HS Junior looking for 2015 ED chances
Major: Finance
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 730 W, 710 CR, 650 M (plan to retake in May and hopefully break 2150)
SAT II: US History - 780 (only subject test I’m submitting)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW 3.47, W 4.01/5
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH, haven’t taken yet
Junior Course Load: Mostly rigorous
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Euro, AP English, AP Micro Econ, AP Macro Econ, Honors Pre Calc, Honors Spanish 4, Religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional debate awards
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
(Founder) Non-Profit Organization that has raised thousands of dollars. Involved in international affairs and is very successful.
(Co-founder & CFO) Preppy Apparel Company, draws in significant amount of money/month (at least for a high schooler). Started with very limited funds.
Financial Analyst/Lead Writer for national high school finance journal
Debate Team, Lincoln Douglas Debate (Captain of LD Team 12th grade, Excellence Member of National Speech and Debate Honor Society)
Investment Club (Officer 11, 12)
Student Board of regional bank (selective process) 12
Community Service (200+ hours)
-Volunteer on Saturdays at dog kennel
-Volunteer on Thursdays to tutor African refugee children
Job/Work Experience:
Acting as CEO of self-started non-profit organization. No income
Acting as CFO of co-started online company, income varies
Summer Activities: Make me taking part in Wake Forest Immersion Program, might not really help as it costs money to attend and I’ve heard most programs that cost money colleges don’t consider. Might just go for my own interest
Hooks: URM, school is sort of a feeder for Wake. About 20 kids apply each year, ~10 get in, 5-8 matriculate
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income: ~$150k
Weaknesses: GPA obviously. I’ve had a lot of social issues with moving between states and such. I know colleges don’t accept that as a valid excuse, but that’s the truth.
Essays: Assume they will be really good. (I’ve already begun working on them)
Reflection: Obviously my GPA is low for Wake, but I feel that I can partially balance it out with my other strong attributes (SATs, ECs, essays, hooks) since Wake so heavily promotes ‘holistic’ and diverse admissions. I will be applying ED1 2015. If it helps, I plan to have my application submitted by late July, so that might give a bump as it shows I am so interested I finished my application before summer is over. Who knows?
Thanks