UPenn ED CAS Chances!

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<p>GPA: 4. 13 (W) and 3.81 (UW)
Rank: Top 10%
ACT: 32
SAT II Korean: 740
SAT II Biology: 710
AP Scores: 4 (AP Chemistry), 4 (AP Biology), 3 (Eng Language), 3 (AP Comp Sci)</p>

<p>EC Activities/Awards/Honors Combined
1. Current YAC member for buildOn (a non profit organization that deals with student empowerment and builds schools in developing countries) since 11th grade.
I've been part of buildOn since freshman year.
2. Treasuer for Model UN club since this year
3. A Galaxy Explorer at Chabot Space and Science Center since the summer of 10th grade
4. Volunteer as a hw tutor at my local library since 10th grade
5. Volunteer at Chaparral House (a nursing home) since 10th grade
6. Stage Crew for my school's theater ensemble since freshman year.
7. Stage Manager at SF Theater Festival every summer since freshman year
8. Attended Stanford's Youth Leadership Conference and won Grand Prize for best idea in spreading Hep B awearness (as a team)
9. Took two community colleges classes last summer (psychology courses)
10. Tutor high school students in regular and AP Chemistry.
11. Attended Technovation Challenge (in the spring) where girls are empowered to create an app for Google's Android.
12. Won Discus Awards
13. Won award for doing more than 100 community service hours last year (among around 350 people)
14. Won Presidental's Service Awards (over 300 hours so far)
15. Have played the flute for 8 years and is part of the wind ensemble Winds Across the Bay - 1st chair
16. Was a Teacher's Assistant for a biology class and conducted several lectures, and labs for Chemistry and AP Chemistry)
17. Went to buildOn's Trek for Knowledge to Haiti to live in a village for 2 weeks and helped to build a school
18. President of buildOn</p>

<p>Teacher's Rec: One from my Chemistry/AP Chemistry/Teacher's Assistant teacher - Amazing
Another rec from my English and buildOn advisor - Great
Counselor - Eh... I'm not really sure about it.</p>

<p>Essays:
Common App - About my Trip to Haiti with buildOn focusing on 1 incident (a dance party) - Pretty good
Supplement - What I will explore in UPenn - Academics, Activities (start buildOn chapter, theater, etc) and social scene - Pretty good as well</p>

<p>Thank you to all that reply!
And good luck to everybody applying!
Thank you for all of your help!</p>

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<p>bump…
I do feel a little more hope after reading last year’s class of 2015 ED trend though</p>

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<p>Could go either way… Depends how good your essays and recs are. Your ECs are really good and your scores/academics are average, so I think you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>My son was accepted last year ED to CAS. He did not have great ECs but wrote a great essay and had great teacher recs. THey count more than GPA or SATS. Based on this, if your recs are really as good as you think and your essay is strong, I think you have a pretty good shot. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you all! =)</p>

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<p>Any hooks?
If your essays are great I would say anywhere between fair to strong chance of acceptance.
Definitely not a weak application!</p>

<p>just out of curiosity, what is your intended major?</p>

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<p>Wow, such a late reply.
But I wanted to be some kind of a science major (yeah, those stats…)</p>

<p>I don’t think any hooks at the top of my head since other people probably have MUCH more significant hooks than I do.</p>

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<p>Hey, there. I’m applying ED too. I think you’re awesome. I am no admissions counselor, but I’m a fan of you.</p>