<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am currently a Junior in high school in Massachusetts. I hope to major in finance or a business related field in college. My top college is definitely Upenn Wharton school but others I'm considering are Uchicago, Northwestern, MIT sloan, Duke, UVirginia, Dartmouth, Columbia. </p>
<p>Here are my stats as of April 10, 2011. (keep in mind I'm a junior and I plan on applying to Upenn-Wharton ED in the fall)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR, 800 M, 770 W (2250) --- PLANNING on retaking in October.
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Chinese with Listening; Planning to take Biology E and Math II in May.
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87/4.0-- Weighted 8.87/9.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% I'd say but school does not release official rankings.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Have yet to take AP tests in Chinese, US History, Chemistry, and Biology.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Calculus BC, AP Statistics, Honors English, Honors History.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim Team (3 years), City Swim Team (2 years), YMCA club swim team (1 year), President of FBLA at my school.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Swim Instructor at YMCA, Cashier/Clerk at Stop&Shop.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Environmental Coalition, Sponsors & Operations Coordinator for citywide art contest (raised over $1000 to fund the event), Founder of Non-profit Organization that aims to spread musical awareness through public concerts and fundraising, City Day of Community Service (5 years).
[</em>] Summer Activities: Hopefully will make it to Leadership in Business World (LBW) summer program at Wharton this summer, Real Estate Company internship.
[<em>] Essays: Have not written yet. Probably will write about my summer experience or my business passion.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: We don't get these.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Won't submit.
[li] Interview:Will having one of these for ED affect my chances?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100-200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, hopefully will get 2300+ in October SAT, I spend a lot of time on my volunteer work ( I consider these EC's, am I right?) and they are all pretty much related to business.
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT (but will retake in October), lack of Massive list of EC's. </p>
<p>General Comments: Will getting a 2300+ 2nd time on SAT be much better than having a current 2250?</p>
<p>What other things can I do to improve my chances/application? More extracurriculars? (This is tough as I live in a rural neighborhood without many of the programs available to more urban environments-- no famous competitions, programs, etc to take part in).</p>