k guys here goes:
Three cultures and three ethnicity s: French, American and Syrian I i guess i am a under represented! 3 passports to go with it too !)
Speak and write fluent everything : English , French , Arabic
12th grade
Planning to major in Finance
SAT: 2210
math: 740
writing: 750
reading:720
Sat 2 French: 800
Sat 2 Math 2: 760
I am in the British education system and am living in Kuwait so I am not doing any AP courses but have done THE equivalent called A2
A2 Economics : A
A2 Physics : A
A2 Math : A
A2 Buisisness: A
EC’S
-Debating club ( 3 years president)
-National Debating team of Kuwait ( competing in international debates all around the world , 3 -5 people are chosen to represent each country WSDC )
-French Debating cub ( Founder and president 3 years)
-Model United Nations ( 2 years)
-Running club ( 3 years , president)
- Set up a charity that raised over $60,000 to help poor children
-Environmental cub ( 4 years president)
- Internship at Investment Bank NBK Capital( Top in middle east)
-Internship at Private Equity firm, NBK Capital (Top in Middle East)
- Intership at REMAX real estate company : 100 hours
- Prefect ( some responsibility position in British education system )
- Youngest internationally published writer in fitness insudstry ( 9 articles totoal with good feedback)
- Bodybuilding hobby
Awards
-International award Silver( Some type of international award where they send you into different countries all over the world to camp and survive http://www.intaward.org/ )
- School award of French 9th grade
-School award of Economics 10th grade
-School award of International Understanding 11th grade
- In the top 5% in the Waterloo university international Canadian math exam (http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html)
- National Kuwait Engineering competition participation
- Most Valued Participant in ECA’s in my school award
-Best Market Research award by PwC Pin2 Chalenge sponsored by Wharton MENA
-Finalist in PwC pin2 Challnge sponsored by Wharton MENA
Recommendation letters:
- One from Head of Economics Department ( my teacher ) got Best scores in all tests and examinations since he knows me ( 1 st ) and he also goes with me on my running club so it should be a good letter
- One from my 10th grade math teacher: should be great ,\
- Recommendation letter from ambassador
Income: Not requesting financial aid
In order of wanting
Wharton ( Upenn)
Harvard,
Princeton,
MIT,
Cornell
Duke,
NYU,
Stanford,
Columbia,
Yale,
Dartmouth
Wow, you’re an excellent candidate for pretty much all the schools on your list! Your credentials, experiences, and academic record all seem outstanding, so as long as you have an essay that can really showcase your personality, you should do very well.
I’d say UPenn, Cornell, Duke, NYU, and Dartmouth are all high matches/Low reaches. Everything else is probably a low/medium reach. You’re certainly qualified for every school on your list, but, admissions at the Ivies is often so arbitrary. You have an excellent shot at them, but you can never really know.
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I would be surprised if you didn’t get into NYU. Everything else is a low reach, but I would be surprised if you didn’t get into at least one of the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT. Chance Me?
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You’ll walk into Cornell, NYU and Duke.
Wharton is a big reach for everyone. Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford and Yale are reaches too
You’ve got a decent chance at Dartmouth and Columbia
I think being international as well is being a generally very well rounded student you stand a good chance. Some of your extra curriculas are quite unique, so you’ll definitely get into one. But, with Ivies they can kind of just pick names out of a hat and get great students. My advice would be to decide which of these schools is the best fit for you and your top choice and apply there early decision because it can really make the difference with some of these colleges.
Good luck! I really do think you stand a great chance, I’m going to be honestly shocked if you don’t get it.
There is no finance major at most of the schools on your list.
@TheTactition There is no real difference between Duke’s acceptance rate and Dartmouth’s acceptance rate. It seems unlikely that one would “walk into” one of those schools and just have a “decent chance” of being admitted to another.
You have a decent shot at all and will likely receive admittance into at least three. This is my honest evaluation:
UPenn – mid to high reach (it’s like this for practically every business major applying to Wharton)
Harvard – mid to high reach (same as UPenn)
Princeton – mid reach
MIT – mid reach (SAT 2 in science is required to apply to MIT)
Cornell – low to mid reach
Duke – mid reach
NYU – match
Stanford – mid to high reach
Columbia – mid to high reach
Yale – match/ low reach
Dartmouth – low to mid reach
I apologize if you were expecting more matches, but you are applying to 7 of the top 10 business programs in the US and are facing stiff competition. Good luck and best wishes.
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You have really good stats and GPA, and your ECs are unique! You have a great shot at any of these schools. For NYU, it is probably match/safety, while the other ones are going to be low reaches to high reaches, from Cornell/Darmouth to HYP, Penn and Columbia. However, if you work on your essays extensively, you will have an even better chance. Good luck!
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Help me out here…im having trouble distinguishing your racial ethnic heritage. I’d defineitly go the Kuwaitian route if you’ve got the choice.
You have decent test scores for all of these schools, but your EC’s… wow. I myself would like to know how you managed to get an internship at an IB and PE firm. That will definitely be a strong point of your application, for sure when considering Wharton. However, it still should be a challenge due to the fact that you are an international student (you are right?). Chance me back: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1784056-what-colleges-would-i-have-a-chance-at-econ-major.html#latest