My chances for Wharton ED........

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<p>Hey, i have most of my application stats except for a couple more SAT 2s. Please give me an honest evaluation of my chances to get into Wharton ED and if deferred, chances for RD. Thanks.</p>

<p>Intended schools other than wharton:

  1. UPenn Wharton ED
  2. UPenn Wharton RD
  3. Upenn (CAS - econ) ED
  4. Upenn (CAS - econ) RD
  5. MIT (Sloan undergrad school of business)
  6. Cornell CALS (Applied Economics and Management)
  7. Harvard/Princeton (econ)
  8. NYU Stern
  9. Duke (econ)
  10. UVA (business)
  11. Columbia (econ)
  12. Carnegie Mellon Tepper
  13. Rutgers Pharmacy</p>

<p>Background
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Sex: Male
Residence: NJ
Graduation Year: 2009
Major interests: Business, Pharmacy (only for RU Pharmacy, everything else - Business)
School: Highly Competetive
Class Size: 620</p>

<p>GPA
100 Scale (School does 100 scale)
UW: 96.17 W: 103.5
4.0 scale
UW: 3.99-4.0 W: 4.6-5.0 (A=4, A-=3.67 system: 4.6…A=4, B=3 system: 5.0)</p>

<p>All Mid-High As on Transcript</p>

<p>SAT/SATII/AP</p>

<p>SAT: 2300
Math-770, Cr-730, Wr-800 (MC 80, Essay 12)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: (Wharton only requires 2)
Math 2: 760
Chemistry: 750
Bio (Freshman yr): 630 =(
Bio (2nd attempt): ?
1 or 2 more SAT IIs</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Calculus AB: 5
US History: 5
Eng Lang/Comp: 4
Calculus BC (Next year)
Statistics
Chemistry
Lit
Spanish</p>

<p>Rank: School Doesn’t Rank, but top 1%</p>

<p>Course Rigor
AP, H- Honors, CP - College Prep
9th grade
English 1 H 92
Geometry H 93
Biology H 97
World History H 94
Spanish 2 CP 97
Business Presentations 96
Wood Tech 93
H/PE 9 98</p>

<p>10th grade
English 2 H 94
Algebra 2 H 95
Chemistry H 100
U.S. 1 H 96
Spanish 3 CP 99
Art 95
H/PE 10 100
Summer Course at Rutgers Preparatory School (Pre-Calculus) 95</p>

<p>11th grade
AP Language and Composition 93
AP Calculus AB 97
Physics H 96
AP U.S. History 94
Spanish 4 CP 99
Law 97
SAT Prep 100
H/PE 11 99</p>

<p>12th grade
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Chemistry
AP Lit
AP Spanish
Economics
Business Organization and Management</p>

<p>Most Rigorous
9th-12th: 8 APs, 9 Honors</p>

<p>Extracurriculurs</p>

<li>(10-12)Future Business Leaders of America (President)</li>
<li>(11-12)Spanish Honor Society (Vice President)</li>
<li>(11-12)Red Cross Club (Red Cross Youth Council Representative)</li>
<li>(11-12)National Honor Society (Blood Drive Committee)</li>
<li>(10-11) JV Tennis Team</li>
<li>(9) JV Track Team</li>
<li>(11-12) Model Congress/Model UN</li>
<li>(9-12) NJ Science League (Scorer)</li>
<li>(10-12) Varsity Academic Team</li>
<li>(10-12) Waksman Student Scholars Club</li>
<li>(11-12) NJ Math League</li>
<li>(9-12) (Out of School) Swadhyay Religious Organization (Youth Group, Street Plays, Speech Elocution Competitions)</li>
</ol>

<p>Leadership
FBLA President
SHS Vice President
Red Cross Youth Council Representative
Member on NHS Blood Drive Committee (Advertisement, Recruitment)</p>

<p>Honors/Special Programs</p>

<p>(Honor)

  1. Finalist to NJ Governor’s School of Public Issues</p>

<p>(Special Programs Attended)
2. Johnson & Johnson Technology Awareness Program (10th)
3. Robert Wood Johnson Mini Medical School (11th)
4. REACH Senior Option Internship (Hillsboro Pharmacy) (12th)</p>

