Will I be wasting my ED to Wharton?

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<p>I am a junior in high school in Long Island, NY.</p>

<p>I am concerned whether I would be wasting my early decision option to college if I apply to Wharton School of Business at UPenn. I plan on studying Economics/Business. I also plan on applying to Columbia, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Emory, University of Chicago, and NYU Stern.</p>

<p>I would say I am in the top 10 of a class of 300 in a competitive high school.
I had a 730 on CR. 700 on M and 720 on Writing.
I also got a 800 on my SAT II for World History, and believe I will get a 800 on my SAT II in U.S History, a 750 on Chem and a 730 on Math I.</p>

<p>I have 99.4 GPA weighted average and over a 97 average without the weight.</p>

<p>These are list of my accomplishments:</p>

<p>HONORS:</p>

<p>Honor Roll(all years)
Science Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
All AP Honor Student
Advanced Science Research</p>

<p>Accomplishments:
Key Club Treasurer 2011-2012
Student Government Senator- 2009-2013
Model Congress- Chairman of Judiciary Committee 2011-2013
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA):
Long Island – 1st place –Banking & Financial Systems 2011
New York State FBLA Convention – 2nd place- Banking & Financial Systems 2011
New York State FBLA Convention – 3rd place- Business Law 2011
Orlando, Florida- FBLA National Convention 2011- participant in Banking & Financial Systems and Stock Market competitions
Long Island – 2nd place – Banking & Financial Systems 2012
Delegate- FBLA- New York State and National conventions 2011
National Spanish Exam- freshman year- Honorable Mention 2010,
Sophomore Year- Bronze 2011, junior year- Honorable Mention 2012
Stock Market Chairman of my school FBLA-2012-2013
Participant in Molloy College Science Fair 2010
Student of the Month in Business Jan 2012</p>

<p>WORK:
Science researcher at Weill- Cornell Medical College, New York, N.Y</p>

<p>School: I am in all honors/AP. I took AP World, AP US History, AP Chem and AP English Language and Composition.
Senior Year I plan on taking AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP Gov't, AP Macroecnomics, AP Spanish and AP English Literature.</p>

<p>I also plan on getting great recommendation leaders from my Accounting teacher who also runs FBLA in my school and my AP US History Teacher.</p>

<p>I also intend on attending a business training camp for four days at a local college and visted the UPenn campus. I hope you guys give me honest feedback and do not be too cruel lol.</p>

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<p>From what I’ve heard, applying ED to Penn significantly increases your chances. Your grades and EC’s are about average for those applying (not too much of a difference between applicants at that level), but you should definitely take the SAT again. You should also consider taking the ACT. I took both and I did much better on the ACT so it paid off for me, and I got into Penn. :)</p>

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<p>I will not take the SAT again. I have taken it multiple times (3) and I may take the ACT in September and I took in Feb, but I did better on my SAT.</p>

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<p>Take the SAT Subject Math II, but only if you think you can get close to 800 on it.</p>

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<p>thanks for all the replies. anyone else willing to tell their opinion?</p>