Chances for Stanford / Wharton / few others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I just made this new account for this post because a few of my friends know my CC account and I'd rather them not see my info.
With that said, please chance me for Stanford! Also Wharton, Brown, Dartmouth, and Northwestern if you can. :)</p>

<p>Ranking
• I think I am probably in the top 10% but I might not be. I go to one of the most prestigious prep schools in Southeast (Florida) - it's 200 students per grade and probably the top 5% (possibly more) go to HYPM. About 10+ kids go to Penn each year, 10 to Vanderbilt, but only 1 or 2 to Stanford (they send someone new to the school every year or two so our school is practically unknown to them)
• No class rankings but I am cum laude which is the highest the school will award</p>

<p>Scores (and GPA?)
• 2320 on SAT (only attempt) and no ACT
• SAT IIs: Math II 800, World History 740, Biology 800 (not sending Spanish no listening 690)
• 3 4s and 4 5s on AP exams
• I've taken the most difficult classes available to me, received mostly As, some Bs
• We use a GPA system that I've never seen anywhere else and after asking college counseling about my weighted and unweighted GPAs are under the more common weighting they said it was irrelevant and that colleges recalculate it
• The top kids in my grade probably have solid A's in 6 AP classes through Junior year and all A's in their other classes so on our scale they have ~4.7 and I have a 4.43 so far
• National Merit Finalist </p>

<p>ECs
• Student Council Treasurer Junior and Senior Year
• Spent most of my summers traveling around world with a non-profit (I did pay and it was not a scholarship but it was much more inexpensive than college programs even with airfare) and I did some community service far overseas - I did this because I love travel and want to go into international business and one of my essays is about this
• Track and Field 3 years, 1 year varsity and Cross Country 2 years, 1 year varsity (I am not a recruit)
• National Beta Club Member 4 years
• Club Founder and President of that club (no fundraising or raising awareness, just a fun club nothing special)
• President Geography Club
• Religious School 4 years, 2 hours/week
• Model UN
• Yearbook Co-Editor
• Writer for School Paper (might be a co-editor this year)
• School Art Award (2 given out each year)</p>

<p>Jobs
• Summer internship at recycling company
• Worked for free as a bartender (It's fun and I wanted experience)
• So no real paid jobs</p>

<p>More
• Friends with large donor at Stanford and friends with largest donor at Penn
• Other applicants from my school may be more qualified or more sought after from these schools - athletic recruits and minorities
• I visited Stanford and Penn and I feel like I'd be great fits at either school, more so than the others on the list
• Pretty good essays and decent recommendations
• Typically students from my school tend to get into Harvard and Princeton much easier than Stanford
• I am a white male not applying for financial aid. I cannot be considered Hispanic because my grandfather moved to Uruguay immediately after birth in Germany (come on his real name is Pedro :P)
• Very qualified classmates applying to Stanford and Wharton (2 Hispanic girls born outside U.S. with ridiculous SAT scores and GPAs, Hispanic boy born in U.S. with 36 on ACT and insane GPA, Black kid with 2400 SAT and great GPA, and also more white people like me with similar, or slightly higher GPAs)
• I come off as a spoiled white kid before reading essays or recs.
• No legacy, my mom went to Maryland and my dad dropped out of Wharton after 2 years to start working</p>

<p>So that's about it, sorry that it's so long and I have so many parenthetical remarks. I'm sure I made formatting/grammatical/spelling errors so feel free to correct me. If you can, please tell me what (that I have listed) will help me get in the most and what will do absolutely nothing. Feel free to message me and ask anything or give me some constructive criticism. Thanks for reading and chancing!</p>

<p>I also like foreign films, tea, [fantasy] football, music, and photography! :D</p>

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<p>Sorry this is so long, I tried formatting it so it was easy to read but now its just superfluous.</p>

