Please Chance Me: Business Schools & Private Universities (WILL CHANCE BACK)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys; rising senior, class of 2015 . Thanks for taking the time to read, I will chance back :)</p>

<p>Background and Stats:
~White, female, resident of Pennsylvania
~ UW GPA: ~3.65 ; W GPA ~3.92
~Rank 23/219 (all four years)
~SAT: 2000 (720CR/610M/670W[10essay]) I plan on getting a math tutor and retesting in the fall.
~Subj. SAT: Will be taking English Lit & World History in June. I'm expecting at the very least 600s.
~ACT: 26 (probably won't bother re-testing)</p>

<p>Transcript (somewhat competitive suburban public high school): All of these grades are unweighted final average!</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Phys Ed/Health (mandatory)- (98)
Freshman Seminar (mandatory)- (98)
Honors Geometry (84)
Honors US History (95)
Honors English (92)
Spanish II (91)
Honors Biology (95)
Concert Band (P)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Concert Band (P)
AP Gov (90)
Honors Spanish III (88)
Honors Algebra II (85)
Honors English (94)
Honors Chem (98)
Drivers Ed/Gym (95)
- may explain in an essay what was going on in my life during this year. Lots of personal stuff</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Microeconomics (95)
AP English Lang. (91)
Accounting (95)
Honors Physics (85)
Honors Trig/Pre-Calc (92)
AP World History (94)
Latin I (96)</p>

<p>Senior Year Tentative:
AP Calc AB
AP USH
AP Psych
AP Enviornmental
AP English Lit
AP Macroeconomics
Advanced Accounting</p>

<p>**Every year I took the most difficult/rigorous courseload offered to me. The only APs offered at my school that I didn't take were Spanish, Physics, Chem and Bio. I couldn't take those courses because there weren't enough periods in a day, and my school wouldn't allow me to skip lunch. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
2 years of concert band (section leader)
2 years of marching band (had to quit band because of scheduling, might work this into an essay)
4 Years of FBLA (corresponding secretary) competed 2x at state level, 4x at regional level
2 Years student government (class representative)
3 Years of Red Cross Club
Keystone Girls State (a nationally recognized program)
Business Leadership Academy at Mercy College</p>

<p>Volunteering:
100hours at local public library
Altar Server & CCD assistant
3 year member of Big Brothers Big Sisters (I was a big lol)
30+ hours at Animal Shelter</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation: will be great; one from AP World, one from AP Micro/Macro, and one from Honors Bio/AP Environmental. I did well in all the classes, and the teachers really liked me
My Essays will probably be a 8/10. I'm a pretty good writer.
My interviews will also be good. I'm very personable and good at making conversation and persuading people</p>

<p>Please Chance me for:
-Boston College, Carroll School of Management (probably my Restrictive Early Action, first choice, brother is an high donating alum, will meet with one of his mentors/ professors; they remained very close after he graduated)</p>

<ul>
<li>College of the Holy Cross (grandfather is an alum)</li>
</ul>

<p>-Babson College</p>

<p>-University of Pittsburgh</p>

<p>-Penn State, University Park</p>

<p>-William & Mary</p>

<p>-Bucknell University</p>

<p>Also can anyone recommend good matches for an Accounting Major? (I have safeties don't worry and i understand that a lot of these schools will probably be reaches)</p>

<p>Thank you!!!</p>

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<p>I’m not super familiar with Babson or Pitt, but I think you seem like a match with Bucknell, Penn St., and Holy Cross. Are you OOS for W&M? If so, it could be tougher. BC is really difficult, at least where I’m from, so that could be closer to a reach. If I were you, I’d not send in the ACT and work to improve your SAT. You seem to take advantage of what’s provided to you and are involved.</p>

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<p>Bumpp.</p>

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<p>You definitely will get into Holy Cross -you are a legacy. Pitt and Penn State seem like a good match for you, but its always good to improve your grades. I’d suggest you try to get straight A’s in your first semester of senior year (yes, this will be very hard since you are loading on 6 APs) and don’t apply EA/ED to your first choice unless you are a legacy. This will let the college admissions know that you are dedicated rather than a slacker. Usually, during EA/ED, many of the slots are filled up mostly with legacies, athletes and sometimes URM which account for the unusual percentage of applicants admitted.</p>

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<p>@consultur thanks for the advice! I don’t think I will apply ED/EA anywhere because i don’t have a very clear cut first choice the moment</p>

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<p>Holy Cross’ enrollment in the accounting major is limited to 32 students each year and admission is quite competitive. </p>

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<p>@required_details‌ really? I’ve never heard of that before…</p>

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<p>Yes for more information see
<a href=“http://academics.holycross.edu/economics-accounting/why#Why”>http://academics.holycross.edu/economics-accounting/why#Why&lt;/a&gt; study Accounting at Holy Cross?</p>

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<p>Yes it is a very highly regarded program and not easy to get into.</p>

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<p>UT Austin #1 and in accounting and Indiana (you can probably get a scholarship) I think you would be perfect</p>

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<p>@1980collegegrad‌ wow, thanks for the link! I never saw that before. I’ll really have to make sure my essays and test score improve. </p>

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<p>@cnikroo‌ thanks for the suggestions, I’ll look into Indiana, but UT Austin is a little far (parents said no flying :frowning: haha)</p>

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<p>when it comes to education everything is worth it</p>