<p>BACKGROUND:
Asian, Male, Class of 2016 (freshman)
University: Top 40 University according to US World & News Report
High School: Top 100 high school according to US World & News Report. Extremely Competitive
Major: Business Operations/Management/Admin and Behavioral Sciences (Psych, Cog. Neuroscience)</p>
<p>ACADEMICS:
HIGH SCHOOL
9th: 3.6, 3.0
10th: 3.0, 3.0
11th: 3.0, 3.0
12th: 3.0, 3.5</p>
<p>ACT: 31 (English = 35, Math = 35, Science = 31, Reading = 29, Writing = 11)
Super scored it’s about a 33. UChicago Superscores! probably not the others though.</p>
<p>COLLEGE
Freshmen year: 4.0</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS/AWARDS:
-1st place in national business competition
-four time finalist for national and international business competitions
-Received paid internship at a San Francisco accounting software firm since sophomore year
-Earned distinction by the California State government and state department of education for civic leadership
-National Officer for two years for an international community service organization
-State officer for a student leadership organization. High School Class president for two years
-Established a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is prospectively expanding internationally
-Conducted independent research experiment at Stanford University
-Worked with NASA’s entrepreneurial initiatives division’s patent to author a business plan for a potential product in space technology and consumer media</p>
<p>APPLYING TO (TRANSFER): Emory(Oxford and Emory), UPenn(Wharton or CAS- not sure yet), Yale, Brown, UChicago, Cornell, Georgetown</p>
<p>Long story short. chances? How much does HS grades really matter? (Does improvement trend help me? Should I take ACTs again? I plan to go to business school. Should I just stay and get good grades here?)</p>