UPENN ED? chance me

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Male OOS Indian, 1st generation (neither parents finished high school)
Public School</p>

<p>EXACTLY HOW IT LOOKS ON MY COMMON APP!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.74/4.00 (UW)
4.16/4 (W)
Rank: 20/535 (top 5%)</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (33E, 34R, 34M, 35Sci)</p>

<p>SAT 2’S: WILL TAKE ON THE OCT. 14
US History
Math IIC
Literature</p>

<p>Courseload: I have taken the hardest courseload out of anyone in my class. I know, its not 245 AP’s (all with 5’s lol) like other students on this site but nonetheless it is the hardest one taken in my class.</p>

<p>By end of high school: 9 AP’S: AP US (5), AP EURO, CALC AB (5)
Senior year: AP MACROECON, AP MICROECON, AP PHYSICS C, AP SPANISH,
AP ENGLISH, AP GOV/POL</p>

<p>Besides AP, all honors courses with the exception of required electives and a couple I choose to take (intro to business, career expo, basically time wasting crap…)</p>

<p>didnt take the euro test (confidence lacking, bad teacher got pulled into taking on the class after regular teacher bailed)</p>

<p>EC’s:</p>

<p>Job- All 4 years of high school (first 2 as a regular babysitter for 12 hours a week at least and last two as a mcdonalds cashier 15 hours/wk ) </p>

<p>Scholastic Bowl- 4 yrs Team Captain of Jv (2yrs) Var(2yrs). Top scorer every year on my team. Named to all conference team last year. Basically kept my team afloat…</p>

<p>Youth Culture Committee- (Baria Mitra Mandal… i know u guys have no idea) Basically try to assimilate american born kids of indian descent into its culture (secretary) (3 yrs)</p>

<p>Sports- Basketball (2yrs) Intramurals (2yrs)
Baseball (2yrs)
Fall intramurals (4yrs) (for those lacking the time)</p>

<p>Commiunity Service- 2 yrs- run a gift shop (200+ hours)</p>

<p>NHS (which includes canned food drive, peer tutoring, and reading to young kids) (2yrs) BOARD MEMBER</p>

<p>Summers: summer camp for basketball and baseball (2yrs)
summer school
earned college credit at Harper Community (Calc)</p>

<p>Wharton is the school I want to apply to. so… do I have a shot apllying ED?</p>

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<p>Woaah far out, my dad's family is from baria too, guju pride ;) ...</p>

<p>Anyway, your scores are great but your ECs are allright (but not bad by any means). With solid essays and good SAT II scores you have a good chance...</p>

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<p>Your ec's are weak (do you have anything business-related or significant leadership experiences?). I would try the College at Penn instead. You probably will be deferred (if not flat out rejected from Wharton ED) unless you have something special you haven't yet talked about (there are lots of candidates that look like you on paper). If you get a good GPA and take the required courses you can always transfer to Wharton. What type of high school do you go to?</p>

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<p>guju pride? hahahaha.</p>

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<p>You don't have to have business-related EC's to get into a business school.
So scratch that IMO, but the lack of leadership does not help you however.</p>

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<p>jcov is hating. </p>

<p>your numbers look good, but maybe you should play up your work experience and sports leadership to bring out something special in ur essays. gluck!
(and happy belated navratri/dussera)</p>