Chances for SCEA Princeton

madglav
Fri, 28 Aug 2015 01:51:27 +0000

GPA UW: 3.98 (screwed around in damm studio art class sophomore and got B lol)
No Rank, but I’m guessing top 1-2% if we did
SAT: 800 Math, 780 Reading, 750 Writing (10 essay)
SAT II: 800 Math Lvl2, 790 USH, 770 World History, 740 Spanish

AP Classes with Scores (no score means I’m taking it for senior year)
AP Calc BC: 5
AP World History: 5
AP Lang: 5
AP USH: 5
AP Spanish Lang: 4
AP US Gov: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Music Theory (self-studied): 5
AP Physics C E/M
AP Physics C Mech
AP Lit
AP Microecon
AP Macroecon
AP Stat
AP Comparative Gov
Also doing dual-enrollment in multivar calc at a comm college near my house

EC’s:
-Clarinet: All-State 2x (from the big state of TX), All-district 3x, regular participation in volunteer ensembles

-Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout with 1 palm; several intense high adventure treks (won’t ID for security reasons, but impressive IMO and were featured in a neighborhood newspaper for doing these); Senior Patrol Leader for 12 months (Scout-aged leader for entire troop); regular community service

-Varsity XC 4 years: random regional awards
-Varsity Track 4 years: random regional awards

Work Experience:
-Worked at Music Store near house as cashier after soph year
-Interned/Shadowed at private equity company for 8 weeks after junior year (learned basic accounting and corp fin as well)

Planning on majoring in chemical engineering with a business-related minor/certificate. Ultimately, I wanna go into either management consulting, private equity/venture capital, or some type of job that combines science/engineering and business.

Recs: Gonna go to Calc BC teacher for 1, AP Lang Teacher for 2nd, then additional supplemental rec from either clarinet teacher or scoutmaster

Essays:

1. Common App: Gonna talk about my experiences in Boy Scouts and how they led to my interest in business

2. Supplements: Talk about my passion for music and how it has evolved since I was ~7 years old