Chance me Please :3

ivychan
Sat, 03 May 2008 17:07:33 +0000

As long as you avoid Warton, U Penn is one of the easier schools to get into of all the Ivies. That’s what I heard. I had a friend that ended up there, and this is what I know about her:

4.0 IB, rank #1 in school (in our school, a 4.0 happens like once a century, because practically no one gets past junior year without a C or lower in IB Euro history. That teacher is nuts.)
SAT: somewhere in the 2200’s; SAT II: she took 3, all scored between 700-800
She didn’t show her ACT scores

EC:
National Debate tournament winner
Pre-Med club president
NHS treasurer
Pretty good recommendations
Speech and Debate, and our school newspaper’s editor (not in chief, though)

See, it’s not much to get in, especially for you. Random achievements are good! My counselor told me to really focus on one or two excellent areas you have (just not like I tutor students, won a physics competition, a tree-hugger, a writer, a musician, a skateboarder, and all over the place). So as long as your random achievements fit together and complement, that’s great.