<p>I was deferred by Cornell AEM (although I’m not as upset as I should be because I know it’s a reach for me), so I would like to know if I still have a decent shot at it. What are my chances of getting into the colleges below? Please note that I am an early graduate and that this is only a compilation of 2.5 years.</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian (I know)</p>
<p>School: Semi-competitive public. About 10/400 goes to top 20 schools.</p>
<p>GPA: (decent) UW: 3.93/4 W: 4.267/4 (+.5 for honors/AP) Top 5%</p>
<p>SAT’s: (fairly average)
Superscore: 2200 (700, 780, 720)
Single Sitting: 2120 (640, 760, 720)</p>
<p>SAT II (good):
Math II: 800
Biology M: 780
Took Math I and Spanish this December</p>
<p>AP’s taken (this is a joke): Biology (5), Modern Europe (3) </p>
<p>AP’s will take (hardest workload for a junior by a mile): Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Calculus BC, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Chemistry, US History, English Language and Composition</p>
<p>Classes with first quarter grades (I will get no more than 2 B’s by midterms):
AP Calculus BC (A)
AP Chemistry (B+)
AP Economy (A-)
AP US History (A-)
Humanities (A-)
AP English Language (A-)
AP Spanish Literature (A-)</p>
<p>The real important stuff: Mine’s not too beefy compared to others (heck, it’s all bones except for math team), and this is my weak point. Any suggestion is welcome.
Math Team (9-11)-president, ARML, top 10 individual in regionals every year, team 2nd regionals, goes to state every year, received awards for achievement in math…
Student Council (9/11)-Senator, restructured the student council, doing various volunteer/fundraising works, hosting a series of inter-class competition, the first this January…
Choir (9-10)-Some honor’s choirs, lead in musical. Might do Honors Choir again later.
Volunteer Tutoring for Low-Income Kids (9-10) 150 hours. Restarting at the beginning of February.
National Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
Will get Commended Scholar (every Asian person gets it at my school).
Attempting for AIME this year (haven’t done that well in AMC).</p>
<p>Essays (strongest part of my application):
Interest Essay: wrote about photography classes I took at a local high school.
Personal Essay: (wrote about not having a birthday party, a rather emogoth and interesting topic) => pretty good
Supplemental Essay: narrative form of me getting accepted at Cornell.</p>
<p>Alumni interview screw-up.</p>
<p>Colleges (ranked by order of preference): Finance/Management programs
0. Harvard and Yale (don’t rate these, my parents made me apply and adcoms won’t choose me unless they are drunk).
- Cornell University AEM
- Georgetown McDonough
- NYU Stern
- UPenn Wharton</p>
<h2>3. Boston University Carroll</h2>
<li>USC Marshall</li>
<li>Lehigh College of Business and Economics</li>
<li>Miami University Farmer Honors Program (w/full scholarship?)</li>
<li>UConn Business School Honors Program (w/Law Program?)</li>
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<p>Comments? Thoughts? Suggestions?</p>