Community College Transfer

ashleyrose
Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:11:50 +0000

Hello, this is my first post so if I’m doing it wrong let me know :)

I am currently a sophomore at Mercer County Community College ([Mercer County Community College - MCCC - West Windsor, NJ](http://www.mccc.edu)). This spring (2010) I will graduate with my Associates of Science in Business Administration. I am definitely planning to transfer to a four year university (a business program to be exact) and work toward my Bachelors. My goal is the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. I LOVE the University of Pennsylvania and Philly. I’ve visited multiple times, AND I have legacy status because of my Grandfather (He received his DDS from Penn many many moons ago).

Some other schools I’m interested in include:
Syracuse University (Except its FREAKIN FREEZING) - I’ve already had an interview
American University (I’ve already met an admissions counselor who said I could get in)
University of North Carolina
University of Southern California (I’ve completed part I of the application)
University of Virginia
Georgetown University
Northwestern University
Boston University/College
The College of New Jersey

I want a college with a “collegey” feel. I DO NOT like NYU. I like the idea of a small school (even tho I know most of those schools are relatively large), and strong community service, internship, and study abroad options are a MUST

Here are my college stats:

Grades:
Overall GPA : 3.76
Total Completed Credits: 60

As far as my business curricula and grades (I don’t know if it matters, but most B-Schools have a prereq set for transfers and these are my grades in those classes)
Accounting (Financial) - A
Accounting (Managerial) - A
Business Law - A
Business Statistics I - A
Calculus I - A-
Macroeconomics (Honors) - A
Marketing - A

Academic Honors:

Mercer’s Honors Program - (Must take 12 credits before graduation to graduate from program, I will have taken 15).

Who’s Who of American Junior Colleges

Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society Three Star Member - (Three Star means I am extremely active in the club, which includes community service, fundraising, fellowship, leadership, mentoring).

Student Leader Award (Freshman Year)

NJ Stars Scholarship Recipient

Letters of Rec:
I am very friendly with both the Dean and President of my college, my transfer counselor at MCCC is also the advisor for PTK.
Also, I am asking my Honors Econ and Business Stats teacher for a Rec, he’s a Penn Alumni.

Extra Curricular:

MCTV Student Run Live News Show: Reporter (Fall 2008), News Anchor (Spring and Fall 2009), Producer (Spring 2010) Approximately 5+ hours a week [MCTV-26 Mercer County](http://www.mctv26.org)

Phi Beta Lambta (Future Business Leaders of America for college kids) NJ State Competitor 2009: 3rd Place Public Speaking, 2nd Place Job Interview Approximately 1 hour a week

Student Government Association Executive Board Parliamentarian (Freshman Year), Vice President (Sophomore Year). Being on the SGA board means I coordinate and volunteer at New Student Orientation, Open Houses, Student Appreciation Day, community service events every month, etc. I give about 10 hours a week to this club.

Phi Theta Kappa: Community Service: Beach clean up, campus cigarette clean up, peer mentoring, etc

Work:
I also hold two jobs outside of school, I teach swim lessons and work on marketing promotions for two local gyms. I spend about 5-10 hours a week at each facility.

High School:
I know that the elite schools want to see your performance from high school as well so here are some ball park stats from my HS record.
Total Cum: High 3.8/4.5
(I think I ranked low 30’s out of 350+ kids)
SATs:
Critical Reading 630
Math 610
Writing 570

What can I do to have a stronger application? Should I retake the SAT’s? Should I take SAT II’s?