chances of getting into business schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm from NY, and i go to a public school that usually sends 1 or 2 people to ivy leagues. I am Indian (from the country) and I am a guy.</p>

<p>I have a 95 average(unweighted) so far and am in the top 10% of my grade (200 kids) (my school doesnt rank).</p>

<p>So far I have taken 3 AP's and I am in 4 APs this year(Gov, Lit, Calc, Bio).</p>

<p>US History 4
Chemistry 5
Macroeconomics 4</p>

<p>I am also taking regular physics and college accounting (this will be weighted as an ap class cause i will be getting college credit for this from Long Island University/ CW Post) this year.</p>

<p>SAT:
1980
740M 640CR 600W</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math IIC - 690
Chemistry - 710
US History - 740</p>

<p>ACT:
31</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:
-3 Years JV Tennis (probably varsity this year but it is in spring)
-Matheletes 9,10,12
-Brainstormers 12
-NHS 12</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
National Student Leadership Conference - Entrepreneurship & Business at American University</p>

<p>Biotechnology Camp at Stony Brook University (spend 4 weeks there and do research)</p>

<p>Spanish I (A) and II(A-) at Stony Brook University
Economics I(A) at Stony Brook University</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
Principals List 9 and 10 (95 or higher)
Honor Roll 11 and 12 (90 or higher)
Programming Award (lol) 9</p>

<p>Schools:
University of Michigan
Lehigh University
Boston College
Carnegie Mellon
Notre Dame
Emory
Cornell
UPenn
Washington University in St. Louis
Harvard</p>

<p>I am doing ED for UPenn.</p>

<p>Go all out, I want to know my chances. Thanks in advance =P</p>

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<p>Your stats are similar to mine haha, i'm also top 10% and 31 ACT ;)</p>

<p>U of M - Match / Slight Reach (OOS)
Lehigh - Match
Boston College - Match
Carnegie Mellon - Slight Reach
Notre Damn - Slight Reach / Reach
Emory - Slight Reach / Reach
Cornell/Washu - Reach
Havard/UPenn - ...close to none :(</p>

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<p>lol I have been looking at other peoples stats, they are insane... I wish I had done more ECs. I really want to go to UPenn but i very much doubt that i will get in. :(</p>

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<p>any other people wanna comment? its a little too late to do anything else but suggestions would be helpful :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, my EC's are better then yours by a little. When I look at other ppl on this board I see 4.0 34's :(. Wah. I swear like at least 50% of the top 99% of this nation must post on this site haha</p>

<p>Oh btw I hope you have a safety...</p>

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<p>none of those are safeties? what would be a good safety school for business?</p>

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<p>does it help me that my school offers very few EC's and during my junior year there werent any cause the budget didnt pass...</p>

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<p>Safe Matches would be Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Washington, or Minnesota. (Illinois is highest ranked of these --about 12-14th in the business ratings). Different schools have different specialties--Illinois (accounting), Wisconsin (computers), Minnesota (quality and business processes), etc.</p>

<p>Good safeties for you would be Indiana, Pittsburgh, Bentley, or Oregon. (Indiana is ranked top 10/11 in business by both USNW and Business Week, but not as highly ranked in the overall school rankings--for example not as high as a school like Illinois overall--since Indiana has no engineering school)</p>

<p>U of Michigan - Match (OOS)
Lehigh/Boston College - Match
Carnegie Mellon/Notre Dame - Slight Reach
Cornell/WUSL/Emory - Reach
Harvard/UPenn -Giant Reach (P.S. Harvard has no undergraduate business school)</p>

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<p>thanks Calcruzer, but what are you refering to when you say the state? there is more than one school in those states lol.... (i understand bentley but i mean the others)</p>

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<p>Sorry, I guess I should be more clear. When I say Colorado, I mean University of Colorado (main campus), which in this case is the University of Colorado at Boulder. Same for the others: Indiana--Indiana University at Bloomington; Illinois--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Wisconsin--University of Wisconsin at Madison; Pittsburg--University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh; Oregon--University of Oregon at Eugene; Minnesota--University of Minnesota at Twin Cities; and Washington--University of Washington at Seattle.</p>

<p>Oh, and Michigan is University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor and UPenn is University of Pennsylvania (it only has one campus--in Philadelphia)--but I think you know those two.</p>

<p>Lastly, I should have mentioned Purdue as a safety also. It has a very good business school.</p>

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<p>No, it doesn't matter that your school offers few ECs. Nost great ECs are outside of school.</p>

<p>If your school send only a couple to ivies, and you're only top 10%, why would you be one of them?</p>

<p>Agree Harvard and Wharton are not worth the application fee.</p>

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<p>bump, i remembered a couple things that i could add</p>

<p>i have been in science research since 9th grade
i got honorable mention in 9th and 10th and outstanding achievement in 12th grade at the Long Island Science Congress (science competition)
i spent a 3 weeks at Stony Brook University learning research techniques with a researcher there</p>

<p>does it help that my cousin is in WUSL right now?
and that i have a twin who will also be going to college at the same time as me?
and that i am Indian?</p>

<p>please let me know if any of this even makes a difference... thanks in advance</p>

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<p>also i participated in Suffolk County Math Teachers Association Math Tournament and in a NY State poster contest about wastewater treatment but i didnt get any awards in either</p>

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<p>Let me brutally honest with you:</p>

<p>University of Michigan - match / reach
Lehigh University - match
Boston College - match / reach
Carnegie Mellon - reach
Notre Dame - match / reach
Emory - reach
Cornell - rejected
UPenn - rejected
Washington University in St. Louis - rejected
Harvard - rejected</p>

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<p>thanks datadriven, i was expecting something like that but my parents are pushing me to apply to all those schools because of the "slim" chance i have of getting in lol. Since my cousin is going to WUST right now does that improve my chances there?</p>

<p>flootloop, i want to stay in the general northeast so if you have any suggestions in this region feel free =P
calcruzer mentioned pittsburg and indiana before, those are kinda close</p>

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<p>bump, anyone wanna answer my other questions lol</p>

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<p>i just remembered i have done like 40 hours of community service at a local Head Start program (helping with underprivilaged kids)
does that help me =P</p>

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<p>I guess i can write out my grades...</p>

<p>9th
Chorus 96
Computer Programming 1 96
English 9 100
Global History 1 Honors 92
Living Environment (Biology) Honors 96
Math 2 Honors 100
Gym 100
Spanish 2 100</p>

<p>10th
Business Computer Applications 99
Chemistry Honors 93
English 10 Honors 87
Global History 2 Honors 91
Math 3 Honors 96
Gym 100
Science Research 100
Spanish 3 92
Wall Street 100</p>

<p>11th
AP Chemistry 82
English 11 93
Health 98
AP Macroeconomics 92
Gym 97
Pre-Calculus Honors 97
Science Research 99
AP US History 88</p>

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<p>alot of those schools don't have ugrad business programs...</p>