Am I On The Right Path?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Hey Guys!</p>

<p>My top college choices are harvard (my dream!), princeton, stanford, cloumbia, upenn, uchicago, umich........i doubt ill get into any of them though.......... :'( <em>SIGH</em> but a man can dream! Anywys, I would love to hear some of your advice with my stats and what colleges u think might be the best choice for me. </p>

<p>Im going to be a senior next fall and here are some of my stats, so far:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2290 (710 CR 780 M 800 W); retaking in fall
SATII: 800 Chemistry (taking US History, Bio, and Math II in June)
GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.6 Weighted
Class Rank: Top 5%
AP Exams: 5-Chemistry; taking 4 more this month (APUSH, Bio, Stats, English)
Major Awards/ Recognition: Principal's Academic Scholar Award, 1st FBLA Regionals, Most Altruistic FBLA Club in North Central Region (certificate), NSHSS Ambassador- certificate (2 years), Altruistic Club Achievement from my Local Town- certificate, Key Club Early Bird Award, Key Club- Big 10 Award, Most Altruistic New Jersey Club- Key Club (certificate), NM Commended (218/240), and I'm competing in Siemens and Intel in fall</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

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<li><p>Inspire to Act- Founder; 3 years; a Learning Unlimited club; works with Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Yale, MIT to sponsor the ESP Splash program at high schools</p></li>
<li><p>Key Club- 4 years; Ambassador; Treasurer; biggest club in school; most altruistic club</p></li>
<li><p>FBLA- 4 years; Ambassador; Chairperson</p></li>
<li><p>SGO- 4 years; Executive Board- 3 years</p></li>
<li><p>Varsity Tennis- 4 years; Play in Red Division Athletics- highest in NJ</p></li>
<li><p>Academic/ Quiz Bowl Team- 3 years; Co-Captain- 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>Science League- 3 years; Co-Captain- 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>National Honor Society- 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>Spanish Honor Society- 2 years </p></li>
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<p>Summer Activities:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>9th Grade- took Honors Chemistry at local community college (A+); took Algebra II course at local community college (A+)</p></li>
<li><p>10th Grade- Attended NYLF/MED for 2 weeks; took SAT classes; college visits; worked in father's cardboard warehouse- minimum wage</p></li>
<li><p>11th Grade- Summer Internship in Microbiology at UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ); Summer Internship at MORGAN STANLEY bank in NYC; college visits</p></li>
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<p>Extra Info: I live in NJ;
my income bracket is <50,000;
im the first generation in my family to attend college in America;
and im Asian (Indian) Male</p>

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<p>Based on your resume:</p>

<p>Wharton if you choose business</p>

<p>Harvard if you want to gun for premed. Yale also has some of the most successful med school applicants in the country, but Ross and Wharton outclass it for business if you change your mind in undergrad.</p>

<p>Stanford is also good for premed if you want warm weather in the winters.</p>

<p>Also, only do medicine if helping people is your top priority - you have to truly know yourself in order to be happy studying and suffering for 8+ years of training after college. Business pays far more for the effort invested if you only want to make money.</p>

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<p>Can’t really speak for the others, but I can help you with Michigan. Make sure your essays for them show passion for the school and that you’ve done you’re research. Michigan notoriously defers/waitlists people with high stats that use the school as a backup. You’re qualified for all of them, but now it comes down to the essays.</p>

<p>Also, Michigan has terrible out of state aid, but you should get a scholarship or two to drastically lower the price (assuming you get in).</p>

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<p>^^ drastically is a probably not the best adjective…</p>

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<p>I’d say a drop in tuition from 40k to 20k is drastic.</p>