Hey everyone, I’m looking for some perspective on my college profile. I’ve had a very nonlinear path and I’m wondering how AOs will see the profile i’ve been building.
Context :
In 8th and 10th grade, I was in an ICU in India for months. It was a major medical crisis, it tanked my GPA to a maximum cap of 3.2UW even if i get all A’s after this. I Moved to the US junior year of my high school and used MMA to rebuild my physical health. Senior year Ive taken a 7 AP workload. But when I asked my school for AP Calc BC senior year to show I was on the right math track, they rejected me three times based on my 9th/10th grades and prerequisite requirements.
Ive taken a job this summer, and plan on using my earnings to fund trading evaluations, and manage around $500k (5 funded accounts). I plan on using the payouts to bypass my school’s gatekeeping and self fund multivariable calculus and linear algebra through UIUC’s online netmath program.
Stats:
• SAT: 1510 (790 Math, 720 English)
• AP’s: lang, macro, gov, stats, calc ab, micro, psych.
• EC’s: Funded Trader ($500k buying power), MMA (2years of training), and also, im currently building a fintech app (AI driven, wifi free financial literacy platform). Alongside, Im also studying GDP growth and inflation data from countries, comparing patterns over time, testing my formula on past economic events, and writing my findings like a research paper. I shared the idea with a Financial Times journalist who said it looked promising and suggested I get it reviewed by a professor to pursue publication.
• Coursework: 7 APs + University-level Math.
Question: How much weight will Top 20s (Wharton, Stanford, Berkeley) give to the fact that I self funded my own advanced math because my school wouldn't let me in? Does the 790 Math + netmath help remove my disadvantage of the medical dip in 9th and 10th grade?