Which business school should I apply to ED?

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<p>Hello.</p>

<p>I am a high school senior in a very competitive school in California. I am American-Asian (Indian) and moved to America at the age of 8. I am planning to apply to Notre Dame Early Action.</p>

<p>Academics:
My gpa is about 4.0 Weighted (and about 3.5 uw- a little on the low side)
I only took the SAT’s once and received a 2260:
Math- 800
CR- 670
Writing- 790
Total- 2260</p>

<p>I have taken and am taking many honors/AP courses.</p>

<p>EC’s:
Co-founded and was VP of the chess club in freshman year and am President this year.
3 years of Spanish club
Played two years of tennis for the school team.
I have played chess competitively since sixth grade and have received many awards. Some of them include:
1st place K-8 in NorCal 8th grade
Tied for 11th in World Open in 2006 and for 14th in 2007 in Philadelphia, PA.
I am currently ranked among the top 50 players for my age in the country.</p>

<p>Community Service and Work Experience:
Last summer, I when I visited India, I volunteered in an orphanage for a week, teaching children and playing with them. I also donated food, clothes, and toys, as well as as $200 of my chess earnings from tournaments.I lived with the kids there for a week and helped teach the children, play with them, and spend quality time with them. It was one of the most enriching experiences of my life (about 120 hours). I’m also writing my essay about this.</p>

<p>Helped teach kids in summer school in 2005. (80 hours)
Have taught chess (as a part-time job)
Currently have a job as a tutor at “Mathnasium.” (10 hours a week)
Active volunteer in my local community for the city (40-50 hours).</p>

<p>I am leaning towards the business side, mostly finance and economics.</p>

<p>Ok, I’m applying to 2 or 3 schools EA, and want to apply to one ED (obviously one). I am considering one of the following schools:</p>

<p>1) UPenn (Wharton)
2) MIT (Sloan)
3) Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
4) Cornell (Johnson)
5) Emory (Goizueta)
6) NYU (Stern)</p>

<p>I want to apply to one of these ED. If accepted, I would be more than happy to attend any of these for sure, so that’s not a problem. I wanted to for which one I would have the greatest chances of getting in. Wharton is my first choice, and I really want to go there, but I think chances are slim. MIT (Sloan) is my second choice. Please tell me what my chances are at each school. All are great b-schools. Current undergrads enrolled in any of these schools would espceially help. </p>

<p>Thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>MIT is also EA (non-single choice) not ED.</p>

<p>Cornell’s undergrad b-school is AEM within the College of Agriculture and Life Science. Johnson is for graduate programs only.</p>

<p>You should be aware that you can’t apply ED to one school and at the same time, apply EA (non-single choice) to other schools as well.</p>

<p>“Can I apply to more than one school early?
It varies from school to school. Oftentimes you’ll only be able to apply to one school early decision so if you’re applying early decision somewhere it will be against their policy to apply to MIT early as well. However, several schools offering early action will allow you to apply to multiple schools. For example, you can apply to both CalTech and MIT under their EA programs with no problems.” (MIT Admissions Blog)</p>

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<p>This may sound strange,but did you ever consider either Babson or Bentley for business? Babson for years was rated number one in the country in entrepreneurship and has other top rated programs. Bentley in 2004 was rated by US News and World report as one of the best schools on the rise and had great merit money.</p>

<p>There are several reasons that I am recommending these schools to you:
First, they specialize in business and have some VERY strong programs.</p>

<p>Secondly, you will probably get some nice merit money ,which you won’t get from the schools that you are considering.</p>

<p>Third, for a number of majors, they have a great placement record.</p>

<p>I would also like to submit for your consideration, Carnegie Mellon,which I consider to be much better in many ways to that of Emory. Although CMU is quite expensive, they have a great placement track record.</p>

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<p>^ Agreed. Tepper (CMU) is one of the most selective and individual-focused Ugrad bschools in the nation with an unmatched job networking.</p>

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<p>Go Blue— you were right about MIT being EA. However, I’m pretty sure you can apply to one school ED and apply to others EA. Can someone please clear this up?</p>

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<p>taxguy, I am applying EA to Babson for the exact reasons you mentioned. Also, I was going to apply to Carnegie Mellon, but didn’t think about ED until now. I’ll consider it. Thanks for the help.</p>

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<p><a href=“https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/php/contact/ask_question.php[/url]”>https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/php/contact/ask_question.php&lt;/a&gt; (Chicago)</p>

<p>What is your early action policy for freshman applicants?
At Chicago, our early action admissions policy is non-binding and multiple-choice. This means that you can apply here and to any other school by November 1, as long as the other school is OK with it. If your other schools are single-choice early action, you will have to sign a contract with them saying that you are not applying to other schools, and you will have to honor that contract. The deadline is November 1, and you will hear from us by mid-December. You do not have to give us your decision until May 1.</p>

<p>[url=<a href=“http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/applying_firstyear_earlyaction.cfm]Georgetown”>http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/applying_firstyear_earlyaction.cfm]Georgetown</a> University- Office of Undergraduate Admissions<a href=“Georgetown”>/url</a></p>

<p>What are the different types of Early programs?
Most Admissions Offices offer students the option to apply Early, wherein the student may submit an application in November and receive an answer in December, several months ahead of the Regular Decision notification. There are several types of Early programs: </p>

<p>Early Action (Georgetown’s policy) allows applicants to make multiple Early Action applications, so long as they are not applying to a binding Early Decision Program. Applicants admitted in December under Early Action have until May 1 to decide whether or not to attend. </p>

<p>Early Decision requires that applicants commit to attend if admitted in December. Due to the binding nature of Early Decision, the candidate must therefore withdraw applications made to any other schools. </p>

<p>Single-Choice Early Action restricts applicants from applying to any other school’s Early programs; however, these applicants may apply to other schools under the Regular Decision program. Applicants admitted in December under Single-Choice Early Action have until May 1 to decide whether to attend.</p>

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<p>let me first of all say that I think you have put a lot of thought into the schools you are applying to, and it shows. However, unless you have one decisive choice which you would attend “no regrets”, I really would not recommend Early Decision. Early action to a few schools that interests seems to be your best bet. If you are really set on Notre Dame, have you looked into Boston College? I find those two schools to be strikingly similar, though BC is slightly less prestigious. </p>

<p>Now let me be perfectly honest here. I think that if you apply to NYU, or Emory, or maybe Cornell, you have good chances to get in Early Decision. The others are a stretch, especially with your somewhat weak GPA (statistically, for the schools you are looking at). </p>

<p>My advice to you is to do some narrowing down and seeing what these schools really have to offer you before you start getting into binding agreements.</p>

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<p>Goblue- I understand that three are different types of Early admission programs. However, for “most” early action programs, you are are allowed to apply to another school for ED (based upon their early admissions plan of course). You said, “You should be aware that you can’t apply ED to one school and at the same time, apply EA (non-single choice) to other schools as well.” as if it was always true, so I got confused.</p>

<p>Catlinjon- I agree with you. Also, I do realize my gpa is weak for these colleges. I have looked at Boston College, but it is Single-choice Early Action, meaning I would not be able to apply to other schools early. Thanks for the advice.</p>