ivy24

Hey, please give your honest opinion on my chances for the following schools (order of preference - Most important - Wharton ED =)

1. UPenn Wharton ED
2. UPenn Wharton RD
3. MIT (Sloan undergrad school of business)
4. Cornell CALS (Applied Economics and Management)
5. Harvard/Princeton (econ)
6. NYU Stern
7. Duke (econ)
8. UVA (business)
9. Carnegie Mellon (business)


Background
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Sex: Male
Residence: NJ
Graduation Year: 2009
Major interests: Business, Pharmacy (only for RU Pharmacy, everything else - Business)
School: Highly Competetive
Class Size: 620

GPA
100 Scale (School does 100 scale)
UW: 96.17 W: 103.5
4.0 scale
UW: 4.0 W: 4.8
All Mid-High As on Transcript

SAT/SATII

SAT: 2300 {Math-770, Cr-730, Wr-800 (MC 80, Essay 12)

SAT IIs: (Wharton only requires 2)
Math 2: 760
Chemistry: 750
Bio (Freshman yr): 630 =(
Bio (2nd attempt): ?
1 or 2 more SAT IIs

AP Scores:
Calculus AB: 5
US History: 5
Eng Lang/Comp: 4

Rank: School Doesn't Rank, but top 1%

Course Rigor

Most Rigorous
9th-12th: 8 APs, 9 Honors
11th: 3 APs (Calc AB (5), Lang/Comp (4), US History (5))
Summer Course at Rutgers Preparatory School (Pre-Calculus)
12th: 5 APs (Calc BC, Stat, Chem, Lit, Spanish)

Extracurriculurs

1. (10-12)Future Business Leaders of America (President)
2. (11-12)Spanish Honor Society (Vice President)
3. (11-12)Red Cross Club (Red Cross Youth Council Representative)
4. (11-12)National Honor Society (Blood Drive Committee)
5. (10-11) JV Tennis Team
6. (9) JV Track Team
7. (11-12) Model Congress/Model UN
8. (9-12) NJ Science League (Scorer)
9. (10-12) Varsity Academic Team
10. (10-12) Waksman Student Scholars Club
11. (11-12) NJ Math League
12. (9-12) (Out of School) Swadhyay Religious Organization (Youth Group, Street Plays, Speech Elocution Competitions)


Summary of Leadership
FBLA President
SHS Vice President
Red Cross Youth Council Representative
Member on NHS Blood Drive Committee (Advertisement, Recruitment)

Honors/Special Programs

1. Finalist to NJ Governor's School of Public Issues
2. Johnson & Johnson Technology Awareness Program (10th)
3. Robert Wood Johnson Mini Medical School (11th)
4. REACH Senior Option Internship (Hillsboro Pharmacy) (12th)

(Awards)
5. 4th Place Mathematics Contest of New Jersey (at High School)
6. AMC 10 qualifier
7. AMC 12 qualifier
8. 1st Place Geeta Speech Elocution Competition 2007
9. 7th Place (Team) - NJ Science League Physics 1 Team
10. High Honor Roll
11. National Honor Roll
12. National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS)
13. Who's Who
14. Certificate of Acceptance - Congressional Student Leadership Conference
15. NYLC Nomination, NYLF Nomination, NSLC Nomination, Presidential Classroom Nomination

Volunteer Experience
100 Hours in:
1. Hillsborough Public Library Summer Teen Volunteer
2. Homework Help Center (at library)
3. Department of Health and Social Services

Work Experience
Possible employment at Hillsborough Public Library (14hrs/week)

Other
Recommendations: 2 Outstanding recommendations, the 2 teachers I am asking love me and will write great recommendations
Counselor Recommendation: great


My schools again:
1. UPenn Wharton ED
2. UPenn Wharton RD
3. MIT (Sloan undergrad school of business)
4. Cornell CALS (Applied Economics and Management)
5. Harvard/Princeton (econ)
6. NYU Stern
7. Duke (econ)
8. UVA (business)
9. Carnegie Mellon (business)

ivy24

The 4.0 Gpa, i estimated on my own. I used the A=4, B=3 system...with that I have a 4.0/4.7.....with the A=4, A-=3.67 system, i have a 3.99/4.6)

So, GPA:
UW: 3.99-4.0 W: 4.6-4.7, 5.0 if only academic courses
UW 96.17 W: 103.5 (official school-given gpa)

Thanks!

TranceGod69

I would say if you did Early Decision at UPenn(Wharton) then you have a pretty good chance of getting in. Good Luck!

nj_azn_premed

11. National Honor Roll
12. National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS)
13. Who's Who
14. Certificate of Acceptance - Congressional Student Leadership Conference
15. NYLC Nomination, NYLF Nomination, NSLC Nomination, Presidential Classroom Nomination

Don't make the mistake of mentioning any of these. They're all bogus, money-making scams and none of them involve individual merit (I got all this garbage as well; you can ask most of your friends and they would probably say they did as well).

Other than that:

1. UPenn Wharton ED (if you're in the top 5 of your class, then Low Reach; otherwise High Reach)
2. UPenn Wharton RD (probably only if you're valed of your class)
3. MIT Sloan (Reach)
4. Cornell CALS (Low Reach)
5. Harvard/Princeton (econ) (Almost Impossible unless you're valed)
6. NYU Stern (High Match)
7. Duke (econ) (High Reach)
8. UVA (business) (Low Reach/High Match)
9. Carnegie Mellon (business) (Match)

One difficulty I imagine you'll encounter is the fact that you haven't and are not planning to take AP Economics. Unless your school doesn't offer AP Econ, you're blatantly disregarding an academic pursuit of what you are supposedly interested in (business/econ).

I'm also an Indian Male in NJ, so I feel your pain; good luck though.

ivy24

njaznpremed, our school doesnt offer AP Economics. But I am taking Economics ( a one semester course our school provides).

"1. UPenn Wharton ED (if you're in the top 5 of your class, then Low Reach; otherwise High Reach)"
Our school doesn't rank...From what we know of, i am either 3 or 4 in our class out of 620...but regardless, Wharton wont see my rank.

ivy24

bump......

ivy24

bump, anyone else? it will really help, thanks

swameegunta

good courses and good scores! you have a good shot!

ohcollege1230

5. Harvard/Princeton (econ) (Almost Impossible unless you're valed)

I'm not sure if this is true.-