<p>Haven't narrowed down my list very much yet. Interested in:
Cornell
Georgetown
Northwestern
UChicago
Duke
UNC-Chapel Hill
UVA
Wash U
Carnegie Mellon
Emory
Williams
Carleton
Hamilton
Several other schools that I'm much more confident I could get into
Also interested in any other Ivy, Stanford, MIT, etc. but very unsure of chances of getting in
Basically interested in chances at just about any top college, no strong preference on location</p>
<p>My resume entering senior year:
Weighted GPA: 4.43
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
No class rank available (district policy)
ACT Composite: 33 (35 English, 35 Math, 32 Reading, 31 Science)
SAT Composite: 2130 (690 Writing, 760 Math, 680 CR; plan on retaking in fall)
Will take 2-3 Sat IIs in fall (Math II, Spanish, and possibly Lit)
Have taken/will take: AP World History, AP Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Spanish, AP Lit
Confident in my ability to write a strong essay, as well as get solid letters of rec.</p>
<p>ECs: 4 year varsity tennis player (hopefully captain the upcoming year)
Also play tennis seriously at local club, have been "team" captain there as well
3 year FBLA member, placed top 10 at state this year (wish I had applied to be officer...)
2 year DECA member
2 years of playing lead alto sax in jazz band
Joining Key Club in fall
Volunteer at local Community Food Share
Will graduate HS with "High School of Business" diploma along with regular diploma (not sure if this means anything to colleges)</p>
<p>My ECs aren't as strong as I would like, but I'm not the kind of person who would enjoy participating in every freaking club</p>
<p>Not sure on preferred undergrad major; interested in finance, econ, math, stats, etc.
Goal is to eventually attend a top 10 MBA program</p>
<p>First of all, the positives: you’ve got a good GPA and a fair ACT score. I would recommend focusing on either the SAT or ACT and submitting whichever is a higher score (you can typically find score correlations between the tests online). </p>
<p>It’s a little difficult to judge considering you haven’t taking your SAT IIs and you haven’t provided a class rank (both important in admissions for top colleges). </p>
<p>You have commitment within your ECs to be part of business and leadership but here’s the big problem: there’s 0 leadership. I mean…you say you don’t want to join every club; no one wants you to do that. But you need to demonstrate concerted passion for the club and the only way to do that is through leadership. The only good thing about your ECs is your 4 year commitment to tennis. If you have some sort of reward from competing or have expanded to volunteer as a coach for tennis that would help too. </p>
<p>You seem best suited to an economics major (since you like math and statistics). The major difference between economics and finance major (B school of course) is that economics is going to be more theoretical and math oriented while business finance is more practical, less math and focused on getting you that IBank job…so to speak.</p>
<p>I’ll be honest: All in all, I think your application is way too weak for the Ivy Leagues – even Cornell considering Dyson is a top notch business school.</p>
<p>Cornell - reach
Georgetown - high match/low reach
Northwestern - low reach/reach
UChicago - high reach
Duke - low reach
UNC-Chapel Hill - match/high match
UVA - match/high match
Wash U - high match/low reach
Carnegie Mellon - high match
Emory -
Williams - low reach/reach
Carleton - match
Hamilton - match</p>
<p>The person above brings up some good points but I’d also like to add something regarding the list of schools. You have so many and they are all respectable but don’t focus so much on the prestige. You could be miserable at some of them so don’t just apply to all of these schools because of the name. Don’t just look at the academic programs - look at opportunities for student happiness as well (if that wording makes sense). I’m sure as you narrow down your search you will figure out which ones are really good for you. Best of luck!</p>
<p>slamdunkz24- I appreciate the feedback. Unfortunately my school doesn’t do class rank (district policy ).</p>
<p>I only recently realized that my leadership roles are lacking, I’m seriously regretting not applying to be an FBLA officer. Being a captain for the tennis team should help, but I know that’s not enough.</p>
<p>My dilemna with ECs that I forgot to mention is that until recently I was exploring only options where I could potentially play college tennis (which likely limits me to DIII), so I’ve focused a large portion of my free time on developing my game. It wasn’t until recently that I decided to explore other options as well and realized that I haven’t done much outside of tennis. :/</p>
<p>I’m thinking if I prep hard for the SAT I can raise it to at least somewhere in the 2200s, especially with a superscore. I’m also fairly confident I can score well on the SAT IIs for math and spanish (2 of my strongest subjects).</p>
<p>I appreciate your honesty on my perceived chances for admission to these schools. I figure several of the schools I apply to will be stretches.</p>
<p>DelphicOracle- thank you very much! I have several college visits lined up, and I will certainly make sure the school I end up choosing is one that suits my personality well. The reason I’ve been focusing so much on prestige is that, from the research that I’ve done, the more prestigious universities generally have better career placement, which is important if I want to attend a top B-School.</p>
<p>You’re absolutely right that a top undergrad university is beneficial for good job placement and MBA admissions acceptance. You can get a business or economics degree from any old school you want, but you need to separate yourself. Again, this doesn’t mean you need to go to a top top school; you can even go to a GOOD business school (Foster School of Business with the University of Washington) and excel to reap great rewards. It’s fantastic that you’re pursuing this, and I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>P.S. Use your tennis experience to your advantage with your essays! Who knows? You may find something interesting to link toward the college of your dreams :)</p>
<p>slamdunkz24- thank you! I’m not only looking at elite colleges, I’m simply curious to see what my chances are with them since I have high ambitions. I haven’t really looked at UW at all, but I’ll certainly give them a second glance now.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice on the essays as well, I’ll put it to good use!</p>
<p>Gotcha jason! I was afraid my message might have sounded mean so I would get a mean reply. Your reasoning makes total sense. Again best of luck to you with your search.</p>
<p>Cornell LOW REACH
Georgetown REACH
Northwestern LOW REACH
UChicago REACH FOR ANYBODY
Duke REACH FOR ANYBODY
UNC-Chapel Hill MATCH
UVA LOW REACH
Wash U HIGH MATCH
Carnegie Mellon HIGH MATCH (REACH for Engineering)
Emory MATCH
Williams REACH FOR ANYBODY
Carleton MATCH
Hamilton MATCH</p>
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