chances for an undergrad business school applicant?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Caucasian middle-class female from MD
public school in very good school district, school itself is merely okay, last year’s senior class was 400 something people and about 8 or 10 went to the ivy league</p>

<p>3.5/3.6 unweighted gpa, 4.1/4.2 weighted
top 20% (the killer)</p>

<p>4 years of foreign languages, Bs in the course and I’m not taking the AP test
ap govt-5, B in the class
ap world-5, A in the class
ap microeconomics-4, A in the class
ap calc ab-5, B in the class (I’ve gotten Bs in all my math classes except for stats)
ap stats-5, A in the class</p>

<p>taking ap comparative govt, ap English, ap calc bc, ap foreign language, aiding for a teacher, ap biology, ap macroeconomics</p>

<p>I’ve decided to complete the rest of my senior year as a homeschooler so I can pursue other educational opportunities</p>

<p>sat-2170, first time (retaking but I don’t know if it’ll go up)
critical reading-750
writing-730
math-690
sat IIs: math 1-730
world history-630
(hoping to retake these but I don’t know)</p>

<p>started a volunteering club but it went under
running a nonprofit organization to help Baltimore city high schoolers find internships
100+ hrs volunteering in guidance
worked one job but quit when school started, working another job currently
internship with a small financial services firm
member of FBlA for two years, historian first year, secretary second year, hopefully president or vice president this year
participated in two school musicals
two years of orchestra (cello)
one year of NHS (resigned this year)
foreign language honor society
class boards (nothing big)
1st place in business communications at FBLA regional conference
grant recipient for nonprofit organization
volunteered at a clothing drive</p>

<p>recs will be very good</p>

<p>colleges (I’ll be applying to the business schools if they have separate applications):
upenn (Wharton)-ED
Berkeley
MIT
Carnegie Mellon
university of Michigan ann arbor
notre dame
boston college
boston university
university of Maryland college park
penn state
Michigan state
university of Pittsburgh</p>

<p>also, if you could offer help in pruning this list, I’d appreciate it—I’m reluctant to take any places off</p>

<p>I know I’m pretty all over the place and haven’t really done anything lasting in high school, and my grades aren’t really up to par with many of those colleges. I’m hoping to accomplish something now that I’m being homeschooled. There’s something else I might mention on my applications or have my guidance counselor mention, but I don’t want to say it here so PM me if you’d like to know and offer me advice.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Your rank is a 'killer'.</p>

<p>Upenn (Wharton)-ED: REJECT
Berkeley: Out of state, REJECT
MIT: REJECT
Carnegie Mellon: Maybe/ Likely
university of Michigan ann arbor: Unlikely/ REJECT
notre dame: In
boston college: In
boston university: In
university of Maryland college park: In
penn state: Likely/ In
Michigan state: Likely
university of Pittsburgh: Maybe</p>

<p>I suggest taking UC Berkeley off; out of-state, it's too tough and you are not a very strong applicant.</p>

<p>Do you like all those other public schools? I suggest removing a couple.</p>

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<p>Theres no way he's in at BC and only "likely" at Michigan State. Look up BC Carroll's stats. It's a match/slight reach, not a safety.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice! Anyone else with suggestions?</p>

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<p>ND and BC as in, maybe at Pitt??? ***?</p>

<p>Having a cousin who got rejected with top 5%, 30 ACT, and pretty solid EC's get rejected from BC makes me think that'll be tough.</p>

<p>I'd put Wharton, UCB, and MIT as heavy reaches.
Michigan, ND, BC, CMU reaches, but not crazy.
The rest - should be in.</p>

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<p>Thanks DSC! The only one I was really sure about getting into was university of md, since it feels like half my school goes there each year, but now I can look forward to michigan or pitt maybe too!</p>