I’m applying for colleges at the end of this year, and I was wondering if you guys this I’ll be competitive for admittance for business programs at UPenn, MIT, Cornell,Harvard, and similar schools.
Here’s a bit about myself.
SAT Scores:
Reading-800
Math- 790
Writing- 800
PSAT – 231
GPA: Weighted will be around 4.85 or 4.9, maybe a bit higher, when I’m applying. Not the best, as I had some family issues in my sophomore year that screwed me over. For reference, valedictorian at our school is a little under 5.1, I think. I’ll have taken 7 AP classes by senior year, and 13 if you include my senior year.
My grades aren’t the best they can be. Total I have a about 65% As and the rest Bs, I believe, but sometimes life sucks and these things happen. I’m probably second-tier in this area.

Extra Curricular / Clubs:
President of animal welfare group at my school (Manage to raise thousands of dollars each year)
National Honors Society
National Latin Honors Society"
Won awards my 9th/10th grade years for the National Latin Exam
Band 9th grade, Orchestra 10th grade. Stopped after because arts at my school is poor, but I still continue playing 2 instruments. Alto Saxophone, which I am fairly prolific (Not a pro, but I can play very well) at, and Guitar (Not as good at this yet, but not bad)

Helped design a website for charity, and I’ll be doing another soon. (Self taught in web programming)

Working at GameStop (10th grade and on)
I do archery, a bit of a quirky sport.
In 2005, I competed in the Rubik’s Cube World Championships and got a national record in the Rubik’s Clock (Not something many people do, I’m assuming, heh, but that was slightly before high school. Will they even care?)
Volunteered at a hospital in 10th grade throughout the year.

Realistically, do I have a shot? I’m a bit worried, because there a few things that seem to be not as spectacular about my application. I don’t play a sport at my school, but I guess not everybody does. I don’t have straight As, and I’m really worried that may be an issue. My extracurriculars look okay, but nothing, to me, seems to really stand out. I don’t really know. =/

Considering I put a lot of effort into my essays and any interviews I have go well, what are my odds?
You own me at the cube bro. I’m better at alternate puzzles (Rubik’s Magic/ clock).

Fastest for cube is like 25. I used my own method, heh, a mixture of several. I’d guess if I took the time to learn OLL/PLL algs I’d hit around 15.

geez, it sure sounds like you have a shot

how fast could you solve this stuff? (ill put my times)
3×3 – 16.65
3×3 avg 10 – 27.34
3×3 one hand – 1:07
3×3 blindfolded – 9:59 (includes memo and solve)
4×4 – 1:48
4×4 avg 10 – 2:15
5×5 – 2:53
5×5 avg 10 – 3:29

i only got a 1440 total on my SATs, haha

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  1. That 70s Show Dude sagt:

    geez, it sure sounds like you have a shot

    how fast could you solve this stuff? (ill put my times)
    3×3 – 16.65
    3×3 avg 10 – 27.34
    3×3 one hand – 1:07
    3×3 blindfolded – 9:59 (includes memo and solve)
    4×4 – 1:48
    4×4 avg 10 – 2:15
    5×5 – 2:53
    5×5 avg 10 – 3:29

    i only got a 1440 total on my SATs, haha
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