Chances for Business Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Intended Major: Finance</p>

<p>White Male
New Jersey
Competitive High School: Out of 220 kids last year, 17 went to ivies
GPA-- GPA is out of a 4.5 scale, and we do not weight GPAs.
Freshman: 3.6/4.5
Sophmore: 3.88/4.5
Junior: 3.95/4.5
-My School does not rank, but with a weighted GPA, i should be in the top 10%. Unweighted GPA i am easily in top 20%, maybe top 15%.
Most Rigorous Course Schedule
SATI: 720M, 640 CR, 650 Writing --> 2010/2400, superscore 2050/2400
SATII: 650 Math IIC, 600 History</p>

<p>Senior Courses:
AP Bio
AP Spanish
AP English
AP Econ
AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>E.C. / Misc.
Computer Club - 3 years
Spanish Club - 3 years
J.V. Baseball - Freshman/Sophmore, but didn't play Junior year.
National Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
Mu Alpha Theta Society(Math Honors Society for 3.75+ GPA)
I've won two awards for essays - One was a local thing for a mystery essay i wrote, the other was a national competition in which i was a semi-finalist. I think it was in 8th grade though, so i dont know if it has any merit.</p>

<p>Volunteer Church Work - 10 hours
Volunteer Food Packing / Shelter Food Bank - 10 hours
Light the Night Leukemia & Lymphona Soc.
Relay For Life - American Cancer Walk
Trailside "Adopt a Trail" (environmental clean-up)
Pet Adoption League - 20 hours
Town Clean-Up Volunteer Work - 10 hours
Worked at Drug Fair - 360+ Hours
Clerical work at Ohara Corporation - 40 Hours
Computer Design for Master Plumbers Educational Service - 100 Hours</p>

<h2>Monetary Awards for Consistently Beating the S&P500 average on <a href="http://www.updown.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.updown.com&lt;/a> (I also have a real-money portfolio that i brifely mentioned in my essay)</h2>

<p>Recs should be very strong. My essays are all very strong. My common app. essay is about the stock market / economics.</p>

<p>Schools:
Villanova - EA
Boston College - EA
Fairfied - EA
NYU Stern
Carnegie Mellon
University of Virginia
Boston University
Penn State
Rutgers (safety)</p>

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<p>bump it up</p>

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<p>bump it up again</p>

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<p>CMU: match
UVA: high match
BU: safe match - safety
NYU (Stern): slight reach - high match
Penn State: match</p>

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<p>any opinions on nova, bc ?</p>

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<p>Sorry, not really familiar with Villanova. As for BC, I'd say it's a match.</p>

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<p>any other opinions? Also, if my parents didnt go to college but my sister did (who is 4 years older than me), would i be a first generation applicant?</p>

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<p>i guess the 110 people who viewed this thread are shy.</p>

<p>cmon someone chance me. >_<</p>

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<p>i think stern is quite a big reach given the satii scores, i'd retake at least one of those</p>

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<p>nova chances?</p>

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<p>I think that nova is a pretty safe match.</p>

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<p>in the Additional Info text box on the common app, do you guys think i should put that i have a real money stock portfolio?</p>

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<p>Villanova - EA: Likely/ In
Boston College - EA Likely
Fairfied - EA: In
NYU Stern: Very Unlikely
Carnegie Mellon: Maybe
University of Virginia: Maybe
Boston University: In
Penn State: In
Rutgers (safety): In</p>

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<p>RESULTS SO FAR:</p>

<p>BC - Deferred
Villanova - In
Penn State - In
Rutgers - In
Fairfield - In w/ Presidential Scholarship</p>

<p>Waiting to hear from CMU, NYU, and UVA</p>

<p>And if anyone feels like it, you can chance me again for those 3 =]</p>