Chances at Stern?

<p>Hi guys!</p>

<p>I am thinking of applying ED. Do you think this would be a big boost? Not sure if I am 100% yet...</p>

<p>I have a sibling that also went there. </p>

<p>I am pretty involved in the community and school so that is definitely something I am confident I have been highlighting well in my applications in a unique way. I also just retook the ACT today, and I'm not sure how I did, but I also signed up for October just in case. I hope to improve my score, but do give me thoughts even with my current score as well. </p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: ~3.8 (top 4% ranking at a very large public school, extremely rigorous course load)
ACT: 28 (hope to improve, just retook today and did sign up in October as well)</p>

<p>Goals: I want to get into the business field/finance/entrepreneurship space</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Published a book available at local bookstores and pretty big online platforms (think Amazon, Barnes/Nobles). </p>

<p>Founded the first ever entrepreneurs organization for students in our community which has been pretty successful. I organized some cool speakers and we have been featured in some pretty big media publications.</p>

<p>Interned for a summer at a congressional office</p>

<p>Interned for a summer in social media at pretty cool start-up (this inspired a lot of my interest in entrepreneurship) </p>

<p>Ranked among the top five young women in the state through a national organization </p>

<p>Represented as a delegate at Girls State </p>

<p>President of Student Council (this is a huge time commitment as our school, and I have definitely been moving up the ladder quite a bit here. Fortunately, our school principal will be writing one of my recommendations so I am confident she can highlight my contributions pretty well).</p>

<p>Served on council for Principle's advisory committee, launched/led a few unique student committees for our school programs, recreated our website.</p>

<p>Graduating from an internationally recognized dance program </p>

<p>NHS, MHS, DECA. </p>

<p>My major concern really is my ACT score...standardized tests have always been pretty hard for me and I am doing my best to hopefully improve this. </p>

<p>We have pretty much the same profile, so I understand how you feel at this point. Same question with the ACT, I’m also hoping to improve my ACT score. However though, since you’re applying ED, wouldn’t the October ACT be too late, considering the score will be released in mid-November? </p>