Chance me for UPenn Jerome Fischer (Engineering + Business) EA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics

  • US Domestic
  • Northern California
  • Large High School, Class of 600-700
  • Asian Male

Intended Major(s)
Dual Degree Engineering/Business via Jerome Fischer Program

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.95
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.75 on 5 point scale (APs are 5)
  • Class Rank: Top 10% (All that is provided)
  • ACT/SAT Scores: ACT 35, SAT 1530, both non superscored

Coursework
Freshman: AP Chinese (5), Hon English (A), Hon Precalc (A), Free

Sophmore: AP Physics 1 (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP World (4), AP Seminar (4), AP CSA (5), Hon Chem (A), Free

Junior: AP Physics C (Mechanics + E&M) (5), AP USH (5), AP Lang (4, got a B), AP CSA (5), AP Stats (5), AP Psych (5), AP Research (4), Free

Senior: Calculus D + Linear Algebra, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Gov + Econ, Hon English, Free

Awards
Scholastic Art and Writing Honorable Mention (3x)
Presidential Volunteer Service Award (3x)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Regional CIF Relay Champion (Swimming)

Extracurriculars

  • Founded consumer electronics business (10, 11, 12 | 1-2 hours per day) My main extracurricular. Designed, marketed, and manufactured 3 products, grossing $300,000 per year. Products were designed from scratch and I handled marketing, communication with manufacturers overseas, online sales, fulfillment, and customer service.

  • Co-Founded a non-profit (10, 11, 12 | 2 hours per week) My secondary extracurricular. Started this non-profit with friends in order to expose underrepresented communities in my city to new opportunities in STEM that they previously may not have been exposed to.

  • Swimming (9, 10, 11, 12 | 3 hours per day). My sport. I’ve been swimming since I was a young child and was varsity during 10, 11, and 12. A relay that I was on won during our regional CIF championships.

  • International Outreach (9, 10 | 2 weeks over summer) Went to China (9) and Costa Rica (10) to teach the rural children their English and introduce them to new subjects and experiences.

  • Other smaller things I also did semi-professional photography (made around $500), graphic design, other small clubs, some coding as well, put in the activities section.

Essays/LORs/Other
I really don’t think I should rate my own essays, because usually when I write in general I often overestimate the quality of my pieces. That’s why I won’t rate my essays because I feel like it will skew any chances.

However, I personally researched for many hours on the main schools I will apply for for the “Why ___” essays. I’ve also edited my essays personally 3 times and with my English Teacher once.

For Letters of Rec:

  1. AP Physics, had him for 2 years and kept in touch during senior year. I think we are close and he definetly wrote a good letter.
  2. AP CSA, was also very close with this teacher and friends with him. Had him for 2 years as well and kept in touch senior year. However, I am worried that I do not have a humanities letter and it will affect my application adversely.

Cost Constraints / Budget
N/A

Schools

  • Safety: UCSD, Northeastern, UT Austin
  • Likely: USC, UCLA
  • Target: UPenn (ED), Northwestern (EA), UMich, UCB, CMU, U Chicago
  • Reach: MIT (EA), Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Harvard

Thank you for chancing me and taking your time to do this!

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Are you sure Northwestern has EA?

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Your background is terrific, but because of the (odd/unique) way they do things, just about any out of state candidate is a reach for UT Austin.

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Some of the schools like Purdue which have (Integrated E+B) are missing from the list. But you do have schools like UCLA, which major is your target at schools which do not have E+B?

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I considered UCLA, but I would rather go to the east coast to experience something new!

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I didn’t know that, so Thank you for the info!

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Sorry, early decision.

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You can do ED at only one place …you will have to pick one.

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I see no safeties….depending on major UCSD could be a reach or target, NEU best case is a target, UT Austin is a reach for all OOS students.

What major at the UCs?

UCLA is a reach, as are all of the schools that you categorized as targets.

What is your budget?

Did you apply to Penn or NU ED?

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Lots of schools offer combined engineering/business options, but there aren’t a lot a companies jumping to hire them (unless you choose IE). They don’t want people managing that have no real world experience as engineers. Proceed with caution.

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I understand that – thank you for bringing it up and I will definitely keep it in mind

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I applied to UPenn ED. Sorry for the typo!

I’ll consider more safety schools for sure and I appreciate the feedback. Thank you!

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Yes, my bad. I EAed at UPenn.

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There is no EA at UPenn … something doesn’t sound right in data you are sharing.

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You’re a great candidate but I see not a single safety or likely on your list. Northeastern would be a likely if you ED there but not otherwise. And you know the UCs won’t consider your 35. Why not other UCs potentially with an Econ minor, ones easier to get into…as matches, etc.

Not every school will have a dual option or a realistic 4-year path anyway. And if your desire to get in on the business side of engineering, it’s not necessarily needed. An IE type internship could morph into a second internship on the business side. Example - my son is an Mechanical major. Last summer he worked in an auto plant but on process improvement. He expressed interest in planning and other jobs for next summer that have a financial analysis component. While he has a plant offer from the company for next summer, they’re giving him opportunity to interview for two business type tech related jobs at HQ vs a plant b4 giving a decision on the plant role. In general I believe an engineering degree opens options, even outside of engineering.

Some schools have a fast path to mba. The one I’ve read most about is Alabama which has a unique program - STEM to MBA. You’d get a ton of merit there and maybe could complete both in 4 years.

I don’t recommend it because to me, you need a few years work experience prior to business school in order to maximize your learning and financial return. But the program has a good rep nationally.

Good luck.

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ED…no EA at Penn.

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