Chance me for UPenn(ED) & Stanford(legacy)

<p>Hello, I'm a senior in a highschool located in Austin
It's been my dream to go to UPenn ever since I was a freshman and I was wondering about my chance of going into UPenn Wharton School as Early Decision. Also, since my father graduated from Stanford, would Stanford be a good chance for me because of legacy?</p>

<p>US Citizen but born in South Korea</p>

<p>SAT Scores: 2120 (CR – 720, WR- 670, M-730)
SAT Scores (2nd trial): 2210 (CR – 730, WR – 700, M – 780)
SAT Subject: Korean w/ Listening: 800, Math II: 740, Physics: 740</p>

<p>GPA: 3.84/4.00 & 4.93/5.00
Class Rank: 38 out of 612 students (top 6%)
* indicates business related classes</p>

<p>Freshman: (our school does not let any freshmen to take AP classes)
Pre-ap Biology - A
Pre-ap World Geography - B (dropped out to regular in Second Sem. and got A average)
English I - A (Reg)
Pre-ap Geometry - A
Spanish II - A (Reg)
Into to Engineering & Design - A (I had some interest in engineering till mid. of my sophomore year)
*Principles of Marketing - A
P.E. – A
Health – A
*BCIS I - A</p>

<p>Sophomore: (only 1 AP course offered for sophomores)
AP World History - A (with 3 for AP exam)
Pre-ap English II - A (dropped out to regular in Second Sem. and got A average)
Pre-ap Chemistry - A
Pre-ap Algebra II - A
*Sports and Entertainment Marketing - A
Principles of Engineering - A
*Entrepreneurship - A
Teen Leadership - A
*Advertisement & Sales Promotion - A
Spanish III - A (Reg)</p>

<p>Junior:
US History - B (took it in community college over summer)
*AP Microeconomics - A (5 on AP test)
*AP Statistics - A (5 on AP test)
Pre-ap Precalculus - A
English III - A (Reg.)
Swimming (Varsity) - A (of course)
Pre-ap Physics - A (but took AP Exam anyway and got 4 on it)
Communication application skills (speech) - A
*Digital Interaction Media - A
*Accounting I - A</p>

<p>Senior: (ALL are expected grade)
AP Government - A (5 on AP Exam)
*AP Calculus - A (5 on AP Exam)
English IV - A (Reg)
Swimming (Varsity) - A
AP Physics BC - A (got 5 on AP test last year already)
*Banking & Financing – A
*Accounting II – A
Choir – A
*BCIS II – A</p>

<p>My Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Freshman year – Was lost; had no interest in extracurricular activities whatsoever</p>

<p>Sophomore year –
DECA (Went to state competition with Entrepreneurship – International Business Plan event), Spanish Honor Society, </p>

<p><strong>During Summer</strong>
Summer Swimming League (Stingrays swim team), Community College class (if that counts), Paid-Internship in Taerim INC. (business in Korea) as a warehouse/stock manager for 198 hrs, and Non-Paid-Internship (volunteering in a interested field) in Lakehill Resort (in Korea) as a customer/service manager for 165 hrs</p>

<p>Junior year –
Varsity Swim Team, DECA – Co president of our club (Went to International competition with Entrepreneurship – International Business Plan Event), Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, 50 hrs of Volunteer in nearby Hospital</p>

<p><strong>During Summer</strong>
Summer Swimming League (Stingrays swim team), Community College class, Paid internship in Taerim INC. as a warehouse/stock manager for 201 hrs, and Non-Paid-Internships (volunteer) in Lakehill Resort as a customer/service manager for 170 hrs.</p>

<p>Senior year –
Varsity Swim Team, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta 30 hrs of Volunteer in nearby Hospital</p>

<p><strong>Expected to complete before graduation</strong>
DECA – President (Go to State competition with same event as usual)</p>

<p>My recommendations:</p>

<p>Swimming Coach – Should be the right recommendation
Entrepreneurship Teacher (also the sponsor of DECA) – should be SPECTACULAR, assuming from our close relationship
My Counselor – Should also be fantastic; unusually friendly relationship for student – counselor.</p>

<p>My SAT scores, GPA, and my class rank are mediocre for people applying at UPenn. But as you can notice, my extracurricular activities are very focused into business administrative positions. Do you think this resume is good enough for admission into UPenn as Early Decision or Stanford?</p>

<p>Bump, Anyone?</p>

<p>Get a recommendation from a teacher who teaches a core class (English, Math, History, etc.) That’s for starters.</p>

<p>Tenor, thanks for that advice. I’ll get a recommendation from one of my core teachers asap.</p>

<p>Bump again…</p>

<p>Should probably get into Stanford.</p>

<p>Bump once more</p>