Chances: Wharton (ED), Cornell AEM, Columbia, HYPS, Duke, CMU, Georgetown, SUNY Bing

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Scores and Stats:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 Math, 700 CR, 650 Writing (8 Essay) - probably will retake for writing
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math 2, 760 US History, 760 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 94.6 (1 B - sophomore English)
[<em>] Rank: 6 out of 123 (top 5%)
[</em>] APs are not offered before junior year, and only a few are offered junior year: Junior: Lang & Comp (4), US History (5); Senior: Calc BC/AB, Computer Science, Physics, Literature, Spanish</p>

<p>Course Load:
- Freshman: Geometry Honors, English Honors, Biology Honors, Health (1/2 year), Chorus, Spanish, Global History
- Sophomore: Algebra 2 and Trig Honors, English Honors, Chemistry Honors, Programming 1 and 2, Forensics, Spanish, Global History
- Junior: Precalculus Honors / AP Calc AB, AP Language and Composition, AP US History, Spanish Honors, Physics Honors, SAT Prep (1/2 year), Public Speaking (1/2 year), Advanced Web Design online at GoVHS
- Senior: AP Calc AB / AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, AP Physics, AP Literature, AP Spanish, Economics Honors (1/2 year), Participation in Government Honors (1/2 year)
- took all APs offered except Bio, Chem, and Euro </p>

<p>Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
- Excellence in Computing from R.I.T.
- 3rd place in Helicopter at regional science olympiad
- 2nd place in Forensics at regional science olympiad</p>

<p>Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]- Youth Leadership – 9, 10, 11, 12 (President of Marketing for Junior Achievement Company)
- Math League - 11, 12 (Treasurer 11, 12)
- Computer Club – 10, 11, 12 (Treasurer 11, 12)
- National Honor Society – 11, 12 (Treasurer 12)
- LEO Club – 9, 10
- JV Soccer – 9, 10
- Varsity Soccer - 11
- Travel Soccer – 9, 10
- JV Basketball – 9
- Student Government Representative – 10
- Model United Nations - 9, 10
- Rachel’s Challenge - 10 </p>

<p>Personal Info:
- State: NY
- School Type: small public about 120 students per class, and sends around 3-6 kids to ivies annually
- Intended Major: Finance / Economics
- Ethnicity: Hispanic (Argentinian) - White
- Gender: Male
- Legacy: No
- Hooks: URM?, Business experience</p>

<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: [/li]- All of the following activities fall under my main job, which I started in 6th grade. I maintain and operate a network of websites, and receive about 6 million monthly visitors. My network of websites has an estimated value over half a million dollars.
- Publisher with Google – 9, 10, 11, 12
- Web developer and Publisher at Jawa – 11, 12
- Publisher and Affiliate at Disney – 9, 10, 11, 12
- App Developer with Apple / Google – 10, 11,12
- Freelance services for Search Engine Marketing – 10, 11, 12
- Internship with friend on Search Engine Marketing, Domaining, and Online Advertising – 11 (lasikeyesurgery.com, musicvideos.com, cheapautoinsurance.com, etc.)
- Created and maintains company website for Blocosmetics (<a href="http://www.blocosmetics.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.blocosmetics.com&lt;/a&gt;), a startup by a friend – 10, 11, 12
- Mentorship program teaching teens how to blog and write correctly - 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]- 40 hrs freshman year for Youth Leadership
- 15 hours freshman year for LEO Club
- 10 hours sophomore year for LEO Club
- 32 hours junior year for National Honor Society
- 30+ hours senior year for National Honor Society – Soup Kitchen Program Lunchbox
- 40 hours junior and senior year - Created and maintain school soccer website spacksoccer.com – 11, 12
- 100 hours junior and senior year for mentorship teaching teens how to blog and write correctly</p>

<p>[li] Summer Activities:[/li]- iPhone App Development with iD Tech Programming Academy at Stanford University – 10
- Soup Kitchen Program Lunchbox - 11
- Full time jobs (see above)</p>

<p>[li] Essays:[/li]- on job experience / working to afford education / value of education - will be very unique and hopefully will set me apart</p>

<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:[/li]- will be good but probably not great</p>

<p>[li] Counselor Rec:[/li]- will be good but probably not great</p>

<p>[li] Additional Rec:[/li]- will have one excellent one from a job employer, possibly the CEO of a large company
- will have one from a board of directors at Penn who offered to write me a recommendation for my success in business</p>

<p>Anyone know how influential the SAT writing score is for my application?</p>

<p>I will chance back for all who chance me. Thank you for your help.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>The rec from the upenn director is huge for the ED wharton. Your standardized test scores aren’t too good for schools you are looking at, but, you seem capable enough of getting them up a lot next time you take it. You definitely are smart enough (incredible EC’s - that in itself is enough for any university by itself) and if you get these scores up your probably the best a candidate can get. Also to help you are Argentinian. Never a guarantee for most of the schools your looking at but your chances are good.</p>

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<p>ECs are fantastic so you will get in everywhere</p>

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<p>^ False information!</p>

<p>OP, obviously you have outstanding ECs which really reflect passion and that will certainly help a lot. However, I would recommend retaking the SAT. Colleges want to have a diverse class with lots of passion while also statistically looking good (GPA, SAT, whatnot). If you raise it to around a 2250, I’d say you have very good chances. Just don’t expect all acceptance letters (I’m certainly not). Colleges are so random these days, it’s difficult to predict acceptance. But good luck! :)</p>

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<p>just out of my own curiosity, what did you do for disney</p>

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<p>Thank you for your responses everyone. I think I will be able to bump my writing up a good 50 points and maybe get that perfect math score. Wish me luck! </p>

<p>I do affiliate advertising with Disney. I own a network of websites and on them I place advertisements that Disney and I privately negotiate and design.</p>

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<p>By the way, I saw that you go to vassar. I live down the street from vassar. Small world right?</p>

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<p>Whats your website called?</p>

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<p>I have quite a few actually. Around 25. The traffic for each is different and I really don’t have a main website. I have about 10 that each get over 100k visits a month.</p>

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<p>Entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of information usually tackled by people 10+ years older than you will be quite the interesting dimension to your application. I’ve worked in that field as well and I think you’ll be quite the Quaker.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your support! I see you attend northwestern, an excellent school! Are you majoring in a business related subject by any chance? Any suggestions to improve my chances?</p>

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<p>I don’t particularly believe in majoring in “business” unless it comes with a numbers background. I’m in Econ/Stat.</p>

<p>I would set aside plenty of time for introspection this summer. Yes, you have achieved a lot, but I’d suggest developing a story to tell about yourself, why you chose the paths you chose, what that demonstrates about yourself, and what that means for the future. More importantly, consider how each school will contribute to the continuation of your success as a person and how you will contribute to both the school and the community at large.</p>

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<p>Oh nice. I will be doing finance with a minor in economics. I think my theme is going to be stressing the value of education and how I worked to earn my college fund. In that I will detail all my accomplishments and such. Thank you for your response. Any other comments or chances?</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>my goal is to become a disney executive someday :)</p>

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