YO!!! chance me?? plz

a2npersuas2n
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:27:06 +0000

hey guys, i usually don’t believe in this kind of thing, but i’m getting really nervous cuz I screwed up my early applications pretty bad.

first i was gonna ED wharton but then my parents wouldnt let me due to money issues
then i was gonna EA uchicago and mit, but i procrastinated till 4 days b4 and my parents said my essays sucked so i chickened out

penn is my first choice by far but I have to apply regular :(

haha so anyway here goes.

Race: Chinese male (yes male is a race)
Location: Illinois
School: public school (about 3100 kids) – sends about 10 to top schools (HYPSM + other ivies each year)

SAT: 800cr, 790m, 690w (8essay)
ACT: 36
SATII: 800math2, 790chem, 770bio
GPA: not sure but i’ve only gotten 3 B’s in the most rigorous courseload thingy (3.9?)
AP: 5’s on calcbc, bio, chem, lang, gov … gonna take 5 more this year
recs: should be pretty good

Senior courses: ap macro/micro, ap compsci, multivariable calculus, ap physics C, ap lit

Awards: National Merit semifinalist, ap scholar w/ distinction, toshiba exploravision honorable mention, 3x AIME qualifier, national honors society?

Extracirriculars:
Math team (capt.) - 6th place state individual, other random awards
Dance (hiphop/choreo)
volleyball (3 yrs, varsity 2yrs)
peer tutoring
comm service (about 180 hrs)
Junior engineering techological society - 1st place nation
played bball soph. year and xcountry fresh/soph year but dont think im writing that down
i’m on the financial advisory board of my town of about 140,000 people (if that counts?)
i drive my little brother and sister EVERYWHERE (seriously like at least 1.5 hrs per day–so annoying should i talk about this?

Work Exp:
circuit city sales employee
internship at all-state

um…I transferred schools so dunno how that’s gonna affect anything and I’m a nice person (i think)…i guess i don’t have too much leadership but it’s pretty hard to be president of random clubs at a big school…

anyway…could ya’ll chance me for Wharton and CAS? Thanks!