Chance me for Top 20s in Business

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics: Male, Asian, Upper Middle Class

Intended Major: Business

GPA: 4.3 W, 3.7 UW

SAT: 1540 (800 M, 740 R/W)

APs: 5 on CSP, taking US History, Calc BC, Physics 1, Gov Pol, AP Lang, Micro, and Macro

SAT Subjects: 800 Math 2, 770 US History

Extracurriculars:

Speech and Debate: President of the third largest team in the state, Qualified to the Tournament of Champions twice, qualified to the NCFL grand nationals, broke at nationals like Princeton, UPENN, and GMU. Ranked top 100 in the nation.

International Public Policy Forum: Finished top 32 in the world in this competitive international competition

Model United Nations: Vice President, Won Best Delegate at prestigious international conferences like Princeton and several local ones as well

UNICEF: President and founder of the UNICEF chapter of our high school, raised several thousand dollars for children and grew club to 40+ members

French Honor Society: Treasurer, managed the clubs finances and helped the development of fellow french students at my high school

Newspaper Club: Sports Editor for 3 years, wrote articles and revised the work of other students

Volunteering:

Over 400 hours working with an organization to help underprivileged children in India
Founder of UNICEF Club as stated above
Volunteered at the Library ~ 20 Hours (Grade 9)

Schools:
NYU Stern
Cornell Dyson
UMich Ross
CMU Tepper
U Chicago
Emory
UT Austin
UPENN (Wharton)
Notre Dame
McGill
UToronto
UNC
UCLA
Berkeley
UVirginia
Rutgers
Northeastern
Indiana

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ECs are strong (getting high-level awards is what pushes it to that level) but for top level schools like Stern, Dyson, and Ross you may need a bit more because of your status as an ORM. If you are a junior, find a way this summer to find an opportunity for a spike (internship, certification, fellowship, award, etc.) that really shows your strength in the specific field of business you wish to pursue, as your ECs look more like those of a potential political science major than a business major. While a 3.7 UW is good, you probably need that spike to push you over the edge for the most elite undergrad b-schools. Having a lot of finance-related ECs helped me overcome some occasional bad grades I had gotten in honors/AP courses.