Hello,
Location: southern California School: Public, high ranking 10/10 on college lists
I'm a rising senior applying next year, and I really need help on realistic decisions for schools. My father, a surgeon, passed away my freshman year and my mom isn't really school oriented, so I need advice for my chances at some schools I'm looking at.
I am dead set on investment banking, private equity, and hedge funds for I truly have a passion for finance and love the industry.... From what I understand, prestige is everything in the finance world. I hope to attend a top target university for banks, but I am a little unsure of if I'm "elite" enough...
Freshman GPA: UW/W: 4.0 classes: Eng Honors, Bio, Alg 2 Trig, Spanish 2 Honors, and elective bullshit requirement class.
Sophomore: Gpa UW: 4.0 W: 4.2 : Pre Calc, Eng 2 Honors, Chemistry, Spanish 3 Honors, Weightlifting, World history
Junior GPA: UW: 4.0 W: 4.6 : AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, AP Language, Physics, US History
Senior Schedule: AP Macroeconomics, AP Stats, AP Env. Science, Modern Literature, Elective bullshit requirement, and ROP Entrepreneurship
1st sitting ACT Scores: cumulative: 32, Writing: 10/12, 34, Reading: 34, Math: 31, Science: 28(low I know)
SAT 2: Math Level 2: 730
I wish I took AP US and World history, I feel like it weighs down my GPA...so far my cumulative 9-11 is 4.35 but I've never gotten a B. I have excellent letters of rec from my English teacher who has a phD from USC, and my counselor whose known me forever and is a strong writer.
As far as Extracurriculars, they're weak. I've been in CSF all 4 years, however no other clubs. This year I'm starting 2 clubs at my school, each already with 100 members, called Financial Leaders of America and the Environment Club.
My freshman and sophomore summer I volunteered a ton and have 250 hours from that. I plan to get an additional 150-200 hours this year.
My essays are extremely strong, they briefly mention my father's passing but are entirely about my character and how motivated and outspoken I am.
As far as now, I attended an Experimental Economics Workshop at Chapman University that I got accepted into, not paid into. Right now I have a paid internship at a huge mortgage investment firm that has a firm in Wall Street all summer, 5 days a week. I hope this internship will demonstrate my passion for investing and finance and somehow be my hook.
Colleges I hope to apply to : All the Ivies, but thinking of ED/EA at Harvard, UPenn, or Princeton, UChicago, Northwestern
More Realistic Schools: UC Berkeley (id love to attend), UMichigan, NYU, Georgetown University/Carnegie Mellon University.... and lastly, USC (though I'd HATE to go here)
Thank you for actually reading this, and let me know if I'm shooting way too high or if you think I have a realistic chance at any of these schools. I really could use the help....I plan to retake the subject and ACT soon
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