Chance fo ED Wharton? need some solid critique

<p>CC, one week until apps are due, extremely stressed, any insightful comments will be appreciated</p>

<p>Asian male from jersey</p>

<p>GPA: 4.1 W, 3.6/3.7 UW (kinda low) about 400 in class, school doesnt rank
have taken the highest level courses availible to our school all four years, 2 aps soph year, 5 last year, and 6 this year (some ap courses are two year courses at our school)</p>

<p>SAT: 2330
800 math
760 reading
770 writing</p>

<p>800 math 2
740 us hist (might have to send b/c took it on the same day as math 2)
800 chem
800 bio</p>

<p>5s on ap chinese, chem, studio art (drawing), and us hist</p>

<p>2 strong teacher recs and 1 from guidance counselor
strong essays (according to my english teacher)</p>

<p>Academic Honors:
National Honors Society
National Chinese Honors Society
National Science Honors Society
Commended in the National Merit Scholarship Program
AP Scholar with Honors
Top 5% in the Nation for the American Mathematics Contest 12
Top 15 in the State for the New Jersey Science League Competition for Biology </p>

<p>Art:
Studying fine arts privately for nine years
Winner of various state, national, and international art competitions
Designed and led a team to paint three wall murals at middle school
Part of the team to paint a wall mural of the newly built cafeteria at High School
Designed the shirts of Chinese Culture Club: raised over $300
Designed the Senior Class Shirts
Designer at online clothing store: Threadless</a> graphic t-shirt designs: cool & funny t-shirts weekly! Tees designed by the community.
Donated a painting every year to local church for poverty
Member of the National Art Honors Society
Painted holiday decorations for senior citizens a local nursing home every year</p>

<p>Leadership:
Co-Founder and President of the Ultimate Frisbee Club
Vice President of the Chinese Culture Club
Raised over $500 dollars at school for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Lifeguard at the Jewish Community Center and red mango
Student tutor</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Taught 4-6 year-old children at swim team program for two years
Played sports with special needs children at a local community center once a week since sophomore year
Helped out at the bi-annual town health fairs, administering blood pressure readings and greeting visitors</p>

<p>Interns:
Interned at a pharmaceutical firm and bank in china, two weeks each</p>

<p>Athletics:
Swam for club teams for seven years
Member of the High School Varsity Swim Team since freshman year
Swam for the town summer swim team
Achieved top 20 in the state for the 200 yard Breastroke event
Qualified and competed in NJ Junior Olympics
Won various medals at different meets for high place finishes
Member of the High School Varsity Fencing Team
Member of the High School Junior Varsity Track and Field Team</p>

<p>Clubs:
Member of the Future Business Leaders of America Club
Member of Key Club
Member of Korean Culture Club</p>

<p>Music:
Studied the violin privately for five years
Member of the school orchestra
Member of a county Youth Orchestra
Self-taught Cello and Ukulele</p>

<p>Thank you CC!</p>

<p>might also apply to huntsman program for chinese</p>

<p>The only weak point I can see is the GPA and the few leadership roles listed. Your chances would definitely be solid for UPenn undergrad, but Wharton is a different story (think Harvard). There are people at Wharton that were running businesses before they entered college. I would say mid-level shot. Needless to say, kill the essays. And best of luck!</p>

<p>@OP: Great profile. And no offense to Weekyl, but only a slim minority of Wharton students owned their own business before being accepted…it’s not a necessity by all means.</p>

<p>Thanks for the insights
@weekyl The main thing i am worried about is my gpa. Although it is not the lowest for people ever excepted into Penn from my school, it is below average. I was hoping extracurriculars and test grades would boost my chances. UPenn is an ivy, but to my understanding admissions are not completely grade oriented like MIT and yale?</p>