<p>Background:
White Male from Texas
Competitive Suburban Public High School
Junior
Absolutely no hook</p>
<p>Stats:
Class Rank: 82/1331 (top 6.5%)
Weighted GPA: 4.2 (Our school does it oddly, so I don't know how much to trust this number)
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
-Very heavy course load, 4 APs this year. Only gotten like 3 Bs for semester averages ever in high school
- 5 years of Spanish</p>
<p>ACT:
Composite: 34 (33 with writing)
English: 34
Math: 32
Reading: 36
Science: 33
Essay: 6/12 (I swear it didn't suck that badly)</p>
<p>APs: I got a 5 on the world history exam last year, plan on taking 4 tests in May, and another 4 next spring</p>
<p>ECs:
Band (9-12)
-Section Leader (10 and probably 12 - leadership position)
-Jazz band (9,10) (lead alto saxophonist)
-All region (9,10,11, probably 12)
-All area (11)
-Principal Chair (11) (Leadership Position)</p>
<p>NHS (10,11, probably 12)
-50+ hours accumulated so far of community service</p>
<p>Spanish Club (11, probably 12)</p>
<p>Chance me for:
UT-Austin (Mccombs preferably)
UVA
Emory
UNC
UPenn - Wharton (Should I bother applying?)
U. of Illinois
Georgetown
NYU</p>
<p>How competitive is your suburban high school? For example, what is the average SAT score? How many National Merit Finalists/ commended each year at your school? </p>
<p>How did you fair on the National Merit Exam.?</p>
<p>Have you taken AP Calculus and AP Computer Science?</p>
<p>The average ACT score is about a 26 and SAT around 1700. And we had about 45-50 National merit semi-finalists. I personally didn’t do too well (I got a 200), but that’s why I took the ACT</p>
<p>You seem to be applying to schools with the best business programs. Most of them, probably would want to see good scores on AP CalculusBC, Computer Science and Statistics. Also, some management/ business experience. Do you play any sports? For Mccombs I believe one needs to be in the top 3%. So, it is not an auto. admit. At everything but Wharton you have a fair shot, but none are a slam dunk. A lot depends on the courses you are taking this year and next and how you do on them.</p>
<p>I’ll be taking AP Calculus BC next year as a senior, though I have no intention of taking AP computer science. Do those courses really play that big of a role in admission to business schools?</p>
<p>And my intended major is either finance or accounting</p>
<p>you have to realize that investment banks that hire out of Wharton will usually put you to work as an analyst for a couple of year, crunching numbers on computers and generate all kinds of data analysis and reports. You will basically be doing the grunt work for senior management (that wants to spend it’s time hob knobbing on the golf course and yachts with their clients). So, unless you have Warren Buffet in your back pocket these are the skills you will need.</p>
So, unless you have Warren Buffet in your back pocket these are the skills you will need.</p>