Chance me for Wharton/Fisher!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hey Guys!</p>

<p>So first, I want to apologize for posting a chance me discussion, because I KNOW CC isn't really a big fan. I just want another person's opinion to see if I should apply or not, and I want to see if I am a good match. Just be honest with me, I respect it! I'll try to chance back too! By the way, if I get poor feedback, It doesn't really affect me too much because I love what I do, and try my best at school and in my ECs. Anyway, let's take a look:
I'm a Junior BTW</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>•SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 1600/1600
•ACT: Not submitting.
•SAT II: Didn't take yet, but expecting 750ish
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
•AP (place score in parenthesis): None yet, school doesn't offer much too many
•IB (place score in parenthesis):
•Junior Year Course Load: AP Bio, APUSH, Physics H, English H, Spanish H, Pre-calc H.
•Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics, AP English, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Stat
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some school awards like best athlete, etc. Most notable include 10th in the nation in FBLA/1st in State/5th in state for public speaking. Nothing too crazy...</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class President, FBLA State Officer, FBLA Local Chapter President, National Honor Society (president), Spanish Honor Society (vice president), Varsity Soccer (4 years) Varsity Track and Field (3 years) and Varsity Basketball (3 years).
•Job/Work Experience: Interned at an IT Firm over the summer. Started my own company (not for colleges, but because I love what I do and I feel like I learned a lot from this IT Firm to start my own company. We'll see how it goes though...)
•Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, and some other stuff (~100hrs)
•Summer Activities: Interning, hopefully governor's school
•Essays (rating 1-10, details): Not the greatest writer, so I'm expecting ~7.5 for both.
•Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): •Teacher Rec #1: AMAZING
•Teacher Rec #2: Strong
•Counselor Rec: Okay...</p>

<p>Other
•School Type: Public
•Ethnicity: African American
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: Low
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, low income, first generation.</p>

<p>So that's me in a nutshell. A few things I would want you to know about me are that I am very social and LOVE to have fun. I can be serious, but I'm just as playful. I visited Harvard recently and fell in love, but I'm between Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and UPenn EA/ED. If any of you guys actually read everything, and you don't think I would fit at Harvard or have a poor chance of getting in, feel free to suggest another college! Or just suggest another college anyway that you think I would fit at! I either want to major in the sciences or business!</p>

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<p>I think you’re a pretty competitive candidate for all the schools you’re thinking about. Your raw scores combined with your hooks will definitely work in your favor. The only thing that concerns me is that some of those schools, particularly Penn, does not participate in score choice and requires that you send all scores. This is to say that if you’re not submitting your ACT because you don’t want to there may be a problem. If you’re not submitting because you haven’t taken it just disregard this. Lastly I would try and get some extra help on your essays as they can really be a positive enhancement to your application, and really put you over the hill. All in all with your credentials I hope you shoot for the stars!</p>

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<p>None of the schools you like will ever hurt your future but if IT, business and social scene are your interests, I suggest taking a harder look at Penn and Stanford. Of course, I’m just splitting hairs. You could do well in IT if you drop out of Harvard.</p>