I really want to be accepted to UPenn Wharton, NYU Stern, and Penn State Schreyer...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for:
- Wharton at UPenn (early decisioning here)
- Stern at NYU
- Schreyer & Smeal at Penn State
- Business at Harvard
- McDonough at Georgetown
- McIntire at University of Virginia
Feel free to recommend me any other business schools that seem good for me. I'll chance back as well. :]</p>

<p>School Type: Public / Magnet / No.1 in Tri-State Area
School Size: 117 students in my class
Location: Pennsylvania
Race/Gender: Asian / Female
Unweighted GPA: 4.03
Class Rank: My school doesn't have it
Prospective Major: Accounting or International Business</p>

<p>SAT I First Try: 1880 (CR: 650 / M: 630 / W: 600)
SAT I Second Try: 1930 (CR: 630 / M: 630 / W: 670)
SAT I Superscore: 1950
SAT II US History - 600 <--- Didn't read past the 1850s in AMSCO... I'm confident I can get 700+ next time
SAT II Math II - 690 <--- I believe I can get higher next time
ACT: 28
ACT Subscores: Math (31), English (26), Reading (33), Science (23), Essay (10)</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Junior year: US History (5), Calculus AB (3)
Senior year: Will be taking Calculus BC, Statistics, Spanish, and Government
-----> My school only allows 2 APs to be taken in Junior Year and 4 APs in Senior Year, so the maximum allowed number of APs to be taken is 6 at my school.</p>

<p>Courseload (all classes at my school are advance):
9th Grade: Geometry, Biology, World History, English 1, Spanish 2, Phys. Ed., Health
10th Grade: Precalculus, Chemistry, African American History, English 2, Spanish 3, Phys. Ed., Health
11th Grade: AP Calculus AB, Physics, AP US History, English 3, Spanish 4, Phys. Ed., Health
12th Grade: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Government, English 4, AP Spanish, Phys. Ed, Senior Filler Class required by school</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- Co-President of Asian Teen Union
- Secretary of PricewaterhouseCoopers Explorer's Program for Accounting
- Head of Design Committee of Schools for Schools Club (club to raise money for Invisible Children & schools in Uganda)
- Captain & Co-Founder of Varsity Badminton Team
- Varsity Tennis Team
- World Affairs Club
- Model Senate
- Model UN
- High School Choir</p>

<p>Volunteering:
- Tutoring high school and middle school students at my school weekly
- fundraisers and benefit concerts held for Invisible Children & schools in Uganda
- fundraisers for Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Autism Society of America, Tsunami Relief in Asia, etc</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
- Bryant University in Leadership Development Program (business program)
- University of Pennsylvania Summer Mentorship Program for Medicine
- Accounting Career Awareness Program by the National Association of Black Accountants
- Intern at the Environmental Protection Agency</p>

<p>Achievements:
- National Honor Society
- National Spanish Honor Society
- Distinguished Honor Roll at school from 2002-present
- Honorable Mention Award in Biochemistry for city-wide Science Fair 2008
- Honorable Mention Award in the National Spanish Exam 2009
- Leonore Annenberg Scholarship Receiver 2009 (the only one in my city for this year, and it's a $200,000 scholarship)</p>

<p>Extra Information:
- First generation to go to college (not sure if that really matters...)
- Very low income background, but I guess that doesn't matter if I have full tuition covered by my scholarship..</p>

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<p>Do I have a good chance at any of these 6 schools? Wharton, Stern and Schreyer would be my top priorities but the other three would be nice. How do I stand up to most of the usual applicants? :(</p>

<p>Yeah, I know I'm severely lacking in the SAT and standardized test areas... I'm going to be retaking all of it in October and November, but I don't expect myself to get a significantly higher score in most of these tests except US History. And do I lack awards? I really have never entered many "real competitions" which I feel insecure about that now...</p>

<p>Any comments and advice would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>bump… I’ll chance back anyone who chances me or gives me some advice. :)</p>

