Penn 2022 ED Stats/Chances?

RGEJam
Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:05:37 +0000

Just thinking about Decisions coming out next week and wanted to get some perspective as I have a rather unique situation (weird GPA Drop + Disciplinary History) Chance opinions anyone?

SAT I Superscore: 1580 (780R/800M)
SAT II: N/A
UW GPA: 3.7 [3.9+ If you exclude my sophomore year {Sophomore Year Alone: ~3.3} in which I suffered from a severe medically diagnosed concussion which made school extremely difficult for a period of time. (Sophomore year semesters are the only period dragging my GPA down). Counselor discussed this in Rec
GPA Weighted: 4.267
Class Rank: N/A
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor
Curriculum: 100% Most Rigorous available at my school, 6 Years of Chinese Study

of APs Taken: 12 (Remainder are all Honors Classes where AP is unavailable)

Extracurriculars:
Viola - (10 Years, City-Wide Advanced Philharmonic Symphony, 3 Years Section Leader, Founder of Only Stringed Ensemble/Orchestra at School)

Tennis - (10 Years [4 Years School Team] 3 Years Varsity Singles, 2x State-Qualifier, Previously Ranked USTA Player, Several Local Tournament Championships/Placements, Team Top 3 in State)

Musical Theatre - (7 Years, Summer Camps, Civic Theatre Acting/Musical Theatre Classes, Actor/Crew-member/Volunteer in both Community & School Shows, Multiple leading roles in School Productions)

Model UN - (10, 11, 12; President/Chair of NEW school’s MUN Club, Outstanding Delegate Award, Member of Model UN Leadership Team)

School’s Stringed Ensemble (11 only) - (Leading Violist, Founder/President) cut short by dismissal

Varsity Choir/Vocal Performance - (12, Previously only Did Musical Theatre but a newly discovered passion, Bass In School’s Advanced Exclusive Audition-Only Madrigals Group)

Math Team - (11, 12; Team Captain, State Math Competitions, 2nd Place Individual Event, Team 1st Place Overall)

Dance - (11, 12; Started both Jazz & Formal Ballet training very late and was able to reach Intermediate level of study after only a few months of study. Most of peers have been studying ballet for 3-6 years)

Quiz Bowl - (11, 12; Co-Captain, State-Qualifying Team)

Chinese Club - (9, 10, 11) cut short by dismissal

Work (Host @ Local Restaurant, 10-20 Hours/Week)

Private SAT/ACT Tutor - Some was volunteer work other clients paid me in cash… 5 total students tutored (raised one person’s ACT score 6 points)

Other: Was dismissed from my previous Catholic HS (9-11) in June 2017… The situation involved some minor infractions however the decision was made to dismiss me due to a picture my friend took with the Virgin Mary statue captioned with a Gay Pride sticker… The school found this very upsetting because it was “sacrilegious” but I did not do anything truly malicious or harmful… I wrote a lengthy reflection about this situation apologizing though also notably discussing the fact I felt the school discriminated against me because of my LGBT status (which they did)

Essay(s): 8-10/10 I have pretty good writing skills
Why Penn: Probably like a 9/10, Good specificity
Teach Recs: From teachers at my old school despite the disciplinary action, I think this could potentially very speak well to what I contributed to the school while I was there… Might seem outstanding to an outsider that they were willing to write these despite situation…
Counselor Rec: 10/10 Also from my old counselor at previous school… Had a VERY close relationship with her and definitely speaks about me as a person/personality more so than generic ECs/Grades

Gender: Male
State: MI
Race: White
Income: 150-200k
School Type: Private Catholic (9-11), Rigorous/Highly-Ranked Public (12)
Hooks: (LGBT?)