Chance me for upenn!!!

KDutch90
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:02:55 +0000

Im applying as an international student from Saudi Arabia, I go to a very known competitive private school and I take the IB diploma program

I am the only one in my grade with 4 Higher Level IB courses and 2 Standard Level, so toughest program offered at my school (IB English A2 HL, Math HL, Economics HL, Business and Management HL, Bio SL, Arabic A1 SL)

My predicted IB score: 42/42 (with bonus points, 45)

GPA: 4.1 (unweighted)
Rank: 1st out of 75 students (But i think my school kept me as top 2% cause they dont rank)

SAT I/II:
CR: 510 (bad, i know)
Math: 800
CW: 660
total SAT reasoning: 1970
Math 1: 740
Math 2: 730
Bio M: 580
TOEFL iBT: 107 out of 120
IELTS: 8 out of 9

Teacher Evaluations: one english, one math (both are excellent recommendations, teachers shared them with me)

Common App Essay: Strong (many people read it and got a lot of good praise from it)
I can send it to you to read it if you want

Extracurriculars: MANY! MUN for three years, Stock Investment challenge, Junior Achievement Banks in Action, Habitat for Humanity, Student Government (secretary in junior year, president in senior year), captain of soccer team, basketball team, track and field, many high school honor awards, 3 work experience (one in Accounting dept, one in an insurance company and one in construction company, all experiences lasted for about 1-2 months max)
Past Two Summers: Global Young Leaders Conference and Harvard Summer School (received 8 undergraduate credits precalculus B+, psychology B)

interview: still not done, soon though!

i also applied to Yale, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Harvard

please chance me!!! Please be honest!

thank you