Started My Own Business, How Much Will It Help?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Indiana University - Bloomington
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<p>Hey guys, I thought I'd ask this question that's been bugging me for a while. By the way this IS another post asking about the likelihood of me getting into a particular school, I assume you get a lot of these sorts of questions, but I'll ask it anyway.</p>

<p>So here's a little info about me:
I have had a B to high B average so far in high school, (I am going into my Senior year in the fall) and I have participated in track both freshman year and sophomore year. Last summer I took part in the AdCamp from U of I and it took place in Chicago and it was a camp that helped high school students prepare for a major or at least take a look at an advertising major. I am also doing the same program again this summer. </p>

<p>And this year I have been admitted into the Young Entrepreneur Academy that happened to be operating at my high school. This program helps you set up an actual business and eventually requires you to speak to a mock investor panel that can provide start up money to you for your business, the only thing that makes it different from an actual investor panel is that you don't need to pay back the money they give you, although you can if you would like to. And I got into this club/activity thinking that it would be just another thing that I could put on my application, but it has turned out that my business apparently has a true chance of being successful with the revenue for my first year of operation being somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000. And even higher in my 2nd year. I have already gotten my DBA for the business and have filed all the necessary paperwork for taxes and the like.</p>

<p>So what I'm asking is how much this improves my chances of getting into U of I w/ only about a high B average (3.1-3.2 GPA) or any other college, for that matter. </p>

<p>Sorry if I had a lot of errors while writing this, I am kinda in a rush here to go somewhere.
Any input would be great though!</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Judging by your use of U of I and AdCamp (which Indiana does not have), I think you mean University of Illinois…in which case you posted this on the wrong board</p>

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<p>Nope, sorry, I did base this post off of another I posted in that forum, but I would just like to know what people think my chances are if I were to apply at IU instead of U of I. (I know what I’m doing lol)</p>

<p>Yeah, I didn’t just go through the whole two week program and not know what school it was from haha.</p>

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<p>Congratulations on your business success. But aren’t admissions to the big state Us pretty much numbers driven? It’s possible, even so, that U of I and IU allow people to submit extra materials if they feel their stats do not tell the whole story. Have you looked into that? Nevertheless, I would imagine this kind of detail is likely going to matter less at a school that doesn’t do wholistic admissions as a routine.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply! Yeah, according to the man we talked to from the admissions office when I visited the campus earlier this week, they would look at certain things such as that if you gave them special notice of it or something.</p>