<p>just wondering, did you ever get that research opportunity?</p>
<p>I emailed a professor at UCLA for the same thing lol</p>
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<p>Nah I decided against it, swaggermc. Oh, UCLA has some really good profs though… good luck with that!</p>
<p>Btw, wharton doesn’t really give a crap if you’re overachieving. It’s actually preferred (like how being smart, poor and desperate works well in finance). It’s fine to come off as intense and motivated as long as you don’t appear arrogant. The college will tend to like poking at your real passions more but wharton will appreciate the focus. There’s nothing wrong with learning to become better at something anyways. Practice is rarely fun but always useful.</p>
<p>I appreciate your response, disgradius. I’m not sure if I still want to ED to Wharton, as a lot has changed since this post has been created, but I’ll see.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>Sup Independentstudy. I was oh so much like you last year (I’m a junior now, 16yrs old.) Always worrying about that one extra ACT point or that one more AP class. I’ve come to a significant realization.<br>
If you are as motivated and success driven as you say you are and you are smart and have a Type-A personality… it does NOT matter where you go. Okay take that with a grain of salt.
While going to a school like Wharton will look great and will probably get you a bunch of sweet internships at Goldman and Sachs or UBS, I think those that will be truly successful don’t need “The Wharton School” on their transcripts. Now most kids that are motivated and success drive will end up attending Wharton or Mendoza, their are the few (like me) who don’t have the “wow” factor or legacy parents to get them in. Those kids will find a way to be successful.<br>
I only have a 28 ACT (almost an immediate rejection letter for Penn) but have the skills and abilities to lead unlike most students. <em>ignore arrogance</em>
I was really depressed to think someone like me won’t get into Wharton or Mendoza. My dream schools easily being my reach schools. Not to mention the fact that I’m white, male, and middle to low income. </p>
<p>So what I keep telling myself: Even if I don’t get into a school like Wharton, I will endure and find a way to become successful. I can either be a Nick Carraway (accepted to a top business school) or a Jay Gatsby (not get accepted into Wharton but still find a way to make it to the top)</p>
<p>LOL, maybe I’m just being really melodramatic.</p>
<p>Sup Scisslehand.</p>
<p>Actually, since I’ve written this post last summer, the major source of competition in my grade has been increased as the average SAT score for somebody in the top ten percent of the grade hovers around 2320.</p>
<p>I agree with you now, because as I have learned over these last six months, it doesn’t matter where we go, because we’ll find a way to be successful (hopefully). You sound very motivated and driven… I love talking to such people. Hope to see you sometime in the future! We can meet up and introduce ourselves using CC lingo. :D</p>