<p>Hi!
So I applied regular decision to Wharton and have been wondering what chances are of getting in, realistically. I have a 4.3 at my school which offers about 12 AP's, my school is ranked in the top 5% in California. I took two AP's and got a 3 and 5 and I am in 3 AP's this year and got a 4.4 first semester. I am half Mexican, and have been lucky to have lived in Hong Kong, (for 5 years, including freshman year) Puerto Rico, and Germany. I'm hoping this will look good to them. I have a bit over 250 community service hours. I am the Vice-President of Safe Rides at my school, in National Honors Society, and am Co-president of Teen Korps, a national organization with a chapter in my town. I got a 32 on the ACT, 30 in English, 34 in Math, 34 in Reading, 30 in science, and 9 on the essay. I have had a job throughout high school, working about 20 hours a week. I also received the National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar award from college board.
I just want to know from everyone if they think I actually stand a chance at getting in, hopefully for some piece of mind cus im freaking out! ahaha</p>
<p>Your Test scores and GPA are below average for Wharton and your ECs are tbh quite average. Maybe Affirmative Action will bail you out, but I’d say it’s a High Reach.</p>
<p>^ disregard that ignorant post right there.</p>
<p>AA has little to do with your applicant. You’re objectively qualified from what I can tell. You stand a chance. How much? No one on this board knows.</p>
<p>Apply and see what happens. Good luck.</p>
<p>chances are Zero, nil and ZIP. We are talking about WHARTON, less than 35 ACT is not going to cut it. Unless you invented the wheel.</p>
<p>@father how can you make such a definitive answer? While, I agree, many applicants are in the 34+ range, you cant just say there is a 0 chance. Regardless, of what a candidates stats are, you have no qualification whatsoever to make an assertion. Perhaps, if parenting is the equivalent of an Ivy-league adcomm member, your answer would carry weight. Don’t crush someones dream with a distorted “realistic” approach. I agree, the 30 is low and the EC’s aren’t impressive. But, you dont realize how much the slightest words weight can be upon the adolescent, college applying mind.</p>
<p>My sister’s best friend was 3rd in her class of 200, Hispanic, president of 1 club, and had an 1800 on her SAT. She’s in Wharton now. Personally, I think she got lucky.</p>
<p>Regardless, you have a chance.</p>
<p>thank you everyone, not really the piece of mind that i wanted but it is an incredible school so I know my chances are low. Thank you!</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>hongkongkid, I didn’t mean to discourage you. I was just giving a realistic opinion. I think you have a good chance but don’t get your hopes too high. Have some safeties, please.</p>
<p>Penn takes 48% of its first year class from ED. There’s no data limited to Wharton, but quite possibly more that 50% of Wharton is already filled with ED admits. You might want to think about applying to Penn CAS instead of Wharton.</p>
<p>You have a chance, but not a very good one.</p>
<p>@Fatherofm Yeah don’t worry I didn’t take it personally and yeah it’s an incredible school so it’s my first choice but of course it’s a reach.</p>
<p>We can’t see your recommendations and essays, and those will be extremely important.</p>
<p>Why business school? Specifically, why Wharton? How well did you convince someone that your goals and hopes are best met there?</p>
<p>Whoops!!!</p>
<p>The admit rate for CAS isn’t much better than Wharton. You can look @ Penn ED decisions thread to see the scores etc for class of 2017.Your chances are very slim but anything is possible.</p>
<p>thank you everyone</p>