Chances at Wharton / UPenn

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hello, </p>

<p>Given your expertise with UPenn and Wharton, I was inquiring whether you could evaluate my feasibility of acceptance as a candidate to these prestigious schools.
I am open and appreciative to all advice.</p>

<p>Academics:
Race: White Male (Russian Jewish Ethnicity)
Region: Midwest
Unweighted GPA: 3.98, ~Top 5%
SAT: ~2200, 800 Math, 700 Writing, 700 Reading
SAT IIs: TBD ~750
Course Load: All IB Courses Taken (Math, Physics, Biology, History, Literature, Government, TOK)
School: Recently ranked #1 Public High School in America</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
~Clubs:

  • President Young Democrats
  • President Future Business Leaders of America
  • NHS, Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>~Summer Internship Moscow State University (MSU)

  • MSU considered a best university in Russia
  • Assisted professors in laser and fiber optics studies.
  • Conducted MAJOR research project
  • Published in two distinguished scientific journals
  • Two patents pending based on findings
  • Went on to present results at U.S. Science Fairs</p>

<p>~Science Fair Endeavors:

  • Regionals Competion
  • First Place Physics Division
  • Grand Award Overall
  • Won all expense paid trip to International Science Fair
  • State Competion:
  • First Place Overall
  • Other Awards:
  • Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Award
  • 1st Place - International Society for Optical Engineering
  • 2nd Place - General Motors Research Chapter of Sigma XI
  • 1st Place – Yale University Science and Engineering Society
  • 1st Place - Mini/Micro Computer Applications
  • Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
  • Awards: To Be Announced (Held in May)</p>

<ul>
<li>Owner of Succesful Online Retail Business</li>
<li>Started an online retail business</li>
<li>Developed first in industry concept</li>
<li>Cash Flow ~$120,000, 20% increase per year</li>
<li><p>I am Featured in Young Biz 100</p></li>
<li><p>Other Stuff:</p></li>
<li><p>2 Time Roller Hockey Champion (Bantam House)</p></li>
<li><p>Piano for 8 years (Non-competitive, I do it for myself)</p></li>
<li><p>Will play Soccer Varsity for School (Senior Year)</p></li>
<li><p>Future Plans:</p></li>
<li><p>Another Research Internship at US University (TBD)</p></li>
<li><p>Summer economics courses at UPenn</p></li>
</ul>

<p>I will appreciate any comments you may have and your opinion on my resume so far. I understand my test scores aren’t great, but I am curious whether my extracurriculars make up for it.</p>

<p>Thanks In Advance</p>

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<p>holy ****, it sounds like you dont even need to go to college, let alone have any problem getting into any school you want to</p>

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<p>impressive. very very solid.</p>

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<p>Did you say you wanted to teach there?</p>

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<p>Teaching may be a possibility, in the future of course. Do you think it would be appropriate to write in my resume that I aspire to gain a phd and become a professor, or is that a little sketchy?</p>

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<p>Sorry to go a little off topic but where did you come across high school rankings?</p>

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<p>Here is a link which refers to the original article:
<a href="http://www.uscollegeprep.com/item/best_high_schools.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uscollegeprep.com/item/best_high_schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The criteria was the difficulty of classes taken by the average student.</p>