Wharton ED or go for more with RD? Help!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I want to go into business, and I've heard applying ED to Penn gives you a boost. I don't know whether I should apply ED to Wharton or wait and apply to more schools like Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. Are the benefits of applying ED worth risking binding myself to Penn? I just don't want to get rejected regular decision and feel like if I had applied ED, things would have turned out differently. Thanks!</p>

<p>GPA:
W- 3.9
UW- 4.3</p>

<p>ACT: 35
SAT: 2240
Subject tests: Math II 790, Math I 800, USH 760, Chem 720</p>

<p>AP Classes:
AP Macro, AP Chem, AP Psych, AP GoPo, AP English Language- 5
AP Physics, AP USH- 4
AP World- 3
Senior course-load: AP French, AP Bio, AP Micro, AP Statistics, AP Euro, AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society (President), over 300 hours volunteered
Math Team (President)
FBLA (President)</p>

<p>Awards:
Intel ISEF Finalist
FBLA Nationals- 5th place
AIME Qualifier
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

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<p>If you really want Wharton, apply ED. You have strong stats and good But not great awards, good chance they’d grab you. The RD pile could well have quite a few who look very similar and they won’t take you all.</p>

<p>If you’re an ORM and/or from an overrepresented state, I’d especially suggest ED.</p>

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<p>If those are your only ECs, your chances at Harvard, Standford, MIT, and Wharton are not very good…</p>

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<p>They aren’t; I have a couple of more I’ve gotten 1st place at state/top 20 at nationals in, but they aren’t business/math related. I didn’t feel like typing up a laundry list of a bunch of extracurriculars that I didn’t have major achievements in. Thanks for the advice.</p>