UPenn SEAS ED Question

Poeme
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:20:56 +0000

Your GPA is completely irrelevant without knowing more about your school. I went to a very competitive high school which happened to be a large public school and I know for sure that there has been at least two or more people accepted to Penn with a GPA in that range. Before you can consider whether or not you are competitive, you need to consider what types of people have gotten into Penn from your school, and guessing by where you are from (lots of people here are from NJ) there are probably at least a few examples.
Also, I think an upward trend really does have a higher significance than most people give it, especially if you go to a competitive high school where most of the top students have very high test scores.
Regarding your major, you can apply as “curriculum deferred” and decide after your first year. You can also apply as something and change when you get to Penn. I know someone who went from BE to CBE for example.