<p>i just want to know if it is worth my time to apply to the Ivy League schools. to give a simple summary of me as a student, ihave a 2200 SAT, my gpa is not spectacular, 3.4 unweighted in honors/ap/ib classes, and i play on the school basketball team. I also am in ASB at my high school (leadership) and plan dances and all sorts of other interesting things. I focus on these three things because they are what i love to do. I wonder if considering my academic record, is it worth applyign to an ivy league, I really have my eyes set on UPENN in particular for Wharton school of business.. I really want to make the right choice, any advice would be helpful, thank you so much.</p>
<p>It's always worth a try.. I'd give it a shot! What do you have to lose by applying?</p>
<p>can anyone give me advice in terms of do i academically meet requirements for ivy league? do my extra curriculars really matter? is my sat score good enough?</p>
<p>You do not meet Wharton standards in my opinion, but you might be able to get an economics degree from the liberal arts college at UPenn</p>
<p>Depends on the context of your 3.4 GPA. What is your rank in your class? Do most of the kids in your school attend top 50 colleges? It is conceivable that 3.4 could be 20th percentile in a high performing school (which means you have a good shot), or 50th percentile in an average class (meaning it is an under 5% shot).</p>
<p>I need more info. </p>
<p>Out of your profile, the thing that's holding you back it's your GPA. However, you mentioned you take AP/IB courses so you should be more specific on what you are taking. If you expand correctly upon your ECs, I think you have a shot. </p>
<p>You need more stats. SATIIs? ACT? AP scores?</p>
<p>Add more info. </p>
<p>btw, Wharton is my dream too :)</p>
<p>@maea
You could lose a couple of bucks for applying :P</p>
<p>Point taken. Then again, if it's worth the $70 or whatever to you for the chance to potentially attend, that can be a good judge of whether or not you should apply.. if that made any sense...</p>
<p>Hi OP. scores and GPA are all important, but remember people with perfect GPAs and SAT 2300> still get rejected from ivies, so ultimately, thats not what really gets you in...</p>
<p>You need to stand out from the lot with something unique, preferably something they have never heard of or seen...even your ECs no matter how wonderful they seem, hundreds of people have something similar...</p>
<p>The admission process is not that complicated, it's a few human beings reading through your application, human beings with a heart and feelings...scores are straightforward, but the ingredient that counts the most and simply has the potential to differentiate thousands of application, is how these human beings feel after reviewing you...</p>
<p>So after evaluating you will they feel:</p>
<p>"Ok, another one of these" (meaning, its frustratingly hard to decide where to put you)</p>
<p>or will they feel:</p>
<p>"Wow, this is new, this actually made this hard long working day more interesting" (meaning, its a lot easier to decide where to put you)</p>
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<p>Think about the admission people, this is an extremely difficult and frustrating job...stop focusing on scores so much...after two months of reading applications, hundreds a day, they are sick of seeing high scores, its all they see...they want their university to be full of unique creative intelligent people...not just intelligent people...</p>
<p>So start thinking, what do i have that no one else does, be daring, BE DIFFERENT, take a huge risk, forgot your scores, write something in your essay so different yet deep and mind-blowing. </p>
<p>And I guarantee your chances of getting in would increase much more than it would if you got a better GPA.</p>
<p>Classmates of my daughter have been admitted to Cornell this year and last year with stats similar to yours. Actually, your SATI score is at least 100 points higher. And, no, they did not have amazing ECs, nor were they likely to play a varsity sport on the Div. I level. There's no reason not to apply to one or more Ivies if you really want to attend one, as long as you have a few good matches and safeties as a fall-back.</p>