<p>You have 0% chance of getting into any of the top 10 schools in the country. It’s not you, it’s the fact that you’re competing against SAT 2350’s who are 17 years old and have founded corporations themselves or conducted groundbreaking research, and have a 3.9 GPA from a top-ranked school.</p>
<p>Take solace in the fact that 98% of Americans who ARE age 17-18 also have near 0%.</p>
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<p>Being successful in life means being ambitious about your goals but being reasonable about your possibilities. If you are patient, success will follow. I’m VERY good at long-term strategic planning.
Here is my advice for you:</p>
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<li><p>Your best bet is to get a high SAT (2200+) and then apply to a top 15-25 undergraduate business program at a good college, excel there (graduate top 10%), get a good job, excel at that job for 5-6 years (and I mean, do INCREDIBLE work – Networking is EVERYTHING), and apply to a top 10 IVY/Stanford/etc MBA program. Aiming for a IVY/Stanford undergraduate experience is shortsighted and foolish. Think long-term, and you will be successful.</p></li>
<li><p>Here are the BusinessWeek undergraduate rankings: [Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2012 - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p></li>
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<p>You have a good shot (almost guaranteed with 2200) at: Indiana (Kelley), UT Austin (McCombs), Penn State (Smeal), Miami, Wisconsin, Illinois - Urbana-Champaign.
Attend good State program –> Graduate top of your class –> Have your pick of Jobs –> excel in those Jobs and network to get into major corporate positions –> get into top MBA (you can get a 100k salary straight out of Carnegie Mellon’s MBA program, I believe).</p>
<p>Let me know what you think.
Regards, OrangeMellow</p>