Pretty please take the time to chance me...I think I'm about to cry :(

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I'm so nervous about the college application process I'm gonna be entering soon as a rising senior, right now I'm spazzing and I think I'm gonna burst into tears soon. I'm facing a decision whether to ED Wharton at UPenn or Stern at NYU, cuz I don't think I have a snowball's chance in hell at Wharton! Please give me your thoughts, Wharton's my dream school and I want to go there so badly, but sometimes people have to be realistic right?</p>

<p>I don't know if this counts as a hook, I'm an American citizen, grew up in Canada, and came to China to study for high school cuz of family problems. The Chinese high school didn't have grade 9, so I had to skip directly to 10...so my math chem and physics grades in the first semester were 5s (IB full score is 7) and second semester were 6s. But now they're all 7s and my predicted IB scores should be all 7s. </p>

<p>Colleges considering:
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business (Early Decision)
New York University Stern School of Business
Columbia University
Cornell University
Boston University
Fordham University College of Business Administration
Drexel University</p>

<p>SAT I: 2260 CR720 M770 W770 Essay 8
SAT II: Chemistry Math US History
Haven’t taken yet but Chem should be around 770, Math around 800, US History around 750</p>

<p>Grade 10: IB Math, IB Chinese, IB Biology, IB Chemistry, IB Physics, IB Visual Arts, IB Economics
Grade 11 + 12: IB Math HL, IB Chinese HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Economics SL, IB Geography SL, IB English SL</p>

<p>ECs:
Grade 10:
-Tutoring at a local elementary school
-Leader of the reading club
-Ping-pong club: Won the inter-club female competition
-Model United Nations </p>

<p>Grade 11:
-Tutoring at a migrant elementary school
-Leader of yearbook committee
-Co-founder and secretary of student council
-Vice-president/secretary of class
-Founder and president of the drama club
-Volunteer at the school + municipal library, mentally disabled center, picking up trash from city mountain (By graduation I’ll have done more than 200 hours of volunteering)
-Badminton team
-Taiji team </p>

<p>Grade 12:
-Continue volunteering at mentally disabled center + picking up trash
-Chair + teacher assistant of sorts to school MUN club</p>

<p>honors/awards:
Grade 10:
-Best participant in military training award
-Global communicator award (school)
-Honorable participation in chorus </p>

<p>Grade 11:
-Most helpful award
-Improvement award
-Academic award
-All-around award</p>

<p>additional information:
-National Merit Semifinalist
-Distinguished participant at Harvard Seminar for Young Leaders in China
-Ivy League Model United Nations 2009
-Assistant director for WEMUNC 2009
-Summer before grade 12: Volunteer in Yunnan (sponsored by Humana People to People) (really great experience, we went to the true rural parts of China where ethnic minorities live, there were no roads and we had to tramp through mud and stones for hours to get to nearby villages & there were no toilets etc., and taught kids + investigated village conditions, one of my essays will be based on it)
-Yunnan Subaru Blue Track certified donor</p>

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<p>The only two that you might not get into are Wharton and Columbia. You have a good shot though.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much! I feel better now after taking it out on the piano for awhile…</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t even bother applying to wharton or columbia. wharton is just too hard to get into and columbia isn’t even that good at business (which im assuming you want to pursue). You have a good shot at all the others, I would say stern is the only one up in the air. Apply ED there and ur in!</p>

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<p>I disagree with soccersamdude. You do have a chance at top schools if your scores come out the way you say they will and your grades continue to be nearly perfect.</p>

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<p>it has to be perfect for wharton, not nearly. Columbia maybe…</p>

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<p>I think your chances are pretty good at UPenn. I would encourage you to apply (GO FOR IT!) early decision. Best of luck I think you may surprise yourself!</p>

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<p>you have a slim chance but apply anyawys</p>

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<p>“columbia isn’t even that good at business”</p>

<p>Perhaps this is because Columbia has no undergraduate business curriculum…</p>

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<p>exactly 10 char</p>

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<p>I think your idea of applying ED to Stern is a good one. Wharton and Columbia would be enormous reaches with the 5’s and 6’s during early high school. The only issue with Stern would be if you need aid.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys…I know the sensible choice would be to ED Stern…I know it sounds silly, but my heart just won’t let go of UPenn…:frowning: </p>

<p>And about aid, I will need some, but not that much…I will be submitting the FAFSA etc…</p>

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<p>If you need aid, don’t ED Stern. NYU does not promise to meet need and they rarely do.</p>

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<p>Sorry I can’t seem to edit the original post anymore. </p>

<p>Can someone tell me if my chances would be raised considerably if I got the SAT Reasoning Scores up to 2300+? And I think I can get Chem up to around 790-800, with USH to around 770.
Also, my GPA is 6.5/7, which is like 3.7/4.0 (unweighted).
What if I applied to the college instead of Wharton? </p>

<p>Someone please help!!! :(</p>