upenn have i got a shot?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hi, im about to go into my senior year and I feel im a pretty good student. Im in the IB Program and think I have taken rigorous courses, but i'll let you be the judge of that. i currently have a 3.6 unweighted GPA, and a 4.31 weighted GPA, am african-american varsity swimmer for 4 years, club swim team member for 4 years, have 500 community service hours, Editor in Chief as well as a member of many clubs including NHS. I have also been accpetied into J-Camp which is a prestigious journalism camp which selects 30 of the nations best journalists for a program in different cities. I am also involved in helping to build schools in nations that dont have very good education systems, and have helped fund raise and get the word out to the public. The only set back about my resume is that my SAT's are not good, only a 1740. I really like those schools, and some have EA, some SCEA, and all RD, and i just cannot find a way to apply to them where my chances are good of getting into the school. Some schools i know are easier to get in early, while others are hard, and if someone could help me out with explaining on my chances, and what i need to do to ensure my success. I plan on double majoring in journalism as well as medicine. </p>

<p>Schedule</p>

<p>Sophomore</p>

<p>Pre-IB English 10
Pre-IB Chemistry
IB Pre-Calculus
Journalism 1
Honors Spanish 3
Computer Programming
IB/AP Government</p>

<p>Junior</p>

<p>IB English
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Calculus
IB Spanish 5
Journalism 2
IB History
IB Biology</p>

<p>Senior- I will take
Honors Law
AP Statistics
IB Psychology
IB English
IB History
Journalism 2
IB Biology
Honors Health</p>

<p>ED- UPenn-- Thats my number one choice</p>

<p>If not... </p>

<p>The schools that i am most likley applying to are Maryland- College park, UVA, UNC-Chapel, Gtown, Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, Wash U St. Louis, Michigan, Vanderbilt and UCLA.</p>

<p>What do you think, too hard of a list? would i get into any of these schools?</p>

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<p>Raise that SAT to maybe a 2000+ and you could be set into many of the colleges on your list maybe except Ivies where they are reaches for everyone. You though have a very good chance.</p>

<p>Your ethnicity and EC’s will definitely help you a lot.</p>

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<p>Your SATs are definately the downside of your list. I think that if you can try to raise it even by 200 points, you would have a much better chance at some of these schools. Maybe you should try taking the ACT to see if you can do better. I think that you will get into some of those on that list, except for maybe the Ivies unless you drastically improve those test scores. Just to be on the safe side, I would add an additional safety or two on that list if I were you. I think your ECs will help you out a ton. Good Luck!</p>

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