<p>Hi I am a rising senior and I'm not sure how exactly this works but these are my stats I will chance back. I have had a rough three years of high school and actually my GPA has gone on a steep downward trend, though I'm pretty sure I can bring it up senior year.
GPA: UW 3.4 W: 3.9 (Failed a very high level class junior year, though I made it up and got an "A" in community college) 3.7 Freshman, 3.45 Sophomore, 3 Junior (bc of failed class)
SAT: 2400 PSAT:2290 (Expecteed National Merit)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Physics
AP Exams: AP US History (4), AP Macroeconomic (3), Micro(4), Chem(5), AP Statistics (5)
Extracurrciulars:
3 internships at various tech companies this summer
Started charity that raised $30,000 in one fiscal year and has over 40 active members from my school in it
3x National Award Winner for FBLA
Webmaster at Environmental Club
Eagle Scout
Started a nonprofit app (not related to above charity) that has earned praise from multiple politicians and business leaders for it's innovation
Winner of multiple large-scale essay competitions </p>
<p>I know I've messed up pretty bad but do I have a chance at any of these undergraduate business schools</p>
<p>Asian Male from North Carolina </p>
<p>Carroll (Boston College)
McCombs (Texas)
Stern (NYU)
Guizeta (Emory)
Tepper (Carnegie)
Smeal (Penn State)
Rutgers Business School
University of Illinois Urbana Champagn
Kenan Flagler (UNC)
Marshall (USC)
Thanks, and I will chance back.</p>
<p>Yikes the fact that you got a straight up F in a class that’ll show up on your transcript can really hurt. If that was a C or higher, you could be aiming for top 20 schools no doubt. Good enough ECs and great scores means that there has to be a reason why you got an F? I really hope it’s not just slacking, and maybe you can write about it for the college you send it to! Good luck!</p>
<p>I think you’ll get into all of them (perhaps Stern will be a bit challenging).
Frankly I think (on balance) you’re aming a bit too low.
You should take a flyer on Wharton, MIT and Michigan (long-shots, but you never know).</p>
<p>Also, why solely focused on undergraduate business?</p>
<p>madscared:
As someone who’s worked in Investment Banking for over 25 years, here’s a tip for you:
Don’t call it i-banking.
Nobody who’s actually working in the industry calls it that, and if you do it’s a telltale sign that you’re a wannabe.</p>
<p>Also, I frankly think that your best bet for getting into the industry would be almost anything else <em>besides</em> an undergraduate business degree. STEM, Liberal Arts, etc.</p>
<p>The key is to go to a top, top school and excel.</p>
<p>Is there a reason why undergraduate business degrees are frowned upon in investment banking, even if one got one such degree from CMU Tepper, NYU Stern (nevermind U Chicago Booth, UPenn Wharton)?</p>
<p>BC Carroll: Match/High match
NYU Stern: Reach
UT-Austin McCombs: Match/High match
UNC: Match
Penn State Smeal: Low match/Match
CMU Tepper: Reach
Rutgers business: Low match
UIUC business: Match/High match
USC Marshall: Reach</p>
<p>It’s not that they are fround-upon, it’s just that they are “common” and represent in the long term a much less well-rounded education (and sometimes by extension the individual).</p>
<p>The resume from Stern or Wharton will not stand out as nearly as much as the dual Physics/Music major from Princeton with a 4.0.</p>
<p>Although your GPA has room to improve, I think you have a great shot at pretty much all of these places. Your 2400 shows any school that you are academically capable despite your grades. Your extracurriculars are also very good for the places you listed. You show that you are not a robot and do meaningful things outside of school which makes you stand out.</p>