Chances for USC, UMD, UVA, GW, Georgetown, Wake Forest Business Schools

Chance Me / Match Me
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Profile: First-gen white male at okay-ish public school in MD

Unweighted GPA: 3.75 (yeah, I know, missing top 5% was an oof)
Weighted GPA: 5.5 (out of 6)

Class Rank: 22 out of 421

SAT: 1550 (770 RW, 780 Math)

Took Math 2 and Lit SAT Subject Tests-expecting good scores on Lit, not so much on Math 2

APs: Gov (5), WHAP (5), Psych (5), English (5), Calc (4), APUSH (4), Comp Sci (3), Spanish (3), Physics (2)

Only non-honors class has been PE (required), so I have highest course strength possible

ECs:
FBLA President
4 Year Varsity Tennis (not recruit-worthy though)
National Math, English & Spanish Honor Societies
It’s Academic
Some other insignificant clubs

Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
NMSQT Commendation
FBLA Intro to Financial Math-1st in Region, 3rd in State
FBLA Intro to Business Communication-1st in Region, 2nd in State, 4th in Nation
FBLA Personal Finance-1st in Region, 5th in State
FBLA Green Industry-2nd in State

Recs probably won’t be great, essay is phenomenal though

Those are the six business schools I’m thinking about that I believe I have at least a shot at; I’m also applying to some safeties and some absurd reaches that I know my GPA will keep me out of (but hey, might as well support them by giving them more fodder to get their acceptance rate down a few thousandths of a percent), but I’m mainly interested in hearing your take on how valuable my commitment and accomplishments within FBLA are as a business applicant, as that’s really my only EC of note. Thanks in advance for the dream-crushing.

(Also, how much will first-gen status help?)

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UVA OOS is a reach for everyone as is Georgetown. UW GPA is a little low for Wake but your rigor (and test scores) is excellent and that matters a lot. Also Wake’s business school is not direct admit. You admitted into the general college and then apply to business school mid sophomore year (same as UVA). Typically a 3.5 over the first 3 semesters is competitive enough to get in to the business school. Can’t speak to USC or GW.

For all these schools, you’ll need to submit very good essays. Wake’s application is a lot of work (about 10 short answer writing samples - writing is very important at Wake. They really do take a holistic approach. The questions do a nice job of digging beneath the surface of objective scores. Take your time with it and show them who you are.

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Why do you think your recs won’t be great?