CO Kid for Southern Schools!

<p>Background
Ethnicity: White
State: Colorado
Income Bracket: ~$80,000
Requesting Financial Aid?: Yes
Prospective Major: Double Major in International Business/Finance (if available at school)</p>

<p>Objective
School type: Public (ranked as top 6, public or private, in the state)
GPA: 4.08/3.57
SAT: 2100 Superscored (700, 700, 700) (won’t report where I don’t have to)
2090 Single Sitting (700 CR, 690 M, 700 W- 10 E)
ACT: 33 (33 M, 33 E, 33 R, 32 S)
Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>

<p>AP/College Credit Classes:
AP Lang (3, not sure what happened here. Might not report it) No credit
Marketing 3 (Dual enrollment with University of Colorado) 6 credits
College Accounting (Dual enrollment with local CC: Actually will be certified to do low-level and intermediate taxes by the IRS at the end of first semester) 11 credits</p>

<p>To be honest, I have not taken the most rigorous curriculum offered at my school. However, I have taken the most rigorous business curriculum offered (more info below). </p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Baseball (9,10) shoulder surgery prevented further play
FBLA (10, 11, 12)
DECA (11, 12)
~150 hours of miscellaneous volunteer work, most through DECA (80 of which will be filing taxes for low income families)
Will be NHS member this fall
National Society of High School Scholars</p>

<p>Work Experience
May 2012-Present: Social media marketing and Search Engine Optimization intern for international industrial mechanics company
June 2012-Present: Senior Data Acquisitions Manager at international consumer services business ($66mil/year company). Rated as one of the fastest growing companies in the country. Could get an amazing letter of rec.</p>

<p>Leadership:
Vice President of DECA (12)
Senior Management Position (12)</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition:
FBLA: First at districts (E-Business), 2nd at districts (Sports Management), 7th at State (E-business)
DECA: 3rd at Invitational (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 1st at districts (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 4th at State (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 4th at State (International Business Plan), International Competitor (International Business Plan)
*All FBLA Awards from 10th grade, all DECA awards from 11th grade</p>

<p>Team leader on several fundraisers for DECA (~$3000 raised), including the largest fundraiser my chapter has ever had</p>

<p>Upward Trend:
Significant upward trend in grades.
Freshman year: S1-3.285/3.571
S2- 3.5/3.833
Sophomore year: S1-3.428/4.0
S2- 3.571/4.143
Junior year: S1-3.857/4.429
S2-3.833/4.5
Senior year (predicted): S1- 4.0/4.67
S2-4.0/4.67</p>

<p>Projected cumulative: 3.642/4.184
All A’s in every business/marketing class I’ve taken
High School of Business Diploma With Distinction (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1339553-high-school-business.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1339553-high-school-business.html&lt;/a&gt;, some info on the HSB, if you don’t know about it)</p>

<p>Senior year course load:
College Accounting (through local CC, actually 3 college courses. Worth 11 credits)
Marketing 3 (Taken through public flagship, 2 college courses, worth 6 credits)
Principles of Business Strategies and Management
Advanced Physics
AP Stats
Senior English</p>

<p>Schools:
Notre Dame
Emory
Wake Forest
University of Richmond</p>

<p>Sorry for the long post. Thanks for your time</p>

<p>With the upward trend as it is I’ll consider GPA as 3.7-3.8 rather than 3.57.</p>

<p>ND: Reach
Emory: High match
Wake Forest: Low match
Richmond: Match</p>

<p>Thanks!
Bump!</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

<p>SAT decent, but not spectacular. ECs average and look like mostly things done in last few years fo school. Although school does not rank, they likely report deciles and your UW probably puts you in the second (or maybe even the third decile). If the third decile, all of these are high reaches (less than 10%) except UR which is a reach (10 - 33%) especially in light of the non-rigourous curricuum. If the second decile, then my guesses are:</p>

<p>UR = match (66 - 90%)</p>

<p>ND = reach (10 - 33%)</p>

<p>Emory, WF = low reaches (33 - 50%)</p>

<p>School does not report decile.
Yes, most were done n the last two years but I explain in my essay the reason for this, and how I am constantly searching to improved myself.</p>

<p>Bump. What about schools like Brandeis or USC?</p>

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<p>Brandeis: Match
USC: Match</p>

<p>Thanks! Anyone else?</p>

<p>Wake Forest-Admitted
Richmond-Admitted
Emory-Maybe a little tough, but you should be in. I would put your chances as very good.
Notre Dame- The reach of course. To be honest it is a long shot. You do have a competitive SAT score though, and good EC’s, so anything’s possible</p>

<p>Oh, and for</p>

<p>USC: Same as Emory in the previous post. A bit harder to get into.
Brandeis: Admitted</p>

<p>Thanks.
BUMP</p>

<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>Dear Abby,
I posted on CC and am looking for some more opinions. I’m a little stressed.
Sincerely,
Endlessly Bumping</p>

<p>Bummmmmmp. Any ideas?</p>