UPenn ED Chance w/ low GPA!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White Male, CT public school </p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.6
W GPA: 4.7 (after mid-senior year)
Rank: top 5% (about 25/493), top 3% for RD (14ish/493)
Senior Courses: Honors Political Science, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Spanish,
AP Psychology, AP English Literature
APs taken: Calc AB (5), USH (5), Euro (5), Bio (5), Chem (3)
SAT: 2310 (770 math, 760 reading, 780 writing)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 760 World History, 740 Chem
Intended Major: Modern Middle Eastern Studies</p>

<p>ECs:
- Founder/ President of History Club
- Organized regional tutoring service (300+ hours)
- Started LLC that sells cultural posters/merchandise (turned a profit)
- Historical research since freshman year, self-published work
- Self-teaching middle eastern languages
- Debate (Vice-President) </p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar w/ distinction
Nat'l Merit Commended
AP Euro Best Student
NHS/SHS </p>

<p>Other: All throughout high school my mom has experienced on and off bouts of serious illness, during which times I had to do most of the work taking care of both of my siblings; my GC wrote about this in my rec letter. (Will it look like I don't prioritize well b/c of my EC involvement?...i tended to favor my passions over my GPA unfortunately.)</p>

<p>Please also chance for Claremont schools (Pomona, CMC, Pitzer). Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>SInce its CAS, pretty good shot. Low reach. TOp 10% of your class makes it possible and solid SAT scores raise chances</p>

<p>i dunno enough about cmc/pitzer/pomona to chance for them</p>

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<p>“AP Euro Best Student” … interesting.</p>

<p>Anyway, I think your class rank makes up for your gpa so don’t worry too much about that. I would also agree that it is a low reach, as again, your class rank is good regardless of what your GPA is</p>

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<p>Your standardized test scores are really good. Your gpa isn’t bad! Your ecs are good as well! Just write good essays and have good teacher recs! Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Rank is solid, but I’m not sold on UPenn for you yet…I think you definitely have a shot because of your SAT score and your ECs, but your GPA isn’t all that great UNLESS you’re at a nationally ranked high school that’s competitive as hell, in which case your GPA is good. If you can tie your mom’s illness (I’m sorry to hear about that btw) into a passionate essay, I can see you getting in.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>ECs are on the low side for Penn, but good scores</p>

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<p>I think you could get in.</p>

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<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<ul>
<li>Historical research since freshman year, self-published work </li>
</ul>

<p>What exactly do you mean by this? any sort of “self published work” will look really good on a student’s college application. I suggest you create some sort of portfolio of all the works you have done.</p>

<p>I think your numbers are great, and I think your EC are pretty solid. Of course they could be better but I’m going to say you have a pretty good chance getting in if you have very good essays and some good recs.</p>

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<p>bump pleasee</p>

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<p>penn loves early decision (its about 34% acceptance) so that works in ur favor</p>

<p>ur ECs and SATs are great so uve got that goin for u . overall, id say u have a very good shot- but keep in mind that penn is soo hard to get into!
good luck</p>

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