<p>3.54 GPA (weighted; 6 AP Courses/6 Honors)
1820/2400
Gunning for ANY Ivy League School, but UPenn is my #1
Trying to Run into Investment Banking</p>
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<li><p>Raised a $200K - $800K Series A Round for my Company
Official Valuation of $2,000,000</p></li>
<li><p>I owned a few other companies before it, but they were pretty ****.</p></li>
<li><p>Wrote a Technical Abstract for this archaeological UAV, Sample Code, Blueprints, I don't know how I could show that though.</p></li>
<li><p>Wrote an economics case study on prospective Global Currencies.</p></li>
<li><p>Have my name and a short story I wrote in a Book sold in Barnes & Noble, but my name isn't on the cover or attached in any official capacity, just featured inside.</p></li>
<li><p>Did an Internship for an incredibly well known #1 Financial Forum. I was the youngest person to work there EVER.</p></li>
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<p>What I'm trying to say is that academically it's sinking in that I'm not exactly "Ivy League" material, but it was because I was busy doing all these insane excursions.</p>
<p>Do you think I could somehow show that in my application essays to admissions?</p>
<p>I would have a 3.7 - 3.8GPA if it wasn't for a 2.94GPA I got freshmen year. I heard some schools exclude freshmen year so I'd really be hoping for that. I'm Investment Banking or Bust guys, I really don't care about entrepreneurship, but I'm really good at it.</p>
<p>Desperate for Advice on how I can Attend an Ivy League School with my **** Academics.</p>
<p>Most schools exclude the freshman year so that’s good news. Your success with your company adds an interesting dynamic, and your resume could make up for ‘non-Ivy League’ grades. Your SAT scores point towards a Pepperdine, NYU, USC, University of Virginia caliber school (All of those are good schools). A Ivy League school is going to be a stretch but that’s no reason to not apply. Harvard/MIT etc. is probably out of your reach, but for UPenn/Cornell etc. you could have an outside shot. </p>
<p>If what you are saying is true, that is awesome. I’ve never seen someone make that much as such a young age. One girl in my school got into UPenn with a 1900 and she is like you in a sense. Good luck</p>
<p>wannabe, my kid is a high school junior and she knows kids who own their own companies…here’s a kid who is 17 and started his own company…and was accepted to Harvard in EA for next fall…I was following his story on CC – <a href=“http://www.piggysalary.com/”>http://www.piggysalary.com/</a></p>
<p>It is not a reach. With his starts, though mildly weak, he would have a decent chance at the schools he applied to. With a $2m company which shows his sophistication and that he is going into commerce, he is a match for practically all the schools.</p>
<p>OP:
caveat, the universities will easily find out if you are lying (which I do think you are). By the way, if you already have the entrepreneurial skills, why not just focus on making your company more lucrative (of course that’s none of my business).</p>
<p>Can you run your company from college? Thats awesome that its worth 2 million. I wonder why you even need to go to college yet. If its that successful by age 17, imagine what you could do if you committed full time for a year or two. Good luck on penn!</p>