Chances at NYU, UPenn, Carnegie, GWU, and Washington in St. Louis

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a rising senior so I am going to be applying to colleges in a few months. Below is my resume (of course the real one is formatted) and some other information about me. Can you please tell me if I have a good, decent, or no chance at all at the following colleges? Thank you.</p>

<p>Colleges I really want to get into - Business programs in all of them
-University of Pennsylvania
-New York University
-Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>Colleges I want to get into if I don't get into the above three
-George Washington University (politics program)
-Washington University in St. Louis (business program)</p>

<p>I won't list my safety because they are safety for a reason.</p>

<p>Senior Year Class Schedule (Intended):
-Automated Accounting (major)
-English Literature (AP)
-European History (AP)
-Calculus (honors)
-Physics (honors)</p>

<p>Additional Academics:
-Business Communication (Honors): Summer 2006
-AP Comparative Government: Summer 2005
-Model Government (Honors): After school 2004-2005
-Leadership in Law at Columbia University: Summer 2006
-Trial Advocacy at Columbia University: Summer 2006
-National Youth Leadership Forum on Law (will attend later this year)
-New Jersey Symposium on Leadership and Politics: Summer 2004</p>

<p>June 2006 SAT: 2020 (Math 690, Writing 690, Reading 640)
January 2006 SAT: 1970 (Math 720, Writing 650, Reading 600)
AP US Gov: 5
AP Comparative Gov: 4</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 3.8 (out of a possible 4.5, weird system in my school) - i didn't do so great freshman/sophomore year but junior year my GPA was around 4.4 out of 4.5</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
-Junior State of America (<a href="http://www.jsa.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.jsa.org&lt;/a&gt;) - Founded chapter, president 10th and 11th grade, member 12th grade because only allowed to be president of one thing during a school year
-Student Council - member 10th-12th grades, president 12th grade
-Model Government - member 10th-12th grades
-Business Advisory Council - member 11th-12th grades
-Harvard Model Congress - 10th-12th grade
-Winter Congress, head of delegation 10th grade, 12th grade
-County Government Day, 10th-12th grade
-Mock Trial Competition, 11th-12th grade
-Intramural debates (organized and managed) - 10th-12th grade
-Seton Hall Model UN - 10th-12th grade</p>

<p>Community Service & Internships: (hours per week)
-2 hours math after school during junior year
-1 hour business during school junior and senior year
-Guidance office intern 2 hours
-Business instructor intern 2 hours
-Math instructor intern 1 hour
-organized group of volunteers for voter registration drives; collected over 60 new registrations in 3 years</p>

<p>I know that my resume looks pretty good for most colleges, but I dont think it looks good enough for my top 3 choices, especially cuz of my GPA..</p>

<p>What do you think I should do next year to try to improve my chances? I already listed what I plan on doing next year in my resume above but I am open to suggestions on anything else I can do to improve my chances. Thank you.</p>

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<p>You are like me but I'm a URM lol but I think you should get your grades up too and write your essays well. I know Upenn and Carnegie care about those essays for their business schools with Wharton being #1 and Tepper making all those recent gains.</p>

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<p>my grades werent so freat my first two years... but some of my teachers told me that i grew up mentally ALOT junior year and it showed on my grades.. but im worried colleges will just see it differently...</p>

<p>umm wats a URM?.. and do i have a chance at my top three choices or should i pay a bit attention to them and more attention to like some other colleges good for business/politics (feel free to make recommendations i guess).. thanks</p>

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<p>i'm Hispanic so I'm an underpresented minority.</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance at your top 3 choices and should pay attention to the Upenn and Tepper essays. I know Carnegie doesn't look at freshman grades so that might help you out a lot there and they look more atthe overall application.</p>

<p>I am also checking out Stanford for econ and stuff like that. Do you need safeties or something? Your state school would be a good safety but so would schools like Bentley/Babson or whatever.</p>

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<p>EC's look good... but whartonman... i disagree. he can't have a GOOD chance to get into UPenn with a 2020 for BUSINESS.</p>

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<p>Well what I've heard is that the SATs are more of like a cutoff. I'd actually raise it but that might be too stressful for you at the last moment. I just know essays and E.C.'s matter a lot too but Wharton is a reach for almost any non-URM random good GPA/SAT kid.</p>

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<p>what should my goal be for SATs? its not really a stress thign for me as much as time... like i guess i can get in 2 more SAT dates before the deadline.. i have to do SAT IIs during one of them.. and IF i do good on those then i can take the SAT again.. my goals are 750 math, 700 writing, 650 reading.... so thatd be 2100.. but i dont know if i can really pull that off unless i find something heaven sent seeing how little time is left and all the stuff i have to do.. hopefully my ECs pull thru a little bit cuz i htink ive established leadership.. and hopefully my grades are great next year.. is there any thread you would recommend i check for writing great essays for wharton.. or just in general? thank you once again.</p>

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<p>Nobody knows for sure, it depends on the individual. I have a 2220 which I think is good enough but who knows. I think a 2300 would be definitely awesome but just get it as high as possible. Wharton/Tepper/Stern essays are all different 'cause I think the prompts change but just highlight ur business goals.</p>

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<p>Wash U would probably be a reach school based on present scores and grades</p>

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<p>i konw wash U is reach but i have it on second tier as in my order of preference, not hardest to easiest</p>

<p>anyways.. u guys have been mentioned wharton.. but how about stern or carnegie? awt are my chances for those? what can i do for those two that their admissions committees places a lot of weight on? thanks</p>

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<p>ED at wharton to maximize your chances.</p>

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<p>Wharton-big reach
Stern, Tepper, WashU- all reaches but possible</p>

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<p>Stern is way better than WAshu. why would u even apply there.</p>

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<p>With a below average (in the context of the applicant pool) GPA and SAT score, Wharton is out; Tepper and Stern are possible but unlikely. GWU is in the bag and WashU is about as likely as Tepper/Stern. Among your four selective schools (Wharton/Tepper/Stern/Olin), you have the best shot at Tepper - Carnegie Mellon ignores freshman year.</p>

<p>If financial aid is not an issue, I would apply EDI to NYU (if you prefer it to Carnegie) and if that doesn't work out for you then apply EDII to CMU. Odds go up if you apply ED. Don't burn your ED shot at Wharton though; it's just too unlikely.</p>

<p>If you really want to go to be part of an undergraduate business program, here are a few choices that are more realistic:</p>

<p>Moderate Reaches:
*Berkeley (apply to Haas after soph yr) --> ignores freshman yr
*Emory</p>

<p>Matches:
*UMichigan (apply to Ross after soph yr) --> ignores freshman yr
*USC Marshall --> ignores freshman yr
*U of Illinois Urbana Champaign</p>

<p>As far as what you can do to improve your app, the EC's are weak for your reach schools. However, the thing that can most improve your odds at this point in the game is to improve your SAT score and get good senior year grades for your midyear report. With all A's first semester and a 2200+ SAT score I could see you being accepted by one of Stern/Tepper/WashU.</p>

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<p>damn I thought my ECs were actually pretty good because I was president and everything.. wow.. umm.. damn..</p>