Final Chance Thread

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800M, 800R, 720 W) one sitting

SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 USH, 700 Literature

Unweighted GPA: 3.93

Weighted GPA: 4.67

Rank: Not given but probably top 1-2%

AP: U.S. History (5), Statistics (5), Art History (4), Calculus BC (5), English Language and Composition (5), Macroeconomics (5), Government (5), Physics I (4), Computer Science (4)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, Multivar Calc & Diff Eqs, AP Euro, HN English IV, HN Entrepreneurship, AP Physics C, AP Lit and Comp

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:

Volunteer Group (Part of Core Members): Travel every Saturday to one of the worst cities in the country and teach disadvantaged youths math, reading and social skills. Also run various drives to help the general community of the city. Over 400 hours served.

Model UN (Co-Secretary General): Fairly obvious what MUN is. Awards: 2x Best Delegate, 2x Honorable Mention, 1x Best Position Paper, 1x Best Novice at regional conferences with approximately 200 delegates in all.

Interact Club (Vice President): Liaison between club volunteers and community. Help project leaders in the community find volunteers from the club. Canvass local volunteer opportunities for club members. Over 60 hours served

Math Club (Co-President): Participate in math competitions with team. Top 3 finishes past 3 years in county. Highest individual scorer for team last year.

Varsity Golf for past 2 years

First Tee Golf Program Junior Coach

Business Related Extracurriculars - put these ECs either as an attached resume or additional info along with more selective summer programs

Coursera and edX Online Courses

  • Introduction to Financial Accounting (Wharton)
  • Global Trends for Business and Society (Wharton)
  • The Global Business of Sports (Wharton)
  • Probability (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Financial Markets (Yale)
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior (Duke)
  • Advertising and Society (Duke)
  • An Introduction to Personal Financing (UC-Irvine)
  • Understanding the Federal Reserve (New York Institute of Finance)

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s Meeting - attended 6 out of last 7 years (wrote about it in Penn essay)

Columbia Student Investment Management Conference - attended past 2 years

Wharton Business Events

  • Attended a stock pitch competition by Wharton MBA Students in 2012
  • Attended a lecture by Professor David Robinson regarding LEGOs and innovation

eBay Entreprenurial Venture

  • Have raised over $3,100 to date selling items on eBay
  • Research collectible Lego sets that will appreciate in value over time
  • Research bundled products that can be sold individually for return on investment

Summer Activities:

Leadership in the Business World at Wharton - rising senior
Wharton Moneyball Academy - rising senior
Yale Young Global Scholars Politics, Law, and Economics - rising junior
HOBY Youth Leadership Program - rising junior
JHU CTY - rising sophomore

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App - 8/10 about volunteer experience (didn’t write anything along the lines of I realized how much better I had it)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 8/10 - Precalc/Calc BC Teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 7/10 - AP Macro teacher
Counselor Rec: 8/10 - Students essentially write it for them
Additional Rec: 9/10 - Really amazing rec from volunteer director

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks : Legacy - Parent went undergrad and grad at Wharton, Other Parent went to NYU Dental

Schools:
UPenn (Wharton) - ED
UChicago - EA
Rutgers - EA
WashU (Olin) - RD
NYU (Stern) - RD
Cornell (AEM) - RD
Duke - RD
Yale - RD
Northwestern - RD

Thanks so much. Will chance back!

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Good shot at most of these schools. Looks like you have a good mix of UG Business and Liberal Arts Schools. If really interested in business would recommend sending your app to a couple more of the top UG business schools.

Just a comment: surprised you only got a 720 in Writing given your scores on the other sections. That’s probably the easiest section improve and get close to an 800 in.

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If this is all legitimate, you’ll be going to Wharton next year.

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@qwertyzxc Thanks for the chance. My MC subscore was 75 on writing I just completely messed up the essay.
@NashSaddle Haha thanks for the chance. Fortunately, this is all legit.

Also I forgot to add Georgetown McDonough to the list.

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I was talking mostly about UVA and Michigan - both are highly recruited for finance positions. But Georgetown is not a bad alternative

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@qwertyzxc Thanks for the advice.

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bump

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Honestly your chances look solid for every school listed, excluding Wharton and Yale. You definitely have the academic profile for admittance into wharton and yale, but since they are so selective it is very hard to chance. The other schools: duke, nyu, wash u and northwestern are matches. Good luck. Can you chance be back for ED to NYU stern?

GPA: 3.8 UW and 4.15 W
SAT Score: 1470/1600 (740 M and 730 CR)
SAT 2: 800 Math 2, and 740 USH

thanks

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I think you have a good shot for UPenn ED, and mid reach of the rest.

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@SternBusiness why have you been giving advice about NYU in threads if you are not even a student here yet.

To chance you: you’ll need to provide more info than that. Gone are the days where you can get into Stern with high stats alone. You have decent stats but Stern receives enough applicants to fill their class many times over with students that have 1500+ SATs and perfect GPAs. Applying ED is a boost however.

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@qwertyzxc half the people on this website are not in college yet. That does not mean I can’t chance someone for a school.

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If anyone could chance me as well it would be great!
School Applying to: Georgetown SFS (School of foreign service)
EA
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
CR- 760 M- 710 (2110)

[ *] ACT:

[ *] SAT II:

[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65, 3.5 freshman and soph. , 4.0 Junior year with 4 AP’s and 2 Honors (GT)
5.0 Weighted

[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 out of 240

[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Calc AB (5)
French (4)
World History (4)
Psych (5)
Lang and Comp (4)
Comp Sci (5)

[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):

[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Env Science
AP Calc BC
AP Econ (Micro and Macro)
Honors English
Internship/Study Program

[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
State Page Representative
Northrop Grumman High School Innovation Challenge (1st place and 3rd)
AP Scholar With Distinction

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate (Captain, National and State level competitions)
Baseball (JV and Varsity)
South Asian Student Association (Founder, President)
Engineering Team (Founder, Leader)
NHS
NTHS
SNHS
HOBY Youth Leadership
Model Congress

[ *] Job/Work Experience:
Intern With U.S. Senator

[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Over school requirement (organized events that have garnered 200+ man hours)

[ *] Summer Activities:
Youth World Leadership Congress
U of MD Young Scholars Program

[ *] Essays:
Good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
Great
[ *] Counselor Rec:
Average
[ *] Additional Rec:
Great (From Senator who I Intern for)

Other
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Econ
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Small Magnet High School
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sikh (first generation attending college in US)

Feedback and chances would be greatly appreciated

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@Dilan412 I think youre solid for most of those schools. Great ec’s and great grades/tests. But then again, it becomes a crap shoot at high levels like this so its hard to really make a good estimate.