Please chance me for Wharton!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I've been accepted to:</p>

<p>University of Michigan (EA)
Fordham (EA)
Northeastern (EA)
NYU Scholarship Program (Extenuating Circumstances)</p>

<p>Deferred from:</p>

<p>Columbia (ED)
University of Chicago (EA)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Sex: Male
Family Income Bracket: Highest
School Type: Boarding School (College Preparatory)</p>

<p>GPA (UW) 3.98
GPA (Weighted)/Class Rank: School doesn't provide any of this
SAT: 2360
SAT IIs: 800 (Math 2), 800 (US History), 800 (French)
APs: Biology (5), US History (5), Environmental Science (5), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), Chinese (5), French (5)
Course Rigor: High end but I'm not spectacular at math (no asian comments please) so I'm taking fairly average math courses.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Co-Founder and President of my school's FBLA chapter
President of Young Entrepreneurs Club
President of Digital Video Club
3 summers interning in New York City for an online media publication
1 summer interning in New York City for a smallish financial services firm
1 summer interning at Princeton University's communications office
YouTube Channel about technology with 5000+ Google+ followers, 1 million+ total video views, and ~2000 subscribers, proceeds from channel were donated to a charity
Made 77,000 USD in the stock market in 3 years.</p>

<p>Less notable ECs:
3 years of school's tennis program and 5 years of USTA
2 years of school orchestra (Cello)
Managing Digital Editor for School Newspaper</p>

<p>Essays: Good but (probably) not amazing
Teacher Recs: Amazing
Parents: Both of my parents went to a top college in China (Peking University) so I don't have a legacy to help me out.</p>

<p>I'm really nervous because I know there are a lot of male asians applying with really impressive applications. Do I have a shot at getting into Wharton?</p>

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<p>Honestly, your scores are exactly what Wharton would expect, but the fact that you’re both an Asian male and a high income bracket will severely affect your chances. Your ECs are good, but not exactly what they’d expect from someone in your income bracket. To be quite frank, Wharton RD is much more difficult than ED, and other than your YouTube channel, there really isn’t much distinction between you and many other hopeful applicants. You do have a shot, but you better hope your essays really make a statement. </p>

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<p>@d4ntoine‌ what kinds of extracurriculars would you expect from someone in my income bracket? I know ethnicity plays a large role in affirmative action but I didn’t know income does too. I go to a boarding school so I see my parents like twice a year. Do you think that will negatively impact my application?</p>

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<p>@Musktard I would pay little attention to what d4toine has said. Just because you have a high income, does not mean you are expected to have a certain type of EC. IMO your EC seems fine. As long as you used all resources to your advantage and wrote a compelling Why Penn essay, you’ll be fine. Your time should be spent polishing your essay. At this point, it’s too late to add more/different EC. Also Having money will not negatively impact your decision. </p>