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Old 04-28-2008, 10:01 PM   #1
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Chances at competitive schools.

Please chance me for :
UPenn (Wharton)
Yale
Stanford
Brown
Cornell
Norhtwestern
Duke
Emory
UMich (Ross)

Currently: Junior
Gender: White Female
Residence: Florida
School: Public
Planned Major: Finance

Stats
UW GPA: 4.0 W GPA: 5.4 (Florida Scale)
Class Rank: 7/634
SAT's: 780 M 750 CR 770 W (1530/2300)
SAT II's: Bio M 760 Math IIC 780
AP's: 10th Grade: World (5), Bio (4), Human (4)

Extra Curriculars
Business Related
~DECA(10-12)
-Secretary in 11th grade, Vice President for 12th
-Went to States all 3 years
-Traveled to Atlanta, qualified for Nationals this year

~Academy of Finance(10-12)
-Finance related courses from 10th-12th grade
-Internship Senior Year through the program in a financial corporation
-Certified member of the Academy

~BPA (Business Professionals of America)(10-12)
-VP 11th grade, President 12th grade
-Went to several competitions
-Placed 2nd place at 2 tournaments
-Placed 1st place at one tournament

Other significant EC's
~Debate Club(9-12)
-Couldn't gain a leadership position due to the fact that I couldn't be in the class because of scheduling problems, so I couldn't be an officer.
-Went to National Tournaments such as Barkley Forum at Emory and Harvard
-Placed 1st in Student Congress at 3 CFL Tournaments
-Several other placing awards

~Mu Alpha Theta(9-12)
-Treasurer 10th grade, VP 11th grade, President 12th Grade
-Heavily involved, go to 3 regional competitions and 1 state competition every tear.
-Go to team practices for 2 hours every week

~Class of 2009(10-12)
-Class President 10th, 11th and VP in 12th Grade
-Organized many fundraisers for out class
-Held a fundraiser in which we raised over 2000 dollars

~Key Club(10-12)
-Active member
-Over 150 hours per year through Relay for Life and other events
-Attended Leadership Conference through Key Club
-Attended Convention all 3 years.

~Varsity Soccer(10-12)
-Captain Senior Year
-Been playing soccer since I was 5 years old.

Community Service
-Attended a 1 week Youth Mentoring Program every year 9-12 (100+ hours)
-Hospital (150+hours)
-Tutoring for Mu Alpha Theta (20 hours)

Awards
-AP Scholar
-1000 dollar scholarship to any FL college through DECA
-1st place at several debate tournaments
-4th place Geometry team at MAO Regional Competition
-Qualified for DECA Nationals this year
-Took the AMC12
-Several competition awards from BPA
-Most likely to win Silver Knight Award at Graduation for Business

Summer
going into 10th grade-Intro to Financial Markets mini course at Brown
going into 11th grade-Northwestern CTD Pre Calc
this summer-possible internship on Wall Street (i have great connections through my uncle)

Last edited by adams93; 04-28-2008 at 10:13 PM.
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Old 04-28-2008, 10:11 PM   #2
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W00T Key Club Convention!

Sorry about that. I think a lot of these school are reaches for everybody, but you have an excellent shot at getting in.
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Old 04-28-2008, 10:12 PM   #3
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haha i love key club.

and bumppp.
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Old 04-28-2008, 10:22 PM   #4
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eh decent chances i guess ..
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Old 04-28-2008, 10:26 PM   #5
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decent chances for what?

can anyone do liek a macth, safety, high match, and reach thing?
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Old 04-29-2008, 08:16 PM   #6
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let's just say UPenn (Wharton), Yale, Duke, and Stanford are reaches for everyone.

you should be able to get in everywhere else.
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