Chance Me for Top Business Schools!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Do I have a chance of getting into my top schools?</p>

<p>Scores:
Act Composite- 32
GPA - 4.25W (Grades 10-12), 4.05W (Grades 9-12), 3.75UW (Grades 9-12)</p>

<p>Freshman year there were no Honors/AP classes available. Sophomore year I took the only two Honors/AP classes available and Junior year I am taking four. I expect to take AP Microeconomics, AP Gov, AP Stats, and Honors Spanish, AP Language, and Honors Physics for Senior year. Math has always been a a challenge for me to get As in and I get consistent Bs in those classes. All of the other subjects I get As, so I'm not sure how much Bs in math would affect my chances of getting into a business school.</p>

<p>APs(so far): AP Euro - A, AP Psych - A, AP US History - A, AP Environmental Science - A, AP Lang - B
Honors/ Advanced - Honors Chemistry -B, Adv English 10 -A</p>

<p>Got a 3 on the AP Euro test . I probably wont record that score when applying to colleges. The rest of the AP tests I will be taking this spring.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Played Soccer for 10 years and played for the highschool JV team.
-Karate for 10 years, competed in national tournaments
-Volunteer at my local museum where I give tours and run the cash register and help young students on schools projects (practice my public speaking skills as well as my money handling skills)
-Founded schools first "Investment Club"
-Have been actively participating in the stock market for over a year and have learned a lot
-Taking a summer business course at a local JC
-Internship at a start up company that aims to educate students about the importance of understanding finance and business.</p>

<p>I realize I am lacking in this area in number of activities, but I think it's important that the activities I do spend time on are relevant to my interests and major. Hopefully this focus of activities is looked upon in the same light as the applicants with many more, but diverse, activities</p>

<p>Clubs/Awards:</p>

<p>Young Republican Club
California Scholarship Federation
Multiple Renaissance Awards throughout the school year for academic achievement
Teacher-Given Award for Hard Work and Effort (forget the name of it)
Investment Club (Founder)</p>

<p>Colleges I will be applying to:
USC
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Santa Clara
Cal Poly
Loyola Marymount
Boston College
Claremont McKenna --- My top choice</p>

<p>Any responses would be helpful!</p>

<p>If you have any ideas for colleges that are similar to these schools mentioned please let me know!</p>

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<p>I would add one or two additional UCs to the list. I’d say that UCB and UCLA are high-match schools for you. They can serve as low-match or safe schools, and you might qualify for some Regents scholarships. What is your field of interest? If it’s a STEM discipline, Berkeley (I’m not as sure about UCLA) becomes more of a reach. You mentioned that Math is your weakest subject. You have a strong, competitive profile, but if your Math grades and test scores are lower than your others, you might be at a disadvantage in applying to elite undergraduate business programs. You’d probably do better to apply to regular colleges without declaring a major ahead of time. Cal Poly demands that you declare your major department when applying, and some are more competitive than others. Your stats are comfortably above their overall average, but not for some “impacted” departments.</p>

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<p>I want to study business, or particularly Finance. If I go to UCB, you’re saying I would have a better going in undeclared than Pre-business/pre-haas? </p>

<p>Thanks a lot for your input!</p>

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<p>Shot* :(</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>What does the investment club do?</p>

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<p>We use a stock market simulator and compete to see who can earn the most money. Also, I’m trying to organize speakers to come in.</p>