What do my chances look like at Penn

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<p>Afro-American</p>

<p>class rank: 18/ 435 (top 5%)
w: 4.12
uw gpa: 3.45
sat: 2030 (v/m/w730/690/610)</p>

<p>FRESHMAN
English I AG<br>
Freshman Seminar<br>
Geometry AG<br>
Biology AG<br>
ELP (Economics, Law, Politics)AG<br>
Health/PE<br>
Drafting I<br>
Spanish II </p>

<p>SOPHMORE
English II AG<br>
Algebra II/Trig. AG<br>
Health/PE<br>
World History AG<br>
Chemistry AG<br>
Arch. Drafting II<br>
Spanish III<br>
Sports Medicine I </p>

<p>JUNIOR
English III AP<br>
Pre-Calculus HN<br>
Physics ADV<br>
US History AP<br>
Sports Medicine II<br>
Spanish IV<br>
Arch. Drafting III<br>
Economics M&M AP </p>

<p>SENIOR
English IV AP
Caluculus AB AP
Spanish 5 AP
Human Geography AP
an art class and 3 other classes</p>

<p>my school works on an A-day/B-day block schedule so we take all eight classes all year long - finals usually hurt my year grade</p>

<p>ECs- Varsity Tennis, Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society), Junior Class Council, National Society of Black Engineers, HOSA(won 1st place in sports medicine regional competition, 3rd place in state competition), Unity Club, Outward Bound alum, athletic trainer, Junior Marshal (reserved for top 5% of class), National Honor Society, founder of Campus Greens chapter at my school (organization associated with the Green Political Party), Spanish Honor Society, Muslim Student Association (I am not a Muslim but I like helping the Muslim members of my community, especially here in the south) – I am obviously not active in all of these right now - this is a list of the clubs that I have joined and been active in over the past 3 years</p>

<p>hoping to go into urban planning/revitalization and so i’d be applying to Upenn’s urban studies program</p>

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<p>are you applying ED or regular?</p>

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<p>i think u have a pretty good chance, either way</p>

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<p>thanks afaforce...i guess we'll see</p>

<p>probably regular...i really love upenn and their urban studies program is extremely extensive and its probably one of the best i've seen--but if i don't get the financial aid that i need i would hate to be obligated to go their and still end up with a crap load of debt</p>

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<p>bumpety bump</p>

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<p>bumpety bump</p>

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<p>the fact is that Penn is one of those "need-blind" based universities... therefore... they will not be that cruel in financial matters... they will be pretty liberal and the will help you out</p>

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<p>so cornell, do u think i have a shot</p>

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<p>first of all... you should make sure that your GPA is atleast 3.5 or above.. since that is a very important thing... next.. make sure when you do your applications... u write down all activities in conjunction with the ones that you have more focused on...</p>

<p>SAT is good.... could improve by 20-30 pts and GPA MUST GO UP</p>

<p>GPA is a very big factor in this process..</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK</p>

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<p>bumpetybump</p>

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<p>How do I look?
GPA
4.3 weighted
4.5 CP Weighted
4.71 Jr. Year GPA (4.83 if not counting TA)</p>

<p>New SAT
2230 total
800 verbal
710 math
720 Writing
(I'm retaking in September to bring up my math score and maybe my writing score)</p>

<p>SATII:
750 Math IIc
760 BioM
780 US History</p>

<p>APs:
-European History, US Hist, Biology, English language, all 5s,
-took honors french but took AP exam and scored 3,
-taking psychology, calculus, economics, and english lit next year</p>

<p>Also: accelerated biology, advanced english for frosh/soph years, Honors chemistry, honors trigonometry, honors french, and will be taking honors physics</p>

<p>Note: Two Bs, in 1st semester of frosh and soph year adv. english</p>

<p>Leadership
-Eagle Scout
-Boy Scout Leadership Positions: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader 2x, Instructor 2x, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, Chaplains Aide, Patrol Leader, Philmont Trek Leader, Brownsea Junior Leadership Trained, Wolfboro Pioneer Patrol Leader, Order of the Arrow
-Junior Varsity Wrestling Team Captain, possibly Varsity Captain Next Year
-Rotary Business Competition Team Manager
-At work, 2nd in command to a crew of dancers (I DJ Mitzvahs, I answer to an MC)
-Soccer Referee
-Baseball Umpire</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
-Boy Scouts: up to 5 hours per week, 40 if there is a weekend outing
-Wrestling Team: 15 hours per week in wrestling season, 2-4 in off season
-National Honor Society-1 hour per week
-Cello- 3-5 hours per week</p>

<p>Volunteer
-Boy Scout Eagle project-100 hours
-Boy Scout Volunteer Work – majority done during middle school, around 100 hours, maybe 40-50 in HS – will be doing more, as patrol mates complete eagle projects and I help
-NHS volunteer work – 20 hours</p>

<p>Work
-Soccer Ref: Frosh/soph year, 4 hours per week during fall/winter
-Baseball Umpire: Frosh/Soph year, 3-6 hours per week
-Dancer at Mitzvah DJ company - 6 hours per week
-upgraded to DJ at same company - 10 hours per week (8 logged)</p>

<p>-trying to find summer job</p>

<p>Potential hooks: Eagle Scout, Unique Job (DJ), Essay topics (will include decision to tell friend's mom about drug use, desire to be psychiatrist), Pretty much guaranteed HOT rec letters</p>

<p>Potential Pits: two Bs, not enough extracurrics or leadership?</p>

<p>Ethnic: South Indian</p>

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<p>bumpbump bump</p>

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<p>SpinDoctor, is your sn in reference to the famous vintage mac game- the one with the spinning wand? ....that was an awesome game.</p>

<p>Anyway, probably shouldn't hijack. there's a new thread button on the upenn page (top & bottom)</p>

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<p>Spin doctor, are you planning on applying ED or RD?! Which school are you planning on applying too? Wharton?College? I think you're stats look great, the two B's wont hurt you, well I shoudlnt think they would.
Work hard on your essays and I think you may be good to go!</p>

<p>Shinobi: Your stats look great, SAT, EC's and everything else. But the thing that may hurt you most is your GPA! You really need to pull it up your senior year. Also work hard on your essays and try to show up those things that arent evident in your app on your essay. Try to be creative etc. Good luck with ur apps..where else you thinking about applying too? Btw, in terms of financial aid, from experience I think Penn is generally very generous with how much you get, so if thats whats hindering you from applying ED, i dont think it should. Speak to a representative if you can.</p>

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<p>You guys seem to have received your AP scores. Do all scores come out at the same time?</p>

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<p>Well you can call to find out your scores. Theres an $8 charge. Or you can just wait till its mailed out which should be in the middle of this month!</p>

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<p>bumpbumpety bumpster</p>

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<p>What those Ed stand for?</p>

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<p>EARLY DECISION</p>

<p>thats when you pick a school that you definitely want to go to and apply there, usually before Nov. 1 or 15.</p>

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<p>with early decision its binding...that means if you get in, you HAVE to go!</p>