<p>I want to major in Finance and go into IB or Private Equity Management. I know what I'm getting into (my dad was banker) and I actually enjoy the whole deal. I am a workaholic. I know its a tall order with my stats, but please help. Also, my aim is to get into Wall Street, so the Finance major is also not necessary, so schools without Finance or Business majors (Eg: UChicago) are game also. Thanks!</p>
<p>Sex: Male
Ethnicity: South Asian
Location: TN
School: Highly Competitive Public High School
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Class Rank: ~50 out of 500</p>
<p>SAT I Math Score: 750
SAT I CriticalReading Score: 800
SAT I Writing Score: 740
2290 in total
SAT II – World History – 800, Bio M – 800, Math II – 660 (I think I misbubbled, I’m retaking it)</p>
<p>Activities
Knowledge Bowl (Captain) (Our school has won the two years I have been on the team so far) $15,000
Science Olympiad Team
Conducting research throughout the year in Pharmaceutical Sciences (since 9th grade)
Model UN (all 4 years)
Couple of other clubs
Awards:
I’ve had awards in all of the above that I mentioned.
I also got a perfect score for the National Latin Exam.</p>
<p>Internships/Volunteering
I volunteer in the local library every now and then.
I volunteered in a local hospital over my 9th grade summer.
Local old age homes.
~300 hours volunteering and interning in my local Congressional campaign. Worked another 100 hours in other local campaigns.
Volunteer in my school, tutoring math.</p>
<p>AP classes: should mostly be 5s with a couple of 4s. (by the time I’m done with senior year)
World History (5)
English Comp
Physics B
Chemistry
U.S. History
Biology
English Lit
Calc BC
Psychology
I also plan on taking Stat, Econ (2), and Gov. (2) APs on my own.</p>
<p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you in high school? Why are you worrying about Wall Street? Go have some fun, you've still got a ton of years ahead of you, and you might decide that business isn't for you...</p>
<p>But if you're one of those anal bookies, go for HYPS, Wharton, etc. All the Ivies really. Emory is also a semi-target and Vandy gets a couple looks every year.</p>
<p>^Actually, Emory's Goizueta is ranked something like 5th for business schools. It's gaining more and more respect. I don't have a source on that one though.</p>
<p>Wharton is really heavy on legacy students and other elites who really don't deserve the spot. It's too cutthroat. I would go for schools like Georgetown, University of Virginia, MIT, and other high-ranked business schools.</p>
<p>Is it some sort of joke about your stats? Take a look at the median ranges of some of these schools. Then complain about your crummy stats.</p>
<p>Yes, it is ranked 5th only because many of the top schools do not have undergrad business programs. It certainly is not better to be a business undergrad at emory than an econ major at HYP.</p>
<p>Too cut-throat? You want to go to business school and work on wall street but are worried a school is "too cut-throat"? Go work in compliance or something and dont talk about a school you know absolutely nothing about.</p>
<p>Intended for JBVirtuoso and his claim that Wharton is "heavy on students who don't deserve a spot" and "is too cut-throat". Lots of garbage is spoken on these forums by people who have no idea what they are talking about.
Sorry if my original post was not clear</p>
<p>Ditto. Those remarks regarding Wharton miss the mark. Competition is stiff to get in, but this perception of a "cut-throat" environment does not even begin to accurately describe Warton.</p>
<p>If you want a great shot at Wall Street after undergrad b-school, I would look into Penn, NYU, Georgetown, given their NE location, undergrad b-school reputations, and recruiting history. </p>
<p>And I do believe there's a lot of credibility in Goizueta's business school, given its development in the past several years. There's a reason why the former dean of Goizueta, Roberts, was just hired as the new dean of the Wharton School.</p>