<p>Hi guys, my name's Jack and I'm new to this forum.</p>
<p>So, I need some advice from all you bright minds out there regarding supplements to colleges. (What follows is kind of a story)</p>
<p>Unlike most people, I was lucky to know what I wanted to do in the future, at age 11. </p>
<p>It was my first day of middle school, and I was purchased a pack of Trident of 99 cents plus tax, making it 1.08. Some random person decided that he wanted a piece of gum, I decided to smugly ask him to buy the entire pack for $2. Surprised, he took the offer and was more ecstatic than I was. It was at that point that a light bulb above my head switched on, and an entrepreneurial mindset crept it. It has been my passion for well over 6 years (And also my essay topic).</p>
<p>So I started "hustling" (buying from Sam's and reselling) candy, and throughout middle school made well over $50,000 in 3 years, where 48% of that was profit. Throughout High School, I had created other start-ups just for simple spending money. I begun work as a Social Media Consultant (teaching older generations on how to use facebook and twitter), and importing from china and reselling on ebay/amazon. I was making approximately $500-900 a week working 3-4 hours a day behind my computer screen. I even had my own warehouse! (My garage!)</p>
<p>So, Senior year rolls around, and I decide to take things further. I can now say that I am the proud owner of Kizag Developments, a company currently operating under a Sole Proprietorship. Notice I used the word company - Texas recently changed the age to operate a company from age 18-17, and I took advantage. I have all the legal paperwork sorted through (My D.B.A (Doing Business As)). I currently manage 11 employees from all ages, ethnicity, and backgrounds. I don't want to give out too much information about my company, but it's essentially Craigslist but better in every possible aspects, from user interface to safety. Our website will be established in approximately 2-3 months from this day (Domain name has already been reserved, hehe!) </p>
<p>I'm also president for Junior Achievement (Another school related "company" that I manage), an officer for FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) and in other clubs I just joined to put on my resume (FAIL).</p>
<p>So, I want your opinions on my chances to get into these schools. My GPA is horrible, (4.06/5.0), and am ranked in top 20%. However, I've taken all honors courses (Currently getting raped in B.C. Calculus) and about 8 AP courses. My high school is ranked top 6% in the nation (If I lived about 30 miles down the road, I would be valedictorian). A lot of the Honors courses in different schools in my area are alot easier than the honors at my school, sigh.</p>
<p>I have a decent SAT - 2020, with a decent ACT - 33.</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are in getting into my first choice, NYU, Second choice, Carnegie Mellon, third choice, Rochester? I will also be applying to Chicago, Notre Dame, Emory, Cornell, Columbia, and other schools.</p>
<p>I've already been accepted into Texas A&M, which ranks #33 in national business schools. I will be essentially applying to every school that ranks higher than A&M business wise.</p>
<p>I have about 4 college recs, all of them talking about my entrepreneurial mindset and goals, and I will definitely send copies of my DBA and the condensed version of my executive business report (original is 34 pages). </p>
<p>I hope that the schools will be able to take my supplements as initiative. I learned early on that you can go to as many seminars as you want, listen to as many guest speakers as you want, but at the end of the day if you do not start anything, you still have done nothing. </p>
<p>My strongest suit is that I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. There may be other people that are smarter than me, more talented than me, probably a hell of a lot better looking than me, but if we both get on that treadmill, there are 2 things that will happen. He will get off first, of I'm going to die. Period. No questions asked. Hopefully the colleges can see that.</p>
<p>That tenacity to get up on that 8th, 9th, 10th try again will hopefully allow me to succeed in life!</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this!</p>