Chance at Wharton? Will chance back!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Im currently a rising junior, and college applications are already on the horizon. Its truly terrifying. However, i was hoping some of you guys could tell me if i really stand much of a chance applying to some of these schools. I know there's really not any safety schools, in fact, there's mostly reaches! So if anyone can recommend some decent safeties i'd appreciate it! I'm interested in Law and Business, so im thinking about majoring in something related to Business Law. One thing i have to mention is that my gpa isnt as high as it should be because i had a horrible freshman year; i was totally overwhelmed by some of the more difficult classes and thus, ended up with 3.5 uw, 3.83 w gpa, in addition to not doing many EC's. After that, i really got my act together and started getting very high grades and got much more involved in EC's. Please chance me for the following schools:</p>

<p>Harvard
Columbia (probably ED, has been my dream school for a while! I'll apply to Columbia College)
UPenn (Applying to Wharton)
Brown
Princeton
Stanford
Georgetown
NYU (Stern, Dad's a Stern Legacy)
University of Chicago
Tufts
Williams
Swarthmore</p>

<p>Asian Male from Tri-State Area (Toughest Competition :( )
Unweighted Gpa: 3.85 Weighted Gpa: 4.25
SAT: W(770) CR (730) M (750) = 2250
SAT ll: 2260 Cumulative
Rank : Top 10%
Besides Dad at Stern, No Legacy
Family Income >$150,000
Semi-Competitive Public High in Wealthy Town, Sends about 2 to Ivies, a few to good privates like Amherst, Uof Chicago, BC, Tufts)
No Real Hooks</p>

<p>Senior Schedule: AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP Gov't, PE+ Health (Mandatory) AP Euro, Psychology </p>

<p>UW gpa- 3.5 (9), 4.05 (10) 4.0 (11)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: (Not too strong, but shows commitment)</p>

<p>FBLA - 9,10,11 (VP) 12 (hopefully president)
Debate Team - 10,11 (VP) 12 (hopefully president)
Varsity Swim Team -10,11,12
Varisty Tennis - 10,11,12 (wont show up for 12 because its a spring sport)
Jazz Band Guitarist- 10,11,12
Member of National Honor Society and Tri-M Honor Society (music)
Non-Paid Internship to local law firm </p>

<p>Jobs:
Guitar Teacher to younger children (since summer of grade 10)
Lifeguard in the Summer (since summer of grade 10)</p>

<p>I do consider myself very well rounded, but my problem with EC's is this: Im good at what i do, but im not nationally ranked for these EC's. I enjoy everyone of them, but im no recruited athlete, professional musician, or competition winning speaker. However, i think colleges will like that i use my talents (swimming, guitar) to help others. Anyways i hope you guys can help and tell me my chances to these schools that im dying to be accepted to! I'll try to chance back!</p>

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<p>I’m assuming you mean you’re a rising senior… and I think you’re for sure in to Stern, but as for Wharton, it’s Wharton so you never really know.</p>

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<p>haha yeah sorry for that…thanks though!</p>

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<p>You don’t need to be. You need to, however, be passionate and more importantly, be able to communicate your passion to them in some way, either through your essays, interview, letters of recommendation, or awards. Having national acclaim for an EC can be a means of quantifying someone’s passion for the EC, but it’s certainly not the only way to show how much you care for it.</p>

<p>Also, how is your UW GPA > 4.0?</p>

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<p>My schools grading is a bit weird. An A+ UW is a 4.33 so in sophmore year i was able to pull off 6 A’s (4.0) and 1 A+ (i took an extra class in lieu of lunch) which raised the 4.0 to a 4.05</p>