<p>I just got my SAT I scores, which were sent to Penn, and will most likely ED to Wharton in the fall. I got a 2100 with an 800 in math, 640 in critical reading, and 660 in writing. I have a weighted average going into my junior year of 97.48, but it most certainly went up this year. Weighting in my school is 1.05 for honors classes and 1.1 for AP’s. I took the Bio SAT II in 9th grade and got a 740. I have taken AP Physics this year and expect a 5 and will take Macroeconomics, Psych, Italian, and Calculus BC next year. Also, I have taken honors in the folliwing:
English 9, 10, and 11
Global History 9 and 10
Earth Science, Biology, and Chemistry
Math 9 (8th grade), 10 (9th grade), 11 (10th grade), and Precalculus (11th grade)</p>
<p>My extra curriculars are as follows (after next year):
Italian Club-4 years-member
Italian Honor Society-3 years-Secretary (Senior)
Math Team-4 years-member (received a medal at the state competition as a junior and bight be co-captain as a Senior)
Math Honor Society-2 years-member (potentially officer)
Science Olympiad-2 years-member
Science Honor Society-2 years- (potentially officer)
Debate Club-2 years-member
Academic Challenge Team- 2 years
Concert Band-4 years-Drum Major as a Junior/Senior, Secretary as a Junior, and probably President as a Senior
Jazz Band-3 years- (potential officer)
Habitat for Humanity-4 years-Sargeant at Arms as a junior and possibly co-president as a senior
Leo Club-3 years-3 years on the Board of Directors
National Honor Society-1 year- (potentially an officer, but probably not)
Varsity Baseball team-3 years-statistician for sophomore and junior years (dislocated my kneecap in March of each year and was unable to play) and hopefully captain next year, although I doubt I will win the vote</p>
<p>What does everyone think my chances are at getting into Wharton ED and RD?</p>
<p>Oh yea, I forgot to say that I am a white kid from the NYC suburbs and will be taking the Physics and Math SAT II's in June and intend on re-taking the SAT I's in October.</p>
<p>your chances are about the same as everyone else's.
your reading/writing scores are a lil bit on the low side, you have a huge laundry list of ECs that don't really make you stand out. on the contrary, it's kind of like, wow you do a lot of stuff, but a) what are you really focused on and b) are you good at what you do.. rather than just doing a lot of stuff "for college"?</p>
<p>what's your GPA unweighted?</p>
<p>your essays may make or break the decision</p>
<p>since you're not URM nor are you from an URstate, there's definitely more competition...</p>
<p>obviously i can't tell right now from the general description you gave me (nor could i tell for anyone since i'm not an admissions officer).. but you have a decent chance, you just really... have to stand out somehow. (essays, summer stuff you do... )</p>
<p>write really good essays next year. and hopefully your teachers like you a lot (or at least can write great recs).</p>
<p>Well I am very committed to all of the things that I am in. I am a very dedicated person who tries to help out whenever possible and does whatever work is necessary. None of those clubs were done "for college". Nothing but sheer enjoyment. I expect to do a lot better on the verbal and writing sections in October and have teachers that would write me AMAZING recommendations. Also, our current valedictorian got into Wharton, and I hope he makes a good enough impression to get me a look. Although I dont think that he will do amazingly, I think he will do well enough not to have Wharton say "Never again from THAT school" Hopefully I can get in, but the numbers dont look too pretty.</p>
<p>good luck. i was a pretty average looking student (heck, below average compared to my friends for SATs) but i'm top 1% (as i found out recently since we don't officially rank), had a lot of leadership, and i'm guessing i wrote a good essay the second time around</p>
<p>i was deferred and then accepted RD after writing a letter + submitting a new essay</p>
<p>so if you're deferred don't give up hope. and if you're w/l-ed, keep trying... oh um, yeah. penn really looks at the why penn. i hope you research the school really well + visited (overnight, if you can.. this might actually change your mind, who knows)</p>
<p>Well I know I am definitely NOT top 1% in my school. My school has a lot of kids with really high GPAs in my grade. Plus, it is only about 180 people in my grade. I am definitely top 10% and maybe even top 5%, but my grades dont reflect my intelligence. I usually get stupid questions wrong on tests and what not. Teachers at my school dont care if you understand what you learn, they care if you answer the question the way they do. I would go off on a rant now, but its 1:50 lol. Anyways, I also went to the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington DC in December, so I wonder how much that will help me out. Also, I have been on the Honor Roll With Distinction every quarter of my high school career.</p>
<p>i went to nylc too
those programs actually don't mean much in college admissions' eyes
lol in retrospect, had a lot of fun, but probably not worth the $.. that's personally. do you live in NY or jersey?</p>
<p>and yeah, the whole "test" = intelligence attitude is prevalent in a lot of places
i'm not much of a test taker myself. stinks.</p>
<p>Im from Westchester County, more specifically Eastchester, just north of NYC. Also, it will probably help that I am friendly with an interviewer for Penn who happens to be on the Board of Education in our district with my dad. I am a great test-taker, but I usually get stupid mistakes that throw off my scores. For example, in my history class, although I am one of the smartest and most knowledgable in the class, I dont get the highest grades in the class and have probably lost 2 points on my average at least because my teacher constantly gives questions with 2 answers and I choose the "wrong" one. Like for example, "How did WWI affect the quest for women's sufferage?" I said that it helped the quest for suffrage because after the war, people saw that women could do things just as well as men. The teacher said that it stopped the quest for suffrage during the war. A time frame wasn't specified in the question, so I lose out because I said something that was right, but after the war. Hmph</p>
<p>hehe you're a big picture kind of person, that's alright, too =)</p>
<p>ah i see, i just asked where you were from in case you were in NJ and i might possibly know the area you're in lol... that's good that you're "friendly" with the interviewer, but you might not get an interview at all or not w/ that one. i didn't get an interview so i was really worried but things turned out alright... it seems fairly random after all (who gets interviews)</p>
<p>What I meant was that I would get a good recommendation because the guy knows me well.</p>
<p>yo metsfan i will take ap italian too. my teacher was one of the teachers who came up with the outlines and stuff for the ap. so we'll get the inside scoop. :)</p>
<p>Interesting. My teacher is also in charge of all that stuff. She is in charge of the standards for the Italian regents in NY and also pretyt important in the AP Standards.</p>
<p>*sergeant...spelling is your friend, diablo</p>