How do you get into one of these schools?

Question

I am dreaming to get into UChicago, Washington University in St. Louis, a good private school, or a lower-level Ivy League like Duke or a ivy-league equivalent. I currently have a GPA of around 3.75, play baseball, but I know that I need to get involved in more clubs, volunteer programs, etc. I'm planning on taking the PSAT next Wednesday and the ACT in December. I have taken a practice test already for the PSAT.

I go to a smaller high school that isn't likely to be considered a upper-tier secondary school, so I'm probably going to have to be in the top 2 or 3 in my class along with an ACT score of at least 29, right? Any help would greatly be appreciated. I plan on majoring in either business administration or economics and management.

Answer 1

just study nonstop and do your best im sure you can get into it


good luck:)

Answer 2

You are on the right track. If your HS offers honors or AP classes, make sure you take them. The typical student admitted to thse schools has a 3.8 unweighted GPA with a weighted GPA over 4.0, SAT scores in the 2150+ range and lots of extracurriculars. Even then, the majority of qualified applicants to any one of these schools gets turned down.

I suspect that extracurriculars do not count as much as some people think -- since they are easily faked and hard to verify. To set yourself apart, you need a killer admissions essay.

One other point -- Duke University is not in the Ivy League. And if it were -- it would not be considered a "Lesser" Ivy school. It is often ranked higher than the majority of Ivy League schools.

Another point -- Cornell and Penn are the only Ivy League schools that have an undergraduate business program. Penn's Wharton school is much harder to get into than its Economics program.