<p>I'm a sophomore at Ithaca College. My current major is journalism. However, I've decided that I might rather do something with the stock market, like investment banking (basically I'm leaning towards finance, but also considering management and international). I pretty much have eliminated journalism as a possible career field and was just going to finish out the degree and go to law school. But now, I think I might rather pursue an MBA or joint JD/MBA program. So I decided that business undergrad might be the better way to go (especially if I want to do IB). While IC's journalism program is very strong, the business program isn't as good. One of my problems as you will see is my lack of gen ed courses, mathematics courses, accounting courses, and business courses, although I do have some economics courses. IC doesn't require gen ed for their journalism program and let you jump right into the major as a freshman. As you can see, I did alot of college activities that are related to my current major. Anyways, I'm just gong to post my stats + EC's and see what you think my chances are of getting.</p>
<p>Penn (Wharton)
NYU (Stern)
Michigan (Ross)
UVA (McIntire)
UNC (Kenan-Flaglar -looks like you have to spend a semester at UNC before you can get in there though)
Texas (McCombs)</p>
<p>Also, anywhere else I should apply that would be a match and present me good opportunities for IB jobs out of school?</p>
<p>College Currently Attending: Ithaca College
High School: Connellsville Area High School (PA) -
Cumulative College GPA: 3.775 (through Spring '04, will be slighly lower after this semester - somewhere between )
High School GPA: 4.0 (u/w) (I don't know w)
Class Rank: 1st of approx 400
SAT M: 720, V: 660
SAT II: Math IC: 660, Writing: 620, History 600 (wasn't too happy with these, would've taken them again if I thought I would have needed to)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: </p>
<p>College: (Note: The radio things like halftime, calling games, talk show host, etc. aren't weekly, we switch up people to give others chances.)
Vice Chair of On Campus Affairs, Ithaca College Republicans
Newscasts (105.9 FM VIC and 91.7 FM WICB in Ithaca)
Field Reporter, ICB Reports (91.7 FM)
Sportscasts (105.9 FM and 91.7 FM)
Co-Host of Sports Journal (Hour Long talk show) (105.9 VIC)
Color Analyst:
-Ithaca College Men's and Women's Socer (91.7FM)
Pregame Show:
-Ithaca College Football (105.9 FM)
Halftime Reports:
-Ithaca College Football (105.9 FM)
-Ithaca College Mens and Womens Basketball (105.9 FM/91.7FM)
-Ithaca College Mens Lacrosse (91.7FM)
Intermission Reports:
-Cornell Womens Hockey (91.7FM)
Assistant Producer, Newswatch 16 (Sports Department) (ICTV)
Reporter, Ithaca Sports Weekly (ICTV)
On-Air Talent (ICTV):
-Quabble, Cast (Improv)
-By The Book, Cast (Sitcom)
-The Solarium with Professor Smedley Drake, Cast (Field Sketch Comedy)
-Another Late Night with Mike Diaz, Cast (Late Night Talk Show)
Disc Jockey, 91.7FM
Society of Professional Journalists
Comedy Club
Volunteer Swimming Coach - CAHS: December-January (04/05 season) </p>
<p>High School:
CAHS Swim Team: 10th-12th
CAHS Soccer Team: 9th-12th
CAHS Track and Field: 9th-12th
CAJH-West Freshman Basketball Team: 9th
Connellsville Soccer Clubs Spring Traveling Team - 2001-2003
Connellsville's Indoor Soccer Team (South Union Indoor Soccer League) - 9th-11th (not officially affiliated with CAHS)
YMCA Swimming- Regional Family of Laurel Highlands YMCA: May 2001-August 2003 (all year), May 2004-August 2004
Academic Quiz Team: 10th, 12th
Knowledge Master Open: 9th-12th
National Honor Society: 11th, 12th
French National Honor Society: 10th-12th
PA Stock Market Game: 12th
TEAMS (Engineering Group Competition) - 10th
Mock Trial Team - 10th
Student Council - 9th
Theatre Club: 12th
Senior Class Play: 12th
-Adaptations of Othello (Iago) and MacBeth (Banquo)
Senior Class Play </p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
Valedictorian, CAHS Class of '03
Quiz Team - Fayette County Champions: 12th
PA Stock Market Game - Regional Championship Team - Fall 2002
YMCA Long Course Nationals Swimming Qualifier - 2003, 2004
Recipient of Presidents Scholarship at Ithaca College
Recipient of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials Scholarship - (First from my high school)
Three Sport High School Letterman: Soccer, Swimming, and Track
Dean's List (3.7 GPA Minimum) - Fall 2003, Spring 2004</p>
<p>Classes:
Freshman
-Fall
Intro to Journalism - A
Intro to Mass Media - A
Principles of Microeconomics - A
Academic Writing I - A-
Intermediate French I - B+ </p>
<p>-Spring
Journalism Research - A-
Principles of Macroeconomics - A
Ideas and Ideologies - A
World Civilization II - A
Intermediate French II - B </p>
<p>Sophomore
-Fall
News Reporting and Writing I - not received yet (he just gave pass/fail instead of letter grade for our midterm grade reports)
History of American Mass Media - B+
Ethical Issues in Mass Communication - B+
Current Economic Issues - not received yet (grade at midterms was an A)
Lifeguarding - pass </p>
<p>-Spring (as of now)
News Reporting and Writing II
Calculus II
Financial Accounting
Intro to Business
Econ or Statistics or Comp Sci course (still working on this)</p>
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<p>AP Tests
US Gov + Politics - 4 (Spring 2002) </p>
<h2>Note: Also took AP Classes for Calculus I, Biology, English (Literature), and French, but didn't take tests. The only other AP class offered was Spanish. </h2>
<p>College Credits Earned During High School
Calculus I, California University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2003)</p>