<p>@emily I did have business experience before applying; I ran my father’s small fruit business in Toronto the summer before senior year. Highlighting it was pretty important I feel for getting into the program. </p>
<p>@poison I’m not really sure what you’re talking about. Are you a transfer or high school junior? If you’re still in high school, stay for the final year to take calculus. Competitive schools don’t really take kindly to juniors applying, especially for SCA or Marshall or the ultra-competitive BCA (business in cinematic arts) program. I’m not really sure about that stuff though since I’m just a WBB student and not a school rep</p>
<p>Here are some tips the program director gave me about what we look for. This should help a lot with the application.</p>
<p>"Qualities for this program that will probably be obvious to most applicants include:
academically strong and well-qualified
evidence of self-sufficiency and ability to adapt and thrive in new environments
curiosity and eagerness to learn about the world (literally and figuratively) of business</p>
<p>A few less obvious ones:
preference for strong quantitative/math skills, e.g., good performance in high school calculus this program is more quantitatively rigorous than the average business program (particularly in year two)
evidence that the student is knowledgeable/aware of how this program experience differs from a traditional four-year in-residence program.
ability to articulate the relative advantages of this program for the student and how this program aligns with the students objectives, goals and aspirations in college and beyond.
ideas about how students envision contributing to the program and campus communities in meaningful ways (e.g., as you are doing as an ambassador, as others are doing via peer language tutoring, etc etc) over the lifecycle of the program."</p>
<p>@jason, I’ll get back to your email personally in the morning.</p>
<p>I hope all of that helps!</p>