Chance a desperate URM =(

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a male, first generation Hispanic college student (not born in the US). </p>

<p>Chance me for:</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania - Wharton (I want to go here so bad)
Brown
Dartmouth
Duke</p>

<p>GPA UW: 3.681 (Freshmen year grades really brought my UW down, I maintained a 4.0 after)
GPA W: 4.948
Class Rank: Top 10 people/825</p>

<p>SAT I: 1410/2100</p>

<p>740 M
670 CR
690 W</p>

<p>SAT II: Haven't taken yet</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:</p>

<p>AP English Lit
AP Calc AB
AP Physics C: Mech/E&M
AP American Government
AP Macroeconomics
Marine Science Honors
Teacher's Aid</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<ul>
<li>Science Honor Society President</li>
<li>^With the club we organized a group for the purpose of environmental preservation for the Tropical Audubon Society</li>
<li>Varsity Wrestling</li>
<li>100+ Hours Community Service at a hospital</li>
<li>Various other clubs</li>
</ul>

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<p>IMHO your GPA and SATs are a little low, in addition to not having a leadership position in an EC nor being able to show a general interest in business period (re: Wharton). However, being a URM helps your chances.</p>

<p>Also, it is important to note that Wharton gives no credit for Cal AB. You’d be better off taking BC if your school offers it, otherwise take it online or self-study.</p>

<p>Wharton = high reach
Brown = high reach
Dartmouth = high reach
Duke = mid reach</p>

<p>Pick a few safeties.</p>

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<p>I would suggest picking a few safety’s, but when I saw desperate, I was expecting to see bad grades and desperation to get into any school. Your stats look pretty good to me, just bring your SAT scores up a bit more, but you have a good chance. The sky’s the limits. I really don’t like these whole “chance” things b/c it’s like Russian Roulette with these schools, either they like you or they don’t; I’m not an admissions officer, but I feel like you should give it a shot just to do so and b/c you’re a hard worker.</p>

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<p>Yeah I have safeties, I just specifically listed those.</p>

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<p>I’d say try your best to raise your SAT score and write an awesome essay that will blow them away.</p>

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<p>If you applied ED to Wharton I think your URM status could be enough to overcome your low GPA and test scores, (yeah folks, Wharton’s that tough).</p>

<p>Regarding the essay…</p>

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<p>No! You want to go there badly!</p>

<p>Edit your essays carefully; it may seem like a small thing, but you never know what is going to catch the eye, good or bad, of an admissions committee.</p>

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<p>I dont think any admissions committee is going to care if your SAT score is higher. Your scores are fine. The difference between 690 and 750 on the SAT doesn’t say anything about the relative intelligence of the person.</p>

<p>I really think the SAT is less important than people say it is on here. I imagine admissions officers at the top schools see a score thats 1400ish+ and then forget about it and move on. the difference between 1400/1500/1600 is (for the majority of people) just a the amount of time (and probably money) spent prepping. Doesn’t give much additional information about the person. I’m referring to the old SAT test here, as thats what I took, I don’t know the equivalents in the new test.</p>

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<p>Common data sets of top schools say differently.</p>

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<p>If you look for a relationship between SAT scores and college admissions you’ll definitely find one…</p>