chance me for wharton!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Please chance me I'm new to CC.</p>

<p>Desired Major: Accounting </p>

<p>White Male</p>

<p>Junior </p>

<p>Competitive public school </p>

<p>GPA Unweighted: 3.9</p>

<p>ACT: 32 (First time)</p>

<p>PSAT: 196</p>

<p>Junior Year AP: Lit, Calc AB, Lang, Gov
Senior Year AP: Calc BC, Micro, Macro, Spanish
Accelerated/Honors Classes: More than 7</p>

<p>ECs: Baseball, Cross Country, Hockey 4 years
Orchestra Letter Winner 4 years
Chamber Orchestra Letter Winner 4 years
Won numerous solo/ensemble contests (More than 7)
State Spanish Champion 4 times
National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist
Member of Young Life and School's Praise and Worship</p>

<p>Volunteer: School Mentor
Tutor
NHS (Presidential candidate)
Raised $2000 for leukemia and lymphoma patients
Volunteer at local soup kitchen
250+ volunteer hours</p>

<p>Work: Caddy at golf club</p>

<p>Please tell me if it's a target, low reach, high reach, etc. If you have any info about the business school please let me know. Also, let me know if there is anything I can do to improve my chances. Thanks!</p>

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<p>in a nutshell wharton is looking for the smartest and most motivated people, so get those scores up. a 196 PSAT is nowhere near what they are looking for. try for ACT 35 or an SAT above 2300. as of now it seems like a reach for you.</p>

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<p>What do you think of the ECs?</p>

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<p>good, but nothing “WOW” you know?
half of the candidates have ECs that stand out in their highschools
but not in wharton candidate pool
think of something you really passionate about, and expand for there</p>

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<p>this is truly a holistic process once you have necessary stats(great rank, great scores, great GPA, tough schedule, calculus class, Math2 subject test). they look at EC’s, essays, the nature of your high school and how you fit in there, recommendations from teachers, counselor recs. and after reading all of this, they will judge whether or not you’re right for Wharton. it’s such an incredibly competitive place, and your four years there would involve such intense pressures, that the people who get rejected are usually being done a favor.</p>

<p>I also suggest reading <a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?;

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<p>Overall, your stats look decent. As said above, you should pull up your scores: 2200 SAT or 34 ACT preferably. After that, all scores are basically the same. For your EC, you should have more leadership positions. Also, have you done any research? Not a lot of applicants do research so if you can find a university professor or anyone else to conduct a research project with this summer, that would be stellar. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Does work experience play a huge role?</p>

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<p>You really just need one great EC in which you showed leadership and achievement. Work experience is a good option. But you could also choose sports or community service instead, and still get in.</p>

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<p>it’s a toss up. your sat/act definitely needs to increase. although your ECs are decent, there is no “wow” factor. think of something youre passionate about and work towards it. maybe do something business related?</p>

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<p>I actually think your ECs are terrific. They may not “wow” them, but they seem very solid. You are a three sport varsity athlete, a talented musician, and multiple Spanish awards at the state level is quite impressive.</p>

<p>No one can guarantee an acceptance, but for you to be really competitive you should work on bringing up your testing. A 34+ would be ideal (not a requirement, but would make an acceptance much more likely ), and hopefully your rank is well within the top 5% (thought it depends on your hs). You’ll also want a good Math Level 2 score for Wharton, as others have said.</p>

<p>In a nutshell, the one thing you can focus on that could have the biggest payoff is improving your testing. Good luck!</p>

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<p>You have a good unweighted GPA, but what’s your weighted GPA? Weighted is equally important as your Unweighted, since it’s easy to get straight A’s with easy classes but hard to get straight A’s with all AP’s and honors. You need to improve your SAT/ACT score. 32 is a bit below acceptable for a Early Decision to Wharton, and if you want to apply regular decision, the chances of admission with a 32 is very slim. </p>

<p>Don’t forget your SAT II scores and AP Scores. For Wharton, Math IIC is extremely important as well as Calc BC. Sure, most colleges say that they don’t consider AP scores, but in the end, it gives a measure to how well you adapt and handle college-level courses. Make sure you take at least 2 SAT IIs, if not three or more. </p>

<p>As of your extracurriculars, there are some awesome aspects and not-so-good aspects. I see that you are into sports, so are you lettered? Are you the captain of those teams? Being involved is part of the EC, but you should also make sure you have LEADERSHIP positions. Leadership is really important when you apply to Wharton. Try to do some business-related EC’s as well, such as finding an internship at a local business firm, investing in stocks or fake stocks, start fundraisers for your school’s clubs, etc. BTW, good job with that $2000 fundraiser!!!</p>

<p>Lastly, work experience is not important at all to Wharton. I had no work experience when I applied to Wharton, and I got in without it. All in all, if you think you can learn more from your sports and other extracurricular activities, then do those instead of work. For example, you can spend time doing more fundraisers for local organizations instead of work and earn some spare money for yourself. </p>

<p>As ccuser18 said, the biggest payoff is improving your testing. No matter how good your EC’s are, Ivies usually don’t offer acceptance unless your academics is at least above average. </p>

<p>Best of luck to you. </p>

<p>Here are some of my stats for your reference. PM me if you got questions!</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0, 4.5 unweighted
SAT: 2300
SAT II: 800 Math IIC (retake), 800 Chemistry, 770 Bio E, 760 US Hist, 800 Chinese
AP: 10 total, nine 5’s and one 4
Asian Male
Average Public School
EC: don’t want to be too specific with this, but in general, a lot of leadership and dedication to business and science related organizations. 5 president/captain positions senior year.
Awards: nothing nationally recognized, but a few state-level awards
Awesome essays
Above average recs.</p>

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<p>Weighted should be good since all my APs are A’s and A-'s one B in Calc but that was circumstantial since I had gotten two concussions in hockey within that semester</p>

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<p>Anyone from Wharton care to comment on the program?</p>

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<p>My son did ED Wharton this fall with a 2230 and unweighted 4.0 with BC Calc and 3 other APs Junior [all 5’s], valedictorian, lots of state awards in FBLA and math and lots of leadership, etc. and was deferred Wharton. He’s hoping to hear better news next week, but likely his chances are about 50/50. </p>

<p>I think he would have got in early had his SAT’s been 2300 or above…</p>

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<p>That’s encouraging</p>

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<p>in response to the person asking for description of wharton</p>

<p>Wharton is a tough program. You learn a lot of the same things a top(Harvard, Stanford, Chicago) MBA student learns, but you learn it in a much more competitive and intense environment. </p>

<p>Outside of MGMT 100, which is a reprehensibly bad class, it’s all very cerebral and useful. However, a lot of it is finance focused. But if you want finance, you’ll come out of Wharton one of the best prepared 22 year olds in the country with regard to working financial services. </p>

<p>A lot of people study a lot. People pull all nighters regularly. Huntsman Hall is open 24 hours a day. Most of this is unnecessary. Once you’ve spent a decent amount of time learning the material, the all nighters become counter productive. Your grade will mostly come down to natural intelligence and test tasking skills. The dude in Huntsman’s study lounge at 4 AM should probably get some sleep.</p>