<p>Right now, I'm set on studying something business-related and perhaps pursue a 2nd major or minor in a science. If I don't get into Wharton, Stern, or Ross, I'm looking to study economics instead of finance.</p>
<p>Some stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 2220 (800 M, 740 V, 680 W), hoping I will break 2300 when retake in Oct.
SAT II: 780 math iic, 780 us history, 750 bio (taking physics and chinese in Nov., expecting 800 on them)
National Merit Scholar qualifier
APs: 5 US history, 5 AP Stats
GPA and rank: 95.7 and predicting top 10 out of 650
Courseload: most rigorous possible</p>
<p>ECs, nothing specacular here:
-NHS, 2 years
-Spanish Honor Society, 2 yrs
-Bio, Chemistry, and Physics team: received a couple of awards for state competitions, 3 yrs
-class cabinet, 3 yrs
-track and XC, 2 yrs (had to quit due to a shin problem)
-ping pong club 2 yrs</p>
<p>-cashier at shop rite, 1 yr
-volunteer at local library, 2 yr
-volunteer at senior home, 1 1/2 yr
-internship at Orthodontist's office (picked through a very selective REACH program through the school)
-internship at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (shadowed a cancer researcher for 4 weeks)
-volunteer at local Chinese School (worked as tutor, student rep., newspaper editor, and principal's advisor), 3 yrs</p>
<p>oh yeh, I'm applying to Wharton ED. Other schools include Stern (NYU), Ross (UMICH), Williams, Dartmouth, Brown, and Duke.</p>
<p>any suggestions at all...pretty please</p>
<p>I'm curious on why you choose Dartmouth, I would go for Cornell before Dartmouth? With Williams and Dartmouth on there, I'm guessing you were attracted by the campus...</p>
<p>You want a good business school at beautiful campus
Goizueta Business School at Emory
<a href="http://www.goizueta.emory.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.goizueta.emory.edu/</a></p>
<p>Go here for a photo tour of the school and the rest of the campus:
<a href="http://www.bus.emory.edu/pressroom/cgi-bin/disp_thumbs_pub.pl?cat_id=24&offset=0%5B/url%5D">http://www.bus.emory.edu/pressroom/cgi-bin/disp_thumbs_pub.pl?cat_id=24&offset=0</a></p>
<p>Sloan (MIT)
Carnegie Mellon
...both top toop schools of finance</p>
<p>Babson College
Boston College (specifically the Caroll School)
Bentley College
...All more obtainable programs for, funny how 4 of the 5 schools are in Boston</p>
<p>well, I'm kinda scared about Cornell and the whole "most suicides at a school" crap. Seems that theres no social life at Cornell. And you're right I loved the campus at Dartmouth and the atmosphere, and Williams has an amazing academic program.</p>
<p>I dont think I'll get into MIT, so too much of a reach. And I should mention, I'm basically guaranteed full rides to Rutgers and TCNJ, my two state colleges. I might consider, if I dont get into any of my reaches, studying pharmacy at Rutgers (I think its #1 or 2 in the nation) or electrical engineering (another top program there). So that's why I'm really picky about my matches and safeties since I already have two that are very practical in terms of cost and academics. Basically, if I pick a safety or a match, they will really have to outweigh what I have at Rutgers and TCNJ, either in academics or scholarship.</p>
<p>Now, you mentioned Emory, I know its a beautiful school in Atlanta. I have recently thought about southern schools such as Emory, Vanderbilt, Washington St Louis, etc. The only problem I have with these schools is whether or not I will fit in (I'm Chinese). I get the picture that the southern schools arent very culturally diverse, is this true?</p>
<p>Also, you mentioned Emory's business school. Is it undergrad? Do u apply to it separately? And how is Emory with Financial Aid and merit scholarships?</p>
<p>Hey, no worry about lack of asians at Emory</p>
<p>16% asians
9% african american
68% caucasian
3% hispanic</p>
<p>These are the 2002 stats, but I doubt they are much different now.</p>
<p>I would caution at Vanderbilt, that's not bad intuition, but Atlanta's a different case. Atlante gave me a vibe similar to San Francisco, a huge celebration of culture. Emory will take great care of all of their student, it's 16% asian and over 30% minority, that's for 2004. Emory's business school is both grad and undergrad.</p>
<p>They do offer merit scholarship ranging from half to full ride, but know that it is their strongest and most popular program, so don't put too much hope on a full ride scholarship.</p>
<p>Also, getting into Wharton, Stern, or Sloan are all extreely difficult, I'd apply to all three just to strengthen your chances, or else you'll be wondering if you could have gotten into the third.</p>
<p>Emory sounds good. I'll put it on my list of matches/safeties.</p>