Chance me for Wharton ED and Other Top schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics:
White Jewish male from Jersey
Upper Middle Class

Intended Major:
Huntsman program or marketing in Wharton. For my other schools, I’d do East Asian Studies or Econ. I’d be targeting Japanese. I’m not fluent, but I’m for sure higher than college level Intermediate Japanese. Had a meeting with the assistant director of Huntsman, and he said it should be good enough.

Academics:

wGPA: 4.6 I believe.

School has no AP. Only honors or regular. I’ve taken almost all honors. I’d also be without a doubt #1 class rank wise. Go to a weird ass school that has no academic or extracurricular opportunities at all. I made most of the clubs at school.

ACT: 34. E: 36 M: 31 R:36 S:34

USH and WH SAT II: 720. A bit weak I know. Math II scores coming in tomorrow, and I expect anywhere from 760-800 on that. Also taking Japanese SAT II in November.

Took APUSH exam for fun and got a 5.

School is VERY small, so I know all my teachers and counselor there. They all love me, and I’ve seen the rec letters and they’re fantastic. Showed my essays to a couple of people as well, and also got great feedback on them.

Extracurriculars:
Sneaker Resell Company: I started a sneaker and streetwear reselling LLC 4 years ago, buying limited editions and flipping them. In one year, I have made over $36k in revenue, and decent profit. Been interviewed on some smaller websites.

Sneaker Blogger/Influencer: I started a blog about sneakers. I have interviewed prominent figures from companies like Nike, and get free stuff as an influencer from companies like Puma. I have readers from 30+ countries, and it’s decently popular.

Sneaker Charity: I started a sneaker charity as well. I organize shoe drives and charity raffles in collaboration with charities for homeless youth, collecting 100+ pairs per drive. Coming up, I’m working with a large reselling platform to have a big charity raffle. Expected to raise anywhere from $30k to $60k if not more.

Founder/President, Anime Club. Pretty self explanatory. Most popular club at school surpassingly.
Japanese Translator: In my free time, I translate Japanese rap songs and write my own verses. I do translation for companies as well.

Student Ambassador: I assist in organizing all student trips/events at school. I meet with and introduce prospective students, giving guided tours with fun commentary.

Community Service Club Head: As head, I’ve organized charity coat drives and fundraisers, including raising over $2k for Puerto Rico hurricane relief. Not as impressive as my sneaker charity lol.

Squash Player: Silver-ranking squash player. Not good enough to get recruited sadly. I travel to tournaments and squash camps as a member of the Men’s League at my racquet club. I also mentor beginners.

Japanese Cultural Exchange Participant: I was one of 15 American students to participate in a cultural exchange program with 60 Japanese students. A lot of fun.

Summer Stuff: Did summer classes at Columbia and business and finance.

College list: UPenn, Duke, Yale (JD legacy), Georgetown, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Vanderbilt, USC

Just wondering how you guys think I stack up.

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Bump

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“Math II scores coming in tomorrow, and I expect anywhere from 760-800 on that.”
Can you update the scores?

“They all love me, and I’ve seen the rec letters and they’re fantastic.”
Didn’t you waive your right to read your recs on the CommonApp, or what? That’s a big no-no for a lot of top schools if you know what you’re sending to them when it comes to recs.

“Showed my essays to a couple of people as well, and also got great feedback on them.”
I’d show it to an English teacher at school. Most of them have done this for years, so they know what to expect.

Your ECs are pretty good, but they better be substantiated with evidence of some kind. There’s no point to gassing up what you can’t prove. That might sound harsh, but I know one kid from my high school who told Johns Hopkins he had an app ready that would be a competitor to Google Maps, and when he failed to deliver by May 1st, he was rescinded. Don’t fall down that hole.

Overall, you have a decent chance at the schools you list. I would probably expect you to get into UPenn if you ED, but make sure to have some matches and safeties in that list as well. As someone from Jersey myself, I’d ask you to look at Rutgers, NJIT, Boston University, the University of Marlyand/Florida, and UC San Diego or UC Merced. Some school that you know you can get into and would be happy going to.

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  1. Got a 760
  2. I did, but they’re allowed to show you them if they want
  3. Already showed it to my English teacher, and multiple former admissions officers at top schools I know. They said it was all good.
  4. I have evidence for everything. I have a spread sheet for all sales, photos of shoes donated, etc etc. The charity raffle is confirmed to be happening in early December.
  5. Already applying to Rutgers, penn State, BU, GWU, ETC. I only included the reaches in my colleges list
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That was a solid refutation.

I think you should be fine at most of what you put on the list. Wharton ED would definitely be a solid choice, and even if you don’t get in, I would expect at least one of those reach schools to accept you.

The only thing that I have a problem with is that there isn’t much of a general focus. Yes, you like marketing and business, and for Wharton that’s good, but at other schools, it doesn’t demonstrate much. Outside of your business, and maybe some work with your charities, I don’t see an underlying thread of consistency. Your entire application speaks to hard work and dedication, but I fear that they won’t see a real story throughout the application, no real sense of where you want to go. However, I think Wharton ED is a good idea and you have a good enough chance to be secure in that.

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The sneaker stuff is pretty consistent. Also the Japanese stuff is. It doesn’t look that deep for Wharton, but I do a lot of Japanese history and language related personal research, and so I go big on that for schools without a business school. That’s why I think my huntsman essay came out pretty well also.

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