Chances for: Cornell AEM ED + other business undergrad schools!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Info:
High School: Top 100 public high school in CA, sends many grads to top schools
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
Low income family (~$30,000); applying for financial aid</p>

<p>Intended Major: Business/Finance/Econ</p>

<p>GPA:
Class Rank: Top ~10% in a class of 556 students (school doesn’t officially rank)
Unweighted: 3.60 (bad sophomore year, family death will be explained)
Weighted: 3.93</p>

<p>Standardized Test Scores:
SAT Reasoning: 710M/650CR/680W = 2040
Math Level 2: 800
Korean w/ Listening: 800
ACT: 34E, 35M, 36R, 32S = 34 composite
Superscored: 35E, 35M, 36R, 32S = 35 composite <a href=“for%20Cornell%20and%20NYU”>b</a>**</p>

<p>APs:
11th: AP Calculus AB (4), AP English Lang (4)
12th schedule: AP Lit, Physics, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Spanish, AP Statistics</p>

<p>ECs:

  • FBLA (10-12): President (12), Treasurer (11), Honorary Member (10)
  • Junior Statesmen of America (10-12): Club Officer (12), Member (10, 11)
  • UHS Literary Magazine (11-12): Managing Editor (12), Writer/Photographer (11)
  • Key Club International (9-12): Vice President (12), Secretary (11), Member (9, 10)
  • Korean American Students Association (9-12): President (12), Vice President (11), Activities Coordinator (10), Member (9)
  • Access Christian Club (9-12): Secretary/Treasurer, Board Member (12), Media Tech (11), Outreach Representative (10), Member (9)
  • Track & Field: Varsity (12), Junior Varsity (9, 10) <a href=“Schedule%20conflicts%20with%20Wells%20Fargo%20internship%20in%2011th%20grade”>i</a>*
  • Football: Junior Varsity (10), Frosh/Soph (9)
  • ****** Youth Ministry Worship Team/Praise Band: Bassist (9-12), Youth Group Leader (11, 12)
  • Model United Nations (11-12): Member (11, 12)
  • Youth Advocates for the Environment (10-12): Member (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:

  • National Merit Semifinalist: Scored 220 on PSAT
  • AIME 12 Qualifier: Scored 107 on AMC 12
  • FBLA Regional Awards: 2nd in Business Math, 3rd in Economics, 5th in Public Speaking I
  • Presidential Volunteer Service Award: 500+ volunteer service hours
  • Presidential Award for Academic Excellence
  • Coastline ROP: Certificate of Excellence
  • Principal’s Academic Honor Roll (9-12)</p>

<p>Community Service:

  • American Red Cross: Community Service Director, volunteered 300+ hours throughout high school
  • ****** Korean Church: Camp counselor/youth leader, Vacation Bible School Summer Program for K-6 kids
  • ****** Youth Ministry: Mexico Missions Trip (Summer ’06): Built a local Mexican church, Arizona Missions Trip (Summer ’07): Organized VBS for kids
  • 30 Hour Famine (organized by church): Activity leader, fund raiser; Raised money for starving families while fasting and obtained sponsors to donate money
  • Homeless Outreach (organized by church): Served meals at a homeless shelter in Santa Ana with several youth group members, every Sunday morning
  • World Vision: Tri-lingual translator (Korean, Spanish, English) and youth leader for volunteer trips to Mexico with church youth group</p>

<p>Employment:

  • Daffy’s TropicCafe: Cash register/waiter (9-12)
  • Washington Mutual: HIP Intern (12)
  • Wells Fargo Bank: Associate intern/stage director/teller assistant; unpaid internship through Coastline ROP Program (11)
  • ****** Youth Ministry: Associate intern/graphic designer/webpage designer (11); Only 2 students chosen out of 500 after competitive application process</p>

<p>Essay/Recommendations:

  • Essay: Great; should be focused on my interest in business
  • Teacher Recs: One from AP Eng teacher, one from Honors Chem teacher - both should be excellent
  • Counselor Rec: Very close with counselor; my school requires us to fill out a comprehensive packet “all about me” so should be pretty thorough
  • Additional Rec: from my internship advisor, elaborates on my work ethic, people skills, etc.</p>

<p>Schools:
Cornell - AEM (ED)
Northwestern - WCAS for Econ
Georgetown - McDonough
NYU - Stern
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper
USC - Marshall
Boston College - Carroll
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
UCI</p>

<p>Would my high test scores offset my mediocre GPA? Are my ECs focused enough and show interest in business?</p>

<p>Any/all input would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Sorry, it should be Top 100 public high school in the U.S.</p>

<p>How am I looking for these schools?</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Cornell - AEM (ED) - low reach
Northwestern - WCAS for Econ - low reach
Georgetown - McDonough - in
NYU - Stern - in
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper - in
USC - Marshall - in
Boston College - Carroll - in
UC Berkeley -in
UCLA - in
UCSD - in
UCI - in</p>

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<p>chance me back </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-2012/594142-cornell-aem.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-2012/594142-cornell-aem.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks, Rogue90. Those chances seem rather generous, but it’d be awesome if your predictions were right!</p>

<p>Bump.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>cornell - low reach
Northwestern - low reach
Georgetown - low reach
nyu - low reach
carnegie mellon - match
usc - match
boston college - in
UC Berkeley -in
UCLA - in
UCSD - in
UCI - in</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chance!</p>

<p>Bump.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Anyone…? Please?</p>

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<p>Bump again…</p>

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<p>Up…</p>

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<p>I would say with those scores you could get into basically any college.</p>

<p>Chance me back please?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/601606-what-my-chances-good-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/601606-what-my-chances-good-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well, an upward trend is certainly ideal, and as long as your junior grades were high, then you have a good chance. The employment looks rather amazing to tell you the truth I had to bust my @s.s to get an internship at Merill Lynch. I would say for Stern, that you have a very good chance if you did ED, but seeing that you did ED for Cornell AEM, your chances are about the same as for Stern. Chance me please? Thank you. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/599616-help-help-nyu-stern-applicant-all-i-can-do-wait.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/599616-help-help-nyu-stern-applicant-all-i-can-do-wait.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys. Bump!</p>

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<p>Up…</p>

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<p>My ratings are based on whether my friends got in or not. Just letting you know.
In order of diffuculty:</p>

<p>Cornell University?- High Reach
Georgetown- High Reach
Northwestern- Reach
NYU- Reach
USC- Reach?; I only know one girl that got in with a 4.9 GPA but 1950 SAT.
Carnegie M- Match
Boston College- Match? Unsure.</p>