chances At Top Undergrad Business Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm a male chinese senior currently living in ohio. I was wondering what my chances were for the top undergrad business schools. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>High Honor Roll (all years)
GPA: 3.715 (uw), 4.15(weighted)
Rank: 47/682
<strong><em>my school's scale is A+ (100-99), A (98-93), B+ (92-91) B (90-85), C+ (85-84) etc.</em></strong>
<em>*Since I have many B+'s, which would translate into A's at other schools that use the A= 98-90 scale, I was wondering if this would affect my chances. *</em></p>

<p>Honors and AP Classes:</p>

<p>9th: Honors English, Honors Geometry
10th: Honors English, Honors Algebra II
11th: Honors Physics, AP Computer Science, AP Economics, Honors Precalculus
12th : AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Pychology</p>

<p>PSAT-209 (National Merit Commended Scholar)</p>

<p>SAT- 1490/2130 - 770(M), 720(CR), 650(W)
SAT II - 730 (Math IIC), 630 (Physics)
<em>Going to retake both again</em></p>

<p>ECs:
Latin Club JCL (10-12)
Marching Band (10)
JSA (11-12) 11- Fundraising Committee Head, 12-Vice President
<strong>Also Co-Convention Coordinator for ORV Region (5 states)</strong>
Student Government (11-12)-Class Rep.
Mu Alpha Theta (Math Club) (11-12)
NHS (11-12)
Stock Club (11-12)- Founder and President
Volunteering (+100 hours)
NHS </p>

<p>Summer Activities:
-NSLC- Engineering at UC Berkeley
-Internship at Navigant Capital Advisors (Investment Bank in Philadelphia)
-Columbia University High School Program - took class called Intro. to Corporate Valuation</p>

<p>Major: Business- Finance</p>

<p>Colleges:
NYU (Stern) top choice, applying ED
UMICH
Cornell
Georgetown
UC Berkeley
U of Chicago
UCLA
USC
Boston College
Indiana University</p>

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<p>Bump chances please?</p>

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<p>Are you planning on re-taking SAT I for the Writing portion? NYU takes Writing into account. And MATH IIC needs to get up to 770+ atleast. </p>

<p>Other than that, EC's could be stronger. </p>

<p>Not sure what I would say for your chances. Not a high reach, but not quite a match either. Somewhere in that range I suppose. Even for ED, it's not an exact MATCH, since Stern is the hardest to get into at NYU. NYU CAS, on the other hand, would probably be a piece of cake to get into =]</p>

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<p>Decent gpa/rank/sats and no real passion in your ECs.</p>

<p>No from Stern, Cornell, the UCs, and you have a chance everywhere else.</p>

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<p>on the contrary, i think youre a strong candidate for stern early decision. don't listen to the above posters. nyu stern is definitely worth applying early</p>

<p>look at the responses this guy is getting and his stats are worse than yours
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=399430%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=399430&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>well for ECs, I'm trying to convey my passion for finance/ the stock market. For example, I founded a stock club last year, took a class from Columbia University on Coporate Valuation which I will get a reccomendation for, and did an internship at Navigant Capital Advisors (a boutique investment bank in philadelphia). In addition, I am really interested in politics and debate, which I show through my leadership positions at Junior State of America as the Co-Convention Coordinator for 5 states (over 1000 people), and am the vice-president for the school chapter.</p>

<p>I know my gpa and rank are a bit low, but will any of these ECs help with my chances at getting into Stern?</p>

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<p>Well I'm not saying don't apply to Stern or anywhere, apply anywhere you like man. I just don't think you'll get in, but that's just my opinion.</p>

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<p>i think you're good to go for stern b/c my friend was like top 15% last year with math and verbal of 1450 and he got in. NYU disregards writing im positive. he had a writing of 590</p>

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<p>FYI:</p>

<p>UCLA does not have an undergrad business program.</p>

<p>Berkeley's Haas School of Business only admits juniors...you'll need to apply to Berkeley as an "undeclared pre-business" major and then apply to Haas during your sophomore year.</p>

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<p>yeah, for ucla I was going to apply as an economics major and for Berkeley I'm just hoping to get in for now</p>

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<p>^ Ah, I know it's tough for OOS admits, but perhaps your summer engineering activities at Berkeley will help. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>thanks ucbchemegrad</p>

<p>I'm also wondering that since i'm taking the physics subject test sat., and if I don't do better than my 630, will colleges see that I'm only taking the AP course this year, and cut me some slack, or am I screwed?</p>

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<p><em>bump bump</em></p>