Give me your take on my chances -

Transfer Students
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<p>International student (south-asian)
Junior transfer to - Harvard, NYU, Brandeis, Northwestern, UPenn, Boston College
ACT : 34
Currently attending a women's liberal arts college
Math and Econ major
GPA : 3.2 (low due to a major drop in the gpa of one semester due to a death of a close relative and health issues)
Course load : hardest possible in current school
Current courses : Math 300-level: modern algebra
Econ 200-level : International Monetary systems
Econ 200-level : Intermediate macroeconomics
Mgmt 100-level : Principles of Financial Accounting
Mgmt 200-level : organizational behavior</p>

<p>EC : Treasurer, Multicultural Student Assc.
SGA rep : Math Liaison
one of 28 people selected for the emerging leaders program (90 applied)
Member, Amnesty International</p>

<p>Volunteer work : Significant.
Work Experience : Trading derivatives and stocks based on fundamental valuation and technical analysis with annualized returns of 90% (in the current market)</p>

<ul>
<li>Research Assistant (fall 2007), UNESCO - Translated english to another language. Performed statistical analysis. Recognized upto 50 different languages and integrated them with the translated data.</li>
<li>Math tutor (fall 2006)</li>
</ul>

<p>Internship : Applied to a leading investment bank. Awaiting response.</p>

<p>Bilingual and learning chinese presently.
So let me know your take on my profile. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Warning: I am not an expert and you shouldn't take my comments seriously. You must apply to your planned universities regardless of my opinion.</p>

<p>Your EC's are remarkable but your GPA is a big problem. It is way below the average GPA. 3.2 is a big NO NO for Ivies. </p>

<p>The following are reaches: NYU, Northwestern.
Match: Brandeis, Boston College</p>

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<p>I totally understand what you are trying to say. but, I am taking a heavy courseload this semester and I hope to push my gpa up. I got a 3.8 last semester(After ecs and working 12 hours/week). I just did badly in spring 2007 which is why my CGPA is not high.</p>

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<p>What would you GPA be without the Spring 2007. </p>

<p>Regardless, I would say it would be hard to get into an Ivy.</p>

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<p>My gpa would be a 3.75 in that case.
I also believe that getting the internship with the investment bank would increase my chances significantly. In addition to that, I am an active options trader which might give me an edge..but, thats just my idea.</p>

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<p>I take it you want to do Econ or Business at those respective schools? </p>

<p>Harvard/Penn: Reach (Harvard is probably more of a far reach (for anyone really). if you're applying to Wharton, I would think it would depend on your landing the internship)
Northwestern/NYU: Possible/Reach (NYU will definitely be harder if you apply to Stern, but I think you can explain your grades and have a good chance at these two schools)
BC/Brandeis: Match (BC says that they only look at transfers with 3.5s or something like that, but I feel like you can explain your situation. Brandeis is always looking for diversity, it's a predominantly Jewish school)</p>

<p>I'm sorry about your relative, and I'm glad that you've gotten back on track.</p>

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<p>Thanks , I am glad about that too :)</p>

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<p>Also,I am going to apply to CAS at NYU. At Penn, I am applying to college of Arts and Sciences.</p>

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<p>Impressive resume and scores, but your GPA is just too low to be even competitive for Ivies. You should definitely apply, but don't expect much.</p>