I want to start by saying thank you!
COVID was challenging but gave me time to pursue my real interests. I wasn’t academically inclined or interested until my junior year of high school. As a side note, 3-4 classes didn’t have a teacher, and it was all video lessons through an external website.
I prioritized my business and entrepreneurial efforts over school because 1, I enjoyed it a lot more than school, and 2, my father being sick took a mental toll on me. I distracted myself and my mind by doing what I enjoyed.
My father was able to get rid of his cancer, but the risk of it is always there, and a sick body never fully recovers.
Canada wouldn’t be suitable for me. It’s too far from where I am, and the farthest I’d like to be from home is 5 hours.
I’d like to transfer to any of these schools,
UConn (if I don’t get in)
BC
Brown
Carnegie Mellon
Columbia (I have connections that could maybe really help)
Cornell
NYU
Northwestern
UMich
UNC
UPenn
UVA
Yale
Some of these schools are near impossible, but I’d like to take my chances.
As for working on Wall St., I’ve talked to a friend who graduated from Yale and is studying law at NYU. I told him my long-term goals (when I’m in my 30s to 40s), and he said the best route for me would be to become a banker on Wall St and work my way up. Aside from his advice, I’ve done plentiful research and know a lot about the job and industry. It interests me, and I have a genuine enjoyment. I realized I wanted to be a banker in my junior year and have been working for it, connecting with alum from UConn and some other schools that work on Wall St. right now.