Hi Team,
I was just recently introduced to the community via Google and, I have to say, I’m both very thankful and impressed with the amount of information everyone provides for anxious students like myself. So, thanks everyone!
The purpose of my post is to, hopefully, have a couple of people chance me. Here are my stats:
Age: 23
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Peruvian)
High School:
2.9 GPA w/ an IB Degree - Like many transfer students, I slacked off due to personal and legal issues. My story is interesting, but common. I was an Illegal Immigrant up until 2013. Due to the cost of school, and my family’s struggling finances, I had to work to make ends meet; which impacted my grades and motivation. (I understand that having a “story” is important for transfer students, especially out of community college, which is why I am giving a brief explanation to mine.) As soon as I was legalized as a Permanent Resident, I signed up for classes. This is what I’ve been able, and expect, to achieve for my 2 years of CC.
CC: Northern Virginia Community College
*4.0 - 62 credits
*A.S. in Business Administration
*Treasurer of 2-year Honor Society
*2x Scholarship Recipient (1 in-campus competition, 1 in-state competition)
*80 hrs of community service through this year
*Full time employee - Corporate Software Sales Management and Operations
SAT:
*2150
Interests:
*Finance, Business Management.
Interesting:
*Worked in prestigious DC restaurants
*Player poker professionally
*Amateur investor
I think I’m lacking in some EC’s. But because I work and go to school full-time, I can only commit to both volunteering and taking an officer role in my Honor Society. I am also relying very heavily on using my story, age, and background to gather some form of minor edge, if at all possible.
What do you guys think? How else should I improve on what I’m projecting to have completed? Will my age be a point of weakness? Any other schools undergraduate business programs you would think I would be a “fit” for?
Thank you!