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I currently am enrolled in my second semester of community college. I want to transfer to Penn for fall of '04. I know the application for transfer is due March 15th '04, and it is important that they be able to see my grades for the fall '03 term, as well as my schedule for spring '04. My two questions are: will I be able to apply for early decision, and will I be able to set up an interview?

Other random questions are: what should I prepare for at an interview and how much impact do interviews have on your chances of admission? What else can I do to make myself look special?

Also, this is kind of dumb, but what do you think my chances are: (assume) 2 semesters of straight A's in the CC's top classes, own a business (just started up), own and operate a 6 figure stock portfolio, and play on the CC baseball team. My high school grades were so so (mostly Bs), 3.2 GPA or something, all AP classes and like a 1390 SAT. Should I retake the SAT (i could get over 1400 im sure) or the ACT? Thanks.