Upenn early decision! do i have a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hi. i live in souther california and attend a pretty good suburban school that was selected as california distinguished school as one of 261 schools (including middle) out of about 2400 middle and high schools.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) i don't know how to get weighted gpa. can someone approximate it for me by looking at my classes and grades?
SAT: 2140 - 800WR, 760M, 580CR(i know it's really bad) i plan to take it again in oct.
SAT II: 800 korean(came to US at nearly the end of 3rd grade (in May)), 800 Math level 2, 770 chem
AP: US History 5
Chem 4
Schedule:
9th
World History Honors(summer school) A/A
Advanced concert band A/A
Marching Band A/A
Geometry A/A
Biology Honors A-/A
English1 Honors A/A
German 1 A+/A+</p>

<p>10th
Advanced concert band A/A+
Marching Band A/A
Algebra 2 honors A-/A
Chemistry Honors A/A
English 2 honors A/A
German 2 A+/A+</p>

<p>11th
Advanced Concert Band A+/A+
Math Analasys(pre-calc) honors A/A
Chemistry AP A/A
US History AP A/A
English 3 honors A-/A
German 3 honors A+/A+</p>

<p>classes to take 12th grade:
Human Geography AP
US Government & Politics AP
English Literature & Composition AP
Calculus AB AP
German 4 honors
computer applications/state required course (health, driver's ed, etc.); these are semester courses</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities
-Regional Youth Orchestra (very well known in southern california):Assistant Principal Clarinet 3 years, probably will be principal next year.
-VOCE Music Competition Regional 1st place 2007,2008,2009
-VOCE(same as above, but not regional) state finalist (honorable mention in state finals; the only one. there's one of each of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention)
-Certificate of Merit Level Advanced Panel Masterclass (state-wide) only 3 clarinets were selected for the masterclass.
-John Walker competition (city-wide) 1st place 2007(lower-Division), 2008(upper-Division)
-Interact Club (nation-wide service club, but this is my school chapter): 4 years - cabinet(11), secretary(12)
-National Honor Society: 3 years - cabinet(11), parliamentarian(12)
-community service at a mental institute: 1 hour every week for one and a half years now</p>

<p>Awards/honors
Foreign Language Award-Outstanding German Student: 2008,2009
honor roll
my school's principal changed when i came in and he doesn't give any honors or awards. My brother's prinipal gave honors like dean's list and prinipal's award T.T</p>

<p>so please see if I have chance for Upenn ED(NOT Wharton; Arts&Science) and:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
NYU Stern
Columbia
Washington University in St.Louis
(I haven't finalized the list yet)</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH!</p>

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<p>i forgot to add my class rank.
class rank: 1/740</p>

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<p>You get a weighted GPA if you took AP/honors… i dun think u took any aps yet so u dun have a weighted gpa</p>

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<p>Ivies like Upenn and Columbia are almost impossible to chance… You can’t really predict them. Your stats are impressive though and I’m almost certain the other schools will accept you.</p>

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<p>My opinion is that your chance at UPenn is better than you might think - be sure to apply ED – CAS is a good fit for you! Best of luck and get ready for that acceptance letter in December!</p>

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<p>Solid chances, although music-related ECs are very common, especially among Asians.</p>

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<p>Not at all true, especially of penn.</p>

<p>You would need to raise your CR score a minimum of 130 points to be in the running at Penn. Great rank in a large class, but the CR score is key. Without a major rise, the UCs will be your best bet.</p>

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<p>Are you Asian? Whats your race/sex?
I think you have a good shot at UPenn, the SAT score is a little on the low side, but as you know, your GPA/ECs are great. You’ll have to write reallyyy good essays though, and explain specificially why you want to go there. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I think it’s a little bit weak for penn.</p>

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<p>I am a sophomore going into junior year, and i want to see what kind of colleges i should be preparing for. Some of the scores like the SAT and PSAt are predicted from the practice tests that i have taken.</p>

<p>I live in New Jersey and attend VERY competitive small public school (33% asian…) At one point school was ranked #1 public school in NJ (about 3-4 years ago). This year we sent 3 or 4 seniors to princeton and a bunch to all the Ivies (except stanford…they dont seem to like my school). </p>

<p>Sex/Race: Male/Asian</p>

<p>GPA: 3.72 U about 4.2 W
SAT [Prediction]: 2250 will probably get high 700s for math and mid to low for CR and Writing
SAT II: 770 chem. will be taking SAT II chinese and USH
AP: Chem 5
Schedule:
9th
World History A
Orchestra A
Geometry HNS B (doh…i should have gotten A but i slept in class)
Biology Honors A
English1 Honors B (hard class…but not really excuse)
Chinese 3 A</p>

<p>10th
Intro to computer programming A/A (semester courses)
Algebra 2 honors A
AP chemistry (got credit for chem over summer) B (doh)
English 2 honors B (i need to improve writing)
Chinese 4 HNS A
American Studies A</p>

<p>My 11th Grade Schedule
AP Statistics (expected A)
Pre-Calc HNS (expected A)
AP Biology (expected A)
APUSH (Expected A…but possibly B cuz idk how the teacher will be)
AP Lang (Expected B, but will work real hard for A xD)
AP Chinese (Again, expected A)</p>

<p>Planned 12th grade:
Physics HNS (idk)
AP Euro (A expected)
Will most likely take semester writing courses (A if i do)
AP Calc BC (idk)
Human Anatomy and Physiology
IPLE (elective for a history-related competition)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities
-JV volleyball Freshman year
-Regional Youth Orchestra
-Violin 5 years
-JV fencing freshman year
-Varsity Fencing (sophomore through senior…hopefully captain senior year. Squad leader Junior) Will go to national tournaments junior/senior year.
-Ultimate Frisbee Club
-Volunteer at local camp to teach Chinese yoyo and also teach chinese
-Volunteer at local Chinese school
-Church since 5 years old (idk if it really matters)
-Perform in annual chinese club show</p>

<p>Awards/honors</p>

<h2>Sportsmanship (aka BS) award fencing (freshman year)</h2>

<p>Rated C in fencing by USFA (fencers will know what i am talking about)
Chemagination regional winner</p>

<p>So my schools are:
Upenn (not wharton) -most likely ED
NYU
Rutgers
Cornell
Carnegie-Mellon</p>

<p>Extra bit: my private fencing coach is now the head coach of Upenn. my High school fencing coach is a upenn alum. I will get 1 or both for recommendation.</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH! I know it can be hard if my credentials arent set, but i just want to gauge what schools are available for me</p>

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<p>oops sorry please disregard my post…mods plz delete :)</p>