*Penn Class of 2020 Early Decision Discussion*

@VaishS lel I can boast very unique political views :open_mouth:
The ironic thing is I am Jewish

@TheWaffleMan149 that makes it even better

LOL

Hi guys,
So I have a quick question. I know that Penn asks for a complete history of testing, so I sent both my ACT and SAT scores. I have a 34 ACT(33R 33S 35M and 34E) and a 1990 superscore SAT. I know my SAT score is low but my ACT is well in the range for Penn. Will my lower SAT score hurt me? Or will they only consider my ACT since it is the higher score? Thanks!

@Makooks I believe the lower SAT score should not hurt you. If your highest test either ACT or SAT falls in their range you are good to go. Atleast that’s what I heard and seems to make sense.

@Makooks how does the rest of your app look, if you don’t mind sharing? That might determine how much weight they’d put on the lower score

I mean they state that they only consider your highest score :open_mouth:

Is anyone else sorta banking on their ECs to get them in?? I have a mediocre GPA, decent but not inspiring for an asian SAT scores :frowning:

@teenagecrime same here. My GPA and scores are meh for Wharton. I’m hoping my ECs, family background, and profile pay off :smiley: although I’m not asian like you

I’m starting to think my CA essay was weakish––a professional college admissions counselor said it was between 7.5-8/10 although the meaning was very ā€œpowerful and unique.ā€ fingers crossed

My ECS are average. No exceptional awards or anything. Some standouts are that I worked in Peru at a medical clinic over the summer and I also have alot of unique volunteer work(running with the homeless before school). GPA-4.0 IB and STEM program. All of my RECS are really good from what my counselor said, and I knew her really well and she loved me so I expect that to be good. My CA essay likely 8.5-9/10, english major for mom looked over it and I worked on it for a while. And my Why Penn essay probably a 7.5-8/10- I would say it was a little generic. @lalakers418

@nodaysoff97 oh my gosh, all my relatives and family friends have basically been telling me ā€œIvy or Dieā€ā€¦ literally my whole family is downstairs right now and i’m hiding up in my room because if I hear the world college one more time i’m going to go crazy

the whole ā€œsucks, now forget about itā€ thing is exactly what my view on this is. yeah, i’m going to be sad if I don’t get into Penn, but I’ll eventually going to forget about it and look towards the school I’m going to attend. I know a lot of people who went to my state school, worked really hard, and ended up getting really great jobs at big companies. i believe that if you work hard enough at whatever school you go to, you’ll be fine. but yeah haha, that’s just my take on this :slight_smile:

@teenagecrime what’s your GPA and SAT scores if you don’t mind me asking?

@Makooks yeah so it seems like the rest of your app would point more towards the better score, so I wouldn’t worry too much! I really don’t know too much about this tho honestly, so that’s just my opinion

2 weeks, 1 day

Only 14 days, 18 hours, and 38 minutes left!!

@Makooks way to piggy-back off of my post :stuck_out_tongue:

I keep going back and forth between thinking that I have a slight chance of getting in to thinking that there is no way in hell that I will get in.

@Makooks hahaha same

@TheWaffleMan149 I actually didn’t see your post until after I posted mine! Weird coincidence that we posted at the same time

lol great minds think alike! @Makooks
Hopefully this is a sign for 12/11