chance me? (upenn-wharton, penn state, northeastern, bu)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Preliminary chance because I am waiting for the Spring to take SATs

Race&Sex: Caucasian female
Location: Public school in RI (state ranked but definitely not nationally acclaimed)
Grade: Junior
Prospective major: Marketing/Advertising

Rank: 12/335
GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.12 W
PSAT: 160 sophomore year (probably because I didn’t even look at the study packet or prepare in any way)
Currently taking APUSH, AP French and in honors for all my other classes besides electives
2-D Design college course at local cc

Academic Awards:
Principals Honor Roll every Quarter since starting high school
English Excellence Award

ECs:
-3 years varsity sailing (will likely be captain senior year)
110% award (9) and Sportsmanship award (10)
-Indoor track freshman year
-Mock trial 3 years
-Student Council, creative dept 3 years
-NHS member
-French national honor society
-Planning on joining Business Club next year
-Martial arts/ kickboxing 5 years (black belt)
-Girl scout bronze award (I know, not very impressive, and I probably won’t use this because I did not continue past middle school)

Real World experience/ Other:
-Have Volunteered at the local community farm for over 10 years
-Assistant to photo stylist for Better Homes and Gardens
-Ski Instructor at local ski hill and farm hand at a different farm (this one is paid)

Also any recommendations on how to improve are greatly appreciated!

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I see a chance for you at Penn State & BU if you are able to get a good SAT score.
U penn wharton is a high reach because i do not see something extraordinary in your ECs or something that will make you standout among the hoard of exceptionally qualified applicants.

No idea about northeastern though.

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Your unweighted is a 3.98 yet your weighted is a 4.12? An UW gpa of 3.98 seems pretty high

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This was at the end of sophomore year. Sophomores did not have any opportunities to take AP classes, so this was based off honors weight. I did very well sophomore year so that is why there isn’t a big gap between my weighted and nonweighted.

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Thanks for your input, pallavijaniani, I agree with you that my ECs are not quite up to par. I have heard that Wharton likes business-related ECs, so I’ve been trying to think of something that might show interest in business- internship, blog, etc. Any input or ideas for this are much appreciated.

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^ @pallavijaniani sorry I didn’t know how to mention people so that they would see it

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^^^ @thesebajun