<p>I posted this in the general chance forum, but didn't really get any responses. My first choice (hence the ED) is Wharton, so I'd love to get some feedback</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
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<li>SAT I: 2350 (first and only sitting: CR-760, M-800, W-790 with 10 essay)</li>
<li>SAT II: Math 2 800, USH 780, planning to take physics in the fall (for MIT)</li>
<li>GPA: 4.661-W (out of 5, I suppose, but 5.3s are given for A+s in AP classes), 4.079-UW (got an A-, but our school includes A+s as 4.3s)</li>
<li>Rank: School neither ranks nor release val GPA (definitely top 1% though and likely to be val)</li>
<li>AP: 5s in Calc BC, APUSH, English Language, and APAH, 3 in French (yeah I know
)
*Overall Course Load: Taken the most amount of APs/Honors possible each year of school</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Music, AP Stat, AP English Literature, AP US Gov, AP Macro</li>
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<p>Individual Awards (weakest part of my app, Id say)
1. NMSQT (not sure about commended or semifinalist, got a 222 in NJ but the cutoff might change)
2. NJ FBLA Regionals 1st Place Business Math
3. Philadelphia Model UN best position paper award twice
4. Rutgers Model Congress best paper award in 9th grade, best delegate award in 11th grade
5. Passed the ABRSM level 8 piano exam (final level)</p>
<p>Team Awards
1. 3rd place nationally in JETS competition (grades 9/10) plus 1st in states that year; 2nd place in state in grades 11/12 competition, 50 nationally out of 907 teams (should I even include that?)
2. Various outstanding large and small delegation awards at MUN and Model Congress (3 total)
3. FBLA NJ Consumer Bowl 1st in county
4. Chemistry League I first in state
5. 4th place in Mock Trial Competition one year and 2nd place next year
6. Joseph W. Andrushkiw Mathematics Competition at Seton Hall second place in 10th grade and first place in 11th grade
7. 2nd place team - Central Jersey Mathematics League Competition
8. Science Olympiad second place at regionals, second place at states</p>
<p>Leadership and other ECs:
1. Executive Board for Math Team for senior year
2. Chess Club Exec Board junior year, have not held elections for senior year yet, club representative to Principals council and helped organize a chess tournament
3. JETS team co-captain
4. NHS, MAT, and FHS (pretty standard, laundry list type)
5. Did some other stuff with FBLA like the Euro Challenge, helped organize two badminton tournaments
6. Summer 2010: Attended a summer program at UPenn for 6 weeks - took UG classes in Microeconomics and Decision Theory and received As in both
7. 2011 6 week summer internship at second largest Chinese securities firm and investment bank: Guotai Junan Securities
8. Also did 58 hours of community service at MSKCC over 3 weeks this summer (patient escort)
9. Another 130 hours of community service in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade (a lot of it done through my towns Youth Council)
10. Piano since 1st grade, violin since 6th</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
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<li>Essays: Working on them</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendations: Havent seen them</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Havent seen it, but its a large public school so its going to be generic
*Rec from one of the professors at UPenn and one from this summers internship</li>
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<p>Other</p>
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<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes</li>
<li>Intended Major: Finance</li>
<li>State: NJ</li>
<li>Country: US (domestic applicant)</li>
<li>School Type: Competitive public (sends around 2% of class to top 15 schools)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
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<p>I feel like my ECs are a bit scattered, and not as business-oriented as I would like. However, Ive done a lot of economics and financial topics at my MUN/Model Congress conferences, so Ill try to find good ways to include that on my app. Also, I realize my ECs are a bit weak... and I'm Asian...</p>