<p>These are just two of my favorites in my reach section of schools. Please chance me and tell me which one I should apply ED in, keeping in mind my major will be something business related, but would like to study Law and Computer Science a bit.
Currently Sophomore
UW GPA: 3.85
SAT: 2300
APs: (All 5s unless mentioned) Microecon, Macroecon.
Will take AP: Stat, Physics, Cal BC, US History
Will take: SAT II: Biology, World History, Chemistry, Physics, Math 2, Japanese, Chinese</p>
<p>ECs:
-Founder and President of a volunteer music group
-PYO Orchestras (Including a tour to Europe with the group)
-School orchestra groups, and musicals
-School tennis team and outside Ping Pong club for sports
-MUN
-Yearbook
- Intern at finance company in Canada and will be interning in Australia.</p>
<p>So again, chance me for both Brown and UPenn, and tell me which I should ED for and why. Also, any ideas on what to improve related or unrelated to my plan I noted above is welcome. Provide link for a chance back. Thanks!</p>
<p>Dang, Brown looks pretty good for you right now, and UPenn isn’t too far off.
What I’m pretty impressed about is the 2300 SAT as a Sophomore.</p>
<p>IMO:
Brown= High Match
UPenn= Reach/Low Reach </p>
<p>Your ECs are not lacking at all, definitely qualified, and your SAT score is good enough.
GPA could be improved, but I’m assuming you go to a pretty hard high school.</p>
<p>ur gpa is pretty good keep working on that i would think about ur future classes also as i think colleges would like to see a more balanced schedule but its pretty good and I am amazed by ur sat score and ur ecs are outstanding so i’d say upenn is the safer option but brown is a definite option so keep up the good work! </p>
<p>well i have had friends and other contacts with Penn and Brown and it seems to me that Brown is the harder school to get into. I’m not saying Penn is a safety school but by just looking at your resume you seem to be much like one of my friends who was immediately accepted into Penn but was waitlisted at Brown. Again every situation if different so don’t hold my words as 100% fact </p>
<p>@IC20662- You really are not in a position to criticize his GPA considering you cannot capitalize a sentence and your post is one massive run-on sentence. </p>
<p>@OP- Everything looks good. For ECs try to go off the beaten path, don’t do anything with an acronym. </p>
<p>@Mandalorian-I have never received a grade lower than an A in high school. I have an 4.0 un-weighted GPA and apologize if my typing does not hold up to your expectations…</p>
<p>Both schools are not easy to get in to, with 10% and 13% admissions rates (Brown and Penn respectively). In particular, Wharton for business at Penn is highly competitive. I agree that your GPA is a little on the low side for the ivies, but the high SAT score and a few high subject tests could combat that. Certainly work on getting that GPA up in junior year, your APs should help with that if you can handle the workload, in particular Physics and B/C can be tough when taken in the same semester. Your ECs are pretty good with a decent amount of leadership, so your GPA is really the only weak point. In terms of ED I’m wary that you are asking the internet to make this decision, simply because early decision is binding. Are you sure your family is in a financial situation to pay the full ~$60,000 if that is what the financial aid office determined you could pay? Are you confident that you would be perfectly happy in a binding agreement to go to Brown or to Penn and withdraw other applications? ED is intended when you have a clear first choice, and you still seem to be deciding. Luckily you do still have time. I would put you at low reaches for both Brown and Penn, since you’re effectively in the “good enough to get in” pile it’s impossible to predict from there. You should determine ED based on which school you prefer, not which school you think might hypothetically prefer you, if you decide to do ED at all. Make sure to give it a significant amount of thought before committing to the next four years of your life. </p>
<p>@neuromajor thanks! I’m currently perfectly happy going to UPenn unless Harvard miraculously accepts me, but I’m just getting an idea from the current CC community. </p>
<p>You seem really knowledgeable about this matter so if you don’t mind, could you please answer another question?</p>
<p>This one’s more related to right now. I’m debating what SAT IIs to take. Assuming I can get high scores on all of them (excluding all the languages, although I will take one language) which ones build the best profile for me? </p>
<p>@lbad96 Could you say why? I’m rather nervous, and the other people’s responses don’t indicate such a possibility. If they were high matches, and I hope they are, then I would just need to start the Mu Alpha Theta, as I was planning to, and write great essays to get better matches. </p>
<p>Of course! It honestly depends on which test you think will do the best at for your first contingent, don’t assume you’ll do well unless you’re confident about all the subject matter 100%. The ‘hardest’ tests are going to be the Math II, Chemistry, and Physics. Since you are thinking computer science, if you can excel on the Math II it will help to demonstrate your aptitude for that field. If you think you can do well on the Physics I would go for it as well, again showing some pure ‘brawn’ in terms of your scholastic strength and continue to help make up for the GPA. If you want to take a third (some schools do require it and I recommend it, it’s no extra effort to take the third one on test day), try a non math/science in whichever field you are really good at. I happen to excel at US History even though I’m a bio major, and did very well on the US History despite no preparation (I decided to take it the night before). Do you happen to be a good reader? The Lit shouldn’t give you much trouble, etc. I would recommend against straining yourself by taking five SAT IIs, that’s just excessive UNLESS it really would be no trouble for you to take them with very little practice or studying. It’s not worth devoting a lot of time to that many tests otherwise, focus on two or three to truly excel at. </p>
<p>I’d say your a match for Brown and a low reach/reach for UPenn. I think your ECs are excellent. Especially the international internships. As for ED I’m not sure… I’m still trying to figure that out myself!</p>
