Chances at UMich (Preferred admission to Ross), Wash U, UPenn

<p>I'm a current HS senior interested in business. What are my chances for the the University of Michigan (Specifically Preferred Admission to Ross School of Business), Washington University, and Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania (My reach school, I'll be applying ED). Also, can anyone give me advice about how to stand out for the essays/application?</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (by section): 640 Reading, 720 Math, 680 Writing (not planning on sending SAT score)
[ *] SAT IIs: 710 Literature, taking Math 2 and retaking Literature in October
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] APs: 8 total; AP Euro Freshman year (3), AP US (4) and AP Eng Lang (5) Junior year, AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, and AP Macroeconomics this year.
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA: Weighted 4.49, Unweighted 4.0
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats:
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[ *] ECs listed on app: Four years of involvement w/ Future Business Leaders of America (former secretary and current Vice President, won 2nd at Nationals last year), 2 years volunteering at Partners for Progress, 3 years of softball (JV team captain), NHS, attended 10-day summer business program
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate at Francescas (just started)
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great rec from my US history teacher who also coached me for softball, rec from accounting teacher who was also my FBLA advisor
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[ *] State or Country: Illinois
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Good public school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Sorry but Wharton is a high reach for you.
Is the Washington University refer to WUSTL of University of Washington?
You should get into Mich. I’m not sure about direct admit to Ross</p>

<p>Sorry, Ross would be a high reach too.
For UMich LSA that you may apply to Ross again in sophomore, it would be a high match to low reach for oos. Your GPA is good while your ACT is just slightly above admission average. If you are from in state, it would be match for LSA.</p>

<p>Yeah, I mean WUSTL. I’m out of state for all of these schools, not sure if this would help or harm me. </p>

<p>I think you have a chance for all three of them. From what I see, you are in the race, but you could end up getting into all or none of these schools. What you can do in the next few months to bolster your application will be important.</p>

<p>ACT score is on the low end, but Penn will like the business involvement. I think you can significantly strengthen your case if you can tell them what you have actually done in business instead of just what positions you held. Tell them what you did in some detail, and show that it is your passion. I think that WUSTL probably focuses the most heavily on test scores, so that may present a challenge. If you can improve that 32, it would be a plus. A strong Math 2 score would be important for Penn and probably Michigan.</p>

<p>I am also wondering why you skip from Penn and Michigan down to WUSTL for business? Is there a particular area of business that you are interested in that they are particularly good at? If not, there are several other strong business schools you may also want to consider. </p>