Find a college for a high school kid from Oklahoma trying to break into IB
Academics : 4.0 unweighted, 33 act, 3 in ap lang π 4 in ap pre calc, 5 in Apush (will take gov, lit, and stats) and a lot of community college classes (most business)
Only 6 APs total but itβs pretty rigorous considering my rural/fringe school only ap Iβm not taking is Bio
Hooks: rural, first gen, immigrant
ECs (mid):
1.) Working at my parents business- do a lot of work from cashier to fry cook to waiter. Big time commitment (\~15 hours a week during school nights and \~50 a week during breaks)
2.) BPA- Do a lot of volunteering work that comes with the club, fundraising, and went to 2 competitions so far with both placing first in state in finance/business related. Went to nationals once (didnβt place so well \~top 30)
3.) Pokemon business- networked with a ton of people to allocate products, scaled to mid 5 figures. Do a lot of research (\~1 hour daily) to check market conditions and potential buys, over 50+ 5 star reviews across multiple platforms
4.) Investing- Introduced parents and friends to numerous types of accounts. Helped me and my parents maintain a 13% annualized growth. Hosted a school wide investment competition that saw about 50 people participate (unofficial, it was more like a word by mouth thing). Led to about 10 people making real stock accounts which I helped set up. Analyze market every day for at least an hour
5.) Set up a shop at my parents business sourcing products from China that coincides with trends (squishier as of now) earning extra low 4 figures.
6.) Asian plant farming?? I plant and take care of oriental vegetables and flowers that me and my families like to eat and look at (ong choy Ifykyk+ other plants)
7.) General family duties, taking care of sister and grandma, giving rides to school/dentist/hospital
8.) general volunteering at hospital, community market, school 100+ hours
Thanks for reading and please give suggestions on schools I can get into with my stats for IB!
immigrant is not a hook sorry to say. If you want stay close to home get the ACT up to 35, and look at rice, vandy and washu which are lower? semi targets but still t20. Rice has a great pipeline to houston IB.
To my knowledge ivy leagues provide need based aid to all students so apply to some lower ivys like brown, cornell, and dartmouth. Didn't include state schools bc they give minimal financial support to out of state students. Sorry to say your ECs aren't outstanding so these will all be a reach, but vandy is more understanding, and often generous with aid to students like yourself.
On the lower end you can look at schools like BC which has a decent pipeline to ib
**One more thing: I felt the SATs were way easier than the ACTs (1570/35). So try taking the SAT instead if you haven't yet
Any school recommendations lol
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