I am trying to get into UW Madison’s Business school.
State:WI
Ethnicity:Asian
Weighted GPA:5.44/6
Class rank: 7/103
Act Score: 26
Sat Score:1240 (I took the October test, so I will update my score once the scores are released)
Extracurriculars:
Founder of Two clubs (one is for business club the other one is community service club)
Senior class President
President of Student Council
National Honor Society President (member for 1 year)
Member of a school district committee(1 year)
Black belt in taekwondo
I have been working as a tutor in the district for two years. I also work at drugstore for ~4.5 hours a week.
Member of the skillUSA for a year
Robotics club for a year.
intramural basketball for a year
Accomplishments/Awards:
Nomination for youth in governance and Badger Boys
Student of the year
AP Scholar w/ Honors
~$1150 fundraising for community service club
100+ Community service hours
AP courses:
AP Macro and Microeconomics: 5,4
AP US Gov/Pol -3
AP Psychology-4
AP Computer Science A- 2
AP English -B+
Senior Class courses:
AP Calc AB
AP World History
4 College Computer classes
Spanish III
Couple of MOOCs from Coursera
I have taken 2 regular classes. The rest of my classes were either honors or college level.
Thanks in advance
Will a stronger ec compenstante for a lower act Score?
State: IL
GPA: weighted- 3.5/4.0 (B’s and A’s)
haven’t taken SAT yet (predicting 28)
No class rank at my school, I go to a top high school in my state
Freshman yr: Bio reg, French 2, English 1 Honors, Geo reg, World History Honors
Sophomore: Chem reg, French 3 Honors, English 2 Honors, Alg 2 w/ Trig reg, AP Euro
Junior (this year): Physics Honors, French 4 Honors, AP English Lang, Pre-Calc reg, AP US History
Senior (what I plan to take): AP Bio, French 5 Honors (my school doesn’t have AP French), AP English Literature, AP Calc AB or AP Stat, independent study under my old AP Euro teacher
EC:
Student Council: class rep (Freshman), Secretary/Treasurer (Sophomore), Junior student liaison (Junior), student liaison (Senior - it’s an inherited position)
French Club: all 4 years (sophomore-senior: secretary and treasurer)
Orchestra: since 4th grade; Chamber orchestra (Freshman), Concert Orchestra and Honors Orchestra (Sophomore-Senior); I spend about 15-17 hours on orchestra per week
Job: McDonalds crew member; 18 hours a week (Junior year-present)
National Student Leadership Conference (was invited, and am thinking about applying)
Other: I’m a black girl from a single-parent home, lower-middle class, and I live in a house built by Habitat for Humanity. However, I do live in a town of about 27,000 people, 85% white and upper-middle class.