Chances for McDonough transfer

Incognito1990
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:50:00 +0000

Will be attending in the fall: University of Maryland-College park(Obviously, I don’t know my GPA yet but I plan on working really hard and not settling for anything less than a 3.7)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Nigerian
HS GPA: 3.4
SAT Score: 1970
SAT II Scores: Math I-710, Math II-660, Lit-550(ouch!)

Awards/Honors:
Bill Gates Millennium Scholar
Rotary Club Mathematics Award
House of Delegates Scholarship
Academic Excellence Achievement Award
National English Merit Award Commendation
Presidential Award
2nd Place in High School Science Fair
Washington Metropolitan Scholar Nominee
Kiwanis Club Citizenship Award
Destination Dartmouth Summer Program
Who’s Who Among American High School Students
National Society of High School Scholars

Activities:
Finance Banking and Investment Society
International Economics and Finance Society
Smith Start Club(Has to do with UMD’s business school)
Junior Achievement(Head of Finance)
French Honor Society(Financial Treasurer)
School Yearbook (Business Manager)

Volunteer Experience:
Skin Project(Deals with people in Uganda)
Local Community Park
Church’s Technical Department(IT Technician)
Contemplating volunteering for another organization in the fall

Other:
I’m Bilingual.
Graduated High School at the age of 16.
Finance is something I’m really passionate about and I’m sure the admissions officer would realize that by reading my essays.
Run a virtual mutual fund(NAV-$13.80/Annualized return-about 45%)

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