Penn is my DREAM school! Chance me please? Was deferred..

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Female, Caucasian, Jewish, Chicago
Class size: 1200
Ranking: Top 10%
School sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>SAT:
M:720
V:690
W:730</p>

<p>SAT II: (not the best...)
MI:710
Lit:600</p>

<p>GPA(u):3.8 GPA(w):4.2</p>

<p>whewww, okay! On to the better stuff:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Leadership- </p>

<p>President of Peer Helpers
President of Mental Health Awareness Committee
President of AIDS Awareness Committee (and recently raised over 2000 dollars)
Have led Eating Disorder Awareness Week for the past two years
Vice President of Psychology Club
A leader (one of four) of "One Book, One School", a new club that promotes reading
Led Snowflake, a drug and alcohol prevention program for junior high schoolers.</p>

<p>Others-
Member of Advanced Women's Choir, have been singing all of my life
Was a lead in two high school musicals
Frequent volunteer at American Cancer Society
Legislative member of Youth and Government</p>

<p>Work:
Have worked at a family restaurant for two years now. 15 hours per week. Just promoted to waitress (finally!)</p>

<p>Awards:
Gold Honor Roll for four years
Artisan of the Year Award (2007) - celebrates great speaking and writing skills
Illinois State Scholar</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Counselor: knows me very well, likes me, probably good</p>

<p>English Teacher: we are so close, she is like a second mother to me. Guaranteed outstanding rec</p>

<p>History Teacher: He won "National Teacher of the Year" award last year, and included that at the end of his letter. He let me read it...said that out of his 22 years teaching I was one of the best students he ever had.</p>

<p>After I was deferred my psych teacher (the APA's chairwoman) wrote me an excellent rec. So did Congressman Mark Kirk.</p>

<p>Essays:
These are my forte. I think I wrote them four, and they were great. Made my counselor cry. My "autobiography" one was pretty funny.</p>

<p>I know my scores are pretty low, so my chances aren't amazing. Do I still have a shot?</p>

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<p>I would say apply early decision if Penn is your first choice. You’d definitely have a shot. I know quite a few people who have gotten in with similar stats. They applied ED. Make sure your essay is great.</p>

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<p>anyone else, please?</p>

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<p>Apply early and make it your first choice, and i would say 97.9% chance (aka, hell yes you will)</p>

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<p>absolutely random question…</p>

<p>but if you’re a senior, that means you’re probably 18. Don’t you have to be 19 to serve alcohol? I ask because I want to get a job waiting tables, but I’m wondering if it’s worth my time to look for a job if I’m gonna get turned away from everywhere because I’m 18.</p>

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<p>Actually, the restaurant doesn’t have an alcohol warrant. So there’s no problem! haha</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for our replies! :slight_smile: Hopefully I’ll get accepted.</p>

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<p>anyone else please?</p>

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<p>My son applied RD to Huntsman. He almost applied ED but wasn’t sure that he wanted a business degree. So he chose CAS rather than Wharton as his second choice. We’re applying RD to a bunch of selective schools and will see what happens.</p>

<p>I received my Wharton MBA many moons ago. Could that really improve his chances of acceptance? FYI, his SAT was 2270 and average SAT2s were 770. He’s taking six courses (five of which are AP).</p>

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<p>which school in Penn have you applied to? I’d say you have a really high chance of making CAS, maybe even a certainty…if you’re applying to Wharton, however, your scores hurt you</p>

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<p>hey MasterDad I have a question…do most MBA applicants who get admitted to top schools like Wharton have undergrad degrees in fields other than business? And did most of the admits go to Ivys/other top schools for their undergrad or did a good proportion also go to state schools?</p>

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<p>I’m no expert on this, but probably a lot of Ivy League MBA candidates went to an Ivy League school undergrad, simply because those candidates’ intellectual capabilities have been demonstrated by the fine undergraduate schools they attended.</p>

<p>But I’d guess that it’s the work you’ve done after undergrad which is the primary determining factor for getting into a top MBA program.</p>

<p>I wanted my son (college class of 2012) to consider an engineering undergraduate degree followed by an MBA. What a killer combination - that has private equity firm track ($$$) written all over it. But engineering isn’t his bag.</p>

<p>FYI, my undergrad was UVA with a Math degree.</p>