Please Help Me Out With My Chances

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I AM AN ASIAN MALE AT A SEMI-COMPETITIVE SCHOOL IN NY. I AM APPLYING FOR THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING EARLY DECISION. I JUST GOT MY SAT 2’S AND THEY SUCK. HERE ARE MY STATS:</p>

<p>SAT I- 1480 (770v, 710m)
SAT II- 740 WRITING
640 MATH LEVEL 1
580 CHEMISTRY
500 SPANISH</p>

<p>RANK: 12/ 275
CUMULATIVE WEIGHTED GPA : 97.8824</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS:
-PRESIDENT OF THE KNANAYA CATHOLIC YOUTH GROUP OF NORTH AMERICA
-PRESIDENT OF THE KNANNAYAY CATHOLIC YOUTH GROUP OF NEW YORK
-PRESIDENT OF THE ROCKLAND COUNTY KNANAYA YOUTH GROUP
-VICE-PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
-TREASUER OF SPANISH CLUB/SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY
-ACTIVE COMMUNTIY WORKER AT THE ST. PAUL’S FOOD CUPBOARD
-MEMBER OF THE ASIAN CLUB
-TREASURER OF THE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL
-MEMBER OF THE FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY/FRENCH CLUB
-MEMBER OF THE SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY
-PARTICIPANT OF NEW YORK STAE MATH LEAGUE
-PARTICIPANT OF THE ROCKLAND COUNTY MATH LEAGUE</p>

<p>AWARDS:

  • HIGH HONOR ROLL
  • PRINCIPAL’S LIST
  • WHO’S WHO AMONG HIGH SCHOOL AMERICAN STUDENTS
  • NATIONAL MINORITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
  • NATIONAL HONOR ROLL</p>

<p>ESSAYS:
ALL OF THE ESSAYS WILL BE FANTASTIC</p>

<p>RECOMMENDATIONS:
I KNOW THEY WILL BE AMAZING</p>

<p>INTERVIEW:
I AM EXPECTING IT TO GO WELL.</p>

<p>MY COLLEGE LIST:
UPENN (ED)
CORNELL
TUFTS
LEHIGH
RENSALLAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE</p>

<p>PLEASE RESPOND BACK. I AM JUST SO DEPRESSED RIGHT NOW ABOUT MY SAT 2’S. PLEASE BE HONEST AND TELL ME IF THERE IS ANYTHING I COULD DO TO IMPROVE MY CHANCES.</p>

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<p>No offense, but I would say about 5% chance. Your ECs are good but those test scores pretty substandard, especially such low scores for engineering.</p>

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<p>is there anything i could do to help my chances?</p>

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<p>You could just retake those SAT2’s in November and rush them. They might make it in time for early. Also, you should look and see if all of those schools even require SAT2s- they might not (I know Penn does).</p>