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[leomarkel]

thank you! i already decided not to get the recommendations from my girlfriend’s parents….i will work diligently on all parts of my application (hopefully, i wont come off as a whiner or arrogant jerk, instead an interesting person in love with the program)….it shouldnt b TOO hard, because i genuinely love the huntsman program (and wharton/penn itself)….yea, i think that ill ask my guidance counselor to mention that my grades freshman year killed my rank (so it wont even be me “whining”)….thank you again!

ny more advice/input guys?

[leomarkel]

hey! any input on my post?? (sorry about the length)
leo

[leomarkel]

Dear Sara,
Hey, I am just looking for some feedback and/or advice on my chances or anything else about the admissions process. Thank you for your honest (even if brutal) comments; I appreciate your help a lot!

SAT I:
Overall – 1580
Math – 800
Verbal 780

SAT II:
Writing – 740 (retaking)

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SHOULD I RETAKE THIS???
Math II-C – 780-800 (prediction)
US History – 760
Chemistry – 750+ (prediction)

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NEEDED FOR MIT APPLICATION

Curriculum – most rigorous possible (including 9 AP classes by the end of senior year and 3 years of coming to school 50 minutes before anyone else to take an extra class – 0-mod)

Unweighted grade – 92%
Rank – by the end of this year, my weighted rank will be in the top 10%, but my unweighted rank may not even be in the top 15%….my class has 515 people and my school is highly competitive….I believe we have some type of “consent release” policy which means that my awful unweighted rank may not even be released (I’m not sure)….the problem in my rank is in my freshman year, when i earned straight 88s because I was too stupid to do any work….my last two years have been decidedly solid

Other academic stuff –
top 15 in my school in the Chem Olympiad and American Mathematics Competition (AMC-12)

Extra-curricular –
National Honors Society member (for which I tutor other high school students)

Future Business Leaders of America member – placed 7th in the state at “Mr. Future Business Leader” event (the most competitive and comprehensive event); I will probably be Treasurer next year

DECA (Marketing) member – placed 1st in South Jersey at “Sports and Entertainment Marketing” both in overall and role play; won top award at state competition for the test portion for the same event

Community Service – over 1,300 hours of helping the elderly with computers at the Golden Age Senior Care Facility; helped the school and library; participated in events with the Jewish Relief Association

World Affairs Club – Steering Committee member; Lenape Model Congress – earned highest award, “Top Speaker”. Moorestown Model United Nations – earned highest award, “Best Delegate”. Participated in the following mock International Court of Justice, UPENN Model United Nations, Rutgers Model United Nations, two (2) South Jersey Model United Nations (once as a chair), two (2) Eastern Model United Nations, Rutgers Model Congress on an advanced committee, successful fund-raising.

Sports – Captain of South Jersey All-Star Volleyball Team (17s). Started JV for Freshman and Sophomore years for Eastern Volleyball. 2004 Varsity player for Eastern Volleyball (as a Junior). Bob Bertucci Volleyball Camp participant. Eastern Volleyball Camp participant. Karate – black belt; assistant instructor. Decorated ballroom dancer (won a total of six (6) gold medals in amateur career).

Arts – played piano for 7 years, mostly for fun; selected as one of four instrumental soloists from Eastern High School to participate in Arts for Teens; I DJ for fun; also, I have a CRAZY music collection of 4,000 songs

Work – I worked as a special marketing consultant for Horn and Hardart Bakery Cafe in Philly; also, I made my own company under my dad’s name to create websites and ads for companies

I have an extensive knowledge of Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Windows.

This summer, I will be in the Camp Business summer program (sponsored by Commerce Bank and Drexel Business School (LeBow)….this program only takes 100 people from the tri-state area….upon completion of the camp, I will work at Commerce for the rest of the summer.

Also, I was born in Ukraine and moved here when I was 5. I speak/read/write Russian fluently.

My essays should be fairly good.
My recommendations are coming from the Vice-Principal of the school (who taught one class all year: my AP U.S. History class, and who is a Princeton alumnus himself), my Econ teacher, and my guidance counselor (who graduated from UPENN)

In addition, my girlfriend (of eleven months) ‘s parents offered to write me recommendations (both of them graduated top of their class from UPENN medical school). I am not sure if I will use their recommendations yet.

O yea, I also know a few of the admissions officers at UPENN.

I am fairly sure that my two glaring weaknesses on all my apps will be my unweighted class rank (because of freshman year) and my lack of any legacy (except for my cousin at MIT).

Intended majors: Marketing, International Relations, Economics

I will probably apply to UPENN (Huntsman Program with Wharton as second choice) Early Decision, these are some other schools I will probably apply to for Regular Decision:
Princeton (Woodrow Wilson program, eventually)
Yale
Harvard
Columbia
NYU – Stern
MIT – Sloan
(I am not sure if one applies directly to Stern and Sloan)
Rutgers
The College of New Jersey

Please give me any comments/feedback/recommendations you have (be as brutally honest as possible!)…THANK YOU!

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