Chance Me for Wharton

TheWikiMan
Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:42:55 +0000

Hmmm… I tend to side more on the side of wwjr, but not as strongly. Academically you are a lock, no questions, so don’t worry about that, I can 99% guarantee that academics will not be a factor if you get rejected.

Extracurricular-wise, I would be slightly worried, not because you haven’t done anything, you have done plenty, but from what you have posted, I don’t see the depth, maybe you do have it, and if you do, you need to emphasize it to the max. Like wwjr said, so many other kids would have accomplished those things, that if you haven’t done something above and beyond in those activities, its another moot point. Adcoms do know depth when they see it, for example you put “treasurer?” when talking about NHS, already it seems like you didn’t really have a committment to that club, which isn’t a bad thing, but it doesn’t help you with admissions.

I say this to everyone I “chance”, you will live or die by your essay, pour your heart and your time into those things, cause it is the only real place you can make a real difference. Start now, and work till the end of October on them, you should need it. You need to show those adcoms that you are not the stereotypical applicant.

I did some weird number crunching a few months ago and came to the conclusion that in the early round, it could be as high as a 20% acceptance rate, others have said around 17%, for wharton that is. So essentially, your application needs to be better than five other people’s. Of course it doesn’t really work that way, but use it as motivation, beat 5 and you might get in.