Am I a strong candidate for University of Pennsylvania undergrad admissions?

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I am applying for admission at the University of Pennsylvania this year. 
If possible, can you size me up if you know about their admissions.
If it makes a difference, I plan on interviewing. I am also focused on extracurriculars opposed to academics.
Here are my stats and activities:
GPA: 3.75
AP's: 2 (US History, Literature)
Honors: 4 (English (2), Bio, World History)
ACT: 23 
SAT 2's: 600 range
Extracurriculars:
Founder/ CEO - Non-profit organization
Teacher/ Intern - School in a slum in Africa this summer
Founder/ CEO - 501(c)3 titled charity
Board member - my towns youth advisory board
Volunteer - 503 total hours at a local shelter
Youth group (4yrs)
Captain - Varsity lacrosse (4yrs)
Founder/ Pres - school club
Blog Manager - Investment of the week blog
Charter Founder/ President - United Nations Student Alliance 
AVID
Yearbook staffer
Awards:
Presidential Volunteer Service Award
CLASSY Volunteer of the Year Award Nominee
N.S.H.S.S. Member
Winterball Royalty
AVID Scholars Award

nerris121 · Accepted Answer

The average SAT score for University of Pennsylvania falls between these values: 
Middle 50% of accepted students:
Verbal:650 and 740 
Math: 680 and 780 
Writing: 670 and 760 


Applicants: 22,935
Admitted: 3,883
Acceptance rate: 16.9%

Your SATs may fall a little short, and since U. Penn is an Ivy League (ranked 5th in the nation), it's pretty hard to give chances for anyone, but I'd honestly say you have a great chance of getting in.

If you want, you can try using mychances.net, but it only calculates your chances based on GPA and SAT... I have a 4.0 unweighted and 1880 SAT and I had a 58% chance, but I'd say I have around a 70% chance with my extracurriculars (which are about 60% of what you've got)

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