Chance Me - The Goldman Sachs

Objective:
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Spanish Reading, 750 USH, 750 Lit
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Elite Ivy League School Does Not Rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (5), USH (5), taking Calc BC, Bio, Spanish Lang, and Spanish Lit this year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB+BC, AP Spanish Lit, AP Bio, Psych-type elective, IR-type elective, 2 semester English electives (hardest available course load throughout)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won a national essay contest, some sports stuff, 6 various case comps, all not finalist (but it was close! Judges were biased)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Internationally-ranked athlete (National team, All-American, etc), lots of political involvement (internship, Head of 5 clubs at school and in some others)
Job/Work Experience: Referee for sport I compete in
Volunteer/Community service: Not too much, Special Olympics and activities through clubs at school
Summer Activities: Political internship one summer (for Congressman during Senate campaign), lived in Spain another summer, Stanford EPGY two summers (Java/Robotics and Economics)
Professor Recs: Probably both great though one would've been more focused on the Finance subject area than the other (didn't see)
Additional Rec: None

Other:
School Type: Elite, highly competitive private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F
Income bracket: High, of course
Hook (if any): Recruited athlete, parent at bank, pretty extensive international traveling

Reflection
Strengths: Hooks, ACT, ECs, generally solid interviewer
Weaknesses: Only prior experience is at UBS (PWM)

 
BAML_Is_For_Plebs:

Please elaborate? I think I am quite a strong candidate.

When I see one of these posts though, part of me wonders if it's someone trying to screw someone else over. Now, whenever anyone sees someone with this profile, they'll think that it's this kid and consider dinging them on the spot.

If you make a post like that that gives away enough personal info, you could seriously ruin someone's chances at an internship.

 

Chance you for a first round or that you'd get the job?

First, you didn't even tell us what division. Also, as stated, this isn't college confidential. No one cares about your AP scores and what you did in high school unless it was ground breaking. And professor recs? What?

And because you called it The Goldman Sachs, this truly must be a troll. I'm out. I hope you work at BAML

 

Not 800 for SAT II USH? GS won't even look at you.

But seriously, get into "Elite Ivy League School," then come back.

I've seen valedictorians crash and burn at targets. I've also seen slightly above average students excel in college and land top gigs.

Although do try a little harder if you want to troll.

 

Depends, was your 'elite Ivy League school that does not rank' hard to get into, or was the application mostly to see if the candidate could open the door and then open their wallet? Also, the six case comps that weren't finalists will ding you. Writing essays is so important on the Street, it's basically all you do, really.

I can just imagine you helping at the Special Olympics. You seem like exactly the type that should be helping disabled children. (Read: sarcasm)

 

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