<p>I am looking to get either a Finance or Econ major. I want to go to a top school but my GPA is terrible and I have shotty leadership outside of school. In the classroom, I lead the groups I am in and participate a lot in class. I will be applying RD to all schools in January. Is that bad?</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: N/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3/3.4 UW, but since last trimester of Sophomore year to end of Senior trimester, I have averaged a 3.6 GPA.
[li] High School Course load: 5 AP, 6 Honors. I have taken at least 50% honors or AP classes. I would have taken more but scheduling conflicts with French. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%? Maybe 25%</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn't take</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP econ, French 5, Physics, AP English LIT, Psych, Honors Precalc.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I started my own company in June of this year. On pace to make $50,000 revenue in first year. Wrote about it in essays</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Worked online as a Freelancer doing SEO/reputation management since December 2012. Helped Canadian company generating $50+ M with reputation, celebrity doctor, and a lawyer. Jimmy John's for 2 months</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: None. Would it help? If I got like 200 hours or so.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities: Went to africa for 2 months to visit family. Not really relevant but....</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: I think they are good. I wrote about my first business failing and why I like business.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: Both of the teachers liked me, so I think pretty good. One teaches my major.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Generic.I barely knew her</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American. I was born in Africa but came to the us in 2003.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): <40k family of 6
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
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General comments: I didn't really have a guide throughout high school so I was pretty clueless about the admissions process. I took challenging classes for my school, I participated in class and teachers liked me. I didn't get involved in school because of transportation issues but I followed my passions outside of the classroom.</p>
<p>School List(For Econ [LSA/CAS/Arts&sciences not] or Finance):</p>
<p>*University of Pennsylvania CAS- Econ(#1 Choice!)
*University of Michigan(OOS)
*University of Minnesota - Carlson(in-state)
*University of Wisconsin at Madison
*NYU Stern
*Cornell (Econ),Columbia(econ), Brown(econ)
*U Chicago(econ)</p>
<p>Can anyone suggest some match schools? I need FA since I don't like or want loans. I want to be start my own business but I need job security too.</p>