<p>My friend is getting a full ride to uPenn for football and wants to apply to Wharton. </p>
<p>*White male
*ACT- 30
*Top 1 or 2% class rank
*4-5 AP classes and rest honors
*Three sport varsity captain (football, wrestling and baseball)
*All-Conference for all three sports
*National Honors Society
*3.9/4.7 GPA
*Recruited athlete (received offer)</p>
<p>Does he stand a chance?</p>
<p>I think UP doesn’t offer sport scholarship.</p>
<p>They offer them</p>
<p>Unlike most Division I athletic conferences, the Ivy League prohibits the granting of athletic scholarships; all scholarships awarded are need-based (financial aid).</p>
<p>He’s probably eligible for a full FA because of family. Otherwise that is a real problem here for UPenn.</p>
<p>*They offer them *</p>
<p>No, they don’t. They are prohibited from giving athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>If your friend has a “full ride” offer it is for FINANCIAL need and his family has provided income/asset info to UPenn.</p>
<p>I think the OP is saying that his friend is a recruited athlete, perhaps, not necessarily with $$ attached. As in, his friend has to pay the bill that comes to him, but has already been ADMITTED to the University of Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>The op definitely said “full ride”… if he was “admitted”, why would he have to “apply” to Wharton…wouldn’t he be admitted?</p>
<p>I talked to him and he said that Ivies don’t offer full rides but the football coach really likes him and will push for him to get an admission, so he’ll probably get in. He’s a really smart kid but does he have a chance for Wharton?</p>
<p>@All: Like I said, it was a recruited athlete situation. My close friend is in a similar one with Harvard Univ. You still have to apply, but the point is that the coach will speak on his/her behalf (that tends to be the trend).</p>
<p>@OP: Honestly, if the coach will speak on his behalf, then just focus on the athletics–that is what he will be going for!</p>
<p>Has he participated in any other extra-curricular and volunteer work? What was his scores on SAT subject test?
Academically he has a good shot.</p>
<p>@Seattle Bulldog: He took the normal SAT but not the SAT subject tests yet.</p>
<p>*All Academic State
*National English Honors Society
*Mu Alpha Theta (National Math Honors Society)
*100 hours of community service</p>
<p>I’m not really sure what he did for his volunteer work but I’ll ask him. And Penn’s head football coach flew out to Illinois to talk with him so that’s a great sign.</p>
<p>I took a look at the baseball team roster. None of them is from Wharton. I assume
the football team won’t be much different.
Maybe the study at Wharton is too demanding to students to play sports.</p>
<p>There are football players who are in Wharton, I know of at least 2. Packalldwy, do you know if your friend will be getting a likely letter? Because then he will be pretty much guaranteed admission. They often do that with recruited athletes. A likely letter comes from admissions, not the coach.</p>
<p>He most likely will get a letter, but I’ll ask him. Does he have a shot academically at Wharton though?</p>
<p>If he receives a likely letter, he will most likely have his choice of which school to enter (e.g. Arts & Sciences, Nursing, Engineering, Wharton). Athletes are pretty common in Wharton. The key is the likely letter. As others have said, the likely letter is all about admission, but has nothing to do with finances - e.g. there are no “full rides” to Ivy’s for athletes based on athletic ability (the Ivy League prohibits athletic scholarships), though he might well get financial aid that constitutes a “full ride.”</p>
<p>I was wrong. There are many football players are in Wharton. I should check before I post.</p>