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.