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<p>Location: CT
Gender: M
Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>

<p>Intended Major: Finance</p>

<p>I'll apply for Economics/Operations Research and Financial Engineering/Mathematics at Schools that don't offer Business degrees.</p>

<p>GPA: Unweighted 4.05 80% Courses Honors/AP (Business Classes are academic)
Class Rank: Top 10% (All they tell us), G.P.A's are inflated so 7 out of the top 10 (assumed) only take academic courses or those with no rigor. Assume I'm roughly 15th.
Class Size: 275
ACT: 33 (M:36, S:35, E:31, R:28, W:30)
SAT 2's: M1:760 M2:770 Chem:700
AP: Stat 5</p>

<p>Taking: AP Calc, AP Physics, Hon English, Hon Spanish (No AP offered), Business Law, Marketing 2, American Government (req for graduation), Economics</p>

<p>G.P.A for Senior Year Currently: 4.33 W 3.95 UW</p>

<p>EC's:
DECA, 2008-Present President 2010
Spanish Honors Society, 2009-Present President 2010
Math League, 2008-Present Team Captain 2010
Student Government - Class Secretary 2010
Debate Club 2009-2010 (discontinued this year)
Senior Experience Design Team 2010
Football 2007, Co-Captain
Freshman/JV Basketball 2007-2009
Fresh/JV/Varsity Baseball 2008,2010 (Cut in 2009)
Summer Baseball "All-Stars" 2007-Present Captain 2007-Present
MLG Semi Profesional Halo 3 Player - Team Captain of Ranked Team (Top 40 in World)
T.A 2008-Present
Math Tutor 2008-Present
Spanish Tutor 2010
400+ Community Sevice Hours Recorded</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>High Honor Roll 2007-Present
NHRP Scholar (National Hispanic Recognition Program)
National Merit Semi-Finalist
BIP Scientific Scholar Finalist (2008)
DECA 2-Time State Medalist in Finance
Math League - State Champs in 2009, 2010. On 5 man "Varisty Team" all 3 years.
MVP Award Summer Baseball 2008
18U Silver Medalist in Baseball for CT Nutmeg Games (2009)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs:
1 from Math Teacher who i've T.Aed for for 3 Years.
1 from Guidence Department.
1 from English Teacher to off set poor english scores (A-'s and 28 on Reading).
All know me on a personal level. </p>

<p>Essays: Good-Very Good
Rec's: Excellent</p>

<p>Legacy to Yale and Princeton</p>

<p>Schools:
ED Penn- Wharton
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Brown
Stanford
Georgetown
GW
NYU
MIT
USC
Texas
UConn
Notre Dame
UNC-CH
Duke
UVA</p>

<p>Should i retake SAT 2's? I should be getting 800's on M1 and M2. Chem is eh.
I retoke the ACT in Oct. so I'll be getting it back on Tues. I expect higher writing and reading and close to a 34.</p>

<p>Also, link me to your chance thread if you want me to chance back.</p>

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<p>I’m not a student, but I would recommend that you schedule another SAT II outside the math area because many of the schools—especially the Ivies—will NOT allow both levels of math to count toward the 3 required subject tests.</p>

<p>Secondly, the legacy status will give you a huge boost, and you already know that, but try to shine in your essays, of course.</p>

<p>Third, I wish you luck when you receive your updated ACTs. It is hard to increase a composite score that is already in the 98th or 99th percentile.</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>

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<p>I believe all Ivies require 2 SAT 2’s. The only school I know of that needs 3 is Georgetown and they said M1 would count toward filling that void. My brother got into all ivies except harvard with only M2 and Chem scores, maybe they changed their policy i’ll have to double check.</p>

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<p>mlg is definitely all you should write about</p>

<p>jk legacy is very good for you + urm
sat 2: typically m1 and m2 are counted as the same, so pick one (math 2). also add another (as noted above) not in math/science</p>

<p>also, your uw gpa should not be 4.05 - convert it to a 4.0 scale</p>

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<p>my bad. uw is 3.85 w is 4.05</p>

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<p>That legacy is <em>really</em> good compounded with URM and what look to be pretty solid extracurriculars. The grades are a hair low, though, which can be a killer.
That said:
HPYS are a reach. They’re always a reach. Legacy status is good, but I’d hazard that they’re still within reach status. Maybe low reach.
Wharton / high reach
Cornell, Columbia, Brown / low reach
MIT / high reach
Duke / low reach</p>

<p>The rest are solidly within match range. I don’t know if you plan on applying to all of those, but you should get into most of them.</p>

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<p>You seem very knowledgable, is there a reason you have wharton as a high reach? Are my ACT Scores average?</p>

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<p>urm, good acts, good rank, good sat2s, numerous leaderships, good awards
one ap? im assuming that wasthe one of few offered during your junior year</p>

<p>if there are on blatant “bad” things on your apps then i would say you have a shot at the top schools</p>

<p>all i can say is you have extremely good chances at gw, nyu,uconn
with your stats alot of very good schools can be considred matches
schools like princeton are obviusly reaches</p>

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<p>Several friends of mine with excellent grades and ECs in general have been rejected from Wharton. I’ve held it as a more difficult choice since then.</p>

<p>Also, your ACT is okay, though that 28 in Reading is surprising. I’m more concerned about what seems to be a dearth of APs. Maybe I’m valuing them too highly because that’s all I’ve been doing for the last three years?</p>

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<p>although you did not take the SAT 1 you stand a very good chance at most of the listed schools.pls chance my chances at berea by fredkay</p>

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<p>This is a great resume. I think you’re set for GW, UConn and Texas, and USC/ND are high matches</p>

<p>the rest are reaches because they’re reaches for everybody</p>

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<p>thanks for the help. I got a 2150 on my SAT but I didn’t feel like I should show colleges that.</p>

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<p>Also my school only offes 11 AP’s. You can’t take them during soph year and most science conflict with each otehr(same period) or you’re not allowed to take them until senior year.</p>

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<p>Wow. That is a lot of schools. I think you’ve got a great shot at wharton (high match), Yale and Princeton are nearly matches, Cornell is a high match, as are Brown and Columbia. Being hispanic will be a huge boost for you, as will being a legacy. Good luck with your applications!</p>

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<p>ED Penn- Wharton-- Reach to Low reach
Cornell-- Match
Harvard-- High reach
Yale-- Low reach (legacy)
Princeton-- Low reach (legacy)
Columbia-- Reach
Brown-- Match
Stanford-- High reach
Georgetown-- In
NYU-- In
MIT-- High reach
UConn-- Beyond in
Notre Dame-- In</p>

<p>A lot of these are reaches, but only because they’re reaches for everyone. They’re definitely in sight for you, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you got into two or more Ivys. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks, should I retake SAT 2’s/ ACT?</p>

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<p>High target or low reach for Princeton and Yale, given that you’re a legacy.
Cornell, NYU, Brown, and Georgetown seem like targets for you. Notre Dame and UConn could be considered safeties. However, Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, MIT, and Brown seem like reaches (Especially, Harvard and Stanford) </p>

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<p>You have a great application, especially with your URM and legacy status. </p>

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<p>It’s great to see another DECA student with high ambitions.</p>

<p>You’re a very active, well-rounded student. Factor in the URM status and legacy significance, and your chances are very high.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>