Cornell AEM/Wharton - Am I on track?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First off, thank you for taking the time to help a fellow CCer. I haven't thought about college admissions before, but my friends got me into this frenzy last week and I'd like to know where I stand.</p>

<p>I'm aiming for Cornell AEM or the Wharton School at Penn, so I'd really appreciate any feedback you may have.</p>

<p>PERSONAL INFO
- rising junior
- Asian female from suburbs of NJ
- average public school
- privileged background </p>

<p>STATS
- class rank: 8/300
- GPA: UW 4.0, W 4.2</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2360 (800/800/760)</li>
<li><p>SAT II: World 800, Lit 760</p></li>
<li><p>AP: World 5, Macro 5, Computer Science A 5</p></li>
<li><p>hardest courseload possible</p></li>
</ul>

<p>EC ACTIVITIES
- FBLA: state officer, organized statewide projects
- Local magazine: columnist (I need this job to pay for my FBLA travel costs)
- Charity organization club: school president, raised $30,000 for the organization, featured on national newspaper
- Charity organization: outreach volunteer, organized citywide awareness events
- Violin: student</p>

<p>AWARDS
- FBLA: many regional, state, national awards
- Community service: regional and national awards
- Violin: state awards</p>

<p>SUMMERS
- college credit programs in finance
- volunteer violin teacher
- internship with charity organization</p>

<p>Any advice, where to improve, recommendations, etc etc all appreciated.</p>

<p>Again, thank you for offering your insight and knowledge to help me through this college admissions frenzy.</p>

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<p>Yes you definitely seem to be on the right track and an excellent fit for those schools. Keep focusing on the leadership/community service activities</p>

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<p>Hey, you definitely seem to be on track for both of those schools! I would say that you have a great chance at Cornell, but I’m not sure about Penn…I too am from an average public school, and even some of our top students (with VERY good resumes) were rejected from Warton.
If I were you, I think one of the few things you could do to boost your resume is to just keep racking up those volunteer hours.</p>

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<p>Looking good.</p>

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<p>Yes, Wharton would be the perfect place for you to hone your leadership skills. I hope to see you here in two years. Keep up the good work!</p>

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<p>Can you PM me? I need to ask you a couple of questions OP</p>

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<p>Thanks for your replies, everyone. Hopefully in the future I will be able to draw advice from my own experiences to help our younger CCers too. </p>

<p>redivorys: sure, I PMed you :)</p>

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<p>I think your application could benefit from more “unique” ECs. You certainly have some strong leadership experiences, but FBLA/charity/violin does not really make you stand out.</p>

<p>Grades/scores are excellent</p>