Chances of Getting Into Wharton?

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<p>Hey Guys, So it is my dream to go to Wharton. Everyday all day all I think about is Wharton. I attached my resume so you could let me know my chances of getting in. I am a junior and will be taking the SAT this May. Thanks!</p>

<p>Education
Magen David Yeshiva High School : Principal’s List and Honor Roll both years (96.8 – 97.6 GPA)
York Prep High School (93 GPA)
NYU 2011 Creative Writing Course : A : 4.00 Units
SAT II Bio – 670 (tenth grade)
Planning on going to Wharton Summer Program
Planning on taking two AP’s and three Columbia courses</p>

<p>Extracurricular Experience<br>
Piano recitals and competitions 2001-2007
Mock Trial Executive Attorney 2009-2010 (9th Grade)
Debate Team Member 2009-2010 (9th Grade)
Pre-Law Society Member 2009-2010 (9th Grade)
Pre-Business Society Member 2009-2010 (9th Grade)
Captain and President of Pre-Business Club 2010-2011 (10th Grade)
Creator, Captain and President of The Charity Crew 2010-2011 (10th Grade)
Production Assistant of Multi-Cultural Documentary 2010-2011 (10th Grade)
Member of Chess Team 2010-2011 (10th Grade)
Stock Market Challenge Participant 2010-2011 (10th Grade)</p>

<p>Community Service : Average 125 hours per high school year
- Charity Review Sheets Sales - Raised $600
- Book Drive for Children – 450 books
- Bingo at the Old Age Home – 5 visits
- Participated in World Read Aloud day in Times Square
- Imagine Autistic School Visit
- Ohel School of Special Children Visit
- Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry Visit
- Charity Volunteer Day at Sephardic Bikur Holim
- Pencils of Promise Fundraiser - $3,400</p>

<p>Leadership Experience
1. Creator, Captain, and President of The Charity Crew – solicited, organized, and lead 40+ students in a charity club and program where students gather to perform multiple charity events and programs over a year.
2. Captain and President of The Pre-Business Club – solicited, organized, and lead 60+ students in a business club.
3. Hosted Business Panel – gathered 80+ students and organized event where 4 business speakers (CEO of SDI Technologies, Founder of Wharton Properties, President of Franco Apparel, and Lawyer from Wachtel and Masyr) spoke in an organized panel.
4. Hosted St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Talent Show - Raised $11,500
5. Hosted Canned Food Drive – Raised over 200 Cans.
6. Hosted Ronald McDonald Charity House Basketball Tournament - Raised $1,300<br>
7. Hosted Stella Liniado Bone Marrow Awareness Party - $2,900
8. Hosted a Bikur Holim Toy Drive</p>

<p>High Memberships or Ranks
1. Junior Ambassador of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
2. Ronald McDonald Young Recognition Ornament Holder
3. Member of The National Society of High School Scholars
4. National Scholar of The Congressional Youth Leadership Council
5. Executive Board Member of The Jim Luce Youth Leadership Board
6. Philanthropist for The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation
Publications
Mother’s Day Letter New York Post Publication : written by me
“Youth Leader on Philanthropy” – article written by me published into the Daily KOS and The Stewardship Report<br>
Community Magazine Publication: High School Student Starts Hesed Movement – Written about me
Image Magazine Publication: High School Revolutionizes Philanthropy – Written about me
Ronald McDonald Around The House – I am featured in the article
Published Children’s Book: The Alphabet Kids’ Visit The Planetarium </p>

<p>Languages
English
Spanish
Hebrew</p>

<p>Business Experience
President of The Isaac J. Kassin Fund – Supporting 8 philanthropic foundations
Author for The Alphabet Kids
Hobbies and Interests
1. Philanthropy
2. Surfing
3. Skateboarding
4. Snowboarding
5. Football
6. Reading + Writing
7. Music + Video editing
8. Science
9. History</p>

