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Okay so college applications aren't coming up for another year or so, but it would be great if you guys could give me a little feedback on what I should improve and what I can focus on for this junior year (yikes!). upenn is really my dream school and I would love to go there for CAS, studying premed. =D Thanks !


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): estimated 2300 according to many practice tests (taking in october)
• SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Math II, and going to take Chem next spring
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.25 W (will rise by next year)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): either 1 or 2 and top 5% (school doesn't release rank though, only percentile)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (est 5), World (est 5)
• Junior Year Course Load: AP Chem, APUSH, APES, AP Calc BC, Spanish Honors, English Regular (honors not offered)
• Senior Year Course Load (most likely): AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Spanish, Honors Multi Calc
• Awards: USABO semifinalist, a few other school awards
  
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  - Science League Team (9-12, founder/president, 1st place team freshmen year)
  - USABO semifinalist
  - Merck Science Team (10-12, captain)
  - Euro/Fed challenge (10-12, semifinalist team)
  - FBLA (10-12, secretary)
  - Orchestra (7 years, Principal/section leader 10)
  - Tennis Team (JV 10, most likely varsity 11-12)
  - probably will be accepted into Cum Laude and a few honors societies
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at political campaigns (total 40 hrs), volunteer at children's activity center every saturday for 4-5 hours and have leadership in a few large projects (total 800+ hours at time of app)
• Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, leadership conferences, research with doctor summer after sophomore year
• Essays: Should be decent (going to write about volunteering at children's center and how has shaped me as a person)
• Teacher Recommendation: One should be very solid (teacher for 2 years and Science League/USABO club supervisor that knows my talents), not positive about the others
• Counselor Rec: Should be personal because school is structured in such a way that each counselor only has 10-15 kids
  
  

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I'm a Male Asian from NJ -___- (also from a private school)


Please be harsh or realistic.. I can take it! =P
Thank you so much!

Ychinny

Everything else seems fine.
The admissions counselor told me (after I was admitted) that she likes essays that make the applicant seem like he/she is sitting right next to her telling her something interesting about themselves. Make your essay personable and interesting.
Other than that, ivies really are a luck.