At this point, I’ve been looking heavily into Tulane and University of Virginia. I want to study business, particularly finance, and am looking for schools that are fairly reputable for undergraduate business. I prefer a school that I would get some scholarship money to go to. A chance for the two aforementioned schools plus suggestions for other schools to apply to are welcomed. Here are my stats:
White male
Come from a very prestigious public school in New Jersey, approximately 80 in the nation according to Newsweek
I transferred to the school my freshman year as a tuition student, so I was completely new to the area and my classes I had taken in middle school were far less advanced than the courses the typical student was taking at my age, so I needed to do a lot of catching up. (Which is why my course load my freshman year is completely different than that of my Junior year)
Intended Major: Double Major with Business and Spanish
GPA: 98.67 – weighted, translates to roughly a 4.4 on 5.0 scale
SAT: 2090 (CR: 720 W: 690 M: 680)
ACT: 33 (single sitting, 32 E, 32 M, 33 S, 33 W) – this was the second time, my first time I received a 32 but with 34s in E and W
SATII: US - 720, Chem - 670, Lit - 690
Classes:
*Freshman - Advanced Alg 2 (A), CP Global Issues (A), Spanish I (A+), Honors English 9 (B+), CP Biology (A)
Sophomore - Honors English 10 (A+), Honors Chemistry (A-), Spanish II (A+), CP U.S. History I (A+), Advanced Probability, Statistics, and Trigonometry (A+), Advanced Geometry (A)
Junior - Honors Precalculus (B), Honors English 11 (A), AP Chemistry (B), AP U.S. History (B), Honors Spanish 4 (A)
Senior (Intended) - Honors Physics, AP Literature and Composition, AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish
**My previous school didn’t offer a Spanish program or a higher math program, so I needed to take basic level Spanish and Math that year. Also, I was told that it wasn’t a good idea to take too many honors classes in this school upon arrival, so I took classes that were too easy. Note the gradual moving up in each class
*Took Spanish III over the summer
Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Varsity Soccer - 10,11,12
Freshman Soccer - 9
JV Winter + Spring Track/Field, 9
Stand with Camden (volunteer service club centered around paying the tuition of a particular student in a charter school, and also is involved with other service opportunities in the city of Camden) - 9,10,11,12 — LEADER 12
Leo Club (also volunteer service but centered around the immediate community around the school) - 9,10,11,12
Interact Club - 9,10,11,12
Lifeguarding at a local Swim Club – 10,11,12
Junior Urban Medical Program (JUMP) @ local medical university – 10
Club Soccer - 9,10,11,12 (Captain 10,11)
etc.
Community Service:
Peer Tutoring in Spanish and History - 11; not sure how many hours
Volunteer @ Hospital of University of Pennsylvania - 9,10 (Team leader - 10); 96 hours total
Miscellaneous service activities in the community; approx. 100 hours so far (still have rest of Junior and Senior year to go.)
Thank you for your consideration.
