Chance Me for Wharton

WoodrowWilsonJR
Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:03:59 +0000

upennvetgirl: I was never really on his side. I applied to Wharton from a top boarding school in New England. I also had strong legacy connections through my father and grandfather. They offered me Joseph Wharton Scholars(which includes an invitation to BFS) and it was not a close call, nor was it based on luck. I also got into Yale/Princeton and everywhere else I applied. If I had been in his exact same position, I almost definitely wouldn’t have gotten in.

Giving bad advice based on blind optimism is more destructive than honesty. The OP has a strong record, just not a strong enough record. Consider this: it’s impressive when a guy runs a 4:15 mile, but it’s nowhere near good enough to represent the US in the olympics. Zero percent chance. If a girl(someone in a different demographic) ran the same time, she might be olympic champion. My point is that the OP performed really well but did not reach the necessary standard. Telling him “you did really well! you’re in!” is unhelpful, although I will modify my last post and say that I would probably bet 20:1(5% chance) against your app rather than 100:1(1% chance).