can you help me choose an EA/ED school, among MIT, Penn, etc...

College Search & Selection
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<p>Which schools do you think I should apply EA/ED to? I really want to do something business/math - related...like quantitative analyses...or bio/biz-related, kinda like wat Penn's LSM offers: life science and management joint major. i want to EA MIT or Penn but Penn is binding...and if I EA MIT then it'd be harder to get into LSM, which accepts like 35 ppl and 19 are ED...</p>

<p>§ Schools §
o MIT
o Penn Wharton/CAS-joint programs (LSM, Jerome Fisher?)
o Stanford
o Columbia</p>

<p>here're my stats</p>

<p>§ About Me §
o Asian female
o I think I write good essays...
o Recs will be pretty good, my teachers know me well and my GC knows me too
o income like $200k
o I want to do something math (quantitative analyst?) or biology related</p>

<p>§ Schoolwork §
o Public School (sends about 10-15% of grads to top 20 schools)
o GPA: 4.65w, 3.9uw
o Rank: about 4 or 5/450+
o currently a Junior
o taking the hardest classes possible...5 APs this year and 7 APs next year</p>

<p>§ Test Scores §
o PSAT: 240
o SATIIs: two 800's so far in Bio, Chem
o APs: will have five at the end of junior year...they will probably be 5's since everyone gets 5s at my school (and i mean everyone)
o Will take the SATs in may, 3 more SATIIs in june, and the ACTs in june..why not</p>

<p>§ Awards §
o AIME qualifier (yes i know everyone has this)
o a few top 5 in state for science awards
o Columbia SHP
o Music Awards
o FBLA nationals top 10 awards
o USABO Semifinalist
o ...going to take the USNCO sometime this month
o Regional awards for math, trivial stuff</p>

<p>§ Extracurriculars §
o Founder and President of a club to raise money and awareness for a disease (biology-related)
o Founder and President of a volunteering club
o Captain of Math Team
o Captain of Science Team
o President of Biology Club
o Senior Co-Captain of Varsity sport</p>

<p>§ Volunteering §
o About 120 hours at a local hospital
o If I have free time this summer, I will probably volunteer at a local rehab place or something</p>

<p>§ Summer Activities §
o CTY (i know, it doesn't really count)
o I applied to a bunch of summer programs, like summer science. do you think i'll get in those?</p>

<p>Thank you!
P.S. I had fine typing the o's and §'s...I was copying and pasting the o's when i realized that they were just the letter o........</p>

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<p>Nice. I very, very, very rarely visit the WAMC forum and the one time I do I find a (potential) LSM applicant! I'm a current student in the program, so feel free to message me if you have any questions at all. I don't really answer chances threads but I can answer questions, give tips/personal advice, etc.</p>

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<p>You should consider Cornell's applied economics and management in the College of Ag & Life Sciences. BusinessWeek rated it 4th in undergrad business, and you can do lots with bio/business there.</p>

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<p>Unless you have a favorite, use your EA/ED on the most selective college, which is Stanford. With ED and SCEA you basically get that bonus with only one school, and you'll need it the most with Stanford. That said, all of those schools have terrific everything. Pick a favorite based on atmosphere, dorm life, surrounding area, etc.</p>