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Worked my ass off in Hight School.
Unknown
You simply have to show the admissions committee that you're a unique student, show them that they need someone like you around and that you need Penn in your life as well. The competition is probably less tough for international students and legacy students. Penn doesn't want people who are merely eager to go to college and develop themselves etc, they want people that are certain that Penn is for them. They want to see eagerness and productive curiosity.
Unknown
Work your butt off and be sincere, dont be a packaged Kaavya Vishwanathan kind of person.
Unknown
I told them how much and i have been waiting for this chance my whole life
Unknown
I worked my butt off in high school...
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Work hard in high school. GPA is the most important thing, do well on SAT I's and II's. The thing that separated myself from everyone else, though, was extracurriculars and the leadership I demonstrated in those activities. For the most part, all the kids applying to UPenn will have the grades and the scores. Find something you're interested in and pursue it. Don't spread yourself too thin, but really focus on what you want to do and be a leader. Don't be afraid to be assertive.
Accounting
All I have to say is that Daley goes here. Enough said it sucks!
Architecture
People go through so much to get into universities and it all becomes so meaningless so quickly. DO WHAT YOU LOVE. Write the flippin essays. If you're meant to, you'll get in. The end.
Biology
You need good grades and SATs, but those alone won't get you very far. Rather than going for sheer volume of activities in high school, find something either really interesting or something that you're really good at, and concentrate on that... it will make you stand out more than the person who was in every club at your school.
Biology
I didn't have stellar scores, I didn't have amazing grades.
I made my application "distinct". I went and talked to actual faculty -- members of the pharmocology graduate program admissions board/council, profs in the chemistry department, some of the CSE faculty. I let them know what exactly I was about and who I was. In turn, I walked away with a recommendation from a pharm professor that I did internship work for.
my GPA was about a 93; my SAT was a 1420, SAT II mathIIC was 710, SAT IIC bio-M 720, SAT II Wri 660. I'm the first generation of my family to graduate from high school, I'm also from one of the top public schools in the state (which, conveniently is located in Philadelphia also) and I live about 10-15 blocks west of campus.
Penn is required to admit 100 students from the greater phila. area and a certain percentage must be public school graduates.
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