Chance me for Fall 23

lukamagic203
Tue, 24 Jan 2023 03:55:49 +0000

Demographics: Sophomore, African American, Male, First Gen, Low Income, (School ranked around 185)

Intended major: Econ/Philosophy

HS GPA: B-

College GPA: 3.9

Coursework: Should have around 45-50 credits

Awards: Dean’s List, Freshman honor society,

Extracurriculars:

1. ⁠Incoming Sophomore Investment Banking Intern at a Bulge Bracket

2. ⁠Equity Research Analyst at a national student run hedge fund

3. ⁠Did a fellowship at a Hedge Fund and am doing one currently with a Private Equity firm

4. ⁠Started a finance club at my school

5. ⁠Created a diversity program for BIPOC freshman trying to break into finance (expanded to over 20 states and 30 schools)

6. ⁠Did a symposium program with an Elite Boutique bank and PE Firm

7. Started a student-run hedge fund

8. Participated in a Freshman Enhancement Program with MS

9. Apart of the Economic and Finance society and National Society of Leadership and Success

Essays/LORs/Other:

Essays: Did the process last year and spent a lot of time reading successful one’s and trying to craft my own one

Econ Professor- Have a very good relationship with him and he’s served as a mentor for me with a lot of things. He told me he’ll write a very strong LOR and even personalize it to the schools

English Professor- Less impactful but I have a good relationship with them so hoping to highlight good personality traits

Schools- Georgetown, UChicago, Northwestern, Duke, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill, Baruch, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, UPenn, Stanford, Amherst

Extremely open to suggestions on schools and would love any feedback!