Chances at Wharton?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Im a senior that recently moved and am thus having a hard time figuring out my stats at my new school, but the following is a list of where i stood at my old school and the two should be fairly similar:
I have a high school GPA of 4.2 weighted, 3.92 unweighted
My class rank is 14 out of 345
ACT composite=31
SAT superscored composite=2130
SAT Math1=690
SAT Literature=700
SAT US History=700</p>

<p>I was commended as a national merit scholar for the PSAT and am a National Hispanic Scholar.</p>

<p>During my junior year i could take 3 APs and i only took two. I got a 3 on the US History and a 5 on the English Language. This year I'm taking 3 APs and Spanish IV.</p>

<p>I volunteered 135 hours for a local Congressman and was then hired by him as a field representative.</p>

<p>My officer positions include: Olympus club class representative 10th grade, Olympus club treasurer 11th grade, FBLA vice president 11th grade, after moving i started a new chapter and was FBLA president and founder in 12th grade, DECA vice president 11th grade.</p>

<p>The activities i was involved with include: AcDec, quiz bowl, FBLA, DECA, NHS, History Day, Model UN, Olympus, Stock Market Game, National Finance Challenge (3rd in state for 2 years), and National Economics Challenge (3rd in state for 2 years, 1st in state 1 year which put me at 35th in the nation), and young Republicans.</p>

<p>Misc: I've visited Penn 3 times and sat in on an econ course at wharton, am from a state that sends under 10 kids a year to Penn, and took math courses over the summer so I could take AP AB calc before graduation specifically because wharton wants kids to have calc, and I have a fairly well known alumn writing me a rec letter.</p>

<p>I plan on applying to Wharton ED. Please rate my chances on a scale of 1-10. Thank you</p>

<p>Can you please tell me what you think my odds at getting in are on a scale of 1-10 and offer any advice you might have for areas of improvement?</p>

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<p>I would say that as a URM with good stats you have a great chance at most schools. The under 700 mathI score leads me to question Wharton though. URM or not, they want strong math to know you can handle the heavy math program. Almost no applicants just submit mathI, will you be taking mathII? What your ACT math score is and how you did in calc will be important.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help. . .My math is at 650 for the SATI and a 29 for the ACT (ive taken the ACT twice but as of now i only know my scores for the first one and I hadn’t taken trig or precalc when id took that one). My precalc didn’t cover all it should have but i have a B in calc right now and think i can scrape an A. I am planning on taking Math II and will submit those scores if rejected ED but I won’t get the scores back until after the ED deadline</p>

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<p>You have a shot. I think you’d get into HYP easier though. Do your best to show strength in math.</p>

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<p>Well, it’s certainly not what I was hoping to hear but i appreciate the honesty as I need all the factual information i can get. . .what sort of scores do you think I’d have to get to be in at least a fairly competitive range?</p>

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<p>i agree with hmom5, take mathII and get a 750. not hard, just study it :\ uh, if you were white, there’s no way you’d get in. However, i think it’s maybe a 5/10 cause your hispanic. This is hard for me to say cause i know wharton is a lot easier than Penn liberal arts college. idk, but again… 5/10. get your scores higher!</p>

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<p>You’re kidding, right?</p>

<p>I’ve seen some URMs get into Wharton with math scores about 720. The issue is you’ll have a tough time in the program without strong math skills. You don’t need to attend Wharton for a great job in business. I’d look at the other ivies too. Dartmouth places particularly well in business jobs among the mid tier ivies.</p>

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<p>I think chances aren’t too great, even though you are hispanic. The math scores are a bit low, I would recommend retaking them. Still, you have a decent ACT and a pretty good class rank, and you are URM so you definitely have a chance. I’d say something like 10% shot without improving scores, but it’s just a guess</p>

<p>Chance me too:</p>

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<p>Where’s the fairness in all this? I think we should go to Las Vegas, the cards aren’t TOO stacked against us there…</p>