Hi guys, I’d appreciate if you can chance me for these schools on my list.
Preface: Bit about myself- I was an Indian international student in Singapore who moved to the US (Virginia) after freshman year. I didn’t really take the first two years of high school seriously but I have a huge upward trend (my unweighted GPA for each year respectively is 3.59, 3.54, and 3.875). I got a C+ in my Chemistry Honors class sophomore year for the second semester (first semester I had achieved a B+) but I completely aced my Junior year (earning an A+ in AP Macroeconomics for the whole year). My interests are not even STEM-related- I want to major in history as a lot of my academic accomplishments are in that field, or go straight into business schools (depends on the school I’m applying to). My weighted GPA (the GPA reported to colleges) is the GPA of my sophomore and junior years combined as I didn’t attend my current private school during my freshman year.
UW GPA: 3.66
W GPA (reported number): 4.04 (school does not rank)
ACT: 33 (35 E/34 R/29 M/35 S) I got a 21 in W but who cares really.
Honors: AP Scholar, Honorable Mention on National Spanish Exam Level 3
AP Scores: AP Euro (5) APUSH (5) AP Macro (5) AP Lang (5) AP World (self-studied 5)
SAT II: US History- 770
Recs: I know they’ll be amazing since one is written by the vice-principal who also taught my AP Euro class and has seen me grow as a student and the others are written by my Lang and Macro teachers, both of whom saw me do very well.
Awards: National History Day South-East Asia Winner, National History Day Virginia State First Place
Languages: Fluent in English, Tamil and Spanish, proficient in Mandarin Chinese
Extracurriculars:
National Security Archives internship- I had an undergraduate level internship at the National Security Archives. I researched and indexed declassified government documents and wrote historical analysis reports to aid Archive researchers.
NHD- 1st place South-East Asia, 1st place Virginia state (already mentioned above)
Drama- Been participating since freshman year and had major roles and lead roles in school productions.
Relay for Life leader- Led Relay for Life team to raise nearly $2700 dollars for the American Cancer Society.
VP of Young Democrats- Was Secretary and am now Vice-President of the club. I helped host mock caucus/primary elections at school to raise civic awareness. I also interned at the John Foust for Congress and the Mark Warner for Senate campaigns.
President of WWA- Founded this club when I came to my new school. Raised nearly $700 dollars for a rainwater harvesting facility in India to help villages without water. Interned at the Dhan Foundation in India to help oversee development projects.
Blue Earth Capital intern- Interned at my dad’s hedge fund and learned a lot about finance, portfolio construction and investment strategies.
Varsity Tennis- Been on my Varsity tennis team since sophomore year and play 3rd doubles.
Chance me for: IU Kelley Business School direct admit, U Maryland College Park Smith Business School (dad went here for grad school), Virginia Tech Pamplin School of Business, BU Questrom School of Business, Northeastern D’Amore-McKim School of Business, William and Mary (applying as history major), BC Carroll School of Business, UVA (applying as history major), Georgetown McDonough School of Business.
Quick question about Kelley Business School direct admit: I know I meet their criteria in terms of my reported GPA and ACT score, but my reported GPA is only for two years and the GPA is separated across transcripts. They say they’ll take the highest number off the transcript- do I qualify for direct admit or not?
Thank you!~ hyungiwosotha