Chance/Advise a Junior? Please??

I_V
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:34:25 +0000

Eh, from what I can gather Penn REALLY cares that you maximized all of the most challenging course options available at your high school. If you aren’t well within the top 5% at your high school, it does not matter how high your test scores are – you will not get in (unless your school is extremely competitive, in which case just being in the top 10% might be OK).

I have noticed this trend more with Penn than with any other “lower Ivy.” For example, Dartmouth is more scores oriented than Penn is, however Penn is more nit-picky when it comes to maximizing high school rigor.