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<p>Right now, you’re scores are great, however, your activities look like you’ve just added whatever you felt like to make your resume look “good”. However, it doesn’t work like that. Its always “quality” over “quantity” and doing the things you enjoy, and not what you think might embellish your application.</p>

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<p>Also, just a head’s up----the Wharton summer program doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get into Penn. Someone from my high school did the program, and I beat her out ED to Wharton. (She was rejected; I was accepted)</p>

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<p>deathblade127 i definitely agree with you. this resume was really just a documentation of everything i did. 90% of it will be cut off because i am going to condense all the stronger stuff. I just wanted you to get an idea of what kind of student i was. </p>

<p>and Hardworking21 any advice or tips you could give me to increase my chances of getting in?</p>

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<p>Your entire profile (thus far) looks competitive. Good scores will only supplement this profile. Honestly, though, write strong essays! Be creative and unique. Illustrate your personality, your “non-resume attributes”, as best as possible! A lot of my friends wrote, for “Why Penn (Northwestern, Yale, etc.)?”, that they’d participate here, they would do this and that. Don’t LIST! Listing examples is incredibly shallow and doesn’t add much depth to your piece…a word of caution. (This listing issue is one I find comes up so incredibly often!)</p>

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<p>Yeah, your laundry list of schtuff is cool in the sense that you’re a sophomore and you have time to really solidify your main interests. Be a leader that actually leads and does stuff. Be a part of something you love, something you’d want to succeed in and go to levels that transcend the preestablished standards of your school and classmates. Then take this to the state level and then the national level, if possible. </p>

<p>If you’re unhooked, get that 2300+ and two 750+ SAT IIs (esp. a high Math II score). Your 670 Bio SAT II is weak. Your GPA is good.</p>

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<p>That high of SAT scores is completely unnecessary. As long as you have a 2100+ and a 2100+ in subject tests, you are good to go. Improving your bio wouldn’t be a terrible idea, but you can make up for it if you do well on other subject tests.</p>

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<p>Tell me how many unhooked applicants get into Wharton with a 2100. Then tell me how many unhooked applicants get into Wharton with an average SAT II score of 700 (x3 would be 2100, which is the threshold you stated). Yeah a 2300+ isn’t necessary, but if you’re below the 2200 threshold for any of the Ivies you better have other strong compelling credentials to back it up.</p>

<p>SATs aren’t everything. Grades aren’t everything. But you need to be within a range of scores to be competitive, and a 2100 in SAT I/II is nowhere near competitive for Wharton applicants.</p>

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<p>Seeing as I have nothing to do tonight since I unfortunately need to wake up early tomorrow, I’m extremely bored so I’ll go ahead and post over SAT scores + Early Decision Results (2016) correlations below:</p>

<p>2390 - Accept
2380 - Accept
2380 - Defer
2380 - Accept
2340 - Accept
2340 - Accept
2340 - Accept
2340 - Accept
2340 - Accept
2330 - Accept
2330 - Accept
2330 - Accept
2330 - Accept
2320 - Accept
2310 - Defer
2310 - Accept
2310 - Accept
2310 - Accept
2300 - Accept
2300 - Accept
2300 - Accept
2300 - Accept
2300 - Accept
2300 - Defer
2300 - Accept
2300 - Accept
2300 - Accept
2280 - Accept
2280 - Defer
2280 - Reject
2280 - Accept
2280 - Reject
2280 - Reject
2270 - Accept
2270 - Defer
2260 - Accept
2260 - Accept
2260 - Accept
2260 - Accept
2250 - Accept
2250 - Accept
2250 - Reject
2250 - Reject
2230 - Accept
2230 - Defer
2230 - Defer
2230 - Accept
2220 - Accept
2220 - Accept
2220 - Defer
2220 - Accept
2220 - Accept
2220 - Reject
2220 - Accept (URM hook)
2220 - Accept
2220 - Reject
2210 - Accept
2210 - Accept (legacy hook)
2200 - Accept (1st gen hook)
2200 - Defer
2200 - Defer
2200 - Accept
2200 - Accept (URM, legacy hooks)
2190 - Accept
2190 - Accept
2190 - Reject
2190 - Accept
2180 - Defer
2180 - Reject
2170 - Accept
2150 - Accept (URM hook)
2140 - Accept (URM, 1st gen hooks)
2140 - Reject
2140 - Reject
2140 - Defer
2140 - Defer
2140 - Reject
2120 - Defer
2120 - Reject
2120 - Defer
2100 - Accept (legacy hook)
2080 - Defer (URM hook)
2060 - Reject
2060 - Accept (URM hook)
2050 - Reject
2050 - Accept (URM hook)
2050 - Defer
1950 - Accept (URM hook)
1770 - Reject</p>

