chances..RD...let me know

<p>Indian (asian) Male from Florida
ACT - 35 (34-writing, 35-math, 34-reading, 36-science)
GPA - 3.92 Unweighted, 5.2 Weighted
99th percentile in county (No Class rank) class size - approx. 500
Summa Cum Laude of school
Classes- 6 IB classes 1 dual enrollment, 7 IB classes last year (Tested out of Spanish. Doubled up in sciences, took both chemistry and biology (2 year IB courses)
AP Exams - Calculus AB-5, English Language-5, U.S. History-4, AP Psychology-4, AP Microeconomics-4, IB Spanish-6</p>

<p>Main ECs:
- Varsity Tennis 4 years - Earned Letter
- Math Team 4 years - Calculus Team
- Service in villages of India for the past 2 summers with Northwestern University grant along with siste. I have been involved with a group of students from SLU who are campaigning for global health reform. Will be going back next summer to India to conduct further research.
- Director of Youth Wing of India Association of Fort Myers
- Representative of NHS
- Officer on Assignment/Legislative Coordinator of Youth In Government club
- Attended selective science program at University of Florida
- Program at University of California at Berkeley last summer
- Mu Alpha Theta - 4 years
- Mock Trial - 3 years as Prosecution Attorney and team Captain on state ranked school team
- Member of Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honors Society)</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
3rd Place in County Mock Trial
3rd Place Regional Science Fair for red tide research in Southwest Florida
15th place Pre-calculus Regional Mu Alpha Theta Competition
4th Place Algebra II Regional Mu Alpha Theta Competition
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award winner
Finalist of State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida for work with oysters in tidal deltas
Outstanding Freshman Speaker of Youth in Government
National Merit Commended Student
Published poem in anthology: "A Celebration of Young Poets".</p>

<p>Essay on Hurricane Charley and Aftermath and how I have changed after it.</p>

<p>Sooo?</p>

<p>which school at penn are you applying to?</p>

<p>school of arts and sciences...</p>

<p>you'll make it.good luck</p>

<p>thanks...I'm wondering whether I don't have enough leadership roles in my EC's....will that hinder my chances?</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

<p>I think you got it easily. Don't worry about Leadership positions. Out-of-school accomplishments are sometimes better than in-school leadership roles</p>

<p>thanks but i actually got deferred from duke so i was wondering if maybe that was the problem....i guess it was something else.</p>

<p>you seem like a strong candidate, many of the things you have much mroe than me. perhaps its because you have too many ECs, sometimes that shows like aluundry list of accomplishments rather then true passion in one or two things. I dont know.. but honostly you have a great chance. and now im fretting haha. good luck</p>

<p>Does anyone know if the wharton applicants are in a completely different pool than the CAS ones? Are the acceptance stats different for every school?</p>

<p>Yeah i'm pretty sure the Wharton applicants are reviewed by separate admission officers in Wharton, don't quote me on this though.</p>

<p>"Yeah i'm pretty sure the Wharton applicants are reviewed by separate admission officers in Wharton, don't quote me on this though."
This is completely false. Every applicant at Penn is reviewed by the same committee. You are competing in different pools, but the adcom is trying to build a holistic class so decisions for different schools are not entirely independent of each other.</p>

<p>so it's not easier to get into one school over another?
or is it?</p>

<p>It is slightly easier to get into the CAS since it's a lot larger than Wharton. There is something like a 5-6% difference in their acceptance rates. But bear in mind that a successful applicant at one school may not be so so successful at the other, and vice versa, simply because the schools have different priorities. Apply to the school that interests you the most, and you feel your background and achievements best equips you for.</p>