Chances at top undergrad business programs like Wharton, Ivies, UMich Ross, etc
I want to major in finance and am considering top schools. I am going to be a Junior next year.
GPA - unweighted 3.822
- weighted - 4.815
As a sophomore I received straight As, while taking all honors classes and AP US History and AP Comp Sci.
Freshmen year was rough, with a couple of Bs. Again all honors classes and AP Human Geography (AP Score = 4)
Extra Curricular so far:
Volleyball - grades 9,10 (plan on playing all four years)
Basketball - grade 9 (play in a recreational league currently)
DECA - grade 9,10 (qualified for state grade 10)
BPA - grade 10 (qualified for state grade 10)
Investment Team - grade 10 (Competition through major Chicagoland hedge funds, 1st place financial literacy)
Special Olympics Coach - grade 10 (coached volleyball (gold medal team) for the Fall Olympic Games)
- winter season coached basketball
Math Team - grade 9,10 (state team member both years)
Student Council - grade 9,10 (elected as Director of Public Relations for entire school next year)
Elected to Junior Board for next year (different than student council)
Plans for next year:
Maintain high GPA, taking: AP PHYSICS C, AP CALC BC, AP LANG + COMP, AP PSYCH, AP WORLD
score 33+ on ACT
Personal: Indian Male (1st generation here in the United States)
Public School with 3700+ kids (school doesn't rank)
Located in Illinois
Any tips would be helpful to survive the last two years of high school. And especially comments to help me work towards getting into top undergrad business schools like Wharton, Ivies, northwestern, Michigan Ross, etc
Any advice to help me increase my chances at these schools! Thanks
Just enjoy high school kid.
Keep up the work ethic. You WILL (I will fucking guarantee this) do fine, doesn't matter which school you end up getting into. Also enjoy high school.
You look solid dude, I think you knew that too. You're a junior in HS, it's tough to say how the next 2 years are gonna play out. Try to excel at something (eg get president of a club or captain of a team). A lot of top schools are crap shoots, you probably know that, just do what you enjoy most. Best advice is to not see HS as a stepping stone to college, just enjoy it man.
Holy fuck! Dude you are 1000% more focused than I was your age. You'll do fine. Just be willing to keep your options open, keep working towards manageable goals and don't beat yourself up if you make a mistake now and again.
Most importantly, as everyone said, have fun. Make sure you're in activities you enjoy. Find one or two things you find really fun and spend the time there. This is better than doing 1000 things that feel like chores.
Dude, you are doing good work. If you are already thinking about this kind of thing as a junior in high school, you will be fine. At your age, all I was thinking about was trying to get laid. If you keep doing what you are doing, you will get into a top school.
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