<p>As you can see, the only applicants with below a 2200 that were unhooked and admitted were the couple of 2190s (who admittedly had fantastic personal stats like ECs, as well as solid GPAs and presumably essays as well).</p>

<p>While students were rejected and deferred with above a 2200, the amount of acceptances was far higher, especially in the 2300+ range.
Keep in mind this includes CAS, SEAS, and Nursing. While I don’t remember the exact numbers, I believe the lowest accepted SAT score for Wharton was a 2260 for an unhooked applicant. An overwhelming majority of the accepted students were in the 2300+ range.</p>

<p>So, regardless, a 2300+ is not required for admission. I agree with that. No score guarantees admission unless you’re a recruited athlete who needs to meet a certain AI to be on the team.</p>

<p>Long story short: If you are unhooked, aim for a high 2100 at the absolute worst and make sure you’re bringing an otherwise solid application that brings out your interests and accomplishments to the fullest extent. In addition, make sure your GPA, rank, APs, and SAT IIs are all solid so your academic record is not in question. If you are unhooked and don’t want scores to be a major problem, shoot for 2250+.</p>

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<p>^ Keep in mind that there were 4,526 Early Decision applicants for the Class of 2016. I’m not sure of the statistical significance of this self-reported CC sample of about 100 applicants (e.g., accepted applicants may tend to report more than deferred/denied applicants, these 100 CC posters may not be an accurate cross-section of applicants, etc.).</p>

<p>Just something of which to be aware.</p>

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<p>I’m sure you may know this, but higher SAT scores often are paired with higher grades and an overall better looking application. I believe this is part of the reason higher scores = more acceptance. I have a friend who is a freshman at Penn and made friends with someone in the admissions department. Apparently the admissions person said that as long as you have scores “within Penn’s range” you are good to go (you’ll have to take my word on this one). An 150 point increase in scores may help a bit, but I bet it does not make a significant difference in the overall view of the application.</p>

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<p>Right, but what’s important is that you meet this supposed “range.” Even though Penn isn’t definitively the most selective Ivy, it’s increasingly getting more competitive each year and I don’t think a 2100 cuts it. (as I’ve stated 2200/2250+ is a much stronger bet). I don’t think Penn releases admissions by breakdown, but I know Princeton has ~22% acceptance rate for 2300+ and only ~9% for 2100-2290. It goes down to about 4% for 1900-2090. And this is including all the legacies, athletes, minorities, and other hooked applicants, so really the admit rates are a lot lower, especially in the latter two categories. Scores won’t get you in, and I agree with you that applicants merely need to meet a certain “standard” for SATs, but I strongly doubt Penn’s standards are that low for unhooked applicants.</p>

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<p>where did you get those scores? link please… also is there one for ACT?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1255003-official-university-pennsylvania-ed-decions-class-2016-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1255003-official-university-pennsylvania-ed-decions-class-2016-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It is not an official list, it is the list of those on CC who told their stats and whether they were accepted/deferred/rejected to Penn.</p>

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<p>^ And besides that, “Decisions” is spelled incorrectly in the thread title. :p</p>

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<p>Wharton kids are intense. Yes, your resume is quite impressive; however, there are lots of wharton applicabts like you. The 670 on your bio subj test is really weak bc bio is known to be one of the easiest subject tests. Make sure your SAT score is higher and that your essay is outstanding!</p>