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What are my chances for Ivy League (and other) colleges?

  • Hey there :) Thanks for stopping by on this question! I really appreciate you taking the time out of your day to help me. So basically, my dream is to get into the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. I want to major into something dealing with business so I feel like Wharton would be ideal for me. Other Ivies are being looked at as well as Duke, Northwestern and the University of Michigan. So here's my resume. Feel free to comment, criticize, ask for more info, etc! I am currently a high school junior. Current year: Junior Residence: Michigan Unweighted GPA: 4.0 Weighted: Uh...I'll get back to you on this. Haha, I have no idea ACT Composite: 33 ●ACT Reading: 36 ●ACT Math: 35 Rank: Top 5%. I believe I am 5th or 6th out of about 400. Our school only does percentages anyway. APs Taken/Plan to Take: ●AP Calc (BC) ●AP English ●AP European History ●AP Macroeconomics ●AP Microeconomics ●AP Physics (B) ●AP Psychology ●AP Spanish ●AP U.S. Government ●AP World History Honors Classes: ●Honors Algebra II ●Honors American History ●Honors American Literature ●Honors Chemistry ●Honors Geometry ●Honors Physics ●Honors Pre-Calc ●Honors World Literature ●"Honors" Spanish (One year ahead of scheduled foreign language) SAT II's: I will be taken the World History and the Math II one in June Other Classes Pertaining to Business: ●Accounting ●Economics ●Independent Study in Marketing ●Marketing Clubs/Sports/Other: ●Asian Community Engagement (11-12) ●DECA, A Marketing Club (10-12) - 4th place (10) and 1st place (11) at the State Conferance; Honorable Mention (10&11) at the International Conferance ●Honor Roll (9-12) ●Model United Nations (11-12) - Ambassador Extraordinare (11) ●National Honor Society (11-12) - President (12) ●Student Leadership (10-12) - In charge of Class Elections, Spirit Court Elections, Staff Appreciation Committees ●Varsity Tennis (11-12) ●Volunteer Impact Program (11-12) - Secretary (11) & President (12) ●Winterfest Princess for the Class of 2010 (11) - Elected as Most Spirited, representing the Class of 2010 during Winterfest Spirit Week Out of School: ●Dance (Age 4-15) ●Kumon Math & Reading Program (Age 4-15) - Completed both the Math and Reading Programs ●Piano (Age 4-15) - Numerous Awards/Completion Awards Work: ●Kumon Math & Reading: May 2009 - May 2010 ●School Store: Sept 2007 - June 2008 Summers: ●Previous to Freshmen year: Went to Mediterranean Europe (Italy, Croatia, Spain, Monaco) learning the culture and the history ●Between Freshmen and Sophomore year: Went to Baltic Europe (Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark) learning the culture and the history. Also, volunteered at a local church ●Between Sophomore and Junior year: Attended CTD (Center of Talent Development) at Northwestern University, taking a 3 week class of AP European History and able to master the course in those three weeks. It was...intense. Haha. Also, volunteered at a local church ●Between Junior and Senior year: Going to Alaska. Working at Kumon. Planning a school carnival for the 2009-2010 school year. Volunteering at a local church Schools Applying/Considering Applying to: ●Duke University ●Georgetown University ●Michigan State University ●Northwestern University ●Princeton University (Just for the heck of it :]) ●University of Michigan (Preferably Ross Business School) ●University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) ●Yale University (Just for the heck of it. Haha) Let me know what you think! I'm open to anything really. Suggest schools if you want to--however, I will not leave the Midwest/East Coast. :) Thanks for reading this!

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    You have an excellent chance of getting in!!! You have all the great academic points covered. I would recommend a couple of things: Get letters of reference from people in your community such as from your church or others who know of your accomplishments. Try not to get them from teachers as you want to be a "well-rounded" person! If you can, do volunteer work this summer. Animal shelter, reading to the elderly or blind something like that. This shows that you give back and care about your community. When you get an interview with univ. admissions, be sure to dress neat, shake hand, good eye contact and smile! Take your time answering Q as it shows you don't jump into answers but instead, think and reason. GOOD LUCK!!!!

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you're probably gonna get into many of those schools, but not princeton...they hardly accept anyone...even VERY GOOD trust me...BUT CHOOSE PENN! haha! my bro goes there :)

nicola

You'll certainly get into someplace decent. Fair warning though that the Ivy's recieve so many applications from so many people who have essentially the same qualifications as you that getting into Princeton or Yale may be a bit of a crapshoot. Also since it appears that you're willing to go to a private, you might also apply to Stanford and some of the University of CA schools (Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD as a safety). Seriously, going to school in an enjoyable location is a good idea...

Adam J

you'll be fine with scores and a GPA like that. I think you should take the SAT's because a lot of these schools are in the northeast where ACT scores are less common.

i2

WOW. You're a very good candidate for all those schools, you'll probably get into half of them. I know you said you would not leave the midwest/east coast, but IF you somehow decide to, I suggest Cal Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

juliejazz

Damn, I'm pretty sure you'll make it into a great college.

Alex

its seems pretty Good! to me! lol

KindaKoolKaia?!

Looks really good. Asian students are denied affirmative action. Prepare to go against thousands of people with your same stats. But otherwise your experiences and school work look "up there"! Good.

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