<p>Ok, so I'm currently a senior in high school. Next year I will participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program, a full scholarship immersion program to study in Germany. I will stay with a German host family and go to a German high school. </p>
<p>I applied this year to UPenn ED (the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, with Wharton as my single degree option), UVA, WashU (and the Dean's Scholarship in Business there), Wisconsin, and W&M. I was deferred then rejected from Penn. I got into Wisc, W&M, UVA ArtSci and WashU Olin (was not a finalist for the scholarship at WashU). I have accepted admission at UVA and sent them my letter formally stating my intention to defer admission. The dean there has already indicated that I will be allowed to defer admission.</p>
<p>I intend to major in business of some sort and German, and would also like to take some polisci and IR classes.</p>
<p>I love UVA and am extremely excited about going there the year after next. As of right now, I do not intend to reapply anywhere during my gap year. But I fear that a few years down the road I might wonder if I could've gotten in somewhere and done something more outside my comfort zone (UVA is 2 hours from home and 1/4-1/3 of my graduating class goes there).</p>
<p>So, here are my two questions:
Is it ethical to reapply somewhere else when I have a deposit down at UVA?</p>
<p>What are my chances at:
UPenn Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business
UPenn Wharton
WashU Dean's Scholarship in Business (<a href="http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarship_Olin.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarship_Olin.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1</a>)
WashU Ervin Scholarship (diversity scholarship, open to all races. I would apply from the angle of my exchange program. <a href="http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarship_Ervin.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarship_Ervin.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1</a>)</p>
<p>Please be brutally honest. I have been fortunate enough to thoroughly enjoy high school while staying focused in school. I do not take my college admissions as a validation of the past four years of work; to me, the work has been worth it in many ways already. Thank you for reading this and for any advice you can give me.</p>
<p>White Male</p>
<p>School: Thomas Jefferson HSST in Alexandria, VA
GPA: 3.968 weighted/3.839 unweighted
Rank: School does not rank</p>
<p>SAT: Single sitting: 2260 (750 V, 710 M, 700 W) Combined: 2330 (750 V, 710 M, 800 W)
SAT II German 760
SAT II Math IIC 760</p>
<p>Freshman: 4 A 3 B+ Accelerated computer science, not AP, but took the AP
Sophmore: 5 A 2 B+ 1 AP (Psych)
Junior: 5 A 2 B+ 4 AP (AB Calc, Euro, US, German)
Senior: 6 A 1 B+ 3 AP (BC Calc, Gov, English Lang)</p>
<p>APs:
Calculus AB 5</p>
<p>European History 4</p>
<p>German Language 5</p>
<p>Psychology 5</p>
<p>U.S. History 4</p>
<p>Computer Science AB 3</p>
<p>Expecting 5s on Gov and BC, 4 or 5 on Eng Lang.</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Soccer JV(10), Varsity(11-12), Club(K-4), Travel(5-12)</p>
<p>Odyssey of the Mind 9th Place 2005 World Finals
6th Place 2006 World Finals
2006 tied for first in the world for the spontaneous competition</p>
<p>German Honor Society President(11-12)</p>
<p>Class Council (10-12)</p>
<p>Volunteer Coaching </p>
<p>Volunteer German Tutoring</p>
<p>Governor's School for German - 3 week free German immersion program</p>
<p>Experimental Economics Workshop - free Economics workshop at George Mason University created by Nobel Prize winner</p>
<p>Paid internship at Smith Barney, worked closely with financial adviser. Recommendation from boss.</p>
<p>National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>William and Mary Leadership award -- awarded to one student from each high school in Virginia</p>