Chances At Top Schools Like Wharton?
ByFirst off, I just want to congratulate everyone who has gotten into Wharton early decision. I’m a junior right now, and I just wanted to evaluate my chances of acceptance…it is my dream school after all. Please be honest, and don’t hold back any criticism. Thank you for your time, and I wish you all happy holidays and good fortune with your future endeavors.
This is just a few stuff from the top of my head…my objective for Penn is a B.S. econ concentration marketing, management, retail and a B.A. in global analysis
Sorry for the double post…I realized that I forgot some crucial information -_-
Academics:
-3.94 unweighted (freshman and sophomore year; I went through a rough patch second semester of sophomore year, and my GPA dropped significantly–from 3.98 to 3.94; it’ll probably go up (as long as I don’t fail my finals) after this semester)
-Top 3 percent (school doesn’t weight grades)
-Competitive public school; ranked number one in state
-7 AP courses, 6 honor courses, 2 advanced activity courses/year; Score of 5: World History, European History; will take US History, Biology, Calc AB, Calc BC, Lit and self study psychology and environmental science for the end of this year
-PSAT: 234
-SAT: TBD; SAT II World History: 800, SAT II Math II: 800, will take SAT II Bio and SAT II US History at the end of this school year
Internships:
-Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH); 60 hours a week
Shanghai, China; Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China
International Marketing Intern, summer of 2008
* World’s largest luxury goods conglomerate
* June: In charge of post-press releases and integrated marketing with media groups Condé Nast Publications and Hearst Communications, Inc.
* July: Created marketing campaign (press relations, promotion party, advertising, etc) for two large Chinese cities
* Invited to attend LVMH’s east Asian executive meeting
-Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China
Mergers and Acquisitions Summer Analyst, summer of 2008
* World’s largest and most profitable banking group
* Declined internship to work at LVMH
-Ping An Insurance
Shanghai, China
Financial Service Summer Analyst, summer of 2008
* One of Asia’s largest insurance and financial services firms
* Declined internship to work at LVMH
-Chicago Tribune
Tribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois, 60611
Features Department, summer of 2008
* Declined internship to work at LVMH
Leadership/extra-curricular:
-Do Something; 10 hours a week
Time Union Square, New York City, New York, 10036
National Youth Advisory Council, 2007-present
* One of North America’s largest non-profit teen-based organizations
* Committee: Corporate relations and sponsorships
* In charge of awarding a few million dollars worth of grants
* Worked extensively with a notable board of directors that include CEOs of many fortune 500 companies and investment firms
-HiLite; 13 hours a week
Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, 46032
Front page editor, formerly news editor and features copy editor, 2006-present
* Internationally-recognized scholastic newspaper
* Recent awards/honors
o 2008 fall National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) overall 1st place
o 2008 spring NSPA overall 1st place
o 2008 Quill and Scroll international 1st place
o 2008 Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Gold Crown award
o 2008 Indiana High School Press Association (IHSPA) Hoosier Star award
o 2007 Quill and Scroll international 1st place
o 2007 CSPA Gold Crown award
o 2007 IHSPA Hoosier Star award
* Redesign of website, HiLite Online
o 2008 fall NSPA 2nd place website
o 2008 spring NSPA 6th place website
-Student Government; 10 hours a week
Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, 46032
2006-present
* Publicity committees for various school events
o Homecoming
o Dance Marathon
o Houndstock
o Greyhound Games
* Dance Marathon
o 2008: 750 student participants, $129,866.31 raised for Riley’s Children Hospital
o 2007: $58,169 raised
-Key Club; 5 hours a week
Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, 46032
Vice president, formerly freshman board officer, 2006-present
* Community outreach program with other organizations and schools
* Over 100 volunteer hours
-Academic Super Bowl; 5 hours a week
Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, 46032
Fine Arts Captain, 2006-present
-DECA; 5 hours a week
Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, 46032
2008-present
-Symphony Orchestra; 9 hours a week
Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, 46032
2006-present
* Indiana’s best student orchestra
* National Orchestra Cup at Lincoln Center, New York
* ISSMA solo gold medal; ISSMA group gold medal
* I’m sending in a Stravinsky orchestral and a Handel personal recording
* Private lessons: 13 years -_-
-Indianapolis Children’s Choir; 5-15 hours a week
Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2004-present
* One of North America’s largest and most prestigious choral programs
* I’m in the top choir, which
1 Comments
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:19 am
You have a real shot with your stats Sweetie. Your biggest problem is that Wharton is overrun with applications from Asians, and that looks like the pool you’ll be competing with. Though you have an advantage coming from Indiana, if you were in NY, NJ or CA it would look much dimmer.
A few thoughts: don’t send them the laundry list you gave us here. More is less Sweetie.No one wants to hear about declined jobs and dance marathons. Make the jobs look less like daddy having set you up in them. There is a backlash against rich kids at Penn.
Remember, your application needs to make the admissions people like you. There is a bias against Asian candidates who seem to take themselves very seriously. Lighten it up Sweetie!