Please Chance a Business Boi! Thank you!

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Colleges: Princeton REA, Wharton, UChicago, Stern, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell (CAS not Dyson probably), Northwestern, Duke, Dartmouth, Stanford, Umich, IU Kelly, UNC Chapel Hill, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Brown, USC

Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k-150k
State: Midwest
High School: Very Competitive Public School

Intended Major: Business (Finance)/Econ (If school doesn’t have undergrad business)
UW GPA: 3.94
W GPA: 4.6
Class Rank: 4/480
ACT: 35C (35E, 34M, 35R, 36S)
PSAT: 1480 (Likely NMSF)
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Chem, 800 Math II
Course Rigor: Extremely difficult schedule with a LOT of AP/IB and a LOT of Dual Enrollment Business classes at high ranking state school (Will have completed Junior year college finance course work by end of hs)

Extra Curriculars:

Speech and Debate President (HUGE time commitment, ranked very high in the nation)

Model UN President

Business Club President (I teach a 50+ students at my school abt business concepts)

Paid Behavioral Finance Research Internship at High Ranking State School

Founder and CEO of my own marketing company (have 3 clients (one major), 1kish revenue)

Teaching Assistant for AP Econ at my school

Varsity Cross Country Captain (Not recruited)

Job at Local Fitness Gym Managing Floor

Awards:
3x TOC Qualifier in Public Forum Debate
2x NCFL Qualifier in Public Forum Debate
1x NSDA Qualifier in Congressional Debate
National Economics Challenge State Champion, Top 5 Nationally
Best Delegate at large MUN Conference/National Merit Semifinalist (Probably)

Rec Letters :
One is Extremely Good (11/10)
The other is pretty good (8/10)

Essays:
Hopefully pretty good

Hooks:
None lol, would my business coursework count?

2

Could someone please chance me!

3

I don’t believe in “chancing”. You will be a competitive candidate in all of your listed schools. However, that means very little as you could gain admission into some / many or be shut out of all, depending on the class they seek, the other applicants, etc. What I’m saying is your list is WAY TOO top heavy. IU (Kelley) may be the only one leaning to a match.
It’s great to aspire to these schools. I would spend some time thinking about what you really want in an education, setting, environment, etc. Several of these could likely be eliminated from your list as it appears you put together a “WHo’s who?” Add some very realistic matches (may get some merit $) and a safety or two that you would enjoy attending. Then go ahead and reach for the moon!

4

Top one (1%) per cent of your class, ACT composite score of 35, near perfect GPA, 800s on two important SAT subject tests and accomplished in debate.
You should receive strong consideration at all of your listed schools.

Are you being recruited for debate / forensics ?

5

Just FYI – there is no financial aid for out of state students at UCLA and Cal Berkeley. Your parents would have to pay full fare.

6

A couple of comments;

IMO it is impossible to chance at the elite schools. You appear to be a competitive candidate but most of the schools on your list should be considered reaches for any unhooked applicant (your business courses are not a hook). A lot will depend on things we don’t see such as your LORs, essays etc. Be sure to have one or two safety schools that appear affordable and that you would be excited to attend.

It is important to understand that economics and finance are very different majors. Economics is a liberal arts course of study and gets very theoretical at the upper levels. In contrast if you go to an undergraduate business school you will take a business core with introductory classes in subjects such as accounting, finance, IT, marketing etc. and then you will major in one of those disciplines. I’m not saying that one path is better than the other, but they are different. I would take the time to look at the coursework (can be found online) for both a finance and an economics major and see if one path is preferable to you.