<p>Region: CT
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Black
Major: Finance</p>
<p>GPA: Weighted-3.6 (3.74 this year)
Rank: Private Prep School (like andover / exeter/ deerfield etc. top 10 in the country)
SAT: CR- 780 Math-700 Writing-650 (Total: 1480 / 2130)
SAT Subj: Biology (750), US History (740)</p>
<p>AP Scores: AP Bip (5), AP US (5), AP Eng (5),</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
President of the student body - 1 year. Student council ever since primary school in 3 different school.</p>
<p>Secretary general of mutli school MUN conference. 4 years</p>
<p>Debate team member 2 years</p>
<p>Squash 2 years</p>
<p>Head of the Political Union 2 years</p>
<p>Work Experience</p>
<p>Political intern (40 hour work weeks - 12 weeks) came up with super duper policy proposal. Discussed proposal with Prof. at Yale law school who was part of the Clinton Administration. Got a letter of recommendation from a TIME 100 political leader - world famous Al Gore’s friend. Also got letter of recommendation from CEO of boutique investment firm who was very impressed with my work.</p>
<p>The “policy proposal” i made is a derivative. It basically lifts from some existing derivatives and applies it to a new industry in a novel way. So i kinda made my own derivative. The CEO of the boutique firm got excited about that and offered to write my rec. As did the political people i was working for. I also showed a former president of goldman sachs my derivative and he said it was 'a good idea" He is an alum of my school. It took me 6 months to make the bloody thing hopefully it’ll all be worth it come December 11th.</p>
<p>It’s looking really good. School rigor is off the charts, since it’s most likely a prestigous private east coast prep. Even though your GPA is low and your SAT is low your URM status will make up for it.</p>
<p>u cant assume that prestigous private each coast prep schools r rigorous (although i dont doubt urs is)
many these days are paid-A’s
as long as you maintain your payments at some schools, you can keep retaking exams, etc.</p>
<p>As an attendee of one of the top 5 private high schools in USA myself, I am glad to see another person from a nice institution. Anyways, what troubles me the most is your GPA. A 3.7 Weighted is just too low. That concludes that you have a some C’s and many B’s in classes.</p>
<p>Regardless of how prestigious your school is, too many C’s is simply unacceptable. Even Phillips wouldnt be able to send its kids to HYPSM if they got like 4 C’s</p>
<p>Sorry, my mistake, my GPA it is unweighted. I don’t believe my school even gives weighted grades. </p>
<p>Last year i had Bs and B +s this year i have straight As and a B . I have never had a b - or lower in my life. I assure you, no top school has paid grades. I know a billionaire’s kid who got some very low grades here despite his dad being on the board of governors. Your wealth and social standing have zero relevance to your academics here. </p>
<p>Yeah, i made a mistake when i was cutting and pasting my resume i meant to change it to econ - though MIT offers some classes in finance that you can cross register for. I am also aware that you do not need to take any specific major to get into finance from Harvard so really what I want to study is not my main concern, it’s getting in. I am most interested in studying finance and legal studies (which is why i love Wharton as you do finance at Wharton and can take classes at PENN law school as an undergrad) but i also love economics History and English and economics that Harvard does offer.</p>
<p>I am not sure whether this has any relevance but my father attended Harvard for grad school and was a teaching fellow.</p>