<p>Hello everyone. I'm a Canadian applying to Wharton ED and I would like to hear your opinions =)</p>
<p>Location: Vancouver, BC
School Type: mediocre public</p>
<p>GPA: 93.6/100
Ranking: Top 5%, exact rank unknown
SAT: CR 730 M 800 W 800 Total 2330
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800
ACT: N/A
Course Load; Would have taken every AP course offered at my school by graduation</p>
<p>AP/IB: Microeconomics 4
Macroeconomics 4
Psychology 4
Calculus AB 4
English Composition and Language 3 (=( )
Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction
Fermat Contest National Winner
AIME x 2
CMO x 1
numerous medals from table tennis tournaments and in-school awards</p>
<p>Leadership: President of Math Club,
Captain of Varsity Table Tennis team, President of recreational table tennis club
Co-founder and co-president of school's tutoring organization
Community Service: Youth camp counselor, 200 hrs
School teaching assistant, 150 hrs
Other Notable ECs: Basketball writer/ freelance translater (11,12)
Officer of Student Council (11,12)
Community Youth Committee (12)
JV basketball (9)
Ethnicity: Asian
Applying for Financial Aid</p>
<p>Special Circumstances: Low-income (15k), recent immigrant (3 years ago)
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Thank you guys in advance!</p>
<p>No offense, but is it even possible to live off 15k in Canada.</p>
<p>^ Yes it is. If we both get into Wharton I can show you my family’s tax returns.</p>
<p>Your APs are rather dismal… in particular Econ… you should not put this on the app if you can… Otherwise everything is looking pretty good, but of course wharton admissions is a crapshoot.</p>
<p>@ Euroazn. I don’t think 4’s on AP exams are dismal, they are decent and don’t hurt or help him, I say list them, otherwise you just seem like you failed all of them and are afraid of showing off what you got. I would love it if AP scores were weighted more, but they aren’t so no real harm in listing the 4’s.</p>
<p>4’s are dismal because everyone applying for Wharton is going to get 5’s - PARTICULARLY ECON.</p>
<p>I highly doubt everyone who applies will have 5s on those exams. And secondly, he will not ever be rejected because he had 4’s on those and others had 5’s. Again, AP scores don’t count for much, and I would say in no way are those 4’s dismal, like I said, they won’t help or hurt. </p>
<p>I feel like there is this stigma that everyone applying to Wharton must be the greatest economic/business mind before they even attend, that simply makes no sense.</p>
<p>^ Thanks for your responses. As of now, I think I would report those AP scores, even though it won’t hurt me not to, as all of them were self-studied</p>