UPenn: Questions on accessibility for wheelchair + admissions chance

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Hello!
I am a current junior, so I still have some time left before college decisions, but I am trying to get as much information as possible, because I am in a wheelchair, so I need to make sure the schools I do apply to have enough accessibility for me. I recently was looking at Cornell, and amazingly they have an entire group and part of their website for disability services, but I can’t seem to find it on UPenn’s website. Anyone who knows anything about it, please share as it would be super helpful!

Now that this is out of the way, would you guys be able to chance me? (Don’t worry about doing this, I am more worried about the portion above!)

Notes: I go to a private, Catholic high school which is very competitive in my state. My dad attended UPenn (so would be a legacy). Would like to go to Wharton school.

Ethnicity: White

Classes: (can only do 1 AP freshman year + usually can’t do any more than 1 AP Sophomore year unless in Calc AB)
Freshman- Religion Class (has to be a CP level class), Algebra Honors, Latin 1 Honors, English 1 Honors, Biology Honors, Speech, Art 1, AP Human Geography (5)
Sophomore- Religion class (still can’t be above CP), Geometry w/ Alg 2 Honors, Chemistry Honors, English 2 Honors, Art 2 Honors, Latin 2 Honors, AP World History (4)
Junior- Religion class (still can’t be above CP), Pre-Calc Honors, Physics Honors, Latin 3 Honors, AP Seminar, AP Language, AP US History

GPA: 4.32 W/ 3.82 UW
ACT: 34 (let me know if you need subsections but can’t remember exactly)

Activities:
-Key Club Board Member Sophomore Year
-Key Club Vice President Junior Year
-My cities Mayor’s Youth Corps
-Acting (first freshman from my school to go to state’s in a solo acting event, and have gone to state’s every year since)
-Go to a Christian youth group which meets once a week
-Duke Tip (freshman year, went to Duke University for the summer)
-Help sign people in to track & field events (prob not putting this on apps b/c its not super important)
-I am applying for an internship at a hotel this upcoming summer

Again, thanks so much!

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I do not know what Penn has in the way of wheelchair access and Disability groups. I hope you find information on this

Be aware that legacy preference is given by Penn admissions only for Early Decision candidates.

You are certainly in the running for schools like Penn and Cornell. Be aware of their selectivity and make sure you look at some other schools where your chances of acceptance are higher, and have a safety school in place. Make sure you give those schools the same research, if not more , in what you want in a school, including access and disability support. It’s easy to over focus on low chance schools and not research the schools most likely to be a choice

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@cptofthehouse thanks so much for the extra info, and don’t worry, I am definitely not just looking at Ivies or low chance schools!

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Here is the site for Student Disability Services: https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/lrc/sds/