What are my chances? UPenn Huntsman

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34C (35C superscored)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Journalism, AP Chinese, AP Physics C, Honors Pre-Calculus/Intro Calculus, AP Statistics, Honors English 4

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Several national journalism awards
Several “Best Delegate” Model UN awards
School’s Principal Notation Award
State History Fair Awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
International Jewish Youth Group 9-12 (Regional President)
Model UN 9-12 (Secretary General)
School Newspaper 10-12 (Managing Editor)
Peer Leader 11-12
Key Society Ambassador 10-12
Varsity Squash team 9-12
Student Council Officer 9, 12
Theater 9-12

Job/Work Experience:
Chinese tutor
ACT tutor
Congressional campaign intern

Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at children’s hospital 5K
Volunteer at community orchestra
Volunteer at synagogues

Summer Activities:
Counselor in Training
Leadership Trip to Israel/Poland
Worked as ACT tutor
Worked on Congressional campaign

Essays:
Common App: 8/10
Why Penn: 9/10
Huntsman Supplement: 9/10

Teacher Recommendation:

1: 9/10 APUSH teacher loves me

2: 9/10 AP stats teacher loves me too

Counselor Rec:
7/10 meh
Additional Rec:
9/10 journalism adviser
Interview:
Pretty good!! Was about 35 minutes and was really smooth.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Super competitive private school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:

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Huntsman is very competitive but you have a strong profile. You have good stats and good ECs.

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I think the last poster was too harsh. I think what he meant was that you have the stats and ECs to be a competitive applicant anywhere. However, you don’t have a major hook (legacy, international awards, etc) that put you over the top and make you a clear admit. We’ll just have to wait for 2 weeks.

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Honestly I think you have an Ok chance but not great. Being high income with no Subject Tests is really going to hurt you. ECs are pretty average I would say but definitely not out of the running in my opinion

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I just got into Penn through the QuestBridge program and I haven’t had my huntsman interview yet but I was rejected from the program. I will say you have a better transcript and test scores than me. I think I got in through my hooks. I’m Hispanic, low income, from Nebraska and from a village. My act was only a 31 and I have zero AP’s

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Congratulations! Many Questbridge applicants already got good news.

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@NEExtempQueen wow congratulations!!!