<p>Firstly, thank you for offering your insight. I will be visiting Penn next week and am unbelievably excited to explore the campus for the first time!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2370 (770 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II (800), Bio E (800), Lit (800)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.98
[</em>] Rank: 14/900
[<em>] AP: Euro (5), Comp Sci AB (5); scores pending - Calc AB, Stat, US, Biology, Lang
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all-AP schedule
[li] Major Awards: DECA internationals, some national public service awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:
-DECA (international winner, *never took a business class so I self-studied for competitions)
-WSJ Action Team (co-president, raised $5000 for various local charities, founder of community entrepreneurship campaign that reached 30,000 exposures)
-Piano (performed at state convention, various local awards)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: City newspaper (columnist, earnings paid for DECA travel fees)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: WSJ Action Team
[</em>] Summer Activities: community college courses in Music and Econ, piano theory teacher, congressman intern</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: CA
[</em>] School Type: large public, top 3% in nation
[<em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[</em>] Hooks: None
[/ul]</p>
<p>I can see why a student of a low-income family could have an advantage in the admissions process, as they had to overcome adversity and so on. But why would the opposite case ever be a factor? Anyways, I think you have a solid shot.</p>
<p>Roughly 60% of Penn students don’t get financial aid. And it generally takes an income of 200k or higher to not qualify, so your income is around average for Penn and will not be held against you.</p>
<p>apply ed, ur stats are amazing…now i wood just focus on doing an insane extra curric that shows that business is ur true passion… thats whats gonna get u in…</p>
<p>You’re right about my financial background. While it may not directly influence an admissions decision, I’ve heard that admissions people may judge an application with higher expectations if it came from someone of an affluent background.</p>
<p>However, my parents have always stressed the importance of financial independence/responsibility. You may have noticed that I’m a reporter for the local newspaper - a job that I use to pay for my extracurricular (mainly DECA) expenses. </p>
<p>I’ve also worked several random jobs to buy my own car, clothes, etc., although I only plan on listing the piano teacher one. The others (babysitting, petcare, web design, lifeguard, swim coach) are unrelated to my main interests, so I wasn’t planning to include those on my application.</p>
<p>life guard and swim coach are worth listing. those jobs are 100x more significant than joining a school club. they show a decent level of maturity and social skills. the other stuff, like web design, sounds more sporadic and may not be worth listing.</p>