What are my chances at Penn without a 4.0?

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<p>California student</p>

<p>Academic gpa, unweighted, is a 3.8. I had all A's as a freshman except for Spanish, where i got a B+. Sophomore year I had 5 B's - WHAP, Chem Honors (twice), Precalc Honors, and Spanish again. Junior year I had straight A's, which brought me back up to a 3.8. Does UPenn look at the curve?
Weighted GPA is a 4.6 weighted
Very vigorous school, not in top 4%</p>

<p>2370 SAT I (800 math/writing, 770 reading)
750 Chem SAT
800 Math SAT
740 Lit SAT</p>

<p>239 PSAT - NMS Semifinalist (so far)</p>

<p>Volunteered at least 2 hours a week since Sophomore year
Volunteered 4 hours a week since beginning of Junior year
ASB for four years, current school treasurer
Speech and Debate for four years, current Public Forum Captain</p>

<p>Graphic/Business design internship at startup after Sophomore year-very involved
Teaching internship over last summer - 200+ hours working with and tutoring kids. Program was called 5th best internship in the nation by Princeton Review</p>

<p>Expect application essays to be at least good - Brother goes to brown but got into Upenn, is helping me with my essays.</p>

<p>I'm applying early </p>

<p>So how are my chances?</p>

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<p>1) your academic record says you’re viable.
2) given the mercurial nature of selective schools’ admissions, wisdom dictates readying non ED apps. </p>

<p>But I def think PENN will be happy to read your ED application. Good luck</p>

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<p>For sure, I’m setting up applications to Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and various others as well. Question though, does ED give you a significant bump in Upenn? The stats say yes, but people say a lot of that is legacy/sports</p>

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<p>Some questions here are borderline ridiculous…</p>

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<p>Sorry, I’m a little new to this collegeconfidential thing. I was legitly asking though</p>