Chance me for LSA Ross! (EA, OOS)

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hello :slight_smile:

Background

-Asian male (oof)
-Average public school in Central NJ (rip)
-Upper-middle class, both parents attended college
-No hooks

Academics

-GPA: 3.92 UW, 4.4 W, Moderate upward trend (All As except one B in sophomore year)
-Rank: Top 10%
-SAT: 1540 w/Essay 21 (retaking soon)
-SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 750 (retaking soon), Bio E: 750, Chem: 710
-APs: Mostly 4s, some 5s: Bio, Chem, Stats, Calc BC, English Lang, APUSH
-Senior courseload: AP CSA, AP Lit, AP Econ, Multivariable, misc.

Intended Major

-Ross School of Business (Finance/Econ)

ECs/Awards

-Piano
Large number of national, state, regional awards from Piano competitions with performances in major concert halls (e.g. Carnegie, Kimmel, NJPAC, Steinway, Columbia, etc.)
Various charity “performathons”
Featured on radio station
Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Diploma Exam (DipABRSM, equivalent to a college minor in piano performance)
Solo pianist in youth orchestra for 3 years

-President of Investment/Stock Market club

-Model UN Officer

-Science club

-HS Varsity Tennis, starter

-Conducted independent research study at school lab, will submit to symposiums next year

-I am 1 of 2 students elected by my school to apply to NJ Governor’s School of Sciences

-AP Scholar w/Distinction

Volunteering

-Presidential Volunteer Service Award
-200+ hours at rehab/nursing home
-60+ hours in youth orchestra
-30+ hours in regional orchestra
-Tutoring

Summer ECs
-Piano/Music camp in Princeton (not the university)
-Chamber camp at Mason Gross Rutgers
-Tennis practice
-Economics camp at WFU (somewhat selective)
-Lots of test prep/college app prep
-had fun i guess

LoR/Essays

LoR:

-Research teacher/mentor (~8.5/10)
-English Lang teacher (~8/10)
-Spanish teacher (9/10)

-additional rec from investment club advisor/nursing home director/piano teacher

Essays: Hopefully 10/10 haha

Other Notes

-I wish I did DECA but my interest wasn’t in business till later :confused:
-no silicon-valley-worthy startups or non-profits here haha

-Extremely high interest in Ross/UofM, since I visited the Ross Undergraduate Admissions Office in person (traveled all the way from NJ)

Thanks for taking the time to read this! I really really really want to go Ross and I hope that my love for UofM can project in my supplementals. Any advice would be appreciated :slight_smile:

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LSA you will have a great shot with your resume, Ross is extremely competitive and not just based on scores but also you need to knock them dead with your Ross Essay’s or have started your own business or other showing of entrepreneurship or community involvement where you ACTUALLY solved problems. Something unique.

I would ask why Ross is so important? What line of work do you want to go into? A Ross BBA is a “general” degree whereas Economics is a much more analytical degree that you could fold in a business minor in Finance or Accounting. BTW Economics is in LSA, not Ross. Businesses want problem solvers and for that you literally can build these skills in any major, just build your story to what you would like to do within “business”.