.........chances for an average student at Wharton

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>African Male
GPA: 3.4
SAT Score: 1800/2400
Recs: will be great
Essay: will be great</p>

<p>ECs:
Mock Trial
Football
Junior Achievement: Vice President
French Honor Society: Financial Treasurer
School Newspaper
Volunteer at Local Fire Department: Junior Firefighter
Volunteer at Church: Technical Department</p>

<p>AP Classes:
AP English Lang
AP English Lit
AP Bio</p>

<p>Awards:
2nd place in school science fair
Academic Excellence Achievement Award
National English Merit Award Commendation
Presidential Award
Who’s Who Among American High School Students
National Society of High School Scholars</p>

<p>BTW, I skipped a grade(if that helps at all)
<em>I’m going ED</em></p>

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<p>Who's Who is a useless, mass mailed award, don't put it on the app.
You will most likely need to improve your SAT (a 1800 is a 1200 on the old scale).</p>

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<p>get the GPA and SAT score up A LOT</p>

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<p>well...</p>

<p>you havent been taking the hardest course load...and your gpa is not that good considering you only have 3 APs. </p>

<p>You also (like me) have poor SAT scores.</p>

<p>the last 2 awards you listed are scams...</p>

<p>I dont think you will have a chance at all.... (dont mean to be harsh)</p>

<p>have you considered other schools you can apply to ED? I think NYU may be good?</p>

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<p>I've taken about 11 honors classes. Does that help?</p>

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<p>oh well honors is good.....how many aps are you allowed to take at your school?</p>

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<p>about 10 ap classes</p>

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<p>well that will hurt becuase you did not tke the toughest course load....but you did take the honors which is the next best thing..</p>

<p>does your gpa trend upwards?</p>

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<p>Fortunately, yes, it does.</p>

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<p>Good luck... ED will be useful... meanwhile, try to improve on the SAT.</p>