<p>Background: I am a 17 year old white male (junior) from the rural Midwest. I live in a small town with a small noncompetitive high school. Both parents are college graduates, mom a 4 year BA in Speech (now manages a 1000 employee call center) and dad is a P.E. teacher with a Masters in Exercise Physiology. Income combined will be >$150 next year.</p>
<p>Chance:
UPENN (Wharton), Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Cornell, UChichago, Notre Dame, University of Washington St. Louis, University of Rochester, University of Minnesota, Creighton</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>GPA: UW: 4.0/4.0 W:4.166/5 (technically /5 but there are not enough AP/College/Honors classes offered to get much higher then 4.3ish)</p>
<p>Rank: 1/25ish (I know I am 1 but I cant remember the exact number <em>technically</em> in my class)</p>
<p>Act: 32 composite (35 English, 28 Math, 34 English, 31 Science, writing was 9 first time and has not returned for the second)</p>
<p>SatII: Have not taken yet but planning MathII, Literature, and US Hist.</p>
<p>PSAT: 203 (probably will be NMS commended, might make state Semi-finalist in South Dakota if I am VERY lucky)</p>
<p>Schedule:
-Math: Alg 1(8th) Geometry (9th), Alg 2(10th), Honors* Trig (11th)
-Science: Physical Science (9th), Biology(10th), Honors Chemistry (10th)(1 of only 2 soph. to have this class), Honors Anatomy (11th)
-Social Science: World Hist/Geography (9th), U.S. Hist (10th), Govt. (11th)(1 semester), College Intro to Soc/College Intro to Pysch (11th)(Dual Credit)
-English: Comp/Speech (9th), World Lit (10th), American Lit (11th)
-Language: Spanish I(10th), Spanish II(11th)(our class was the first in our school to take Spanish 10, 11, rather then 11, 12)
-Other: Health/PE(9th), Computer Aps(9th), Technology Trades (11th) (this is essentially a continuation of my summer job, and leads into another summer position this year)</p>
<p>Planned Senior Classes:
I am working on this, either with AP classes over Long Distance Learning, or college classes from one of the two Universities 15 miles away since my school offers almost nothing I want to take. Not sure which is better, or how/if I can combined them. Any advice is appreciated.</p>
<p>*We don't call them Honors but they are 5 point weighted</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:</p>
<p>Sports:
Basketball Varsity (9th, 10th, 11th)
Football Varsity (9th, 10th, 11th) (Starter 10th and 11th)
Track and Field Varsity (9th, 10th, 11th)</p>
<p>All played since Elementary</p>
<p>Public Speaking/Fine Arts:
Oral Interpretation (9th, 10th, 11th) (Region Qualifier 9th, State Superior Award 10th and 11th)
School Play (9th, 10th, 11th) (Lead or Co-lead each year)
HS Chorus (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th) (All-State Alternate 11th)</p>
<p>Academic: </p>
<p>State Science Olympiad (7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th) (At least 1 medal each year)
Quiz Bowl (8th, 9th, 10th) (No team for 11th)
Student Council (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th) (Secretary/Treasurer 10th, VP 11th)</p>
<p>Summer:
10th: Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Seminar
11th(this summer):
Boys State,
Youth Business Adventure (semi-selective program at local college),
REA Youth Tour (All expense paid trip to Washington D.C., but not an academically selective or prestigious program)
FTE Economics for Future Leaders (I have been waitlisted for the Cornell Seminar with decision on May 2nd)</p>
<p>Volunteer:
-100+ documented hours of community service (easily 200+ if I estimate from freshman and sophomore year, and will be another 100+ this year)
This Includes:
-Raised ~$300 for Pediatric Cancer though Alex's Lemonade Stand
-3 Years teaching Sunday School
-3 Years Teaching Vacation Bible School
-Helping the local FCA
-Helping out feeding Homeless though Welcome Table/Local Food Pantry
-Serving as the Student Coordinator for our 2 Blood Drives this year
-Heading up our Student Council's recycling project which got plastics containers put in all of the MS/HS rooms</p>
<p>Awards:
Presidential Service Award Bronze (100+ hours in 1 year) achieved though HOBY
High Honor Role (all years)
Perfect Attendance (11th)
Varsity Basketball "Raider Award" for Sportsmanship, Attitude, and Effort (9th, 10th)
School Play "Rising Actor" (9th), "Most Valuable Actor" (10th)</p>
<p>LORs: Interp Coach/English Teacher, Science Teacher, Councilor/Student Council Adviser
All will be great</p>
<p>Work: Part time at the school as a Tech Coordinator/IT assistant last summer
I own and hope to start building my own Network Marketing Business</p>
<p>Essay: Hopefully great, I believe I am good writer </p>
<p>Comments: Obviously not a difficult schedule but it is the most difficult offered by my school. As you can see in a small school you tend to be involved with everything to help your friends. I like to take an active leadership role whenever possible, but I am worried I lack Nationally Competitive EC's/Honors, but honestly never knew/considered these things until this year.</p>
<p>I also fear that applying to top business schools it will hurt that my lowest ACT score is in math. I want to major in Finance with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. Its not like I want to be a theoretical economists, quantitative investor, etc. so I figure I can handle basic accounting and low-mid level Calc, but will colleges agree?</p>
<p>Feel free to chance me( I encourage it) but I am more interested in advice and overall chances then random guesses and/or telling me what I obviously know (i.e. Creighton is a very low match dude! or HYPS is a crapshoot) If you are going to say this please offer some advice with it lol :P</p>