SAT: 2210, M:800 , CR:710, W:700
SAT2: French 800, , Math 2 800, Physics 790
GPA=5.0 weighted ( 4.0 unweighted)
Rank= 1/150
Most heavy course-load possible
Awards:
Some pretty generic stuff some international and national mainly in debating and math
ECs
Techstartup, top startup idea in over 20 countries ( competition), pitched at many competitions, Founder
-Charity, raised $70,000 receives significant political and NGO backing, co founder
-Top 5 debaters nationally
-Member of a development team for a local business, help them find new ideas to grow 3h/week
-President of peer to peer learning , created an online platform so students can tutor eachother for free
-Prefect ( British leadership position)
Founder of investment club at my school
-Interned at two investment banks
Did the LBW summer program
Essays
Common app: Pretty emotional 8/10
Why wharton: 6.5/10 ( took a unique approach and it might backfire)
Huntsman: 8/10
Recs
Math teacher: 8.5/10 ( said some rly good things, top student Ive seen many anecdotes etc)
Econ teacher 6.5/10 (too bland, said I was one of the best students she had but no anecdotes)
U.S. State/Territory or Country: US dual citizen living abroad
School Type: private, no track record for sending ot ivy or anything
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: No financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): No
Your SAT is a little bit below average for Penn in general, and rather a bit too low for Huntsman in particular. That said since it is still a pretty good score, your GPA, entrepreneurial endeavors and your other ECs might make up for it. Penn is not a particularly scores-obsessed school and is known to weigh other things more.
How could anyone be overqualified for Huntsman? OP is clearly serious buy it seems like you are mocking him. Considering you made an account just to post this, that is worrying. Also what does harvard ed have to do with huntsman?
It’s more that I am opposed to the entire premise of this website; whatever I think of the OP is irrelevant to the decision that will be made by the university. How am I, as a college student, supposed to form an opinion about whether a high school student, will be admitted to a given program or university? As a student in Huntsman, I did want to move past the sarcasm and say that the OP probably has a decent chance, but I obviously don’t call the shots. My point still stands about the importance of networking with the program. It drastically reduces your chances if you don’t.
With respect to the non-serious “overqualified” point, I don’t know many incoming freshmen who have already interned at two investment banks and have already founded a tech startup and a $70,000+ charity.
I ran your numbers through an Excel Model that I built while applying to college, I take into account past rejections and acceptances from a sample population of high school students that meets all sampling requirements. I mainly look at three things, the SAT, the GPA, and then quantify extra curricular qualifications using a spread that I find to be relatively accurate.
With that said, for Huntsman, according to my model, you have a ~57% chance of getting in ED and about a ~36% chance of getting in Regular. These are pretty good numbers judging off past candidates I have done this for. My advice is that you ED.
You should work on raising your GPA. Also, you just posted on a public website that you read your recommendation letters. I will signal you to the admissions office. This is unethical and offenses me as a Trump supporter.
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It is not unethical to read ones recommendation letters. The agreement you sign means you can’t ask to get the LORS but some HS teachers make a practice of showing the LORs to the applicants and that is their prerogative.
