Chance Me @ UPenn CAS ED

galacticpepe
Fri, 28 Oct 2016 22:47:06 +0000

Hi everyone, I appreciate you taking the time to look at my profile.

I am a Filipino male applying for the biochemistry major at CAS.

Here are my stats:

GPA from Freshman-Junior years: 92.6 (3.93/4.0 unweighted) (on an upward trend)

Redesigned SAT: 1500 composite, 720 Reading + Writing, 780 Math

Subject Tests: 780 Math 2, 720 French

AP test scores: AB Calculus: 5, AP Lang & Comp: 4, AP French 4 (will take AP Chem, AP Statistics, AP BC Calculus, AP Micro econ, AP Macro econ, and AP Lit & Comp in May)

Extracurriculars:

Captain of school Jazz band (I lead on the alto saxophone)

President of school's French Club

Chess Club, 4th seed on school team

Varsity Rugby team (nationally ranked in top 10 in country)

Altar Server at my Catholic school

Member of School's

Piano (just as a leisurely activity)

Summer experiences:

UPenn Chemistry Research Academy

Took science courses at John’s Hopkins CTY summer program for 4 years in a row

Did water-quality analysis research on a local lake on a research team at a local college

Service:

Went on 8 day immersion trip in poorest parts of Nicaragua with an organization named Fabretto. Did manual labor in schools for orphans

Completed 100 hours of service requirement at my school in my school’s area through various programs

Honors:

National Honor Society, grade 12: member

AP Scholar Award

First Honors, grade 9: All grades 85 or above, average

Dean’s List, grades 10-12: All grades 90 or above, average 90 or above

My junior and senior course loads were very rigorous. In my senior year, all of my subjects are AP courses (5 of them) except Religion, which I am required to take all four years.

I have 3 strong recs from my guidance counselor, physics teacher, and French teacher. I also have an additional letter from a UPenn professor at the summer program I participated in this summer. I also believe I have quite strong essays as well.

What are my chances like for doing ED to CAS biochemistry? Also, on a random side note, does being Filipino give me a slight advantage at all (considering we are sort of an Asian minority and underrepresented at Ivy caliber schools)?

Thanks so much. I appreciate any advice/feedback!