740M, 790W (superscore)</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 760 World History</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (kind of nervous about this - a number of A-s and a B- in calc 2nd quarter of senior year)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranks or deciles of any sort</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Lang. (5), US Gov’t (5), Macroeconomics (5)
Self studied APs: World History (4), European History (5), Psychology (4), Comparative Gov’t (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Environmental, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit., AP Latin, AP Human Geography, Photography Skills, Gym/Health</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Commended PSAT Scholar, silver medal for National Latin Exam, cum laude certificate for National Latin Exam, and honorable mention for an essay contest hosted by an organization with whom I volunteer</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Human Service Club (Vice President), Latin Honor Society (Vice President), Academic Team (Captain), 3 years of JV Bowling, FBLA (Treasurer; cancelled this year), NHS (economics/history tutor), student rep. on a committee made to improve school performance</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon (3 years)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Hindu rights group volunteer, Hindu Youth Group (in-charge of meals), head teacher for afterschool program chess class</p>

<p>Summer Activities: JSA Princeton (summer after 9th), Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar NJ (10th), Boy’s State (11th), Ivy Scholars at Yale (11th), internship at a prestigious political/business/economics publication on par with Time/Forbes (had a small article published in the print version) (11th)</p>

<p>Essays: CommonApp was memorable, albeit somewhat facetious; Ben Franklin quote I took a unique perspective on (immovable), and I really liked it; why CAS was researched but nothing great</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: From my AP Gov teacher (should be good and I don't think he did any recycling of any sort on it), AP Lang. teacher (she's known to write good LoRs although recycles good chunks of it)</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Good? I mean, don't think it matters much</p>

<p>Additional Rec: my boss from my internship (likely very strong)</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey (rude drivers, pollution, and doesn't help chances... nice state, eh?)
Country (if international applicant): 'Merica
School Type: Run-of-the-mill public
Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $120k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Beautiful hair?</p>

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<p>You’re pretty competitive. Solid ECs, scores, etc. you should have a shot!</p>

<p>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=15268935[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=15268935&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I hope you get in!!! You’re very similar to me methinks… I think you will be competitive but it’s tough! Best of luck </p>

<p>Chance me:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1409730-chance-me-top-schools-thanks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1409730-chance-me-top-schools-thanks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@elnamo: Thanks. Chanced you (for what it’s worth).</p>

<p>@seabasstiano: Thanks, but I’m not chancing you; this is going to sound cruel, but it’s for your better:

  1. You are a sophomore. Considering your app isn’t even complete yet (as in, you have almost two more years to go where you will grow and change, both personality-wise and your app stuff itself), I am not similar to you, “methinks.”
  2. You are a sophomore with no concrete SAT scores. Your chances change significantly when you have a 2040, a 2240, or an 1840, all of which are possible since you’re really on practice tests and don’t know what you will truly score on test day (better if you make better guesses, worse if you nervous out on the actual thing).
  3. You are a sophomore (see a trend developing?). Do not make chance me threads asking about how your app is going. You not only put a drain on CC’s forums (which are ideally for stressing seniors who may need real advice or are seriously anxious), you put yourself up to looking like a fool, which I’m calling you out on. Take my advice and go through actual results threads for your top schools and get a real idea of what makes it, and what doesn’t.
    Sorry if I sound like a jerk here, but I have many aspirations in life. One of them is to cleanup College Confidential. I appreciate your chance regardless.</p>