Could someone tell me my chances?

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<p>Personal:
Male, white, middle class, no legacies, private Catholic school in Southern NJ.</p>

<p>Intentions:
Business degree from the Wharton School</p>

<p>Academics:
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.6 (overall)
SATs: 720 CR - 700 Math - 720 Writing (not considered here)
SAT Subject Tests: 630 Lit - 640 US History - 630 Math II (retaking them tomorrow, just in case)
AP Test: US History (5)
Rank: Specific number unknown; definitely top 10% out of about 191 kids.
School: Private Catholic (Co-ed)
Courses: 4 years of all the major subjects (including Lab sciences) at Honors and AP levels, as offered. All A's and B's for the past three years. I've taken four AP courses, which is pretty standard for my school (most AP's there are only offered to upperclassmen, and many are elective-styles, like AP Psych). Very rigorous courseload.</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Crew - 2 Varsity Letters, Captain (4 years now)
Three bands (Concert Band, Pep Band, Full Orchestra) - Concertmaster, 1st chair clarinet
Literary Magazine - Executive assistant
National Honor Society member
Tri-M Music Honor Society member - Vice President</p>

<p>Awards:
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Writing Competition participant/nominee
2008 - Marine Corps League - Good Citizenship Award
2008 - Marine Corps League - Achievement Award
Principal's List - All semesters
Pallottine Scholarship award (award given to students at my school)</p>

<p>Service:
Let's just say that I have plenty of it! Everything from Scouting to school-related.</p>

<p>Job experience:
I never had time to pursue a legitimate job, so I play the piano at a country club's restaurant on the side. I also do freelance stuff, like parties.</p>

<p>Other:
AED, CPR, First Aid certified</p>

<p>Special stuff I mentioned in my application/essays, which I hope would catch the eye of the admissions officers:
1. I am an Eagle Scout.
2. I am participating in my school's Cum Laude Program, where the top students are invited to execute a massive creative project of their choice. In short, I've spent the past year writing an orchestral score to be played by our Concert Band in May.</p>

<p>College Acceptances:
Drexel University
Georgetown University</p>

<p>Any opinions? Thanks for your thoughts. If you need me to elaborate more, I will.</p>

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<p>You certainly have a chance, but given your GPA and SAT Subject test scores, if you want the truth, I would say there is a better chance of not being accepted to Penn =/, but I hope I'm wrong!</p>

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<p>your test scores are a bit on the lower end, especially since the math II for wharton is very important. but you have nice ECs and awards, so i do think you have a slight chance. sending in a music recording might help! besides, georgetown is very good :) congrats!</p>

<p>(also, i think it's cool how i am also concert mistress first chair clarinet and i apped wharton haha)</p>

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<p>congrats on Georgetown and Drexel!
math II on the low end for wharton. it needs to go up; good luck on your retake. there are plenty of math II 800 scorers amongst the wharton crowd, so aim for high 700s to be safe.
everything else looks good though! nice to see another fellow pianist and woodwind player. i play oboe - 1st chair oboe, haha - i sent in a recording to penn of my piano playing, but i don't think it made a big difference. nice seeing that we have a lot in common :)
good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the thoughts and suggestions everyone. Wharton is my first choice, and it's a stretch I suppose (then again, Ivies are a stretch for anyone), but it's out of my hands now, so we'll see!</p>