Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn...Am I on track?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m currently a junior at a large public high school. My dream school is definitely the Wharton School at Penn. I’ve visited twice, and I absolutely loved the campus atmosphere! </p>

<p>Please give me some advice as to where I should improve or if HYPSM is unrealistic. Thanks a bunch!</p>

<p>Background: Chinese Female, not applying for financial aid
Class rank: 3/800
GPA: 4.4 W/4.0 UW
SAT: 2260 (700 M/760 CR/800 W)
SAT II: World 800, Chem 780, Math II 750
APs: national AP scholar, so far 9 APs - all 5, will have 16 by graduation
Courseload: most challenging
Counselor/Teacher Recs: should be great; both teachers and counselor knew me starting freshman year
Essay: working on them right now; hopefully inspiring!</p>

<p>Public service:
-Key Club school president, 200+ hours of community service projects
-Interact school co-president, organized fundraisers, raised $10K total
-unpaid Congressional intern
-volunteer Chinese translator at Stanford Hospital since 7th grade
-City Teen Commission vice-chair, organized events for teens
-NHS school president, organized schoolwide service program
-HOBY, only sophomore chosen from entire sophomore class to attend this leadership conference</p>

<p>Business:
-FBLA state officer, school president, national champion
-lots of prestigious summer business programs (have earned 16 college credits from these summer programs)
-self-studied for AP Micro (got a 5)</p>

<p>Piano:
-conservatory pianist
-international recognition
-national and state awards
-seasonal public performances
-organized piano benefit concert, raised $4K for Interact Club
-self-studied for AP Theory (got a 5)</p>

<p>Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Self-bump! Anyone got any advice? Tips? Suggestions? :)</p>

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<p>I’m glad you liked Wharton, it’s a great school. For Wharton specifically, I would focus on leadership and possibly business/finance related ECs</p>

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<p>Thank you Awped. Do you think I should expand more in FBLA for business? I am currently a state officer, and almost all of my summer experiences were business-focused. Is this even on par with the minimum for Wharton? As for leadership, do you recommend anything specific outside of school?</p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>I think you have good chances at Wharton because of your ECs. You may want to improve your Math and Math II score because a 700 and 750, respectively, aren’t very respectable for a prospective Wharton applicant. Well the 750 is OK but the 700 on the SAT reasoning is quite low.</p>

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