Could any one please chance me for transferring to A&M

nhl1508
Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:41:51 +0000

This is my update :D, what do you think xcellerator?
International student transfers from a community college in CA.
Major: business/econ
College GPA: 4.0 (>90 quarter units)
I will take ACT/IELTS in January 2011 (took IELTS before, so gonna do it again)
Family contribution: 17k to 22k

Applied to UCLA Business Econ, UC Berkeley Haas (can’t afford to go there, but I wanna try to apply)

Plan to apply: (need to eliminate/add some)
Cornell for ILR school
WashU in St. Louis for Business admin
Brown for Econ
Rice for Econ

Safety:
Texas Christian Uni Bus
UT Dallas Bus
Texas A&M Bus
maybe Southern Methodist Uni Bus (expensive)
Ohio Wesleyan (they waive my app fee, so just apply)
Drexel? (cost is kinda high, but will apply cuz of no fee)
Tulane (expensive, but gimme fee waiver, so apply there)
1 or 2 LACs (which one is good for bus/econ?)
any other suggestions?

Volunteer & Community Service:

>150hours for an unpaid internship in an insurance agency

24 hours for a bond measure campaign for the college district in last november election

30 hours being teacher assistant for an elementary school

64 hours during summer 2009 in Vietnam, volunteer to help working children go back to school

Awards & Honors:

Second highest score (26.5/30) in high school class for the national university entrance test

featured in campus newspaper for outstanding campus involvement

Dean’s List

Phi Theta Kappa

Extracurricular Activities

Associated Student Body Vice President of Finance: maintain financial stability and allocate a million-dollar budget (about 12h/week)

Vietnamese Student Association President (about 6h/week)

United VSA of Northern Calif. Leadership Camp Director of Finance, developed a budget for the camp with more than 70 attendees

member of Honors club

Good UC personal statement according to my friends who got into Berkeley (need to work on the commonapp essay though)

Can get good recs from Director of Office of College Life (also student government advisor), VSA club advisor, math professor, econ professor, or business professor (I am still debating who should I ask for recs).
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