HELP!! Is UPenn a reach for me? NOT applying Wharton, NOT EDing..

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am EDing NYU Stern, so in case that falls through I want to apply to Penn as a reach school but I'm posting here so I know whether I'm wasting my time or not lol.</p>

<p>I only want to apply to their regular college instead of Wharton.</p>

<p>GPA:
3.9/4.5 weighted, 3.56 unweighted, our school GPA is very weird. Mostly Bs and B+s, no C+s or below, few As. <---- this is what makes Penn a reach!
2120 SAT
790 Math 2 SAT II
Freshman/Sophomore: all honors/AP courses
Junior Year I took these classes and got these scores: 5 on AB Calc, 4 on Micro and Macroeconomics, 3 on APUSH
Senior Year: taking 4 APs Physics, Euro, Stat, and French. honors english too</p>

<p>A TON of extra curriculars which make me think I can get into Penn, most notably:
-president of FBLA (business club)</p>

<p>-captain of a school business NJ competition team (we won county champs last year, made nj.com news)</p>

<p>-2 internships (one was very short) in NYC last summer (between junior and senior yr) in social media/marketing/PR... my main internship at a startup company ended very well because the startup got bought by a bigger company and me working in marketing shows the extent of my work. My other internship was more of a real work experience although short lived... I had the same job as some 23 year old, out-of-college people (I'm 17)</p>

<p>-State Assembly Representative of Junior Statesman of America (political/debate club)</p>

<p>-been in a few other clubs since sophomore/freshman year</p>

<p>-many many state level piano competitions, mostly before high school, played at carnegie hall 2x, once in high school :)</p>

<p>-7 years in boy scouts, did bunch of community service, also in costa rica and bahamas (NOT going for eagle scout)</p>

<p>-A unique interest in fashion. I think that writing my supplement essay on going into the fashion business field would be very interesting to them, and also I have a great story to go along with</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation:
-a letter from my boss of the first internship who is an NYU professor
-fantastic letter from english teacher
-great letter from business teacher who was involved with me being the president of the only 2 clubs that he runs-- and taking 3 electives with him and getting As in them</p>

<p>PLEASE let me know!</p>

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<p>thanks chancemaster12!</p>

<p>are they good enough at least for my ED school stern?</p>

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<p>you should really apply ed, if you did i would say match</p>

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<p>@dreamer22
what makes you so sure? It seems like a stretch to me tbh with my all B+s GPA… I know my friend is EDing it and he/she has relatively similar grades but a higher SAT but WAY less ECs than me and she thinks it is a high reach</p>

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<p>Honestly, the Ivy League schools are a reach for everyone. You’re best bet would be to apply ED, although your GPA is a little bit low. You have pretty strong EC’s, so that should help. If you have a chance later, please chance me back <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1558186-chance-me-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1558186-chance-me-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks @Lambtosh! but I am applying ED to NYU Stern because I’d rather go there…</p>

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<p>Thank you chancemaster12! though I’m just applying as a reach. my matches in case NYU Stern fails would be like brandeis lehigh or penn state tbh</p>

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<p>My mistake! I didn’t see that. I think you’d be ok for NYU, I know a few people who got in there with similar grades and scores. Definitely apply ED to NYU. Penn is a reach for sure, but it doesn’t hurt to apply.</p>

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<p>@Lambtosh thanks for the advice! I will for sure.</p>

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<p>Would my ECs interning at a specific career position in business help?</p>