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Question

I attend the best private high school in the county. I got a perfect score on my SATs, and finished my high school career with a 3.7 GPA. i took a total of 4 AP classes (all senior year), took an accelerated course in math freshman and sophomore years, and in my sophomore and junior years I took a total of 7 honors classes. I am also a member of national honors society (which in my school is rather difficult to earn membership- a 3.68 GPA, 4 extra curricular activities, and 150 hours of community service are required). Do i have a shot into getting into columbia, georgetown, nyu? I plan to major in finance, so any other top finance schools would also be considered. Thank you

-Michael

I needed to get your attention, which would then lead to more responses.....ideal for the purpose of my inquiring.

Ranto-just to let you know-As much as I wish it to be true...I don't attend the best high school in the country. just the best in the county ;-)

Yes, sports are one of my extra curricular activities...I played and started varsity volleyball for two years. We are one of the best in thestate.
I also did intramural flag football all four years.

Answer 1

You are probably qualified to get into all of these schools. The typical student getting into a top ten university in the US has a 3.8 unweighted GPA with a weighted GPA higher than 4.0. This means that the average successful applicant at Columbia has a slightly higher GPA than you do. Your GPA is probably about average for Georgetown and NYU -- so I like your chances there.

If you actually are at the best HS in US, then you have an additional problem at Columbia. Many of your classmates are probably applying to Ivy League schools. Columbia will be less likely to take you if they have already accepted several of your classmates.

There is one final problem for you regarding Columbia. They do not have an undergraduate business school -- so do not offer finance as a major. The University of Pennsylvania and Cornell are the only Ivy League schools that offer undergraduate degrees in business.

The best programs for finance on the undergraduate level are:

1. Wharton (University of Pennsylvania)
2. Sloan (MIT)
3. Haas (UC-Berkeley)
4. Ross (University of Michigan)
5. McInryte (University of Virginia)
6. Stern (NYU)

Answer 2

At my undergraduate college, it might have looked like right here (so as of lowering subject): a million. Neuroscience 2. Environmental Engineering 3. Molecular Genetics 4. Biology 5. Environmental technological awareness of course, this is going to variety based on your undergraduate business enterprise and your very own weaknesses and strengths.

Answer 3

depends on where you live, how someone else from your school is doing/has done, who else is applying from your area, your race/nationality, and your essay. elite colleges get thousands of applications from guys as good or better than you. as a guy, you have one strike against you. if you are white, that's strike two. they will accept a certain number of students from nearby and more from from outside the area of the school. if you are the best from your area, you have a shot. if a bunch of geniuses apply from your area, it will be tough. if someone else from your school went there and did poorly, they may be reuctant to give someone else a shot. if you are from a single parent home, that's a plus. if one of your parents went there, that's a plus. if your parents or a relative can donate a ton of money, that's a plus. if you have overcome some sort of adversity in your life (death of a parent or parents, inner city upbringing, etc.) that you can write about in your essay, that's a plus. your counselors have no doubt told you to apply to several schools: reach schools and safe schools. you have nothing to lose by applying to colleges you aren't sure you can make, and if you have back-ups that are solid schools, you'll be OK. good luck.

Answer 4

Are u good at any sports?
Just wondering, Ivy leagues mostly look for well rounded people so is this one of ur 4 extra currics?
I din' really like georgetown, it's so big and unwelcoming.(i went there this summer). It could be just my opinion though

Answer 5

You would if you learned about capitalization. Maybe I should not have said that, but if you really are as smart as you say you are, then why do you want to make yourself look less so by using improper capitalization?

Answer 6

possibly...you may want to contact the universities

Answer 7

nOt if yOU tyPE lIkE tHAt.

Your numbers are competitive. Go for it.