I’m applying soon to all business schools. My top choices are NYU, Michigan, Boston College, and Cornell
I will be applying ED to one of these.
Freshman year:
Honors Spanish 2 A
Geometry Advanced (my school offers a level in between honors and regular) A
History B+
Biology 1 A
English 1 A
Sophomore year:
Honors Spanish 3 A
Honors History 1 A
Honors Chemistry A
Algebra 2 Advanced A
English 2 A
Junior Year:
Honors Precalc A
Honors English A
US AP A
Spanish 4 AP
Psychology AP
Honors Physics 1
My senior year schedule is set to be
AP BC Calc
AP Physics 2
AP Statistics
AP Euro
AP Spanish 5
AP Language
SAT Score was 2100+
Unweighted GPA: 3.9 Weighted: Around 4.26
I have extra curricular activities, but I’m not going to waste time listing all of them.
I’ve had pretty noticeable improvement from freshman year to junior year, which I heard is ok, but don’t colleges want to see absolute perfection?
If any, which school do I have the best shot at?
Thanks
Although our guesses aren’t necessarily too great or accurate or detailed on CC, it’d help to actually list those EC’s of yours. None of those colleges are going to admit you solely based on those grades and classes.
Any guess of ours off of just this list would be almost worthless.
Boston College does not have ED. It does have EA but it is selective EA, which means unless your application is way up there, they will not consider it.
These are pretty approximate, because I am ignoring residency and I can’t really adjust for your intended major without the your SAT splits (I assumed 700/700/700), but good enough to get an idea of where the schools sit relative to each other.
Cornell: 15%
NYU: 35%
Boston College 45%
Michigan 45%
@evanian15 Alrighty
Model UN 11-12
Youth and Government 11-12
2 different clubs at my school 11-12
Licensed soccer referee since middle school
Freshman soccer, then Cross Country/Track since winter of freshman year.
Earned 5 varsity letters from cross/track (to date, set to earn 3 more senior year)
Around 150 hours community service
Symphonic Band 9-12
Jazz Band 11-12
National Honors Society
Spanish National Honors Society
I think that’s it, there may be more but I’m blanking.
Does this help?
Your ECs are OK but many kids have those.
Where are you from and ethnicity may help at BC.
@NickFlynn Are those the acceptance rates, or my chances?
Your chances, based on test scores / GPA and the published college data.
@BatesParents2019 New Jersey. White.
Yes, that helps. You’re definitely at least competitive for all of them, but as someone already mentioned, it’s not uncommon/special among top applicants to these schools. I’d say your essays and recommendations are what’d greatly improve your chances. But as of now, I think you have relatively good chances in comparison to the average applicant.
Regarding your original post, although perfection would be nice, it’s impossible to attain. Colleges know that, so I wouldn’t worry about it, especially since you improved in grades with progressively harder classes.
I think you have the best shot at the school you like the most, especially in ED/EA rounds. Admissions will see your passion for their school in your essays, as well as the fact that you’re applying early. That helps. Obviously some are more selective than others but I wouldn’t suggest you let that deter you from applying. Trying to beat the odds is your best bet in my opinion.
@evanian15 So if I write an original/top essay and get good recommendations, how good would you say my chances are?
Also, just how much do highly selective schools like these ones value improvement? The kids that have gotten into these schools from my high school have been very good since freshman year, and I can’t say the same, though I feel I have improved quite a lot.
If you are from NJ. Lehigh and Bucknell should at least be on your list. Business placements from these two are outstanding. The alumni are first rate. We love Lehigh and Bucknell kids.
I think you will get in BC but again it’s a tough school and could go either way.
BTW, TCNJ would be a great safety. The business school is highly regarded.
I live in NJ too.
If your recommendations and essays are fantastic, I think the chances of getting in are in your favor. I hesitate to plop a number or percentage on there because I don’t have a reliable way to calculate chances, but if I had to I’d say at least 6 out of 10 for all of them, with higher chances for the less selective ones, assuming your school-specific essays are equally impressive to each one.
I’ve talked about improvement to two different admissions officers for two very different schools, and both said “it depends.” It depends on where you started, what school you’re in, what classes you’re taking, which school you’re applying to, etc. However, improvement can only help you. Don’t worry too much about the other kids too much, they’re just a handful out of tens of thousands of kids applying, all with different stories. Although they’re from the same high school that doesn’t necessarily affect you in regards to these colleges. For every student who was consistently good, there’s another who improved, and another who fell.