Yet Another Chance Thread

<p>Schools I am applying to: Wharton at Penn, Stanford, Princeton, MIT, University of Chicago, NYU Stern.</p>

<p>I'm first generation and low income, EFC = 0, however my GPA is kind of inconsistent with the rest of my profile since I have a illness which causes great stochasticity in my grades to say the least. Will colleges takes this into account?</p>

<p>I'm looking to do both biology and business, a dual degree would be optimal, such as the Vagelos LSM Program at Upenn, though that program is ridiculously difficult to get into. </p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: Composite:34 E:30 M:35 R:36 SR: 34
SAT II: Biology E:760 Math 2:790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP US (5), AP Micro (5), AP Macro (5), AP Lang and Comp (4), AP Calc BC (5), AP Biology (5), AP World History (4), AP Human Geography (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP Statistics (4), AP Psychology (5), AP Physics C Mechanics (4), AP Physics C E and M (5), AP Literature and Composition (5), AP Art History (5), AP Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>Dual Enrollment Courses: Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, Matrix Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Astronomy, Bioengineering(graduate level), Intro to Banking and Finance, Geography, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Mathematical Economics, Measure-theoretic Probability Theory, Corporate Finance, Business Law 1, C++ for Engineers, Advanced Macroeconomics(graduate level), Advanced Microeconomics(graduate level), British Literature, Graph Theory</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics, Corporate Finance, Mathematical Economics, Probability Theory, British Literature, Graph Theory, AP European History, Research 5 Honors</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Brain Bee winner (x2), USA National Brain Bee Top 10, 1st Place in Category County Science Fair (x2), National AP Scholar (sophomore year), USABO Semifinalist (x2), FBLA County Winner Business Calculations (x2), Florida FBLA 1st Place Business Calculations, National FBLA 1st Place Business Calculations, Questbridge College Prep Scholar and Fein Fellow, Congressional Award Gold Medal</p>

<p>Professional Certifications: Professional Risk Manager, ACE Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, FEMA Professional Development Series</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta, FBLA (Vice President), Founder and President of Biology Olympiad Club, Founder and President of Science National Honors Society, Physics Club, Varsity Tennis 4 years, National Honor Society, Red Cross Club, Founder and President of Psy Chi Psychology National Honors Scoiety (one of the first high school chapters in the country)
Job/Work Experience: Worked as a bookkeeper for a small engineering firm for four years
Volunteer/Community service: 800 hours split between tutoring, mentoring and Red Cross
Summer Activities: Financial Management Company (known name), took many college classes, independent research for science fair (2011-2012)
Essays: Good essays
Teacher Recommendation: Amazing teacher recommendations both from my math teacher and from my US history teacher and a supplemental recomendation from a college professor that got his Phd in Finance from Wharton
Counselor Rec: Excellent</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: 1500 students, top 25 school in USA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College, Questbridge?/Low Income</p>

<p>First generation college? I’m going to call BS…</p>

<p>Wherever the hell you want minus top few ivies, they’re random anyways.</p>

<p>Why would you think that? None of my EC’s are characteristic of a person with a very high income like taking international trips or volunteering in other countries. The only reason why I could afford to take so many classes is because my school pays for all AP exams and there is a dual enrollment program where I can take college courses for free.</p>

<p>My school does the exact same thing with APs</p>

<p>My sister was accepted to wharton and had similar stats</p>

<p>MIT-Dream (it seems like you want to go to sloane, but you just don’t have the math/science credentials needed)</p>

<p>Wharton, Stanford and Princeton- Reach, if you have amazing essays and recs, then match</p>

<p>U Chicago -Match depends on essays and recs to help solidify match status</p>

<p>NYU Stern- Safety</p>

<p>UPENN doesnt care much about first gen. or low income + you would be an over represented race in wharton</p>

<p>I’m not really sure what’ll happen in your case, as it seems like you should have more than 60 credit hours of college course work (I figure 22 college classes should be > 60 credit hours), therefore you’d technically qualify as a transfer at many colleges.
On another note, I’ll second the bs call, if only because I can’t see how it’s possible to not get a 36 ACT Math or 800 Math 2 when you seem to have taken Calc AB as a 7th or 8th grader at the latest</p>

<p>???</p>

<p>I took Calc AB as a freshman, then Multivariable Calc and Calc BC as a sophomore and this year as a junior I took diff eq and linear algebra along with discrete math.</p>

<p>Let me say I’m skeptical. You say that you won Florida’s FBLA in Business calculations and placed first at nationals but the last three winners at FBLA nationals in that category have been from Utah, Kentucky and California, with no Floridian in the top 4…</p>

<p>[FBLA</a> Competitive Events](<a href=“http://www.fbla-pbl.org/web/page/589/sectionid/587/pagelevel/2/fbla.asp]FBLA”>http://www.fbla-pbl.org/web/page/589/sectionid/587/pagelevel/2/fbla.asp)</p>

<p>In addition, I’m expected to believe that you took 19 AP exams with results in your Freshman and Sophomore years, since this year’s results are not out yet including bio, chem and physics??? Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure…</p>

<p>No I took 12 AP exams in my freshman year, the other 7 are my predicted scores from this year, sorry it wasn’t clear.</p>