inutaru108

Currently a rising senior, looking to apply to the School of Nursing regular decision. I'm not a legacy.

School: large, public CT high school (UPenn seems to like my school, lots get accepted)
Race/Gender: White female

Weighted GPA: 4.74
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
rank: 11/550ish

SAT: 2230 (720 math, 760 reading, 750 writing)
SAT Subject tests: 800 World History, 750 Bio-E

APs: 5 Bio, 5 World History, 5 US History, 5 Eng Lang/Comp
Senior courseload: AP Eng Lit, AP Psych, AP Stat, AP Gov, Human Physiology, Jazz, Health 1+2

EC's:
- drum major/student leader of the school marching band
- 4 years of band
- President (senior) and vice president (junior) of the school's buildOn community service program
- writer for the school newspaper
- 150+ hours volunteering combined from the hospital, local farm, and other places
- member of the robotics club (only 1 year, we ran out of grant money)
- office intern at the local nature center

Commendations:
- New Youth Volunteer of the Year 2011, given by the CT senator
- PSAT Commended student
- National Honors Society
- French Honors Society
- Tri-M (Music Honors Society)
- Brandeis University Book Award. Presented to a junior who is ‘‘committed to social justice, civic engagement, community service, political activism or volunteer work, academic excellence.’’
-Finalist, Connecticut Governor’s Scholars Award Program. Selected with six classmates to compete for recognition as a representative of my high school junior class based on class rank (top 4%) and quality of essay to be written for the occasion.

Jobs:
- summer camp counselor for 2 years

Thank you so much!

perazziman

Looks good. Are you not taking AP Chemistry?

inutaru108

Sorry for the late reply. My school's redoing the whole schedule, and I'm having trouble trying to add it to my schedule. I'm trying my best to get it in, but if I end up not taking it, do you think it'll affect my chances? (I know Penn Nursing is big on AP Chem, but I have seen some people get in without taking it)

upennstudent

With your stats, you should consider applying to the dual degree program between Wharton and Nursing...you can apply ED, or RD...if you apply RD you get notified around the end of February (for nursing-related programs only).

If interested, I'd reach out to the School of Nursing admission office. You can also find more information about the program here: The HCMP Program

Keep in mind that if you apply to this program, you can list EITHER Nursing or Wharton as your second option, should you not get accepted into the program.