Chance for ED UPenn (Wharton)/UChicago(Econ)/MIT/UT Austin(McCombs BHP)/Stanford(Econ)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, everyone! I'm a rising senior from Texas. Please be completely honest in what you think my chances are, even if it is harsh. I'm especially concerned about my EC's. </p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian (ouch, I know)
School type: Public</p>

<p>Academics:
-Rank: 11/1153 (1%)
-GPA: 5.53 (out of 6)/3.97
-AP Courses taken: AP English Lang/Comp, AP Human Geo (5), AP World Hist, APUSH(5), AP Govt, AP Spanish Lang/Culture, AP Psychology, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1
-Senior year course load: AP English Lit/Comp, AP MacroEconomics/AP MicroEconomics (two semesters), AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics </p>

<p>-SAT: 2270 (710 CR/800 M/760 W) (please tell me if I should retake)
-ACT: 34
-SAT II: Taking beginning of Senior year. </p>

<p>ECs:
Debate 3 years (next year is 3rd year): numerous awards, extremely dedicated
Co-Founder of my school's MUN chapter
153 Volunteer hours (will increase during summer and fall semester)
DECA President
NHS Vice President
Worked as a tutor for Kumon
Numerous awards for BPA, HOSA (Nationals 4 years in a row: Parliamentary Procedure), and DECA</p>

<p>Household Income
$200,000</p>

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<p>You got the grades and the test scores.
You don’t jump out with your EC’s so you will go in the batch with all the others like you.
Being that you are from Texas will help as they like diverse classes at Penn/ivy. They also want their alums living throughout US versus concentrated in NE.
Rank the choices for ED. Penn, Stanford, Chicago. Especially if you are considering MBA at top 10 school in the future.
UT Austin is a safety for you. </p>

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<p>Can you explain your grading system, please?
Your test scores on fine. Retaking is a bad idea; just leave it.
Your EC’s are good, but they’re just not interesting.</p>

<p>I don’t know about UT Austin, but the rest are reaches.</p>

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<p>UT Texas is safety. They autoadmit top 7%. Rest are reaches but you should be able to get to one if you apply ED. Good Luck
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<p>@noel597‌ Explain my grading system? It’s just a weighted scale out of 6. Each PreAP/AP course gives a maximum of a 6.0, although there are some regulars (5.0) courses that you have to take to graduate (PE, Fine Arts credit) and also Debate is a regulars course, so those bring down my GPA. If that’s what you were asking, anyway. </p>

<p>Thanks everyone for the input. I guess there is no harm in applying to all of the above. Even if I’m rejected from all of the elite ones, it’s okay. Chances are against me no matter what, lol. </p>

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<p>I guess what I’m asking is this: how many A-'s, B’s, and C’s have you received?</p>

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<p>I’ve only received one B (89) in Freshman English. No C’s. (I did get a 93 in my freshman year and 94 in both my sophomore and junior years, if you count those as A-s).</p>

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<p>No need to retake. Focus on ECs</p>

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<p>Apply EA to MIT and Chicago. Also ED to Wharton. Doing this maxes the chances you get in somewhere. </p>

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<p>^^ I think ed means you can’t ea anywhere else but check.
Retake the sat, you’re Asian (male?). You need above a 2300 (or a 36 on the ACT) to really be competitive. Otherwise you have good chances, I’d predict you get jnto at least 1 of upenn, MIT, Uchicago, Stanford and 2 more top 15 schools if you add them. If you’re going for prestige, add more top schools as it’ll improve your chances of getting into at least one as you’re on the border now.</p>