<p>What are my chances for wharton? I'm also going for the Fisher program. I think my SAT score is a little low. is a 780 in physics good enough for engineering at penn?</p>
<p>Acad: 4.417 GPA
All Fives on every AP exam, and all A's in high school
took ap world--soph
junior:
ap calc bc,
ap bio
ap physics b
ap econ-micro/macro
apush</p>
<p>also took financial accounting at community college, finishing intermediate microecon [306] at gmu. getting an A in both classes</p>
<p>SAT Score: 2270 superscored, 790 math, 730 W, 750 CR
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio-M, 800 US Hist, 780 Physics
EC's--FBLA--VP
MHS--VP
Science Olympiad--Prez
Red Cross--Treasurer
Key Club, Model UN, Science HS, NHS, Latin HS</p>
<p>Awards:
2 national level FBLA awards--7th in into to business and 7th in personal finance
econchallenge 2nd place states
3 state level science olympiad awards
youth optimist award of excellence--science
National Latin exam--2 time bronze winner</p>
<p>Volunteer: 150 at Museum
50 in library
prolly another 100 for tutoring at school Honor societies</p>
<p>Work exp:
worked for about a year at the library</p>
<p>Just curious–what did you do at the library?</p>
<p>i work as a page. putting books on shelf, sorting, helping ppl find stuff and ect.</p>
<p>come on ppl…tell me my chances for upenn ED…i rly want to know. common app opens up on aug 1, wharton is pretty much the only school i want to go to.</p>
<p>Hmmm…I don’t really see anything spectacular. Just another average Asian applicant. What’s your passion? I can’t tell by looking at your activities…which is bad.
Don’t worry, you have time. Do something amazing and you should have a much better chance :)</p>
<p>i have a passion for bioengineering and finance…
if i trade stocks should where would i put that in the college app? on the resume? or is there a specific place that i could put on the common app?</p>
<p>so what area of my EC should i improve?
i have about 10 clubs…leadership in 4, do i need more leadership? i’ll prolly get prez in FBLA for my senior year and i’ll def be prez for science olympiad</p>
<p>do i need more awards? cuz i only have two national awards, i think i might need some more nationals level recognition to set me apart. does anyone know of any business or science related competitions?</p>
<p>i play a sport bro…i practice mma, 2 hours everyday. but i dunno if that can go on the college application</p>
<p>remember that your essays and recs are incredibly important so don’t slack on that and I’d say you’re a pretty competitive applicant.</p>
<p>“I practice mma 2 hours everyday.” bro… make sure you say that you also play golf 25 hours a day, since it’s not a competitive thing you can say anything you want :)</p>
<p>Ok dude calm down</p>
<p>Your honestly not that spectacular</p>
<p>In my school the top 10 percent are better than you</p>
<p>And ur weighted gpa seems pretty low unless your school works on a different system</p>
<p>Mines 4.0/4.82</p>
<p>But now for your chancing part</p>
<p>I think u have a good shot, as long as your top 3 percent in your grade</p>
<p>But seriously calm down because your not that great especially compared to the people here</p>
<p>Goodluck</p>
<p>my school weights grades differently…its impossible at my school to get a 4.8
ap classes are weight 5.0 if u get an A, honors 4.5
i’ve gotten all A’s in all of my high school classes and it still comes to a 4.417</p>
<p>I hope you realize that stats can only take you so far. At Harvard(& I’m guessing other top schools like UPenn, too), they have an initial “gate,” where they filter out applicants with low scores and grades(but they’ll also check for unusual circumstances than may have led to poor grades at this stage). Then, it all comes down to other aspects of your application. Since many, many applicants pass the “gate,” if you don’t have fantastic EC’s or something to set you apart (URM, recruited athlete, legacy, etc), then the odds of acceptance probably will not be too high. Sorry, but if you want to get in, stop stressing over why someone else has a 4.8 compared to your 4.41 and start focusing your attention on your passion.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with admission at UPenn, and the acceptance rate there is much higher than Harvard’s, so you just may be qualified, too…But better to play it safe and be amazing:) Don’t be the stereotypical applicant.</p>
<p>@OP: Your national awards will help you. Do you have any state or national level leadership? You seem to be involved in FBLA…are you JUST chapter Vice President, or are you VP of the county/state? Leadership seems to be a big factor. Remember, there are thousands of VP’s and Presidents of clubs out there…the state/national level is where everything is headed.</p>
<p>no unfortunately not…i dont have a national or state level FBLA leadership spot, i’m probably gonna get president for the local chapter club for my senior year.</p>
<p>by the way…i have a question:
how much does senior year EC’s count if your applying ED/EA?</p>
<p>how much would a better SAT score help me? if i get a 2400 on the SAT will it drastically improve my chances?</p>
<p>They count, as long as it’s something you spend a significant amount of time on that semester. Joining 5 clubs, though, obviously shows resume padding. Found a club and open up new opportunities for your classmates.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to these idiots. You have a great resume, you seem to know what you’re interested in, and you’ve pursued it admirably, and if you don’t get into Penn it’ll just be bad luck. If you were going for HYPSM, it would be a little different-- it is really hard to figure out chances for those places… too many people are too good at too many things to fit them in those schools. But Penn is a great school, and you’ll have a good chance at it. GL</p>
<p>You know someone has credentials when they call others who are trying to help “idiots.” You just lost a lot of respect points, buddy.</p>
<p>collegeinfo1994:
Just to let you know, applicant is applying for Wharton which has an acceptance rate of roughly 7% and a yield rate higher than Harvard.</p>