<p>UPENN WHarton ED1 and NYU Stern ED2. <--- THAT IS CERTAIN</p>
<p>Im thinking if i should apply to some ivies if you guys think i have legitimate shot..... EA at MIT and UChicago?</p>
<p>Maybe apply to Cornell, Brown, or Dartmouth... idkk</p>
<p>I think HYP is out of reach... </p>
<p>Academics
School: Hun School of Princeton (Rigorous College Prep Private School)
GPA: 90/100 (Honor Roll Student for all of high school) (sophomore year was tough, my friend committed suicide, i lost my grandpa, and my sister was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes)
Courses: I have completed various AP’s including AB and BC Calculus; I will be taking Multi-Variable Calculus Senior Year. I have also completed AP Statistics and Micro and Macro Economics. These are AP’s that I have taken that are in relevance to the field that I wish to pursue
SAT Scores: 2370/2400 (Math: 800, Critical Reading: 770, Writing: 800)</p>
<p>Extracurricular
-I am Math and SAT tutor
-I have my own registered non-profit organization called the Happy Hands Foundation. The goal of this organization is to assist impoverished individuals and help them climb out of poverty and their sub-par living conditions. HHF helps artisans by selling their products in metropolitan cities so their work can gain recognition and receive the money they deserve for their talents. The eventual hope is that by doing so and spreading awareness about these artisans they will be able to get the money alongside a recognition which will help them and their families in their pursuit to climb out of poverty. Every summer I go to India and spend time at some of these villages to gain a better understanding of their conditions. My vision is that HHF spreads to an international scale and that the organization can help impoverished individuals in other countries as well
-Internship at least as a business manager at a local daycare.. Im trying to get internships at a firm.
-Teacher Recs- One is from the teacher who helped me start my business freshman yr and is my ap euro teacher... its gonna be an amazing rec... and the other one is from my math teacher who likes me a lot... great but not amazing</p>
<p>o Athletics
Varsity Tennis (Coaches Award) Top 30 in NJ
Atlantic Regional Cricket Team (Placed 3rd in Nationals)</p>
<p>NYU is way overrated and overpriced. Students are not pushed at all academically by business professors. The whole NYU thing is just about being in NYC. It’s most certainly NOT the second best undergrad business after Wharton. Cornell Dyson beats NYU not to mention MIT Sloan, Michigan Ross, Georgetown and a few other places that get better students than NYU and push them academically.</p>
<p>If you want to be in NYC, why not go to Columbia SEAS for an OR/Financial Engineering major?</p>
<p>I agree with rhg, Stern is vastly overrated for business due to its location and size (large amount of students at Stern = increased representation in NYC), that is not to say that Stern isn’t going to get you into ibanking (if you do well it will) but it is not 2nd behind Wharton. I’d say Dyson, McDonough, and Sloan are probably better even for Finance.</p>
<p>If I were you, really research all of the top 20ish schools for high end finance. Pick 3-4 reaches, 3-4 matches and 1-2 safeties. Asking us blindly whether you should apply to Cornell or Stern is probably not helpful. They’ll both land you ibanking jobs as long as you do well. It is more important to find schools that fit you better outside of academics. </p>
<p>And no, I wouldn’t completely rule out HYPS. Your chance of admission is low like everyone else. If you really want to throw an app out there, then do it.</p>
<p>Yes, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford are more selective, but not significantly so. The selection rate at those schools ranges from 6-8%, whereas at Brown and Dartmouth it’s 10%. There’s not a significant difference between 6% and 10%. Cornell is 17%, but people think that makes it a “low reach” only in comparison with ridiculous selection standards at Harvard, Yale, and Brown. Put another way, 83% of the people who apply to Cornell won’t get in. And that number is probably higher for arts and sciences and business, since I believe the Cornell numbers are depressed by the state-supported land-grant schools.</p>
<p>ALL of the Ivy League schools are reaches, for anyone.</p>
<p>OP: What I was suggesting is that Columbia SEAS OR/FE is the closest thing to an undergrad business program that Columbia has. SEAS accepts a 50-60% more applicants than CC. If you want to take a shot at something other than Wharton, why apply ED2 to NYU Stern? With your test scores and grades/curriculum at a private school, NYU will accept you ED2. Do you think that NYU is better than Columbia, Dartmouth or Brown?</p>
<p>@rhg3rd no I don’t think nyu is better… stern is respectable but still from my knowledge these big banks hit the ivies first… maybe ur right… maybe im underselling myself… but what I don’t want to happen is that i pass on nyu stern ed2 and then get reject RD… my gpa is rlly kind of low for various reasons, but at the end of the day it is still sub par for the most selective…</p>
<p>You go to what you say is a prestigious private prep school yet you turn to anonymous posters on the Internet for advice on college instead of using the counseling staff at your school. Something seems fishy to me…</p>
<p>u guys r missing the point… counselors at schools say that everything is a reach… they tell me that with my scores nyu stern is a reach… they like to play it safe… getting your input isnt fishy… i just like other opinions… and i am on summer vacation…</p>
<p>lawrenceville and peddie are better than hun.</p>