Is no AP sciences a red flag at Wharton?

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<p>I hate science and I will have taken 3 yrs of it (none of them will be APs) and I would really rather not take it next year.</p>

<p>By the end of my senior yr i will have 9 (maybe 10 APs):</p>

<p>AP Euro</p>

<p>AP US
AP Calc AB
AP Comp</p>

<p>AP Gov/Econ
AP Stats
AP Lit
AP Comp Science
AP Psychology
(maybe AP Calc BC…still deciding)</p>

<p>although i have heard that science is not a huge priority at Penn, is having no AP sciences a huge problem (our school does offer AP Bio, Chem, & Physics)</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>oh and is calc BC a <em>must</em> or is ab acceptable?</p>

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<p>In high school, I hated science just like you and never took an AP class in science. Plus, I only took up to AB Calc...I was accepted into wharton so dont worry.</p>

<p>however, i did take another 12 AP classes.</p>

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<p>Bern, you replied to my other post about the fill-in-the-blanks about college life as well. Would you be willing to comment on my stats? I know Penn would be a reach but is it such a big reach that I would be wasting my early app?</p>

<p>My stats are on this link:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=35284%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=35284&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you have time, you can reply to this post or that one. I'd like to hear a Penn student's input (I'm still a Jr so any way to improve chances there would be great too)</p>

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<p>I would definitely apply...everything looks really good except for the GPA freshman year (however, the upward trend is really good). Personally I think you have a decent shot if you get those test scores and keep your GPA up. You're in the top 5%, will have great test scores, very diverse ECs (I especially like the novel you're writing). Your ECs are really diverse which is good. Some things to work on: 1. keep grade trend up 2. work on getting leadership positions.</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>hmm, i didn't know that wharton was so big on the sciences...thought it was just a math thing :-&lt;/p>

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<p>is AP calc a must for wharton or is taking honors calculus acceptable?</p>

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<p>slicmlic2001 they definitely are much bigger on math, i was just wondering if having no ap sciences would be a problem</p>