Which early?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Sup. I haven’t posted here in a while (procrastination really does take a precedent) and I really want to know what early I should do (because I’m lazy, and I want to get in early so I don’t have to do any more college apps). Because college apps suck and I have really bad senioritis.</p>

<p>I’m deciding between Harvard EA, MIT EA, Stanford EA, Upenn (Wharton) ED, and Princeton ED</p>

<p>Asian guy
School: pretty competitive school in NJ
GPA: 4.3 weighted, estimating a 3.8 unweighted (top gpa is 4.7ish and is doing Harvard EA)
Class Rank: our school doesn’t rank, but im probably top 4%
SAT: 2300+ (Math: 800, Verbal: 800, Writing: 700+)
SAT II: Bio - 800, Chem - 800, Math II - 800, US History - 800, Chinese - 800 </p>

<p>**AP’s: **
-Calculus AB: 5 (self-study)
-US History: 5
-Chem: 5
-Bio: 5
-Env. Sci: 5 (self-study)
-Stats: 4 (self-study)</p>

<p>Schedule: broke school record for number of aps in a year (max before was 6)
**Senior Year: **
AP Physics B
AP Env Sci
AP Stats
AP Government and Politics
AP European History
AP English
AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>**Extracurriculars **
**In School **
-Math Team (4 years)
-FBLA (4 years), State board Vice-president
-Science Olympiad (3 years)
-Science League (3 years)
-NHS (2 years)
-French Honor Society (2 years)
-AMC and AIME math competitions(3 years)
-Varsity Swimming (4 years)
-Co-founder Frisbee team (1 year)
-volunteered as tutor (2 years) </p>

<p>Out of School
-Co-founded organization that goes to local nursing home every Saturday for 2 hours to teach the elderly English
-Volunteer at various hospitals and local Chinese school (over 1000 hours)</p>

<p>**Honors, accomplishments etc. **
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-National Merit Semifinalist (PSAT: 237), most likely finalist
-All-State Orchestra (4 years)
-State FBLA Vice-President
-USA Biology Olympiad Camp Member (top 20 out of 7000+ students nationwide)</p>

<p>**Work Experience **
-Interned under a doctor who specialized in diagnosing various cancers of the bone marrow and blood
-Worked as a lab assistant and fellow researcher (more like slave laborer) with a neuroscientist</p>

<p>**Random Stuff **
-Sending a music CD with a bunch of violin songs recorded on it
-Attended 6 years of CTY, studied biology, chemistry, physics, writing, model UN, game theory.
-Attended Partners in Science for 2 years (a research program that has a 15% acceptance rate. Basically matches people who are aspiring scientists with mentors. You write a paper and make a presentation at the end at Liberty Science Center)
-Attended NJABR (a biomedical program that you tour various labs and hospitals and universities around NJ. We got free stuff from Wyeth. Woo hoo. not really)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs should be good (I’m sending about 4-7 recs). Essay (about research, person who influenced me, and a humorous piece) should be decent, at least. </p>

<p>So yea. Which EA/ED (out of Harvard EA, MIT EA, Stanford EA, Upenn (Wharton) ED, and Princeton ED) am I best matched to?</p>

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<p>Dude, college is about where YOU want to go! Dont apply to a college where other people think you should go.</p>

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<p>I like those schools. That's why Yale isn't on the list, nor is JHU. Those are good schools, but I don't like their campuses. I'm just wondering which college on the list (all of which I want to attend) would be the best college to EA/ED. If I'm EAing, I could always apply to the others using regular decision.</p>

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<p>^^ i second that</p>

<p>but your ECs seem to suit MIT the most, IMO</p>

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<p>Go to Harvard, have fun.</p>

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<p>dont apply EA/ED just because you think it will improve your chances...if you dont have a clear #1 school, then dont apply early. simple as that.</p>

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<p>eeny meeny miney mo...</p>

<p>les bit-ches</p>

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<p>4-7 teacher recs? you really think admission officers are darn free? i suggest you send your best 2 plus a coach rec. Why wharton? your stats show u're a good match to either science+tech related or pre-med major, Princeton or Harvard for a hard life in college, Stanford if you like california sunshine! MIT if you wanna be in a real diversed community, by the way if u're chinese, MIT got a lotsa Chinese. Chinese here too~~ ciaoz</p>

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<p>I hate you.</p>

<p>J/k. I think you have a pretty good chance at any of those schools..lol.</p>

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<p>looks like we have one more asian premed on our hands</p>

<p>I guess you broke your school's record for originality too...</p>

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<p>what do you mean?</p>

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<p>Have you looked at the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management? <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/lsm%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.upenn.edu/lsm&lt;/a> That seems like it might be the best way to combine your interests in science and business.</p>