Wharton ED chances - please!

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Gender: F (asian - subcontinent)
Location: NY
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.86
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 496</p>

<p>Took all the highest level classes that my school offers. Taking 4 AP’s next year</p>

<p>AP’s
US History - 5
Euro History - 5
Economics (Micro) - 3 (self-studied)
Human Geo - 3 (self-studied)
Physics b - 4 (self-studied)
COmp Sci - 4 (self-studied)
English Lang - 5
Psychology - 5 (self-studied)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 750
SAT I Writing: 740
SATII total - 2200 <- will retake in October for 2300+</p>

<p>SAT II Biology - E: 710
SAT II Physics: 730
SAT II Chemistry: 800
SATII US History: 720
SAT MATHII: 740</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:

  • classical dance (10,11,12)
  • Indian drums (10,11,12)
  • International Club (9 - 12) - VP in 11th grade
  • Math League (10,11,12) - VP in 12th grade
  • NHS (12) - officer
  • Head of Ethnic Items, Fundraiser for Inter. Club
  • secretary of a consulting firm (make $1000/month)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work

  • taught math to 8th graders - 100+ hours
  • LIbrary hours - 20+
  • Cultural Fair - 60+
  • Temple - 20+</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:

  • Board of Education award
  • JAVA professional certificate
  • Service hours award from Temple
  • Math Department awards
  • AP scholar with distinction</p>

<p>I am not a legacy, can speak 3 languages, immigrant - US resident…</p>

<p>Please tell me my chances. Thank you very much!</p>

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<p>i couldn’t do sports or anything special because i had to take care of my mentally ill mother…(i think this will be one of my essays)</p>

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<p>What is with all of these “Will retake/will improve” justifications on chances threads? Your stats are what they are, not what they might be…</p>

<p>You’ve got a shot. Think about why you want to go to Penn and why you want to go to Wharton… these things seem to matter more than anything else these days.</p>

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<p>thanks :), but people at the chances thread said that I don’t have a chance at all :(:frowning: I guess since you are in the University of pennsylvania…:)</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>