Chances at Wharton?

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

what are my chances at Wharton if I apply early decision?
Living in philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Male
Caucasian
No legacy

at the start of highschool I was intimidated and took easy classes but as highscool went on I found myself in more rigorous courses

Freshman year: 4.33 Weighted and 4.0 unweighted
H history A
H algebra 2 A
English A
Biology A

Sophomore year: 4.6 weighted 3.8 unweighted
H history A
H English A
H geometry A
H chemistry B

Junior year: 4.5 weighted 3.5
AP English B
AP microeconomics B
H physics B
H precalc A
H history A
H accounting A

Senior year GPA: tbd
AP macroeconomics
AP calc
AP stat
AP bio
H English
H history

Sat: 2060
Sat 2: going to take physics and math 2 after I complete my junior year
Cumulative GPA: 3.8 unweighted 4.46 weighted (out of 5)
No class rank in my school although I am in top 5 percent of my class

ECs:
President of homework assistance program (helping elementary school students do homework)
Junior class cabinet
Captain of golf team
German club FBLA (2nd place in sports management for district)
Key club

Thanks guys, hopefully I gave you enough information.

2

Sorry to say, but I highly doubt you’ll get into Wharton. Just looking at your transcript, where you got a B in microecon (probably most important AP for Wharton), you showed a downward trend, and your SAT scores, which are well below the ~2250+ Wharton would expect of candidates. Your extracurricular activities also don’t really stand out to me either. I wish you all the best of luck!

3

whats the breakdown of your SAT scores? like what is your individual math, cr and writing?

4

I think wharton is a reach, but not out of the question. The only thing that makes it a reach is your SAT scores and maybe your EC activities.

5

I’m inclined to echo 235423’s remarks. You’re a great student, but Wharton is as hard a nut to crack as Harvard or Stanford, and a white male from the greater-Philly area is hardly an exotic species for them. They are so selective because most other Ivy colleges do not offer undergraduate business degrees. There are loads of alternatives; don’t set your heart on Wharton, when you have the academic chops for almost every other Business program in the country.

6

Edit: Misread, thought that was for all four years.

I’d agree with the previous posters that your SAT scores are pretty low (check the Common Data Set to see where you fall compared to other applicants) and your EC’s are fairly tame.

7

750 math 720 writing 590 critical reading and I’m takinhg the sats again to try to improve my reading

8

Sorry, but I would not get your hopes up for Wharton. Your UW GPA is not that great, and while your transcript does show that you’ve been challenging yourself, the results haven’t been spectacular (3.5 UW in Junior year really does not look that great to most Ivy league schools). Additionally, your SAT score (as mentioned before), is significantly below the average for Wharton. Sorry for the harsh truth.