Chances for Harvard/Wharton

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know there's really no point doing a chances thread this late, but it's senior year, I'm bored, and all I can think about is college admissions =)</p>

<p>SAT: 2360
SAT II's: 800, 800, 780
GPA: 4.4; rank: tied in first</p>

<p>ECs:
-Internship at law firm that specializes in corporate law and business malpractice
-Bank of America: corporate office/desk job doing all sorts of stuff
-Private wealth management internship at Raymond James Financial
-Volunteer/Intern at a U.S Small Business Development Center
-Summer internship program at Federal Reserve bank of San Francisco
-Volunteer work in a rural/backwards region in China: interviewed students for scholarships, organized activities/trip, etc.
-Research with professor regarding investment and financial systems in China and India</p>

<p>Random stuff:
-Tennis (3 years, varsity)
-Founder of investment club
-NHS, CSF, Speech and Debate (VP)...the usual stuff
-made $12,000 playing online poker, invested it in stocks and did some options trading</p>

<p>...lost 1/3 of the money, got out in December: obviously didn't mention that on my apps=]</p>

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<p>If you nailed your applications, I think your chances could be really good. Of course, there are some things you don't really mention here (state, gender, type of school and total people in grade, etc.), but from what I can tell, you're a very strong applicant. Your SAT and GPA couldn't really be better, and the fact that you have a somewhat different passion and have pursued it successfully is great. Wharton sounds like a great place for you. Harvard economics is amazing and IDK why they wouldn't want a few investment geeks to round out the class. But their admissions are crazy, so you never know. I'm sure you'll end up somewhere great. GL!</p>

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<p>Don't know your chances, but were you accepted to that Bank of America program? I applied this year... is it very selective?</p>

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<p>harvard- low reach
wharton- high reach</p>

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<p>Sorry I haven't been on this board very long....but what does low reach/high reach mean?</p>

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<p>They are pretty vague. A reach is generally 25% chance. I would say both are low-reaches.</p>

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<p>Those terms are used to basically differentiate between what kind of reach it is for you. The spectrum would be like so: Safety -- Low Match -- High Match -- Low Reach -- High Reach</p>

<p>I.E.
A high reach: a kid with 3.0 GPA and 1800 SAT applying to Harvard (not recruited athlete or anything).
A low reach: a kid with a 3.7 GPA and 2200 SAT applying to Penn.</p>