<p>Sex: Male
Ethnicity: South Asian
Location: TN
School: Highly Competitive Public High School
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Class Rank: ~50 out of 500</p>
<p>SAT I Math Score: 750
SAT I CriticalReading Score: 800
SAT I Writing Score: 740
2230 in total (retook it, waiting for score)
SAT II – World History – 800, Bio M – 800, Math II – 660 (I think I misbubbled, I’m retaking it)</p>
<p>Activities
Knowledge Bowl (Captain) (Our school has won the two years I have been on the team so far)
Science Olympiad Team
Conducting research throughout the year in Pharmaceutical Sciences (since 9th grade)
Model UN (all 4 years)
Couple of other clubs
Awards:
I’ve had awards in all of the above that I mentioned.
I also got a perfect score for the National Latin Exam.</p>
<p>Internships/Volunteering
I volunteer in the local library every now and then.
I volunteered in a local hospital over my 9th grade summer.
Local old age homes.
~300 hours volunteering and interning in my local Congressional campaign. Worked another 100 hours in other local campaigns.
Volunteer in my school, tutoring math.</p>
<p>AP classes: should mostly be 5s with a couple of 4s. (by the time I’m done with senior year)
World History (5)
English Comp
Physics B
Chemistry
U.S. History
Biology
English Lit
Calc BC
Psychology
I also plan on taking Stat, Econ (2), and Gov. (2) APs on my own.</p>
<p>My essays are going to be about why I want to study Business and especially Finance. (I see Finance as the art and science of identifying success.)</p>
<p>You have a good chance. Your class rank is kind of low but the fact that you go to a highly competitive high school might make up for it. What % of students from your class will matriculate to top colleges?</p>
<p>My school sends about 20-25 to top schools. This year: 3 to Princeton, 2 to Harvard, 1 to Stanford, Yale, Dartmouth, MIT, and many more to the lower Ivies and equivalents. And it was a weaker class than usual.</p>
<p>Btw, Ivy Hopeful, are you already in at Wharton?</p>
<p>Unlike most ppl, I dont have an interest in business just because you can make money. I want to study Finance because, to me at least, it is the study of perfection. Of course, I am implying I want to go into investment banking or some other related field. I've been investing in the virtual stock market for at least four years (with market-beating success) and I realized that I'm obsessed. So, to me its about passion. And my ECs point to that too. I dont have too much of a business background, but whatever i did, i put my heart into it. My only disappointment is my GPA and rank.</p>
<p>And I've lived in another country for most of my life, can speak four languages not including English, etc. So, i add diversity i guess.</p>
<p>Read Rich Dad Poor Dad. If you are in business for any reason other than to make money, you are bound to fail. Whaton won't buy that 'I just want to go into finance because it is a perfect art junk for a minute' You might feel that way, but do you honestly think they are going to believe it?</p>
<p>BTW. You are a typical asian. I was expecting to see a stellar athlete. Now that is an atypical asian.</p>
<p>Your grades/scores are competitive, but by reading your app, I would never have guessed business. Hospital, Political volunteer, model UN. It is scattered, but I would have said Pre-Med or Political Sci major. Business never even crossed my mind. That lack of focus on your application makes it quite doubtful that you will be admitted.</p>
<p>Well, I didnt have any oppurtunities to do Business (I'm not too rich, plus I'm an international and not allowed to practice Business in the US). So, I decided to concentrate on leadership. I've had a really good portfolio with over 45 to 50 percent profit per year for the past four years. Thats more than a lot of professionals can say about their portfolios. So, if I had the money and legal status to invest for real, I could have paid for college completely on my own.</p>