<p>I want to apply early decision or action somewhere namely between Stanford and Penn Wharton. One thing that pulls me back from applying early decision to Penn Wharton is binding, of course; I won't ever find out if I could have gotten elsewhere. But I do love Penn and I would love to study at a prestigious undergraduate business program.</p>
<p>Stanford is an amazing school too, but I know I have a lesser chance of getting into Stanford than I do at Penn. I do not want to feel like I'm "wasting" my early application on somewhere that I have little to no chance with. Perhaps I am wrong to assume that Stanford is harder to get into Penn; if that is the case, correct me. But that is my impression now.</p>
<p>Or maybe my assumption that applying early will give me better chances of being admitted is wrong too. In any case, I just wanted to ask for input from people who may have found themselves in a similar situation--in which they want to apply early but are stuck between a first choice early action school or a first choice early decicion school. If you need any clarification as to what I am asking, let me know.</p>
<p>And while I'm at it, what do you think are my chances of being admitted into Wharton?
- I currently attend a very prestigious high school; about a third of each class goes to an IVY, Stanford, Duke, or MIT. I was new as a sophomore after spending my freshmen year (including my fourth and fifth grade as well as my middle school years) at an international school in Korea. I only moved because I had to (my dad was getting into a new business in LA) so I didn't even have much time to prepare for a new life. I applied over the deadline to my high school due to this late realization of having to move, so circumstances were kind of special. With that said...</p>
<p>STATS:
- GPA UW: 3.7
- GPA W: 4.0
- SAT I: 680 CR, 780 M, 790 W (Essay 12)
- SAT II: 800 MathII, 800 Krn w/ Listening, 730 Physics, 690 Lit
- ACT: 34 (35 M, 35 R, 35 E, 32 S)
- PSAT: 229 (National Merit Semifinalist; not sure if Finalist yet)
- AP Tests: Calc BC (5), Phys B (5), Eng Lang&Comp (5: didn't take AP Lang because school didn't offer to juniors), Span Lang (3: not going to report)</p>
<p>Senior Courseload:
- AP Literature
- Advanced Seminar for Mathematics Honors
- AP Art History
- AP Government and Politics
- AP Biology
- AP Economics
- Symphony</p>
<p>Important EC's:
- Volleyball (freshmen: Varsity, sophomore: JV, junior: JV captain, senior: Varsity)
- Basketball (freshmen: JV Captain)
- Church Basketball (sophomore, junior: Captain, senior: Captain)
- Student-run business for school (junior: office manager, senior: executive member)
----This business was founded in 2006. The aim of this organization is to profit the school; there is technically an adviser but I'd say 99% of everything is done purely by the students)
- Symphony <a href="sophomore-senior:%201st%20violin">highest level of orchestral music</a>
- Compassion
----I translate letters from Korean to English for sponsors trying to communicate with their "adopted" underprivileged kids in third-world countries. I also support a child of my own in Mexico, writing letters and financially supporting him out of my own money. I've done this source of community service for 4 years and probably will continue throughout college.
**I'm not involved in many, many EC's. I tried a number of things but found passions in only a few things that I have pursued for years, so I dropped a lot of EC's early on. The aforementioned activities keep me very busy all year.</p>
<p>SUMMER ACTIVITES:
- Freshmen Summer: "Valedictorian" of summer camp dedicated to Korean-American students who study abroad in the U.S.; wrapped up life in Korea and moved to the U.S.
- Sophomore Summer: NYLC (National Young Leaders Conference)--Notable Alumni; Intern at Helio LLC (sent in new strategies to marketing and changed TV ads single-handedly, edited basic contract template, established 3 deals with companies to enhance services of Helio devices); Went back to Korea and was an assistant coach for the Varsity Vball team of my old school for first 2 weeks of practice and first game.
- Junior Summer: Summer College at Stanford University (U.S. Foreign Policy, Moral Philosophy, Decision-Making in Organizations)</p>
<p>I'll edit updates as they come...</p>