<p>Could anyone please chance me or should I make a new post?</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, since they aren’t your parents/close relatives, I don’t know how much this will help you. Unless you get them to write a rec for you (assuming they’ve donated a couple million or more), but that could indeed come off as a spoiled white kid.</p>

<p>EC’s not great for those schools, academics seem fine (how many B’s did you get?) Also, you can’t be a National Merit Finalist yet. All reaches but northwestern.</p>

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<p>He will be writing a rec for me or if not contacting the school on my behalf. It is one of my dad’s closest business partners and I worked under him during my internship. He’s one of the biggest donors at Penn (Huntsman school).
My first choice is Stanford. My B’s were in Spanish native speakers (I’m not a native speaker so I expected a B), Chemistry AP, and Functions and Calculus AP.</p>

<p>I know about National Merit but I feel pretty confident I will get it. For reference, about 20% of students at my school gets National Merit Finalist.</p>

<p>I know my ECs are not great but I think they are better than most kids that got in last year (16 admitted, 11 went). Also I feel confident I will get into Northwestern.
Thanks for the response!</p>

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<p>Another question: would it be worth retaking the SAT or taking the ACT? I looked into the ACT and I feel pretty confident I will get at least a 35 or a 36. I might be able to get a 2400 on the SAT if I take it a second time, but is it just a negligible score compared to anything 2300+?</p>

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<p>Someone please chance me!
Also I did not mention community service numbers:
I have 40 freshman year - mostly from temple and being a teaching assistant.
90 sophomore year mostly for community service in Asia but 30 from temple.
100 junior year again mostly from community service overseas and 40 from temple
230 hours total</p>

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<p>Taking the ACT or SAT again is fine, it won’t help too much since you already have a high score, but it won’t hurt either. The ACT is slightly easier to get a 36 on than the SAT is to get a 2400 on, because the ACT is scaled (a 35, 35, 36, 36 with good Writing score is still a 36).</p>

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<p>You have impressive stats and grades. You qualify for all the schools you wish to apply for – but not guaranteed. I do not believe that you need to retake any SAT’s and the ACT is up to you. My kid preferred it, however he is an engineer not a business major like you. I have been involved in international business my entire career and can give you some advice. What is missing is the fact that you have no work experience or any substantial business experience. Yes, I understand that you are a HS student, but an internship at an international business concern would have been nice. Additionally, if you speak any foreign language it will be very helpful. Business schools are looking for Global Citizens these days. Dual citizenship would be a plus for international business. I assume that you are Jewish due to your family history (Germany to Uruguay after WWII) and your references to Temple. Can you get Israeli citizenship? Cal Poly SLO has a good international business focus at its business school, I saw your comments there. For Graduate School there is only one MBA program truly dedicated to international business in the US. Check out this school – it is stellar: [Thunderbird</a> School of Global Management](<a href=“http://www.thunderbird.edu/]Thunderbird”>http://www.thunderbird.edu/)
Also, here are the rankings: <a href=“http://www.thunderbird.edu/wwwfiles/pdf/about_thunderbird/rankings/rankings.pdf[/url]”>http://www.thunderbird.edu/wwwfiles/pdf/about_thunderbird/rankings/rankings.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Good luck!! It appears that you will not have any issue with financing your education as your folks seem to be successful entrepreneurs. It appears that wherever you go you will succeed.</p>

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<p>Osaka covers a lot. You are more than qualified for all your schools based on your Test scores, gpa, courses, ec’s, extra information. Getting in is now a matter of how good your essays and recs are and a bit of luck too.</p>

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<p>I think you have as good a shot as anyone. You have the grades, test scores, and classes to show that you’re intelligent and academically motivated. You have extra curric involvment that shows you are well rounded and that you strive for leadership roles. You have a little pizzaz with the foreign service work. I think your main challenge is tying it all together in a presentable package, which largely means good essays that tie together your strengths. I think that if you apply to a couple ives + Standford and the like then you’ll get at least one if not more. As they say, you never know with those schools though.</p>

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<p>good chance</p>