indian EDing to wharton

cr_freak
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:11:02 +0000

SAT I:
m:770
cr:770
w:740
total: 2280/2400, m+cr:1540/600

SAT II:
math2: 800
physics: 780
(taking lit in october, should get approx 750)

SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
I take the most rigorous course in school which includes business courses like commerce and accounts.(will it help ? )
top 1% of class (school doesnt provide gpa and doesnt rank)
ICSE board exams: 90%

ECs:
important:


have been very involved with environmental activism in my city, projects initiated by me have been profiled in newspapers throughout the city. (should i provide links in my app? )
im President of my schools nature club and President of the city’s nature club council.
I am
currently also on the management board which is handling renovation of a park which is instrumental to the citys water table.
Dramatics- Iv acted in, written and directed over 30 plays sice i was in hish school. Iv won the best director award at one of the largest interschool competition in the city. I also wrote and directed the winning play for the last intra school competition.
I am really interested in drama and plan to join one of the clubs or production companies at penn. (should i add it to my essay ?)
I was the co founder of the global issues forum at out school. secretary in class 11 and treasurer in clas 12. (the 2nd founder of the forum got accepted to wharton from our school this year.) we organize various debates and panel discussions among experts and the student body.


misc:

school prefect

school orchestra (i play the violin and am in grade 5, i also play the guitar on my school band)

on the editorial board of the school magazine and newpaper, also junior editor of a small local newspaper.

have community service of over 500 hours from freshmen to mid senior year of high school.

debate team

play couple of sports for my house at school.

RECOS:
brilliant.

from my accounts teacher (head of dept) and math teacher. they both reccomend me most enthusiasticly and say that im the best student theyv com across.(will the math reco be benificial since wharton says math is important.)

ESSAYS:

havnt startedworking on them but they should be good.

im dying to go to wharton school and am willing to do whatever it takes. any help on how to improve my app will be really appreciated.
and do u think i stand a chance coz iv heard that getting into wharton is like getting into HYP.

thanks a lot in advance. also which other schools do u think i should apply to which hav a strong business/ econ-math/ financial econ major?