<p>I'm a junior at an IB school, and Penn (Wharton) is the most selective school I'm likely to apply to, so I'd appreciate some feedback...</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Location: FL
Rank: 5/~650
GPA: 4.00
HPA: 5.01 and rising</p>
<p>My courses may or may not be the hardest possible, but in many ways, that's subjective at my school. In IB, you basically choose which classes you take at Higher or Standard Levels, and what's "hard" varies greatly between students. </p>
<p>That said, I've taken several APs:
Freshman: AP World History (5)
Sophomore: AP Calculus AB (5), AP Statistics (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP English Lit (4), AP Human Geography (4)
Junior (exams pending): AP Calculus BC, AP English Language, AP Spanish, AP Physics B, AP U.S. History, AP Microeconomics</p>
<p>Honors (MYP) courses: English I, Spanish II and III, Bio, Chem, Physics, all the math classes leading up to Calc. Basically everything besides some required classes was an honors or AP course though. </p>
<p>IB Higher Levels: English, Mathematics, Economics, Physics
IB Standard Levels: Spanish, Further Mathematics</p>
<p>Test Scores:
PSAT: 220
SAT: 1560/2270: 770 Reading, 790 Math, 710 Writing (76/7; I can't write essays quickly.)
ACT (is that a good idea?) and SAT Subject Tests pending.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
-Founder and President of Academic Games team at my school (9-12)
-National Academic Games competitor, winner of various awards at county/state/nationals (6-12)
-Volunteer teacher of Academic Games at my sister's middle school (9-12)
(Clearly, AG is my main thing. I may include its significance in my essays.)
-Volleyball (1 year JV, 2-3 years varsity; not sure if I'll play senior year if I'm already accepted)
-Member of Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society, 10-12)
-Member of NHS and several other honor societies (not very active though)</p>
<p>Volunteering
-Academic Games (above)
-150 CAS hours (an IB thing: Creativity, Action, and Service)
-75 other volunteer hours</p>
<p>Achievements/Awards
- selected for leadership programs: NYLSC and PYIC (trip to Obama Inauguration)
- numerous awards in Academic Games and some other competitions that I don't feel like listing right now (should I on an application though?)
- National Merit Semi-Finalist (most likely)
- selected for American Legion's Boys State</p>
<p>That's about all I can think of right now, but I have a tendency to forget about things that may look good to colleges that I don't care too much about. At any rate, feedback greatly appreciated.</p>