<p>hi i was wondering what jobs can i have as a junior in high school and increase my chances of going to wharton undergrad. i dont know if a bank teller is a good choice so please a little help here?</p>
<p>Having job experience won’t make or break you. It can show 2 things, one that you kept a 4.0 while working 30 hours a week, or two that your seeking experience in something your interested in studying. At the highschool level though your mainly going to be demonstrating your ability to get good grades while working. Lets face it at this age you can’t get much meaningful experience in much. for instance, being a bank teller has no correlation to finance at all ect… however starting an international non profit, successful startup company or something similar may improve your chances significantly.</p>
<p>i’d say that my purpose of getting a job before college is to seek experience in what im majoring in, not to prove that i kept my gpa high (it really isn’t). btw, any idea on how to start an international non profit? im willing to do anything in my power to be admitted into wharton…REALLY!!</p>
<p>My point was any job that you can land as a high school student will be fairly irrelevant to your major unless perhaps your majoring in some sort of retail management related field which I doubt you would be going to Wharton for.</p>
<p>i appreciate what you are saying but other than gpa and sat scores, what kind of extracurricular activities DOES increase my chances of being admitted. because i may be doing something substantial but if that thing won’t be taken into consideration then i shouldnt waste my time. is there some business that i could start (again, IF the admissions office is attracted to that), what kind of initiative (i think you know what i mean), etc…</p>
<p>thanks to anybody who can help me in advance and thanks to you sean518x</p>
<p>I probably shouldn’t be talking since I am going to be a Senior next year with aspirations of going to UPenn (CAS hopefully) but anything that makes you stand out from the other applicants (that sounds really cliche…). Do something that even you think is out of the ordinary. Wharton is such a great school that a job looks good, but winning an invention competition (example) is maybe better. If they know that you are all business (no pun intended) they are less likely to select you. They want kids who will go to Wharton and be in clubs, and societies, and whatever. If you show them that that is the kind of person you are, you have a better shot I think.</p>