Please chance me for Wharton?

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<p>Could someone who is attending Wharton or has been accepted please chance me?
I applied RD because I could not make the financial commitment to ED, and I am anxious out of my mind for March 29th (RD notification date)! </p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): (second time) M-780, CR-780, W-790 = 2350
ACT: N/A
SAT II:
Math Level II - 800
Chemistry - 720
US History - 680
UWGPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
WPA (out of 5.0): 4.7
AP (place score in parenthesis):
English Lang (5)
BC Calc (5)
Chemistry (4)
US History (5)
World History (4)
US Gov't NSL (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics B
AP Stat
AP Micro/Macro Econ
AP English Lit
AP Spanish Lang
AP Studio Art 2D
Honors Health/PE</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award (for artwork in literary magazine), National Forensics League Degree of Distinction, </p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
4 years Varsity Rowing/Crew (Captain), Debate Team, Forensics Team, Art Club/ National Art Honor Society (Founder and President), National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society
Job/Work Experience:
Summer lifeguard at local ice rink, book illustrator for local independent artist
Volunteer/Community service:
~300+ hours Summer art camp counselor, tutor at local Korean school, Korean-English translator for United Nations health forum (one-time project)
Summer Activities:
Internship at Progressive Maryland Education Fund (Political grassroots nonprofit) and working at ice rink.
Essays:
Pretty good - I really liked my common app and Penn optional essay, but the optional essay was okay.
Teacher Recommendation: AP history and AP lang teacher - both amazing teachers that I was close with. Very positive but most likely generic recs.
Counselor Rec: my school is very large so writing recs for my counselors is a very systematic process. Probably a good but again generic rec.
Additional Rec: Crew Coach - crew practice is 4 days a week + all day racing on the weekends, all year round (winter indoor training). So my coach pretty much knows me inside out and I worked hard on the team, plus I've been varsity captain for 2 years. Pretty good rec I think.
Interview: Have not been contacted by regional rep yet!! (should I be concerned?)</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant):MD
School Type: Large, public, suburban high school
About 30-40 people apply to Penn annually and about 2-4 get accepted. This year, 40 people applied (all RD).
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:F
Income Bracket: 60~70K</p>

<p>Accepted to Georgetown, UMich, UNC Chapel Hill, UMD, and deferred from MIT so far.
I did pretty well academically and was really passionate about my extracurriculars through high school but have no business extracurriculars...I'm worried that Wharton might be particular about my lack of business experience. What do you think?
Do I still have a good chance of getting in?</p>

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<p>Wharton has stressed that it doesn’t specifically look for or prefer business ECs, so in that regard, don’t worry. As for your chances, Wharton is a top notch school and admissions are comparable in selectiveness to those of Harvard or Stanford, so no guarantees there, but you’ve got working chances, i guess.</p>

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<p>I think you’ve got a good chance at Penn. You need to figure out who else is applying to Penn from your school…I hope your stats outrank theirs. Also, it says that “Income Bracket: 60~70K”…you definitely should’ve applied ED! Penn’s commitment to 100% demonstrated aid would’ve probably covered 95%+ of the cost of attendance for you! :)</p>

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<p>Thank you, @Snappy and @hardworking21! I wish I had done ED now, but at the time of the application process, I was not sure I was ready to make the full commitment but after visiting Penn last month it’s really become solidified as my first choice. I can’t do anything now, but I sure will advise my junior friends to visit schools as much as possible before applying to them! :slight_smile: Thanks again. Just a few more days till 3/29!</p>

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<p>Good luck man. Let us know how it goes.</p>

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<p>Ditto what Snappy said! Hope you are a member of Penn 2016!</p>

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<p>I’ve been waitlisted, but I’m going to put my best effort into the appeal process with letters and additional recommendations! I am hoping for the best, but at this point, I think whatever happens was meant to happen. Thank you for your inputs so far! :)</p>