Chance a First gen College Student who excelled in academics and atheletics

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>SAT and ACT not yet taken, but you could look at my PSAT for a comparison :). I think my GPA is my biggest weakness unfortunately :(. I’ll get to that though in the end.
PSAT: 220
GPA:
9th grade: 2.8
10th: 3.5
11th: 3.8
Rank: Top 20% from a very competitive high school</p>

<p>APs:
AP World: 5
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 4
AP Micro/Macro: 5
AP Eng Lang: 4</p>

<p>ECs:
Varsity Football (11)
Varsity Track & Field (10,11)
Varsity Cross Country (10, 11)
Varsity Soccer (11)
400+ community service hours
Key Club member (9,10)
President of Key Club (11)
DECA (10,11)</p>

<p>Awards:
My HS is in the top 100 national athletic team (maybe I’ll get recruited? I highly doubt it though)
Questbridge finalist
Congressional Recognition of Achievement from a well known Congressman
Second place for DECA
First place Econ State Championship</p>

<p>Background:
Race: South Asian
State: MI
Income: Low income</p>

<p>I think the reason for my low GPA was because of my learning disability. I overcame this disability in 10th grade, which could explain the rise in my GPA in 10th grade and after. I’ll mention this in my application somewhere. Also, during my elementary and middle school years, I went to school in Detroit. Honestly, they didn’t really challenge me in academics. My parents moved to a suburb where the high school was very competitive.</p>

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<p>Sorry about the typos. My keyboard is acting very peculiar today.</p>

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<p>Make sure to get high grades, a good test score, and keep up with your athletics and you’ll have a shot. Your avg GPA is pretty low, but you might make up for it in athletics, as I’ve noticed that they’re a bit more lenient with athletes.</p>

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<p>How did you do both varsity football and soccer in 11th grade??? They are both fall sports and for a recruited athlete, a school usually wants a commitment to a sport.</p>

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<p>Participation in varsity sports means nothing. You have to have great stats in your sports to be recruited.Are you the best player in your position?</p>

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<p>A poor, South Asian football player with good grades? I think you actually gave a really good chance considering how unique your background is.</p>

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<p>@jandjdad I’m not sure how your school works, but the athletics in my school are very flexible. You’re able to play two sports in one season. It’s definitely not easy though.</p>

<p>@cbreeze Best player? I can’t judge myself on that, but I was the quarterback in football.</p>

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<p>Have your guidance counselor include the note about the learning disability. Btw, how do you exactly <em>overcome</em> a learning disability?</p>

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<p>mike25, unless you are good enough to be Penn’s quarterback, which sounds unlikely in the situation you described, your athletic abilities won’t be a tipping factor. I can’t see how you can describe yourself as excelling in academics when you are only in the top 20%.
What are your stats as a quarterback?</p>

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<p>In our school district, the practices between different sports overlap and often games are on the same day, some home, some away which makes playing on two teams impossible. In addition, the coaches don’t want you there for half the practices and to be honest, I don’t think you’ll find a recruited athlete who was not fully committed to just one sport in a season…Especially for a quarterback, you’d need to be there for the practices to work on timing and repetition. Did you just go to the soccer games and not practice???</p>