<p>Well I’m a Junior currently from a town around the Houston area in Texas, and I’m very interested in attending Wharton in the fall of 2008, but I’d like to know what you feel my chances are, and what more I could to do improve them.</p>
<p>First I feel I should describe my background a little bit - I’m a Hispanic male born in New Jersey on February 12, 1991 (Everyone else in my grade is a year older). I am an ESL student, having gone to live with family in Honduras when I was about 3 months old, and I stayed there for a while until I came back to the States to live in Texas at around the end of the second grade year. I have one younger brother and only my mom(Never my father actually, and he’s now deceased). My mother has a rather… dismal income so I know right off the bat that paying for college will be horrendous, but my worry right now is getting in.</p>
<p>Currently in my school I’m number 4 out of a junior class of 720 students, though the total student number will more than likely change, and my individual ranking will either stay constant or remain the same. I am enrolled currently in Soccer, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Chemistry, AP U.S. History, Pre-AP Pre-Calculus, Pre-AP French III, and Pre-AP Physics. I am making strong A’s in all these courses except English, a high B. First semester I had a few B’s but this second semester most are good A’s. My school uses a 6.0 grading scale in which I was making a 6.007, though that is subject to change as well.</p>
<p>I looked it up and found that the average SAT score for a Penn undergrad is around 2100 and I took a practice test in which I made around a 1900, but I’m rather confident that I can tie up the loose ends in time.</p>
<p>I’m involved in soccer, NHS, and am sort of on Hiatus from french club but I will soon rejoin it. I have completed and organized projects from NHS but I fear that my leadership roles are not exactly up to par with what Wharton expects from prospective students. It is rather difficult for me though seeing as I am 16, my mother works nights with erratic shifts. She previously worked at a school in erm… custodial duties (Not all of us are blessed with cozy lives =P). As you can probably infer, both of my parents had no college experience, and I am, or will be, a first generation college student. Anyways, I will get more involved in the summer with trying to be more active, but I hope that not being able to be incredibly involved is much of a terrible handicap on me, considering my situation related to others, plus my job I have right now is crucial since I have to pay for clothes next year and a car!</p>
<p>Next year I will take Soccer, AP English IV(I forget the right term), AP Physics II, AP Government/Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC and AP Statistics.</p>
<p>I feel that on an academic level I am almost, if not equal with other qualifying undergrads, but my EC activities are lacking. Anyhow, what do you feel my position on getting accepted by Wharton would now be, and what more would I have to do to up my chances?</p>
<p>Oh by the way, I plan to take 3 or 4 SAT II’s, just to have a variety to choose from or maybe it would look good to the admissions department, I’m not sure. They are Spanish, Chemistry, Math IIC, and I’m debating whether or not to take U.S. History.</p>
<p>My SAT I so far is 2040 (650 CR, 690M, 700 W), but that’s a definite retake.</p>
<p>Just wondering if I have a chance ED/EA, and also, are people generally successful doing pre law at rice?</p>