Anonymous wrote:Penn is Penn State. Same thing.
FFS, it is not. This has been reviewed so many times that I have to assume you are trolling.
Penn is an Ivy League. You'll need sky-high stats. It's pretty diverse. The kids I know who go there are Jewish or Asian. There have been a lot of tensions over the Middle East this year, but most of the high-stats Jewish kids I know still apply.
Everyone I know who got in is very "balanced." NOT the published author or Intel competition winner. But top of the class, competed in sports, led five clubs, did meaningful service work.