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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve read that less than 60 students get chosen for this M&T program and not sure how many are ED. DC is at well known STEM HS and is considering applying to this program but will not have taken AP Econ. Will have completed MVC, Linear Algebra, AP Physics C: M/E&M and for got 5s on all APs taken including BC Calc, Stats, CSA. Has taken a lot of CS classes. 
Will they have a chance of being considered if haven’t taken AP Econ and are not in any business related clubs/activities and hasn’t founded a “non-profit”? Or should they just apply for a spot in the engineering school? DC otherwise is competitive re: stats, leadership, ECs and has a URM hook but don’t think that matters much anymore. [/quote]

Your student has as much of a chance as anyone. The UPenn Dual degree programs are extremely competitive: A couple thousand of the 65k applicants to UPenn apply to EACH of the more popular ones (M&T, Viper), and the school selects 50 some for M&T in particular, with above 90% yield.  ED vs RD is not released but from students there, less than half of the duals applied ED and just over half applied RD. One AP course is not going to be the deal breaker: these specific programs look for fit and the most important part for these two specific ones, considering they require Engineering as one of the degrees, is a rigorous STEM background, most having math past BC calculus. Your student seems in line, presuming they have straight As in STEM if not all courses. The WHY M&T will need to be explained in the essays, and the ECs will matter and there should be some clear thread that makes M&T a fit. Students who ED can ED for M&T and use just one school as a "backup", in this case SEAS. SEAS itself is extremely competitive the past 3-4 yrs especially, with sub-3.5% admit rates multiple years based on quotes from the Dean.[/quote]

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