Chances - Wharton - Fall 2012

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>What do you guys think?</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.014 (Honors/AP courses add .018 per class per semester)</p>

<p>Grades (7-point grading scale: 93%-100% = A, 85-92 = B, etc.)</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
A A
A A
A A
A A
A- A-
A- A-</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
A A
A A
A A
A- A-
A A
B+ B+
B+ B+</p>

<p>Junior Year:
A- A
C+ B-
B- A-
B+ B+
B+ A
A- A
A- A</p>

<p>CLASS RANK: 18/153 (Top 11.7% - Competitive private high school)*</p>

<p>ACT: 31 Composite (35 English, 33 Reading, 28 Math, 28 Science, 9 Writing) Will take again</p>

<p>AP CLASSES:
AP Biology - 3
AP Literature and Composition - 4
AP Language (Next year)
AP Psychology (Next year)
AP Macroeconomics (Next Year)</p>

<p>24 Honors/AP Courses through Junior year</p>

<p>EXTRA CIRRICULARS:
-3 Years as Elected Class President
-Editor-in-Chief of award-winning school newspaper (2 years staff writer, editor senior year)
-Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Award for Informative/Investigative piece*
-Elected Peer Minister
-4 Years of Football (3 years as captain)
** * <em>- Division 4 State Champion. </em>
* * <em>- Elected member of team Unity Council senior year
-4 years of Lacrosse (3 years on varsity)
-2 years of Basketball (2 years as captain)
-2-time Bronze award winner - National Spanish Exam
-Winner - Gerald R. Ford Museum Essay Contest
-Winner - Grand Rapids Economic Club Essay Contest
-Trigonometry summer course at Grand Rapids Community College
-Skipped the Seventh Grade
-3-time Superior rating - National Piano Exam
-Repeat participant in Piano Teacher's Guild Sonatina Festival
-Volunteer - No Barriers USA Foundation
*</em> * *- Guide for Deaf/Blind father</p>

<p>WHY I THINK WHARTON IS POSSIBLE:</p>

<p>-Founder/CEO of SPAT Performance Footwear*
** * *- Developing performance football cleat, worked with * * *manufacturers/designers to eliminate wasteful athletic tape and prevent ankle injuries
-Member of RenegadeCEOs - Incubator for a select group of teen entrepreneurs
-Inaugural University of Cincinnati DAAP Summer Design Experience Participant
-Writer for Teen Economics Blog
-Invited to intern at Nike, be reviewed by design board, work under 2 of 6 Air Jordan designers in the world, and take 6 credit hours at the University of Oregon in Summer 2011 and 2012.</p>

<p>LEGACY:
Michigan State University (mother)
University of Southern California (father and brother)
Miami University (Ohio) (brother)</p>

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<p>ED and you’re in, I’d say.</p>

3

<p>Seriously? I’m shocked</p>

4

<p>^^^^ lol. ^^^^^^</p>

5

<p>your business experience sounds awesome…but Wharton is a really tough academic environment and it’s geared toward sending kids to high finance and consulting. since your junior year GPA is around a B+ you may not be a good fit for Wharton. you might get in, but you probably won’t be satisfied.</p>

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<p>GPA is actually 4.042 not 4.014. Not that it even makes a difference haha just noticed the mistake. </p>

<p>And thanks for the help. No worries Woodrow thanks for the compliments haha. Finance really is my main interest though but I understand what you’re saying. I’ll still just shoot them an app and see what happens.</p>

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<p>On the academic side you aren’t as strong as what the typical applicant will be like, but on the EC side you definitely beat most applicants. Props to you for all the stuff you do outside of school. I would say if you do ED then you probably have a pretty decent chance, definitely apply though, no reason not to.</p>

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<p>Even with ED I wouldn’t be overly optimistic. Your ECs are outstanding of course, but the core of any application has to be the academics and frankly your grades are pretty poor compared to most Wharton applicants. And with only 5 AP courses (with 2 of them being easy- macro and psych) the courseload itself is quite simple. I dunno, you could try ED but it’s kind of risky.</p>

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<p>He does have a ton of honors classes though. I’d say you have a good shot if you really present your business situation in a unique way. I’m in a similar position as you with a bit higher scores and stuff. Chance me back.</p>

10

<p>I can’t comment on your chances, but I will say at a place especially like Wharton, you * need * to be able excel in academics. Is there a reason why you got a 28 in Math/Sci on your ACT? The 28 in math will raise some eyebrows, in the very least. Are you not good with test taking? Also, the downward trend in grades will hurt you, as well as the class rank outside the top 10%. Good luck, though!</p>

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<p>honors classes are pretty similar to CP classes… at least in my school.</p>