Val.'s + 2330 (1540 + 790) chances?

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<p>Penn RD for Huntsman program of international business (Spanish is the language)</p>

<p>Race: Asian-American (Indian, born and raised in US)
Location: Orlando, FL</p>

<p>Academic Index) 236/240 which is a 9. </p>

<p>GPA) UW: 4.00 W: 4.904</p>

<p>Rank) 1 out of 690, this includes both IB program students, and non-IB students. My school is very large, about 3500-4000 students, is a D school, and located in a large suburbian area (btw, Orlando is virtually all suburbs). There is a large minority population (mostly Hispanics). </p>

<p>Curriculum) All but two are weighted classes. Rest are all pre-IB, IB, or honors classes. Full IB diploma program. By time of graduation:
4 years of IB Spanish
1 year of IB Biology, 2 years of IB Physics, 1 year of Honors Chemistry
Honors Algebra 1, Honors Geometry, Honirs Algebra 2, Honors Pre-calculus, IB Math Methods (the higher track of junior year math, Calculus AB), AP Statistics, and IB Math HL (highest math offered in school)
2 years of pre-IB World History (including AP WH test), 2 years of IB History of Americas
4 years of IB English
1 year of unweighted business class, 1 year of unweighted French
1 year of IB ITGS SL (computer class)
1 year of AP Computer Science</p>

<p>Tests)
SAT: M: 780, V: 760 (1540, 2330 total for Penn since they add SAT II Writing)
Math IIC: 800
Physics: 800
Writing: 790
Spanish: 770
PSAT: 221 (National Merit Semifinalist, 1 of 7 at school)
AP’s: World History 5, Calculus AB 5, Physics C: Mechanics 5, English Language 4.
IB’s: Physics SL 7, ITGS 6</p>

<p>EC’s) By time of graduation:
4 years of Math Club (Historian, hopefully Vice President)
3 years of Spanish Honor Society (President)
2 years of Best Buddies
2 years of Table Tennis Club (Founder in first year, President in second year)</p>

<p>Volunteering at a place that gives a week of fun for terminally ill children for about 100 hours over about a year. </p>

<p>Selected to attend Boys State, a free (admission is merit-based) program to learn about state government and leadership, meet the governor, etc.</p>

<p>Awards: Winner of Rensselaer medal (60000$ scholarship award for best math/science student in school), National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Excellent teacher recommendations from Math teacher and Spanish teacher</p>

<p>What are my chances?</p>

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<p>**** dude you make other indians, such as myself, look like total crap. id say you have a great shot of getting in, but if upenn is really your numero uno school i suggest you apply early, upenn seems to favor early decision applicants. nice stats though (how the hell did you get such a good sat score?) and good luck.</p>

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<p>Penn, especially Wharton, places heavy emphasis on leadership and accomplishment. If you can prove strength in these two areas, as well as write strong essays and receive strong recs, you should be accepted.</p>

<p>IMO it is leadership, social accomplishment, essays, and recs that are the only reasons someone of your caliber would be rejected. Sure you have a great shot, but w/ Huntsman's acceptance rate ~5-10%, you really do need to excel in every area.</p>

<p>And like SexyYetiBeast said, why not ED? They only accept 50something to begin w/...who knows how many of those are gone after ED.</p>

<p>I decided to edit this because I realized I came off kind of harsh. You have phenomenal stats and I would die for the level of success you have had. Felt it was necessary to let you know that I tried to give a legit (not a snappy) response. :)</p>

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<p>Not to be pessemistic, but unless you have a mindblowing essay, you low chance at huntsman because you show no passion for it. It is such a broad program that most accepted applicants have internships and clubs like MUN.</p>

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<p>hey! i think u have an excellent chance of getting in! i was wondering why you even post your stat and ask for opinions...</p>

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<p>because huntsman is extremely competitive...</p>