Chances for Carroll School of Management?

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<p>Background:
Location: New Jersey
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese) American
Gender: Male
School Type: Public, sends many grads to top schools (Montgomery High School)
Major: Finance/Accounting</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.49 UW, 3.98 W (so worried about this, downward trend with a C junior year)
SAT: 1490/2220 (800 math, 690 critical reading, 730 writing)
SAT IIs: Will take Math Level 2 and Chem in June
APs: Took Chem and Euro Hist in May, will take Calc AB, Stat, and Spanish next year
No Class Rank or Percentile</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Work Experience:

  1. Future Business Leaders of America (10-12)
  2. Debate Club (10-12)
  3. International Games Club (9-12) - Secretary, President
  4. Economics Club (10-12) - Secretary
  5. Red Cross Club (10-12)
  6. Volunteer at library (Summers 2006-2009), Volunteer at Chinese School (10-12)
  7. Business Internship (Summer 2009)
  8. Teaching and Counselling at an orphanage in China (Summer 2009)
  9. Part-time employment as a lifeguard (10-12)
  10. Music - Piano (9-12), Trumpet for school band (9-12)</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
Will get National Merit Commended (217 PSAT)</p>

<p>Essays/Recommendations:
Essays: Will work hard on them over the summer
Teachers Recs: Will be from teachers that know me well
Guidance Counselor Rec: Generic</p>

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<p>Dear letsgo2college : Your unweighted GPA is an immediate flag on your application. Given how far you are down the high school road, the best you can do is advertise an exceptionally strong first half of your senior year. Your AP load (five courses total projection) seems light to bring about as great a difference between your unweighted and weighted averages as we are seeing. Based on your GPA, it would seem that you might be top quartile in your class, but not Top 10%.</p>

<p>From your activities, your leadership scope is limited. Sports are completely missing from your profile. Music experience is present (two instruments) and you should try to give a bit more information on these - marching band, pep band, pit band for the school play - anything more. Your volunteerism is sketchy and really does not provide much of a community sense. Honor societies and such are completely missing.</p>

<p>Your profile comes across as academically oriented, but not exceptionally strong - average academic profile with strong test scores. You are missing many aspects that would show you to be a contributor to the BC communiity.</p>

<p>While you might not like the answer, you are likely around 50/50 for acceptance into CSOM at BC. If you can fill in some of these gaps, your acceptance chances could greatly increase. Good luck in your final year of High School and keep pressing!</p>