chances (and help with college choices)

I’ve heard about CC from some friends. Tbh, their reviews were pretty mixed; some said that CC was a good way to see where you are amongst other applicants and others said it was toxic. But…my cousin said it helped her quite a bit so here I am (on her account lol).

To give you all a little bit of context, my “dream school” was always Brown, but now that I think about it, I’ve wanted to go for the wrong reasons (the ugly statues and human skin-bound anatomy books, need I say more?) So, I’m definitely open to options.

BASIC INFO:
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
Senior
First generation
Attending public school around the Bay Area

GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) // 4.6 (weighted)
SAT: 1560 (800 ERW, 760 M)
ACT: 35 overall
My school doesn’t rank

APs:
AP Art (5)
AP English Lit (5)
AP Econ (Macro and Micro) (5)
AP Spanish (4)

Senior Courseload: AP English Language, AP US&Comp Gov., AP Art, AP Stats, AP Psychology.

Teacher Recs: Well, my math teacher kinda hates me for literally no reason. But the other recs were pretty good (I think).

ACTIVITIES/EC:
-Varsity swimming since Sophomore year
-Golf co-captain
-Studio art classes (I’m also submitting an art portfolio that I received top score on)
-Co-founded this student tutoring program
-Volunteering at a local hospital (basically, I plan events and stuff for patients at this children’s hospital)
-Introduced/joined a DECA chapter at my school
-President of the art club at school
-Treasurer in student gov.
-Designed the school’s yearbook covers, t-shirts, and senior capsule (a school tradition)
-Editor of the school’s magazine
-Teaching graphic design classes at a local elementary school
-part of this event planning committee at school (planning dances, spirit days etc.)

I’m really happy with my essays, not necessarily because I’m a great writer or anything (you can tell, can you?) but they’re just the most insane things I bet they’ve ever read, so hopefully, I’ll be a memorable applicant.

I’m thinking of either going for a industrial design or business major. Yeah, I know there’s a giant difference between these two majors and I’m kinda worried that I don’t have enough experience for a business major…

Schools I’m looking into:
RISD (visited when I toured Brown)
The Cooper Union
UMich Ross School of Business
NYU Stern School of Business
Wharton
UChicago
MIT (Sloan)

Any suggestions for design/business schools? Do I even have enough experience to apply to business school lol? Any help would be appreciated. I have a feeling I made some mistakes while typing this, so sorry for any mistakes and stuff.

Nice, your resume looks great.

Mich, and NYU are likely locks. Penn, Chicago, MIT are possible with ED.

I will also recommend CMU tepper school of business. Urban campus, right next to Pitt, very Asian friendly (Not that other campuses are Asian unfriendly)

Good luck. Try and visit all and see which you like better.