<p>-One of the top public schools in California
-3.85 UW GPA
-4.4 W GPA
-in the top 15% of his class though probably won't report that because it'll hurt his chances
SAT I - 1360 (this score was as a freshman; will take again and easily get 1400+)
SAT IIs - US History - 740
Biology - 720
Math II - 730 (probably take again)</p>
<p>APs Taken
US History (5)
Euro (4)
English Lang (4)
Biology (5)
Environmental science (5)
Psychology (4)
Calc BC (5)*
English Lit (4)*
Statistics (5)*
Gov (5)*
Comp sci (4)*</p>
<p>*indicates projected</p>
<p>ECS/Volunteer </p>
<p>-started his own business and makes hundreds to thousands a month - (started back freshman year and has since comitted thousands of hours)
-free and paid tutoring service created (separate from his business)
-also works at a retailer and is the top financier out of over 500 employees
-Captain of the football team
-competes in track
-Math club
-chess club
-FBLA
-Model UN
-300+ volunteer hours </p>
<p>Hook - father out of a job for almost 2 years and puts his money to paying bills, upward trend</p>
<p>comon guys, chance my friend. He knows it’s a reach but we would love to both go to Penn. He would like to know the threshold of SAT I to make him an overall competitive applicant. is it 1400? or higher?</p>
<p>what about him makes him a weak applicant? Surely he will score 700+ in both critical reading and math as a senior. Is his GPA a weak point as well?</p>
<p>6 AP at a school were that is the maximum possible unless of course you are a super Asian and skipped a grade(s). Our high school is thinking about completely abolishing class rank because there are just too many that cheat the system. Wharton only looks at math and crit reading so I suppose 1400-1500 is lower mid quartiles. Under 750 on math 2 is just plain bad.</p>
<p>I did understand 1360/1600. I am just saying Penn gets candidates who are lot superior if you go strictly by academics although we are still talking about holistic admissions and how much value they put on the other pieces of his app. </p>
<p>OTOH, for a football recruit, the coach tries to ensure an admission once the academic requirements are met. So the question is, can’t he try that route?</p>
<p>yes 1360/1600 as a freshman! I highly doubt he’ll score much less than a 1500. Though I know that isn’t necessarily strong for a Wharton applicant, if they actually read his essays they’ll see he is a pretty smart guy who is a relatively weak standardized test taker and that he has had a pretty rough life.</p>
<p>an injury junior year unfortunately has left him under the radar at most schools except for the UC system here in california. Most colleges have their recruiting board together by now but if he manages to score well on a standardized test for once it’ll help him be put on the map for both academics and football.</p>
<p>Geticed - You are asking people here about chances and based on the current profile, UPenn is a long shot. If he gets a new score, you can rechance with it.</p>
<p>UPenn is a High REACH for every profile. Some may have a higher probability when they have a hook, especially athletes. Otherwise, whether your friend is at 10% or 5%, it is not much of a difference.</p>
<p>He started his own business and is already a millionaire, so his professional business abilities are obviously competent. His grades are good, his APs are solid, and he’s obviously very smart and athletic. And well-rounded. </p>
<p>I’d say he has a very good shot at Wharton. As long as he emphasizes the family problems he’s had (exaggerate if he has to) and his involvement in the professional environment.</p>
<p>Yes, perhaps the best aspect of his business (that he will focus on in his essay(s)) is how it was relatively unprofitable, but he stuck with it. It was only until junior and senior year, when he began to learn applicable mathematics and economics did his business really take off and we were able to increase profits by ten fold. Right now we both typically make between 5,000 to 8,000 a month in profit.</p>