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<p>ya u need to bring that SAT score up to the 22+ range. That will dramatically improve your chances everywhere. Also, you seem to be that laundry list type with xtracurriculars, so you definitely need to narrow down on your app. Participating in 2 activities but being real dedicated in them is better than being in 10, but just sampling them, if u get the idea.</p>

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<p>if you’re getting 630 on SAT math twice in a row, and a 3 on the AB exam, then you’d get stomped at wharton. think 2.0 unweighted. i don’t know that these are the right schools for you.</p>

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<p>Your gpa and exam scores are very low for schools like Wharton, Harvard, NYU Stern and the other schools on your list. Also, Harvard does not have an undergraduate business degree.</p>

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<p>Atypicalguy: I didn’t really feel like my extracurriculars are a “laundry list” because I am actually committed to all of them and have participated in most of them for a long time. By the end of senior year I will have done all those activities for 3-4 years and Choir I will have done for 6 years. I already eliminated the activities that I just “sampled”. But if it came to picking the “top 5” that I’m passionate about then I have no qualms doing that. Thank you for your advice though. </p>

<p>ChoklitRain: Yeah… I’m definitely hoping to raise my SAT up. I have a friend who got in Wharton with a 1980 though, but she had a 780 on MathII. So I’m hoping I will be able to significantly get my MathII to around 740+ to perhaps make up for a not so hot SATI math. Do they really look at AP scores WHILE deciding your admission or afterwards? (I was wondering about that.) And honestly, I don’t think I would only have a 2.0 UW GPA if I attended Wharton. But thank you for the advice. :)</p>

<p>welles10: How is my 4.03 GPA low? It’s unweighted. I’ll try to up my exam scores. And thanks for letting me know the bit about Harvard. :)</p>

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<p>More people give me some advice? I’ll be happy to chance anyone back if you provide a link. :)</p>

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<p>Well, to be honest, while your grades are superb, your SAT score (and somewhat your AP scores) is definitely going to bring you down with these really top notch programs at these top notch schools.</p>

<p>But my real concern for you is your EC’s. I’m not saying they’re bad (they really aren’t!), but it’s just the fact that they seem more science oriented than business oriented, in my opinion. And if you’re applying to Wharton, aka one of top business schools in nation/world, I’m thinking you need more business oriented EC’s. But that scholarship for like $200,000 is really quite impressive, whatever it’s for haha. :slight_smile:
I’m not saying it’s too late! heavens no! it’s still summer, so go out there and do something business related, or get a job at Bank of America or a bank or something, if you can.</p>

<p>I hope I somewhat helped! Good luck! :)</p>

<p>ps. Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/749162-chance-rice-emory.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/749162-chance-rice-emory.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What is the highest possible UW GPA at your school? 4.3?</p>

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<p>jamesford: Oh gosh no, lol. It’s basically a 4.0 standard but our school gives this slight couple 0.01 curve because all our classes are advanced. The highest I know someone has is 4.07 and that is just ONE person; she is an incredibly smart person and has close to 99s on every subject. Everyone else I know, who has straight A’s like I do, has a 4.03 or lower.</p>

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<p>pink kleenex: Yeah… I’m saddened by my standardized exams grades. :frowning: I’m hoping my essays can turn that slightly around. (in addition to raising the scores)</p>

<p>Really? More science oriented? I try to avoid science like the plague! (science is definitely not my strong suit haha) The thing was the UPenn mentorship program thing did not offer business so I chose medicine instead - it was still very interesting to learn. And at the EPA internship, I chose to do more business/accounting oriented tasks like doing contracts and etc, so I can try to make it sound more business oriented in the resume explanation? Haha. I’ve been finding it really hard to find business-related summer programs or jobs… No one usually likes taking high school kids for these types of things. Plus I can’t right now since I’m working at the EPA! :wink: Thanks for your advice! I’ll chance you back.</p>

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<p>Still open to more advice! </p>

<p>By the way… anyone have good tips on practicing for the science section in the ACT?</p>