Ummm chance me for wharton?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>SAT I: Mid 2200s
SAT II: Math 2: 800, World History: 750+, US History: 750+, Biology: 740
Unweighted GPA: 95/100
Rank: Top 10% (Thats the highest my school goes to)
AP: World History (5), Physics B (5?), US History (5?), Chem, Literature, Government, Comp Sci, Calc BC
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs</p>

<p>Awards: Gold Medal National Latin Exam (9,10), Silver Medal National Latin Exam (11), Science Olympiad Regional Champion, 3rd degree blackbelt, Local award from my school
Extracirriculars: Varsity Tennis (Captain), Varsity Soccer, Science Olympiad, Travel Soccer (Captain), Latin Club, Key Club (Committee Chairman-helped organize a fundraiser)
Job/Work Experience: Certified Soccer Referee, Work at a carwash
Volunteer/Community Service: ~300 hours at a hospital, 100 hours teaching inner city youths to play tennis
Summer Activities: Internship at a pediatrics practice learning how to operate day-to-day operations (9,10,11), Shadowing doctors (10,11)</p>

<p>State: NY
School Type: large public that sends around 10-15 kids to ivies annually
Ethnicity: ORM
Gender: Male
Hooks: Sibling legacy?- hopefully it will help a little...or a lot</p>

<p>So yeah let me know what you think.
I'm interested in applying ed for the health care management concentration at wharton.</p>

<p>Edit: I know that essays and recs are important and im working on my essays, but try to base your comments on the limited information above.</p>

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<p>I think Penn only takes in parent/grandparent legacy, as illustrated by their supplement questions. Please correct me if I am wrong, though.</p>

<p>Everything else looks good, and honestly, it’s too hard to change your ECs/GPA now. Keep truckin’ through those essays/recs, and fingers crossed!</p>

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<p>Penn definitely takes into account sibling “legacy”. There was an article about it in the Daily Pennsylvanian last semester. I know a lot of people who had/have one or more sibling go here.</p>

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<p>I think on Penn’s app they only ask for parents/grandparents legacy…</p>

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<p>Read this article. “Applying to Penn as a twin or as a student with an older sibling at the University provides some advantages comparable to the benefits that legacies receive, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda wrote in an e-mail.”
[Siblings</a> get a boost in Penn admissions | The Daily Pennsylvanian](<a href=“http://thedp.com/article/siblings-get-boost-penn-admissions]Siblings”>http://thedp.com/article/siblings-get-boost-penn-admissions)</p>

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<p>DP reporting aside, the only way to get a legacy tag on your app is through a parent or grandparent who has received a penn degree. the boost to siblings is complicated and is tied to the fact that if parents can produce one ivy-caliber kid, they can probably produce another. </p>

<p>your app is up in the air. you haven’t disqualified yourself, but there’s nothing impressive enough for me to think that you are in. it could go either way, but i would expect it to get deferred to RD.</p>

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<p>Can we all agree that cousins and uncles don’t get legacy benefits? I’m curious on this…how crazy does this legacy benefit extend to?</p>