Chance me for Wharton, and get a few laughs along the way

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<p>So with decisions already made and finalized, i guess I might as well put up my stats for a chance, maybe it'll cool down the paranoia i am experiencing right now :) give some other people laughs to calm the tension as well :) </p>

<p>NOTE: IF I sound cocky, its for comedic purposes, If was really cocky, I wouldn't have asked for your opinions :)
[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1st time: 790W, 720M, 730CR, 2240(meh) 2nd time: 700W, 740M, 720CR, 2160(ouch) Super scored: 2260 (Meh)
[ *] ACT: 33,35,36,34 comp: 35(REDEMPTION! TAKE THAT SAT!!!) E:10 Comp wr: 32(Meh)
[ *] SAT II: Math II: 800, Bio(E): 800, Ush: 800 (SWAGGGGG 800x3)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.4 Weighted; 4.0 UW but a TON of A-'s more than half my grades are A-'s (Meh)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked but unweighted it is top 1%, weighted, top 3% (Some swag present)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Euro, USH, Psych, Bio: 5 (some swag) Lit: 4(Whatevs)[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: At school: AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Micro/macroecon, Art1 (so much work; oh gawd, wasnt senior year supposed to be fun??). At NUVHS:Intro to sociology, Survey of humanities
At community college: Calculus applicaitons in Biology, management and sociology, World history
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bank of America Scholar (AWW YEE), Commended PSAT (missed by a point :( , SOB SOB), AP Scholar with distinction (whatevs), National winner and global participant in social innovation relay by HP (SWERVE), National Meriwest Essay competition 1st place winner on how to fix economy (YEE), Some national awards for financial literacy (whatevs)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Bank of America Student leader; worked as a marketing intern for JA; was paid $2,500 for a summer of work.Marketing intern, met some famous people and brought in dough for the company :)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: President of Financial literacy club; led team into placing 25th on statewide stockmarket challange out of 400 teams; had three memebers place in top 10% of the nation for financial literacy (out of 80,000 students), CSF: treasurer, member for all 4 years: Under my treasearurship, I doubled the bank account from $2,500 to $5,000 ; made some kids happy:). Womensintiative & microfinance: I developed my own microloan model after witnessing the devastation caused by high interest rates, raiseed $7,500 and gave out two microloans, with this Bank of America awared me a scholarsihp (only 200 out of over 7000 people were accepted) where I met with other scholars and formed my non-profit, Gamma microfinancing intiaitce to give out more of these loans, balance finance and community service. Talked to congressmen and senators about passing legislation against unfair microlending practices. I also manage my own blog about finance into daily life; about 150 pageviews per month. Track 4 years, XC 1 year, some other minor things like leadership class comittee chair and whatnot. This is probably my strongest part
[ *] Summer Activities:See community service.
[ *] Essays: MEH, I spoke about my activites in depth, maybe a little too focused on finance and helping people? I'd say about 8/10 overall
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I'm guessing good and awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty awesome
[ *] Additional Rec: AWESOME; from the CEO of the microfinance company I worked at.
[ *] Interview:Went ok, about 45 minutes, i got in everythign I wanted to say
[ /list][ b]Other*
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):'Murica
[ *] School Type:Public, its new but a pressure cooker nonetheless
[ *] Ethnicity: That one subcontinent that part of asia and has about 1.3 billion people
[ *] Gender: M
[ *]Income Bracket: Middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have more swag than all hip-hop artists combined. LOL nah, I dont got any hooks (i wish)
[ b]Reflection*
[ *] Strengths: I'm amazingly good looking. :) Passion for finance/xtracirriculars:)
[ *] Weaknesses: COMPETITION EHMEHGERD SO MANY OTHER WELL TALENTED PEOPLE!!!! WHY BAY AREA WHY????? Essays maybe? test scores? those A-'s? Not legit enough in math?</p>

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<p>2/10. No laughs given.</p>

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<p>If you can you should delete all of the *'s and space the text out…it’s easier on the eyes and people will be more willing to read through everything.</p>

<p>Well I think you’re in the ballpark, which is a good thing. Your scores, especially your SAT IIs are strong, your SAT I is slightly above average, and your ACT is buttkicking. </p>

<p>Sorry I’m really tired right now and didn’t thoroughly read through the rest. Good luck though!</p>

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<p>^ Actually if he deletes the spaces it will look much better.</p>

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<p>Personally, I don’t mind a cocky person if they’re able to put their money where their mouth is. And you seem like you have a lot of reasons to be confident (there’s nothing wrong with that). </p>

<p>I think you have a great chance, mostly because you will obviously have a unique perspective based on your experiences so far. Penn (and many other schools) look for students who have that unique perspective. It’s not really about the extracurriculars you did or how many hours of community service you had. It’s what you gained from them.</p>

<p>Colleges want students that will contribute something interesting in the classroom, because college is a festering pot of money and overly enthusiastic kids. They want you to spend their money - they want you to take advantage of the resources (a guy who works in the admissions office at Penn told me this). </p>

<p>To demonstrate this: A few years ago, a group of guys at Penn really liked meat. They really wanted to just hang out with each other, eat/cook/barbecue meat, and have a good time. They started a club JUST TO EAT MEAT. And a bunch of people joined. And Penn paid for everything. </p>

<p>That’s how serious Penn is about supporting everything their students do. </p>

<p>But anyway. You’re obviously a passionate, high functioning member of society with test scores that are in the ball park for Penn. You just need to show them that you’ll have something great to contribute to the campus too. Whether it be something silly, intellectual, funny, etc. </p>

<p>Hopefully we’ll see each other next year at Penn :)</p>

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<p>Wait I heard about a similar story to the meat club at MIT. Basically, clubs get funded, so it was a way to simply get free beef from the school, and all they had to do was get a faculty sponsor for the club.</p>

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<p>panic…Everyone’s ECs are so closely linked to business/finance!..= =…I thought I was doing ok before…but now…*sigh… I’m preparing to get rejected…</p>

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<p>why? don’t give up hope!!! I’m not really that great, and Wharton accepts a lot of people who don’t have business interests like they take soccer team captains and stuff as well :slight_smile: best of luck.</p>

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<p>I think you have a really good chance of getting into the college of your dreams. Very strong applicant.</p>