<p>@kbolisetty23 Does depth in activités like DECA/Debate help at all, or not much?</p>
<p>@cbreeze I’ll just link the website on the application, we’re 501©3 so pretty legit.</p>
<p>General question. I have a friend in LBW, and I was wondering how much it would help their application? I’ve heard it’s pretty selective, but at the same time it’s an enrichment program and you get no college credit (seems like a waste). </p>
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<p>Does the website say you are the founder?
For something like this, you should have some press write-up on you. Include that.
What makes it more legit is to ask someone who can vouch for your work write you a recommendation.
If what you said can’t be 100% checked out, don’t include it.
Never embellish. Remember Martoma.</p>
<p>@cbreeze Yes it does I actually coded the website as well :). We also have multiple stories in the media as well.
Getting a LOR from someone who can vouch would be nice, but who would it be? My friend and I (co-founders) have done most the work ourselves without much adult supervision. Maybe a partner charity we worked with?</p>
<p>@WhartonHYPS It will help, just not as much as your nonprofit stuff (unless you’ve had success on a national/international level for those activities).</p>
<p>Your resume is actually fairly similar to mine, except your grades and EC’s are wayyyy better than mine. I think you’re exactly the kind of student that Wharton is looking for! BTW, that nonprofit is crazy impressive. </p>
<p>Amazing stats! You are way too qualified for wharton/penn. I think you should look at LSE and oxford. </p>
<p>AP scholar with distinction from 4 AP exams? You have to take at least 5 AP exams for this award. </p>
<p>@lslmom excuse me, I’ve taken 5, but am only reporting 4</p>
<p>Generally you are expected to take the AP test if you took the class so it would look odd if the score was missing. That is, unless you didn’t take the class.</p>
<p>He probably just scored low on the AP exam itself. In that case, I wonder if it is better to report a bad score, or withhold a bad score?</p>
<p>It depends. If a college sees that you took a class and didn’t report the score, they might assume that you did poorly.</p>
<p>Or how about we don’t worry about minute details like that because it won’t make or break your app</p>
<p>Well you seem to think that small differences on the SAT can make or break your app, so AP scores should to by that logic. AP scores help admissions gauge the difficulty of your school. For example, at my school, many kids who got Bs in APs still got 5s on the exam since there wasn’t grade inflation. If you got a 3 on an exam in a class where you got an A, that might raise questions about the difficulty of your school. Also, if you’ve only taken science or math subject tests it might be interesting to see how one does on their humanities and social science APs. It seems a lot of students here who have 5s on stuff like chem have 3s or 4s on history or English what not.</p>
<p>You’re basically saying that 4 good score and 1 bad score which a great SAT score will break my application. Sorry, but not understand that. Though I am a science major, my higher scores are in humanities (all 5’s).</p>
<p>Well of course one score is not going to make or break your application, just like getting a 750 vs an 800 on SAT math won’t make a difference. I was just explaining how admissions uses AP tests. Of course not everyone admitted to Penn has all 5s, but yes, AP scores can add another perspective on the difficulty your school.</p>
<p>Finance is not a science. It’s a social science. Also, finance at Wharton does not require nearly as much math as engineering and physical science majors,</p>
<p>that must explain why Wharton gives a BS in Finance</p>
<p>@WhartonnotHYPS Well Econ is a social science and you still get a B.S.</p>