business, bad gpa and a beautiful act score?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Michigan junior, jewish male</p>

<p>ACT: 35 composite (35, 35, 36, 32, 9)
PSAT: 223, commended, should be semifinalist</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.63 (ugh:/ ) (screwed up sophomore year)
Weighted: 3.98
school doesn't rank </p>

<p>1st place in the state engineering competition
15 dollar/hr job as a tutor for Princeton Review
Work in a restaraunt 4 days a week
Leadership position at summer in the city, a volunteer group that beautifies detroit in the summer
volunteer once a week teaching 5th graders sunday school
1 year varsity pole vault, 1 year freshman football, freshman and jv basketball, JV lacrosse 2 years, Varsity tennis captain 2 years</p>

<p>both parents went to Penn undergrad, Michigan grad school (mom law school, dad MBA)</p>

<p>Excellent recs, especially from my counselor.
Essays very good.</p>

<p>planned major: double in finance and either econ or marketing</p>

<p>applying:
UM Ross Preadmit: first choice, please chance for preadmit program (will dad's MBA help?)
Penn
Northwestern
Princeton
Duke
Wash U
^all buisness</p>

<p>i know my grades are bad, and i know i don't have like national awards, but chance me anyway? thanks!!</p>

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<p>NWU, Princeton, Duke do not have actual undergraduate business majors or programs. Although I do think they offer some sort of Managerial/Financial economics certificate.</p>

<p>All of the schools you listed are more or less reaches of varying degrees. The legacy helps to an extent although not overwhelmingly. I think it’s still worth applying to any of the schools you listed.</p>

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<p>thanks! any more?</p>

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<p>Will you apply ED to Penn? Legacy doesn’t matter if you apply regular decision, only early. And are you applying to Wharton? and what is your estimated class percentile?</p>

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<p>Even as a legacy, I don’t think you’ll get into Wharton. Princeton is also highly unlikely with your GPA. All of these a reaches, I hope you likes some other schools too.</p>

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<p>applying ea to michigan, i’m really interested i opinions on ross preadmit, i know these are all elite schools. waverly?</p>

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<p>I think we all need to take a step back and ask ourselves here, are you white or black?</p>

<p>That my friend, is the answer to your chances.</p>

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<p>I don’t see Ross pre admit. But I think you’ll get into UM and Ross later.</p>

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<p>hahahha, white and jewish
and thank you!</p>