<p>Upper middle class African American from CA.
Top 2% of class at tough private school
800/760/740 SATI
800/800/710 SATII
Spanish is language</p>
<p>JV sport captain
heavy volunteering
honor societies
spent term in Spain
Worked for same company 3 summers in marketing</p>
<p>99.9999% chance.</p>
<p>Whoops, I meant top 20%.</p>
<p>Any other opinions?</p>
<p>UCgradmary - is one of the SAT II's in Language and one in MathII? There's a lot of emphasis on math and lang and I'm sure you know they only take ~40 students - which makes it hard to think of as a number one choice! Very few Huntsman students post on this site and only a few CC students have gotten accepted in the last couple of years, making it difficult to get a handle on what they're looking for. It looks like your child has all the necessary requirements, but beyond that it's even more difficult to predict Huntsman than HYP.</p>
<p>The 800s on SATIIs are Spanish and mathII, but her mathI is the 740. She is retaing in October.</p>
<p>Have any of the accepted here been URMs? I could only find one URM in my search. He had scores in the high 600s and did not get in.</p>
<p>The only slight preference I've noticed with Huntsman is gender - I think more males apply and females could have a slight edge because of the smaller pool (JMO). I haven't seen any URM Hunstman acceptees on here over the last few years, and I've been following it for quite a while. Penn doesn't publish the stats of the specialized programs but it can be assumed that they would have a preference for high GPA/SAT/SATII much like the rest of the school. I could almost guarantee your child would get into Penn - but all bets are off as far as Huntsman.</p>
<p>What do you think of her chance at Wharton without Huntsman?</p>
<p>Very good - but it's a crapshot for anyone.</p>
<p>The good thing about applying to Huntsman is that they will pass the application on for consideration to a single degree program. I believe a good majority of them are ultimately accepted, which then allows the student to put together a very Huntsman-like program between Wharton and the college. You don't have anything to lose, really, by applying to Huntsman, and it looks like your D would have a very good shot at Wharton. Also, ED is a definite advantage at Penn.</p>
<p>i think she can get into wharton, and probably huntsman too. im applying to huntsman too! early</p>
<p>So ivy, share your bio and stats!</p>
<p>Accepted into Huntsman</p>
<p>SAT I: 2200 Total (760 Math, 770 Writing, 670 Verbal)</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
Spanish: 790
Chemistry: 750
Physics: 770
Math Level 2: 800</p>
<p>APs:
Chemistry: 5
Spanish: 5
Physics C (E&M): 5
Physics C (Mechanics): 5</p>
<p>Summers:
Berkeley
Math 1A: A+
Economics: A
Harvard
Managerial Finance: A
International Relations: A
Highest possible being A</p>
<p>ECs:
Upper Business Board member for school newspaper.
Head of ethnic culture group
Head of human rights group
Jazz Band, Concert Band, 3 instruments.</p>
<p>Hooks (probably what helped me the most. SAT scores aren't stellar for a program like this)
Born and raised in 3 different international locations. (Japan, one other Asian country (totalling 6 years), one latin american (10 years))
Last math class in school: Multivariable Calculus (exceeds requirements for AP Calculus BC test)
Fluent in Spanish and Japanese, started Chinese in HS.
Phillips Exeter Academy / Phillips Andover graduate (this is arguable. Some say that going to a prep school hurts your chances)
Interned at a Congressman's office for the last 3 months of High School.</p>
<p>Ethnicity:
Japanese</p>
<p>out of curiosity, does your child have a grasp of any other language other than spanish?
I was told that because the majority of people in the program set their target language to be spanish, one has better odds if s/he decides on a language other than spanish.</p>
<p>No other language she's fluent in. Where did you hear that? We were told that the number 1 language was Chinese in terms of applicants, with a lot of kids trying to apply with it although it's their native language.</p>
<p>Ok, here are my stats:</p>
<p>SAT I: n/a
ACT: Composite-34, English-34, Math-35, Reading-34, Science-31, Writing-33</p>
<p>AP: haven't gotten my scores yet. took lit & comp and bio in school this year, and self-studied macro and micro economics</p>
<p>SAT IIs
Biology M (bad, do you think I should retake?): 710
Math 2: 770
Chinese (I'm a native speaker): 800</p>
<p>Essays: really strong. funny, unique. having a Harvard grad/attorney and UPenn student help me with them! :)</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
class rank: 3 out of 367</p>
<p>ECs:
Newspaper 10 - 12, Editor-in-Chief
Literary Magazine 10 - 12, Editor-in-Chief
Math Team 10 - 12, Captain
Indoor Track 9 - 12, Captain
Outdoor Track 9 - 12, Captain, All-Division
French Newsletter 11 - 12, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Cross Country 9 -11</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
Harvard Crimson (newspaper)
Brown University
Bryant University (leadership and business program)</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Olympia Sports, sales associate, Nov. 2006 to Aug. 2008</p>
<p>I attend a public high school that rarely send kids to Ivy Leagues, but I'm taking one of the most rigorous schedule in our school history. (5 APs next year, and one self-study)</p>
<p>I don't think you're going to get in. You would have a shot but on paper you seem like a typical chinese applicant, and schools like UPENN will be getting hundreds of students just like you applying. You'll probably be deferred, then rejected.</p>
<p>oh wow abg41, thanks for your encouragement</p>
<p>ivy hopeful,
your stats put me to shame. i feel like an inadequate asian. i don't think you should take anyone's opinion as seriously as you do your own because no one ever knows everything about the admission process for sure. So you might as well trust yourself. anywhoo, good luck!</p>