Hey there :) Thanks for stopping by on this question! I really appreciate you taking the time out of your day to help me. So basically, my dream is to get into the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. I want to major into something dealing with business so I feel like Wharton would be ideal for me. Other Ivies are being looked at, as well as Duke, Northwestern and the University of Michigan. So here's my resume. Feel free to comment, criticize, ask for more info, etc! I am currently just wrapped up my junior year. Current year: Junior Residence: Michigan Unweighted GPA: 4.0 Weighted: I think it's a 4.5? I could be wrong. ACT Composite: 33 â—ACT Reading: 36 â—ACT Math: 35 Rank: Top 5%. I believe I am 5th or 6th out of about 400. Our school only does percentages anyway. APs Taken/Plan to Take: â—AP Calc (BC) â—AP English â—AP European History â—AP Macroeconomics â—AP Microeconomics â—AP Physics (B) â—AP Psychology â—AP Spanish â—AP U.S. Government â—AP World History Honors Classes: â—Honors Algebra II â—Honors American History â—Honors American Literature â—Honors Chemistry â—Honors Geometry â—Honors Physics â—Honors Pre-Calc â—Honors World Literature â—"Honors" Spanish (One year ahead of scheduled foreign language) SAT II's: â—World History (June scores have not been posted yet) â—Math II (June scores have not been posted yet) â—Spanish (In October) â—Literature (In October) Other Classes Pertaining to Business: â—Accounting â—Economics â—Independent Study in Marketing â—Marketing Clubs/Sports/Other: â—Asian Community Engagement (11-12) â—DECA, A Marketing Club (10-12) - 4th place (10) and 1st place (11) at the State Conferance; Honorable Mention (10&11) at the International Conferance â—Honor Roll (9-12) â—Model United Nations (11-12) - Ambassador Extraordinare (11) â—National Honor Society (11-12) - President (12) â—Student Leadership (10-12) - In charge of Class Elections, Spirit Court Elections, Staff Appreciation Committees â—Varsity Tennis (11-12) â—Volunteer Impact Program (11-12) - Secretary (11) & President (12) â—Winterfest Princess for the Class of 2010 (11) - Elected as Most Spirited, representing the Class of 2010 during Winterfest Spirit Week â—Most likely will be Prom Chair next year. And I will do my best to audition to be a grad speaker. Out of School: â—Dance (Age 4-15) â—Kumon Math & Reading Program (Age 4-15) - Completed both the Math and Reading Programs â—Piano (Age 4-15) - Numerous Awards/Completion Awards Work: â—Kumon Math & Reading: May 2009 - May 2010 â—School Store: Sept 2007 - June 2008 Summers: â—Previous to Freshmen year: Went to Mediterranean Europe (Italy, Croatia, Spain, Monaco) learning the culture and the history â—Between Freshmen and Sophomore year: Went to Baltic Europe (Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark) learning the culture and the history. Also, volunteered at a local church â—Between Sophomore and Junior year: Attended CTD (Center of Talent Development) at Northwestern University, taking a 3 week class of AP European History and able to master the course in those three weeks. It was...intense. Haha. Also, volunteered at a local church â—Between Junior and Senior year: Going to Alaska. Working at Kumon. Planning a school carnival for the 2009-2010 school year. Volunteering at a local church Schools Applying/Considering Applying to: â—Duke University â—Georgetown University â—Michigan State University â—Northwestern University â—Princeton University (Just for the heck of it :]) â—University of Michigan (Preferably Ross Business School) â—University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) â—Yale University (Just for the heck of it. Haha) Let me know what you think! I'm open to anything really. Suggest schools if you want to--however, I will not leave the Midwest/East Coast. :) Thanks for reading this
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that looks really good to me. but what do i know, i'm only a teenager. http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ use this site to help you in finding if your SAT/ACT scores are what the school is looking for.
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You obviously have an extensive transcript so far, and your extracurricular experience is great for the field you want to enter. However, when schools are looking at all of your activities there is a considerable gap--no intriguing physical extracurriculars are there and this will make you look like you are just skilled in school. Believe it or not, colleges love to see applicants who are very well rounded with accomplishments in other aspects of their lives. You do have tennis on your resume, but unless you earned a significant accomplishment that you did not list, tennis is a common sport for the unskilled athlete to compete in--one that is just played to look good for college entrance forms. I would have recommended to further develop the physical aspect of your life and not just the intellectual aspect. This is obviously not something that is going to happen in one year so you seem to be SOL, hope your SAT composites come back in great shape!!!
