Does this Indian junior from NJ have what is takes to get into a business school?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background
Location: NJ
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
School Type: Very good public, sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>Stats/Grades
Freshman: Geo HNS (B), Bio HNS (B), Language Arts I (A), World Hist (A), French II (B), Orchestra (A), Health (A), Gym (A)</p>

<p>Sophomore: Adv Alg II HNS (A), Chem HNS (B), American Studies I HNS (A), Language Arts II HNS (A), French 3 (A), Orchestra (A), Drivers Education (A), Gym (A)</p>

<p>Junior (projected): Precalc HNS (A), AP Bio (C)<em>, AP US Hist (B)</em>, Gender Roles in Literature HNS (B)*, Art of Essay HNS (A), French 4 HNS (A), Orchestra (A), Health (A), Gym (A)</p>

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<li>Too late to bring up grade, so please do not say "try increasing your GPA"</li>
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<p>Senior: AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP French, Search for Self HNS, Passport to World HNS, Physics HNS, Orchestra, Health, Gym</p>

<p>Health, Gym, and Drivers education were all mandatory courses.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.6 UW, 4.1 W
SAT: 1490/2220 (800 M, 690 CR, 730 W)
SAT II: Will take Bio and Math Level 2
APs: Will take Bio and US Hist</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
1. Chess Club (9-12) - Secretary
2. Economics Club (10-12) - Secretary
3. FBLA (11-12)
4. Red Cross Club (10-12)
5. Junior State of America (11-12)
6. Indian Classical Music
7. Violinist for school orchestra, not sure if this counts as an EC</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work Experience
1. Hospital (10-12) ~100 hours
2. Library (9-12) ~50 hours
3. Work as a tutor at a learning center (10-12)
4. Will do a business-related internship over the summer</p>

<p>Honors/Awards
1. Will get national merit commended, maybe semifinalist (217 PSAT)
2. Will join Math Honors Society (only seniors can join)</p>

<p>Colleges
NYU (Stern)**
Emory**
Michigan**
Boston College (Carroll)**
Villanova
Lehigh
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Indiana University--Bloomington (Kelley)
Babson College
Rutgers</p>

<p>**Top choices</p>

<p>I am very worried about my low GPA. I cannot improve my C in AP Bio. I am actually struggling to maintain a C average in that class. I improved sophomore year, but I have a major downward trend this year. What if I get straight As in the first semester of next year? Will that help? Or am I screwed for my top choices?</p>

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<p>pros: great SAT score, you’re taking hard classes in a good school</p>

<p>cons: the B in Ush isnt spilled milk because it is an AP class h/o the bio is gonna hurt</p>

<p>you’re gpa is salvagable with the reast of your pacakage</p>

<p>have u done anything over the summer</p>

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<p>brown14 - I will do an internship this summer, but I still need to find out where. Also, I will take online economics and accounting courses so I can meet the graduation requirement. In my school, we need an elective to graduate, but I am in orchestra, so I cant do an elective. So I will take economics and accounting over the summer so that I can get credit.</p>

<p>In the past three summers, I have volunteered at a my local library’s “Summer Teen Volunteer Program.” I will also do that this summer. And I have volunteered at the hospital and worked as a tutor, but those are year-round, not just the summer.</p>

<p>Thats basically it for what I did in the summer. If I get a 5 on the AP Bio exam and a good score (750+) on the SAT II Bio, will that make up for my C?</p>

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<p>The thing is, on the application from what I’ve heard, is that you don’t put your score on there.
That’s what kept me away from self studying another 3 ap’s.</p>

<p>From all the advice i was given:</p>

<p>A Higher Sat Score (I’m looking at a 2350 ish) > more and all 5 ap’s</p>

<p>Of course, a 5 is preferable, but, forgive me if its “bad” advice (it’s just my resolution), I would spend a bit more time on SAT’s as it is one of the few things that colleges put much weight on and is also standardized (compared to Ap’s)</p>

<p>Thats just my two cents worth.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>i agree im the same boat as u- high sat/decent gpa
we both gotta work on bringing up our scores
thats the best advice i can give</p>

<p>and show interest in ur major…esp for these big time programs like stern</p>