Chance me for UPenn Wharton (ED), Harvard, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UChicago....

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Tried not to get too specific for privacy

GPA: 4.1 (Weighted)
4.0/4 (Unweighted)
Rank: top 5 out of 200 (ranking not given by school)

Test Scores:
SAT: 2350 (one sitting/only attempt)
800 M/CR, 750 Writing with 8 on essay

SAT II: 780 Chem, 790 Math II, 750 Lit

AP: 5s: US History, AP Lang/Comp, AP 2D Design
4s: Chem, Bio, Euro

Senior Year: AP Stats, BC Calc, AP Gov’t, AP Physics C, AP Drawing and Painting, AP Literature

EC/Jobs:

  1. Class President (Soph-Sr.)
  2. Student Gov’t Treasurer (Jr-Sr.)
  3. XC Captain (Jr-Sr), County All-Scholastic
  4. Indoor Track Captain (Jr-Sr.) County All-Scholastic, Possible recruit
  5. Outdoor Track Captain (Jr-Sr.) County All-Scholastic
  6. Started photography business - weddings, senior portraits, family portraits
  7. Photo Editor for School Newspaper/Yearbook
  8. Volunteer Youth Track Coach
  9. 2 month Internship at local finance firm
  10. Photographer/contractor for Flotrack (huge sports website)
  11. Office Assistant/Photographer for race timing company
  12. Latin Club Consul (So-Sr)
  13. Volunteer tutor - Physics (once a week group), Math, SATs, Chem
  14. National Honor Society/Math Honor Society/Foreign Language Honor Society
    Bunch of other minor clubs/activities

Volunteer Hours:

  1. Church (150 Hours)
  2. Youth Track (50)
  3. Tutoring (50)
    Not great honestly

Awards:

  1. Harvard Book Award
  2. AP Scholar with distinction
  3. National Merit Commended
  4. Scholastic Art Awards (Gold/Silver Keys)
  5. National Latin Exam (3 Gold medals, 1 Perfect score)
  6. Principal’s Award, given to students with highest average in two or more of their respective classes (3x)
    Nothing on the national level

Essays:
Common APP: 8.5/10 - Wrote about human experience behind taking photos
Why Penn - 8/10

Recs:
All three should be very good (Art teacher, Math, Chem/Yearbook)

Background: MA, Asian Male, Fluent in 2 Languages, Financial Aid applied for (probably won’t get much)

I applied ED to wharton, but if I don’t get in, the others mentioned above will be definite applications.

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Are you applying for business everywhere? Your ECs definitely seem geared towards art/humanities. I think being an Asian male in the humanities might be a small hook/bonus. Good GPA and scores.

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@pizzapastapotato depending on the school honestly, like if I apply to Harvard I would definitely consider history, but for Penn I specified concentrations in Human Behavioral Econ and nonprofits

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Okay that’s fair… Given your stats and that you’re not the “cookie cutter Asian” based on your ECs I think at least one of those schools will accept you. Good luck :slight_smile: