Chance me: Wharton ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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Background: Upper-class Indian Male with Permanent residency in America

Academics:-
Currently doing the IB Diploma. HL’s: Business Management, Econ, and Physics. SL’s: Math, English, and Spanish
11th Grade avg: 37/42
Predicted score: 39/42
Weighted GPA of 4.65 / 5
Came in the top 10% globally for 4/7 subjects in IGCSE (Business Management, Econ, Physics, and Accounting)
Took Additional Mathematics in the IGCSE: 87 percentile
Awarded distinction and India wide rank 32 for American Math Contest 2017
Received merit scholarship worth 25% of both grade 11 and 12 tuition
Most Improved Student: Theory of Knowledge
Topper: Business Management HL
Top 5 Rank: Economics HL
Top 10 Rank: Physics HL
Topper: Math SL

NEW SAT I: First attempt - 1400, second attempt- 1550
SAT II:- Math II: To be given (predicting an 800), Physics ( predicting 700+)

Online courses (started or to be started):-
Introduction to financial accounting: Wharton Business School
Leading the life you want: Wharton Business School
Entrepreneurship 4 -Financing and profitability - Wharton Business School
Learn to program Java: Microsoft
Business Strategy from Wharton: Competitive advantage

Leadership Roles:-

  1. Vice President: Student Council 2014-2016
  2. Director General: OISMUN'17 ( School MUN that facilitated 200 delegates, and worked in collaboration with MUNcafé )
  3. Founder and President: Wolves of Wall Street ( High school trading venture
  4. Founder and CEO: MUNKEY ( Student run MUN research institute (add later)
  5. Team Captain: Basketball
  6. Accounts and Sponsorship Head (approximate total raised: ₹2,000,000) :- i. Leopard Print: School magazine ii. Let it beat: NGO dealing with patients suffering from Heart disease iii. Mission Smile: Student run NGO working to fund Cleft lip removal surgeries iv. Save the K9: NGO working to help shelterless dogs, In collaboration with ‘Animals matter to me' v. Fiesta: Student run food company for 'Entrepreneur for a day' 2017 ( Marketing and Finance Head )

Team Leader: Student Entreprise Challenge and Group IV Project

Work Exp, Research work, and courses

  1. Internship at start-up: Index Immigration Services Ltd Pvt,
  2. IBDP Business Management Extended Essay.
  3. Economics Independent Research Work
  4. Global Politics Independent Research Work
  5. Business Management HL Internal Assessment
  6. Economics HL Internal Assesment 1 Commentary
  7. Physics HL Internal Assesment
  8. PLAYNOMICS workshop held by the London School of Economics, on the topic of Bonds and Risk Management

Other Extracurriculars:

  1. Forensics: Debate and Extemporaneous Team

(to be added later): Wharton Investment competition

  1. 12 MUNs: 5 Best delegate awards, 4 High commendation awards, and 1 Honorable mention '
  2. Technical analysis certification: Bombay Stock Exchange
    1. Battle Laureate Inter-school competition: Mock Stock Exchange 1st place
    1. Debate Competition: Best speaker award : Held by Podar International School
    2. Technocrat competition: Best speaker award and 1st place
  4. International public policy debate forum, hosted by the Brewer Foundation and New York University
    1. Science Fair: designed a model to study magnetic flux and its impact on a gauss rifle
  5. Certified for A2 by the Academia de Español
  6. Accounts and Sponsorship Team: Relay For Life ( Community fundraiser for the Indian Cancer Society)

Community Service projects:

  1. Indian Development Foundation: Resource Mobilization for Humanitarian Causes
    1. Actor for Girl up: A social enterprise aiding the girl child and women in society.
    2. ADAPT (formerly Spastics society, Mumbai): Helping mentally challenged students learn through visually stimulative activities
  2. Selected to volunteer at a rural village in Batam, Indonesia: Helped by developing construction plans and building a wall to protect the children. Also played with, and entertained children there with songs and dances.
    1. Aforementioned NGOs such as Let it Beat, Save the K9, and Mission Smile
    2. Worked in a Sandal Co-operative and Sugarcane production unit in Kolhapur\

Countries Travelled to ( I was hoping to show penn that i’ve garned a global perspective ) :

Austria, The Caribbean Islands, Canada, China , France , Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Oman, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, The United Arab Emirates, The United Kingdom, and The United States of America

Athletics:

  1. Varsity Basketball Team: Podar International School

    2.Track and Field: Sports , Podar International School
  2. Varsity Volleyball Team, Oberoi International High School

Adventure Sports:
Cave diving
Paragliding
Hiking

Common app essay on Trading and how I was brought up in that environment ( 8/10 as of now)
Recs still to be written, but I’m expecting one very good teacher rec and a really good counselor rec
Hooks: None