<p>I will be applying to Penn for Fall 2006 and i wanted an honest opinion on my stats. I graduated HS in 2003 with a very poor gpa, rank, and SATs (i basically got rejected from every college i applied to). I didn't try at all during high school and didn't take anything seriously. I took a year off after graduation and worked full-time and finally got a wake-up call. I enrolled in community college the next fall in 2004. Did pretty well, 3.8 cumulative gpa (but with one W each semester). During community college, I applied to Rutgers and Temple (got rejected during high school) and got accepted into both for fall 2005. I entered Rutgers for fall 2005 and completed 12 credits with a 3.875 gpa (but once again with a W, should've completed 15 credits).</p>
<p>So I was wondering if I should even try applying to UPENN since my HS credentials are so poor, and I was also wondering if the W's will matter that much. Do I even have a slight chance? Also, most of my classes are from a business-core curriculum and I would really want to apply to wharton. If that is too far-fetched, I would apply to the College at Penn as an Econ major. Also, I will be applying as an incoming sophomore because I will not have enough credits to be considered a junior by next fall. Any comments or suggestions would help. Thanks.</p>
<p>How many credits will you have? I had a lackluster highschool experience, but am applying to Penn as a junior with grade similar to yours. I have 61 credits completed now, and by the time I would enter Penn, I'd have about 80 credits (20 of course will dropped).</p>
<p>i have 30 credits right now, and will have around 48 completed by next fall. i will be applying as a sophomore, and the website says its easier to enter as a sophomore because there are more available spaces. but does anybody have any comments about my chances?</p>
<p>yeah, thanks 'screenname'. it is 2 semesters at community, 1 at rutgers, also taking a winter class right now. and im pretty sure penn will ask for my spring grades later in may</p>
<p>yeah, so far i've applied to purdue, umd-college park, ohio state, indiana univ-bloomington, cuny-baruch, and RIT. </p>
<p>ivy league does seem like im shooting high, but i wanted to try at least one. i'm scratching cornell off the list because the aem program requires 6 creds of bio, so its either PENN SAS or NYU Stern that i'll apply to.</p>
<p>can anybody give me reach schools i should go for? if you look at the post before this, those are the schools i have applied to recently, and i want to apply to at least 2 more schools that are more selective and have better accounting/finance programs. thanks.</p>
<p>couple of friends i know go there, i visited the campus and that place is just not for me. i'm considering applying to georgetown and stern and just forgetting about penn.</p>
<p>hey jL_visionz I'm kind of in the same boat as you, except I'm a year behind you... that is, I'm still in my first year of community college. Just wanted to say good luck dude, cause I know how you feel; I didn't do jack in high school even though I'm very smart, so now I'm trying to salvage everything and go to Univ. of MD next year, hopefully, although I only have a 3.0 gpa in CC as of now, looking to raise it to a 3.4 by May. Good luck to both of us fckups, lol</p>