A seperate chance

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Idk why I am copying this for the third time.
I succumb. With a chance. Yes a chance.</p>

<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: Euroazn
Gender: M
Location: Maryland
College Class Year: 2015
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.55
GPA - Weighted: 4.33
Class Rank: top 25% (unofficial)
Class Size: 625</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 790
SAT I Writing: 710
SAT II World History: 750
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 790</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Physics Team - USAPHO Top 100 In Nation, Second Place Regionally Physics Bowl, First Place Team TEAMS, First Place Team Final Frontiers
Math Team - AIME Participant, UMD Part Two Participant, Harvard MIT Mathematics Tournament
Superintendent Leadership Program - One of 15 selected in the county. Participate in leadership seminars weekly, intern at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 4 days a week.
Interned In Commodity Information Firm as a Developer, as part of the Academy Of Information Technology (I am a member)
Had artwork displayed in school art festival.
Leadership positions: President/Founder of Economics Challenge Team
Vice-President of Botball/Robotics Club
Captain of the Math Team
Captain of Programming Team
Captain of Physics Team
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Martial Arts - Noncompetitive
Volunteer/Service Work: 260+ Hours
Often Helped Students-Elementary School Chess Club, Middle School Robotics Camp, Physics Tutor, Physics Summer Class Teaching Assistant, Helped With County Back To School Fair
Honors and Awards: National Merit Semifinalist (MD)
National AP Scholar (10 AP’s before Senior Year)
Service Learning Award
College Summer programs: Summer Math Program at Frostberg State University</p>

<p>Essays: At least good, if not great, but DEFINITELY unique/original.
Recs: My econ teacher loves me. I did a lot of impressive stuff related to physics/robotics so I think my physics rec is pretty good. I expect councelor rec to be pretty blah. Also got an additional rec from my boss at the internship, read it, it was great.</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper,MCS,SCS in that order), Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Virginia (CAS), Choice #: 3, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Maryland (Smith, Chance for Honors/Scholarships), College Park, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Baruch College, City University of New York (Macaulay Honors College), Choice #: 5, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>So yeah… this isn’t everything, but it’s probably over-spam anyway. And I know that chances don’t even mean anything. I’m just so bored and nervous… ahhhhh less than three weeks until the first result comes back!!!</p>

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<p>Ok, stop it. Seriously. I am as white as sour cream but this has to stop.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is okay, even though it is below Penn’s standards. Your standardized test scores show that you are a very capable student. The ED boost will certainly help. I personally wouldn’t be surprised if you are admitted in three weeks, but it can go either way.</p>

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<p>Not being in the top 10% will hurt you at Penn considering only 4% of last year’s freshman are not in the top 10%, and that contingent of people is comprised of mostly hooked candidates (URMs, legacies, recruited athletes, etc. etc.). Even though it is unofficial, the school report your school sends will give a grade distribution of your class and will give adcom’s a general sense of where you are in your class. However, your scores are good, and your ECs are quite strong.</p>

<p>At Wharton I’d say it’s a crap-shoot, though you have a good chance.</p>

<p>Tepper is pretty selective, but your probably good there. If you don’t get into Tepper, you’re in at CMU in general.</p>

<p>UVA is low-reach/high-match</p>

<p>In everywhere else.</p>

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Really ._."
f***!</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure. I know my school does, and all of my friends schools do. Otherwise your GPA can be taken completely out of context. </p>

<p>For example, my friends goes to a school where they are not officially ranked, and very few people have a GPA above a 3.4 (its extremely challenging). If the high school didn’t send a report, students from that school would not get in to competitive schools (a 3.4…) , but with a school report, adcoms can see that the majority of the class falls around a 3.4 GPA.</p>

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<p>hey.</p>

<p>Thanks for listing your username in the post, I didn’t know you were euroazn!!!</p>

<p>your chance of getting in is ~50%, give or take 50%</p>

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<p>a) I copied the my stats page thing.
b) Trololololololololololololol.</p>

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<p>If your essays are as unique as you say they are - I’d say you have a shot at Penn.</p>

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<p>I know all the schools in my area give a “grade distribution”, also the secondary school report definitely requires counselors to estimate ranking, so even if your school doesn’t rank, they’ll know—particularly because #1’s GPA is also listed.</p>

<p>That being said, your ECs are phenomenal and you have a fair shot! Don’t stress, there’s really nothing you can do now.</p>

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<p>@daretorun
Still stressing.</p>

<p>So guess when I went to bed last night guys! 3 AM. Only to wake up at 6.
Curses ENLGISH!!!</p>