<p>Hello everyone. I am a sophomore in high school.</p>
<p>I am interested in business management. I would love to either go to MIT Sloan, Stanford, Wharton, or Harvard. I have, by my standards, mediocre grades. I fall within the A- and B+ range. I play a vast array of sports. I have done wrestling, tennis, and volleyball. Basketball starts up in the next few days and I am looking forward to playing that as well. I am very worried as to whether or not I will get into the college(s) of my dreams. I have photography and filming experience, I extremely computer savvy, and have photo and video editing experience. As of this Thursday, I will be an official member of my school's FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) club. Am I on the right track to putting myself ahead of my peers? I have noticed that may of the children in my school who have the top grades to not play a single sports and get very little sleep because of their handful amount of extracurricular activities. I have heard that it is important not to spread myself too thin, because it shows that I do not have any particular strong point. Is that right?</p>
<p>I also need to know whether or not these colleges I have my eyes on are ones that I should even be going to for an undergrad. Are these colleges mainly for those who have a degree and have several years of work experience already? </p>
<p>Please help me. Please tell me what I can do better, what I can change. I also beg of you all to help me find new studying tactics, as high school is becoming increasingly harder and I have recently found myself unable to keep up with the pressure and the heat that it brings as well as I used to in middle school.</p>
<p>I am willing to do anything to increase my chances of getting into these schools. </p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help everyone, I appreciate your time.</p>
<p>You do not need to worry about business schools at all. You need to think about getting into college first. Undergrad first, then Business school.</p>
<p>It is extremely sad that you feel you need to be accepted into one of these schools in order to have a bright future. What you should be focusing on is doing anything you can to increase your character and quality as a human being, and the fact that you appear so desperate to get into an Ivy shows a serious lack of intelligence and character. No amount of school prestige or respect will compensate for lacking in those areas. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that the more desperately you want something the more you risk sabotaging the very thing you desire. In order to get what you want, you have to remove your emotional passion for it as much as you can in order to see the picture more clearly.</p>
<p>Thank you all very much for your helpful and inspirational replies.</p>
<p>In response to Socal70, what undergrad would be appropriate if I want to pursue a business major?</p>
<p>In response to Inmotion12. I always believed I was pretty humane for a 15 year old. I have very strong friendships, and can find staggering relationships with those who are older than me. What exactly do you mean by “[T]o increase your character and quality as a human being.”?</p>
<p>It’s very interesting that you bring up “removing my emotional passion for it”. I read The 48 Laws of Power not too long ago and that happened to be a very important lesson from that book.</p>
<p>However, I am somewhat affronted by the fact that you have judged my intelligence and character based on my desire to be accepted into the school(s) I have laid out for myself.</p>
<p>Hrandyrko, good for you for trying to seek advice on achieving your future goals but unfortunately there are those here who can’t refrain from offering their useless nasty comments because they have nothing better to do. Try the parents forum, maybe there you will get better direction as to where you could find more useful advice. I hope these posters aren’t a reflection of the type of people you’ll meet in your business major where ever you wind up going.</p>
<p>I would suggest that doing more business related activities (extra-curriculars), and also trying to improve your grades will probably go a long way. I’d also suggest you try to take rigorous courses because those weight a fair bit in college admissions, especially at the schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>Not that I want to be rude, but those schools are reaches for anyone and sometimes there just isn’t many things you can do except for focus on schoolwork to get into those colleges. In my opinion, you shouldn’t worry too much about it, make sure you have a good time in High School as well.</p>
<p>Ok Hrandyrko. What if I say NO-- You are not the Business material of MIT Wharton or Harvard? What will you do? Sit down and get dejected? Cry a lot? GIVE UP?</p>
<p>Hell No! You should take it as a challenge give your very best to apply to those elite schools and PM me " see PhoenixR. You moron… I have been accepted."!.</p>
<p>SO give your best. And believe that YOU are the best and apply to those school. Different people will say different things but it will hardly matter if you listen to yourself and give the best that you are!</p>
<p>Good Advice, PhoenixR. I had people all along the way telling me I wasn’t med school material, (high school, even college csg), but I persevered and the rest is history. Ivy league college, top ten med school…</p>
<p>Keep working it. I would say find something you love to pursue, then turn it into a business, including a project that can gain you entrance to a good college and finally bz school.</p>