<p>(Awards)
5. 4th Place Mathematics Contest of New Jersey
6. 1st Place Geeta Speech Elocution Competition 2007
7. 7th Place (Team) - NJ Science League Physics 1 Team
8. High Honor Roll
9. National Honor Roll
10. National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS)
11. Who’s Who</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience
100 Hours in:

  1. Hillsborough Public Library Summer Teen Volunteer/Reading Buddy Program (help children learn to read well)
  2. Homework Help Center (at library)
  3. Department of Health and Social Services</p>

<p>Work Experience
Possible employment at Hillsborough Public Library (14hrs/week)</p>

<p>Other
Recommendations: 2 Outstanding recommendations, the 2 teachers I am asking love me and will write great recommendations
Counselor Recommendation: great</p>

<p>My schools again:

  1. UPenn Wharton ED
  2. UPenn Wharton RD
  3. MIT (Sloan undergrad school of business)
  4. Cornell CALS (Applied Economics and Management)
  5. Harvard/Princeton (econ)
  6. NYU Stern
  7. Duke (econ)
  8. UVA (business)
  9. Columbia
  10. Carnegie Mellon (business)
  11. Rutgers Pharmacy</p>

<p>Thanks again, really appreciate it!</p>

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<p>bump
10char</p>

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<p>my $0.02:
to be more competitive for wharton try to get better (790 or 800) SAT II's
given what you have above:</p>

<ol>
<li>UPenn Wharton ED - will get deferred probably</li>
<li>UPenn Wharton RD - 35% chance</li>
<li>MIT (Sloan undergrad school of business) - dont know</li>
<li>Cornell CALS (Applied Economics and Management) - accept</li>
<li>Harvard/Princeton (econ) - 35%</li>
<li>NYU Stern - accept</li>
<li>Duke (econ) - accept</li>
<li>UVA (business) - accept</li>
<li>Columbia - dont know</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (business) - dunno</li>
<li>Rutgers Pharmacy - dunno</li>
</ol>

<p>those are complete opinion/gut feeling</p>

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<p>uve got strong stats, but as you know, at the most competitive schools its a total crapshoot</p>

<p>Having said that you will get into Stern and UVA i assure u that .</p>

<p>Oh and heres a tip, dont mention NSHSS and stuff like that on ur app, a guy in my school whos like the worst student ever also got an invite. Mention thingsl lik the science/math/debate/club stuff u have done.</p>

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<p>thanks and yea, Som1, ive seen the consensus that those awards arent really worth anything...not goin on my app</p>

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<p>Looking at my stats, do you think i would have a better shot at doing an ED to penn CAS and enrolling in the economics major? How is the CAS econ major compared to the Wharton econ major? In terms of recruitment for ibanks and other, etc.</p>

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<p>Although both CAS econ majors and Wharton students are recruited in relatively large numbers, I believe that Whartonites are generally more recruited. </p>

<p>And (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) the CAS has a higher admittance rate than the Wharton school, so I think you would have a better chance of getting into Penn by applying to CAS if you just want to go to Penn as a whole.</p>

<p>You have good stats! I think Wharton, Harvard/princeton, Columbia, and MIT are reaches (as they are for most people).</p>

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<p>yea its easier to get into CAS, some ppl do that and then try to transfer into wharton after their freshman year. This is known as backdooring. Theres a whole thread about this on this forum so check it out.</p>

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<p>you do know that UVa is a 2 year B-program right... you can't get into the B-school freshman year.,,,,,,,,,</p>

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<p>Backdooring is very very hard. For good reason. A lot of people want to do it, and Wharton has no reason to give a lot of slots for transfers in. You essentially have to organize your course load right away to mirror the stringent Wharton curriculum, get superb grades, maybe get an advisor rec for good measure.</p>

<p>If you have great grades as a CAS Econ major, you will get interviews, but the reality is a good percentage of Wall St. employers will look exclusively at Wharton resumes, especially for the finance intensive jobs.</p>