Hi, please anyone chance my and be brutally honest. I’m applying ED to Wharton
My school doesn’t have a GPA but all As apart from 3Bs in Freshman and Sophomore year
TOP 1% of my class in the best school in the country
Fluent in English, Basic German & French
1 year of calculus at a local university
1 year of statistics at a local university
C++ and R self taught
Not yet taken the ACT(OCT) or SAT MATH 2(NOV)
No APs I can’t afford them I’m saving up for Calculus BC, Statistics and Econ but that will be next year so it probably won’t count
Pretty solid recommendations from my teachers (9/10)
Great recommendation from the CEO of the startup I was interning at (8.0/10)
Income <45,000
Applying for full financial aid
My E/Cs are as follows:
Founder Cultural club - promote inter-ethnic and inter-religious acceptance, unity, appreciation and tolerance after 2012 tribal clashes and Muslim discrimination due to rise in Al Shabaab attacks
Vice Captain Basketball team (4th year) finals of the Bush Open Cup tournament MVP
Point Guard YWCA (after graduation)
Member Nairobi Youth Cycling Club
Columnist School Magazine (tech 2-4th year)
Columnist X News (Free local daily - tech - after graduation)
Class Representative Christian Union (3-4th year)
School Prefect (2-4th year)
Organizing Secretary Wildlife Club
Activist at Stand Up Shout Out (Initiative to Raise Awareness against Elephant Poaching)
Founder Oceanic Supplies (Seafood Supplies Company)
Intern at Housematt Households Startup
Organizing Committee Member for charity ‘Songs for Food’ to help famine stricken families in Northern Kenya (Raised over $8000 by getting local artists to perform for free and all proceeds went to feeding hungry children after 2010 famine)
Started crowd funding initiative (4th year) to raise tuition fees for 2 needy brothers in my school. Raised more than required which went to their living expenses.
Taught Juniors and Sophomores Chemistry and Chemistry Lab in my senior year
Taught Math to Seniors on Saturdays during senior year
Volunteer at Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA) 80 Hours
Volunteer at Kenya National Museums 45 hours
Awards
Top 100 students Nationally in the national exam
Highest mean grade in country (given to about 200/800000)
National Science Contest 3rd
Regional team for national Math Contest
No SAT, no guesses. Come back with real result.
Other than that you are on good track. You know Penn is need aware right?
You also need wider nets of schools to apply
Those are some pretty good stats there. You’re right on track, so all you need now is some good SAT scores and great essays. Am also kenyan, applying to penn RD though.
@paul2752 alright I’m doing ACT with Writing and SAT Math 2.
I have like 14 schools
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
Emory
Skidmore
Washington in St. Louis
MIT
Leigh
Purdue
Wesleyan
I’m yet do decide others. No reaches mostly coz the above are pretty much reaches.
@jorgelorenzo I’m working on my ACT speed I hear its the biggest hinderance to good scores hopefully I can get them somewhere above 32
Woking on math 2 aiming for a 750+
That’s pretty cool. Which school in penn? Any ED? any suggestions for a good non reach business?
Scratch off Purdue and WUSTL. They don’t give full aid to international students.
@paul2752 wow! Thanks for the info and prompt reply. So what are some other safer options with good business schools?
@paul2752 wow! Thanks for the info and prompt reply. So what are some other safer options with good business schools?
From what I know, WUSL and Purdue offer full aid to international students…some of my friends went there this year on full aid. Though WUSL seems pretty much merit based
@sandra6775 yeah you have to be real fast and accurate especially on the reading and science sections
am applying to the school of Engineering and applied sciences but applying ED to Hopkins
am not sure about business schools cause it’s not among my passions but in my opinion Wharton suits you well
@jorgelorenzo Thanks for that bit of info. Awesome I really didn’t wanna cancel them out of my prospectives. Especially WashU. What were your friend(s) stats like?
All the best!
I’ve done some of the prep tests and I’m a little worried some might be deceivingly slightly simpler than the actual test. I’m doing lot of timed tests this last few weeks. Hopefully I’ll be fast enough.
Just out of curiosity which school do/did you attend? What of your friends?
@jorgelorenzo when one talks about FA its mostly need based financial aid. Merit scholarship is a different issue. Purdue, for one,is a PUBLIC university therefore gives no need based aid. WUSTL is a NEED aware private university and does NOT guarantee to meet 100% aid. Therefore, your friends musst have accomplished something extraordinarily special.
@sandra6775
my friend who went to WashU had 2040 in SAT1, and scored 660 in SAT 2 maths level one and 690 in physics. Am not sure about his accolades but he was a really good writer.
Don’t be nervous though, just work on the science and reading section real good.
I deferred from JKUAT so now am working as a mentor at School-series and am an EDU USA scholar …was in Nyeri high school.
my friends, pretty diverse; my former school, bush, boma, patch …list is endless
Don’t be nervous though, just work on the science and reading section real good.
I deferred from JKUAT so now am working as a mentor at School-series and am an EDU USA scholar …was in Nyeri high school.
my friends, pretty diverse; my former school, bush, boma, patch …list is endless