So I’m a high school senior planning on applying to Wharton. I’ve seen all that stats and looked at information from other people who were planning on applying to Penn. Just wanting an outside opinion on whether I realistically have any chance of getting into Wharton. Thanks!
Race: Multiracial male (50% Japanese, 50% Caucasian to be specific)
Academic Numbers:
GPA - 4.00/4.00 unweighted, 4.47/5.00 weighted (My community college GPA is perfect)
AP’s - 3 on Physics I, 4 on English language and composition, 5 on Calc AB, taking Comp Sci A, Calc BC and English Literature this year
SAT - 1870/2400 old (I know this really sucks), 1510/1600 new (750 Writing / 760 Math)
ACT - 32/36 composite (34 Math, 29 English, 31 Reading, 35 Science)
Classes:
Computer Science A - AP
Calculus B/C (AP)
English 12 AP
Independent Research I G/T*
Academy of Finance II G/T**
Accounting 111 - Done at local community college, dual enrollment
Japanese 202 - Done at local community college, hardest level offered by the college
G/T stands for Gifted and Talented and is the hardest non-AP class offered by my school. In Independent Research I am conducting a thorough year-long analysis of my county’s financial education program in order to propose changes to it to the Board of Education and promote increased financial literacy.
*Academy of Finance is an applied learning 2-year Business/Finance program (takes up 3 periods this year, took 2 last year)
Awards:
National Personal Finance Champion (Commended by my local government body/Board of Ed, done through the Academy of Finance)
AP Scholar
EC’s:
FBLA (Started this year, member)
Improv (Started beginning of Junior year, unscripted theatrical performances, member)
Math League (Started beginning of Junior year, competitions within school district, member)
Debate Team (9th grade while in Japan [see additional info], member)
Brain Bowl (9th grade while in Japan [see additional info], member)
Karate (6-9th grade, achieved first-degree black belt)
Work Experience/Volunteer:
Will do semester Internship at a startup health tech company doing business development (Approx. 120 hours)
Constantly helping my church at many events (100+ hours/yr.)
Been a part of 3-4 church mission trips (adding up to approx. 14 days overall)
Additional Info:
My letters of rec will be solid, one from an English teacher, and one from my Academy of Finance instructor who knows me very well. Still working on college essay though it appears to be very good so far. I moved from a DoDEA Air Force base in Japan after freshman year, hence the reason for my low weighted GPA (DoDEA doesn’t do GPA inflation). This is also the reason for only being involved in extracurricular activities for short periods of time.
Personally I feel like I will probably be a weaker applicant to Penn, but I wanted to get the opinion of other people as well. Thanks for taking the time to read this post and provide input!