High Finance Academy Application

Step 1 of 5

20%

Your Personal Information

Your Name(Required)

First Last

UIN (Used only to verify grades.)(Required)

Your Phone(Required)

UIC Email Address(Required)

When was your first semester at UIC?(Required)

Fall 2026 (currently a freshman)

Spring 2026 (currently a freshman)

Fall 2025 (currently a sophomore)

Spring 2025 (currently a sophomore)

Intended Major(Required)

Finance

Finance double major

What is your other major(Required)

High School Record

Leave test score fields blank if you have not taken that test. Applicants without a test score, or with a score below the minimum, are still considered when the transcript shows high-level math coursework. List those courses and grades below.

High School Name(Required)

City, State(Required)

Zip Code(Required)

High School cumulative unweighted GPA (4.0 scale)(Required)

SAT total score

SAT Math section score

Optional. Not part of the minimum standards.

ACT composite score

ACT Math score

Number of AP, IB or dual-credit courses completed(Required)

Math, business, and economics courses taken in high school, with grades(Required)

Include AP, IB, honors, and dual-credit math courses.

UIC Record

UIC cumulative GPA after fall semester(Required)

Foundational courses completed or in progress

ECON 120

ACTG 210

IDS 270

FIN 300

None of these yet

UIC courses completed, with grades(Required)

Transcript, Resume and Activities

Unofficial transcript(Required)

Attach one PDF. Fall-semester freshmen: your high school transcript. Spring-semester freshmen: your UIC transcript.

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 10 MB.

Maximum file size - 10 mega bytes.

Resume(Required)

Attach one PDF, one page. A first draft is fine.

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Maximum file size - 5 mega bytes.

Activities, organizations, teams and leadership

Essay(Required)

Careers in finance reward people who are curious about how businesses work and who keep going when something is hard. Tell us about an experience that sparked or tested your interest in finance or business. What did you do next to learn more? And what do you want the High Finance Academy to help you become? Be specific. We want to understand how you think and what you have actually done, not read a list of accomplishments. 500 to 650 words. No finance background or vocabulary is expected. Your essay must be your own work; you may use AI tools or another person only to check spelling and grammar. Interviewers will ask you about what you wrote.

Additional context

Optional. Anything about your academic record or circumstances you want us to know.

Acknowledgement

Commitment(Required)

HFA expects attendance at weekly sessions and workshops, summer preparation, and a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.

I understand

Essay(Required)

My essay is my own work. I used AI tools, if at all, only for spelling and grammar.

I confirm

Accuracy(Required)

The information in this application is accurate, and HFA may verify my grades and scores.