Hey CC! Senior year is right around the corner and I was looking for some advice on my college selection and chances. I am looking to go to school for math (preferably to a school that has a strong Economics/Finance major and good Wall Street placement). I can afford $30-40k/year and have a family income of 100k/year (one parent is currently out of work, otherwise it would be up around 200k). Just a preference thing; I love the city but being near one is not a must. Here is my list of colleges (I realize it is very top-heavy with no matches or safeties and that there are a lot of schools, so if you have any suggestions please let me know!) and my stats:
Reaches: Harvard, UPenn, MIT (applying EA, I’m in love with MIT), Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Stanford, CMU, UCB, UChic
High Matches; UCLA, USC, NYU
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35 - 36E 35M 34R 36S 8W (took once)
SAT II (subject, score): waiting for scores, most likely 780-800 Math 2 and 780-800 Physics. If lower than 780, I may retake.
Unweighted GPA: 99.2
Weighted GPA: 104.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/602
AP (place score in parentheses): Statistics (Self Study) 5, Waiting on Physics 1, Calc BC, Lang, & APUSH (Should be 4s and 5s)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Physics C, Gym, AP Lit, AP Psych, Business Law, AP French, Photography. Self-Studying Multivar Calc, Linear Alg, & Diff Eq
Awards: Widener High School Leadership Award, 2 time first in the state at DECA (Professional Selling), Top 10 Test at International Level, 2 time FBLA National Leadership Conference Qualifier (Financial Math and Banking & Financial Systems), 1500/1520 PSAT so most likely NM Semi.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
DECA (9-12, Treasurer 11th, VP of Leadership 12th)
FBLA (9-12, VP of Education 11th, President 12th)
Business Education Honor Society (Treasurer 11th, waiting for positions for 12th)
Mu Alpha Theta (11-12, President 12)
Freshmen Transition (Executive Board)
Junior Achievement 10-12
Peer Outreach 9-12
Math League 9-12
NHS & French NHS 11-12
Job/Work Experience:
Own my own social media agency (11-12, have worked with around 10-11 businesses on both local and national levels)
Cashier at local restaurant (9-12)
Clinic Soccer Ref (9-10)
Volunteer/Community Service: Probably around 600 hours, misc stuff
Summer Experience: MIT Launch Sophomore Year, Wharton LBW Junior Year
Essays:
Most likely going to write about failure in business and how it caused me to make both a business and a personal change that was successful, failure in DECA that resulted in a personal change (thinking I would breeze through competition, losing, and consequently developing a strong work ethic that helped me to place internationally for my test score), or my hobby of producing electronic music in my free time.
Other
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Strengths: Strong in math, have taken 3 courses at local CC to help me get ahead. Strong in business, owning my own start up.