<p>How important is leadership skills/resume vs. gpa, SATs at wharton?</p>
<p>lets say someone has humongous leadership on their resume-founder of organizations, five or six captain positions, managers and leaders in community service, all sorts of ECs, etc. But they had mediocre 32-33ish ACTs and average gpa? What would wharton value more??</p>
<p>academics is very important at any ivy (unless you're a super, recruited athlete >=()</p>
<p>so that always comes first, but since a lot of ppl have great academics (GPA, classes you're taking), the rest of ur app tells a lil more about you... ACT is important as well, but if you have superior ECs or some part of your app it'll be looked upon a little bit less heavily</p>
<p>in any case, they make what we'd think of as "exceptions" to every area so you never know</p>
<p>so, would SERIOUS amounts of leadership sometimes outweigh Grades, ever???</p>
<p>depends how bad the grades are</p>
<p>unless you are a recruited athlete or you go to some elite private school, I dont think anything can outweigh a 3.5 or under gpa at an ivy</p>
<p>what about a 3.83?</p>
<p>above post is probably right</p>
<p>it depends on how "seriously outstanding" these leadership positions are. i wouldn't consider being president of like three different clubs at school outstanding, for example--that's all just local level. this year in our class i've met others kids like me who are national and international leaders in their respective organizations, sports, and activities. </p>
<p>on that note, you still won't be a guaranteed admit unless you have stats that are somewhat comparable to the average wharton admit. it just wouldn't be right otherwise.</p>
<p>what if being president of 10 clubs and orgs.? damn, all mine are local level...because i live in MISSOURIIIII.. THERE IS NOTHING HERE IN MISSOURI, IT'S A FARM!!!!!</p>
<p>they take location into account (GRRRRRRRR >=( )
sorry. but in any case, they want ppl from missouri, so show that you have taken EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY available to you ... by every single i mean like anything worth anything
like if ur school doesn't offer a class that uw anna take, u take it @ local comm. college or like.. self study or something</p>
<p>yea, i do EVERY opportunity lol, but they're veyr CRAPPY opportunities (theres no model UN, no FBLA, no DECA, etc.)</p>
<p>I'm confused..can someone explain this whole "leadership" role that colleges are looking for. Can I get some examples please?</p>
<p>I know a girl whose got into Wharton this year...She is the Head Girl of my school and has a very full resume...However she is not even among the top 20% of the class and her SAT score is just 1360</p>
<p>why don't you start an FBLA chanman?</p>
<p>no, there IS an FBLA, and I'm in it , but when i said ("there is no FBLA")</p>
<p>i meant that they dont do anything . neither does deca. They just "have the club"...and have no events or anything. sorry about the confusion lol</p>
<p>make events, and then run for statewide office or something</p>
<p>..because we all know that leadership is defined as how many offices you've held!!</p>
<p>:rollseyes:</p>
<p>haha...it kinda is...</p>
<p>chanman--PM me, por favor.</p>