<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I am going to be a high school senior. So its getting time where i should start looking into colleges. i was hoping everyone here can send me in the right direction. i want to major in the Business field.</p>
<p>i got a 26 on my act:
E:29
M:28
R:24
S:24
W:8/12</p>
<p>I have looked at university of Iowa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University Bloomington, Purdue university west Lafayette. but my act score is not high enough for any of these business schools from what i have looked at. i could be wrong </p>
<p>I play football and track and field. i am president of the business club DECA at our school and help create it at our school. i have a GPA of 3.5 out of 4. i can get really good recommendations and have good volunteer hours.</p>
<p>Can you guys recommend which colleges i should be looking at for business.</p>
<p>Thank you so much and hope to talk with you all soon on here. </p>
<p>Much will depend on how much your family will pay. Ask them, and let us know.</p>
<p>It sounds kinda cold to hear you say that, mom2, there’s a lot of truth in it.</p>
<p>There are hundreds of business schools. You don’t have to get into the best one. You seem ideally suited to do well wherever you go because you’re accustomed to organization and discipline.</p>
<p>lol…dont mean to sound cold. It’s just a reality of life.</p>
<p>This isnt like picking out ice cream flavors at Baskin Robbins where each one costs the same. </p>
<p>The amount a family will pay largely determines a well-thought-out list.</p>
<p>If the family is low income (cant pay much/anything) and the student has high stats, then apply to some top schools that meet need, and a variety of other schools and some financial safeties.</p>
<p>If the family has a good income but cant afford its EFC, and the student has strong stats, then apply where large merit will reduce the cost to the point the family can pay.</p>
<p>If the family cant pay much and the student has good, but not merit-worthy stats, it can be very hard to find affordable schools. If the income is low enough, and there is state aid, that can help.</p>
<p>This student’s ACT 26 is good, but not high enough for merit at most/all of the schools that he’s heard of. and, his ACT 26 is not likely high enough for the schools that meet need. If his parents will pay all costs, then super. If not, that will make things more difficult. </p>
<p>mom2 i live in Illinois, currently paying is not a factor im looking at. i know i will most likely go out of state and know it will cost more. i can not find many schools in Illinois i would like. I want to go to atleast a top 100 school. i was hoping the community here would give me some ideas on colleges i should look into.</p>
<p>What are you looking for in a school? All the schools you mention have big time sports programs, is that something you are wanting in college? Are you wanting to stay in the mid-west? </p>
<p>to be honest i don’t know but i would prefer warmer weather. It doesn’t matter if its in a city or a college town to me. size of school doesn’t matter. i want good internship opportunitys and job after,overall good business program. i would prefer the mid-west but it doesn’t matter as long as it is in the USA.i am not looking to play sports in college.</p>
<p>It might be worth looking into schools that have co-op programs then. Perhaps Drexel in Philadelphia?</p>
<p>Your ability to pay IS something we’re looking at, OP. It helps us narrow down the choices. Please run the net price calculators on some of the schools you mentioned and let us know if your family can afford them.</p>
<p>"“mom2 i live in Illinois, currently paying is not a factor im looking at. i know i will most likely go out of state and know it will cost more.”"</p>
<p>@jkeil911 is right. No one here wants to spin their wheels trying to list schools unless we know that they will likely be affordable. We dont want to get your hopes up about this school or that school. </p>
<p>The school app process is both time consuming and costly. We dont want you investing a lot of time and money on a bunch of schools and then have you posting next spring that you dont have any affordable schools. At that point, then a community college would be your only option. Sounds like you dont want that, so let us help you in a proper fashion. </p>
<p>Let’s not waste anybody’s time. YOU can only borrow $5,500 for freshman year, so you cant borrow your way to the school of your choice. How much will your family pay each year?</p>
<p>Sorry i have no intention of wasting anyone time. i should have done much more research than i have. i talked to my parents and they said they can probably pay around 20-25K a year for me. I did the EFC calculator and it was in the range. i have not done any scholarships or grants or Fafsa stuff yet.</p>
<p>Which state are you from? Perhaps you should start with your state school which most likely will give you the biggest bang on the money. If you are not qualified with those flagship schools you mentioned before, perhaps you can apply to a lessor demanding school in the State and try to transfer if you do well there.</p>
<p>Although the Tippie COB at U Iowa requires a 27 ACT for direct admission to the program, you should apply anyway; appeal if you are denied direct admission; you then stand a great chance of being admitted by appeal.</p>
<p>Can you afford it? Tippie tuition/fees/room/board for first year is about $38,500. You are right on the edge of qualifying for Iowa’s NSA award for $5,000 (that will likely be the only scholarship you get from Iowa). That would bring it down to $33,500. After frosh year, if you live off campus, you can likely get your amount down to $30,000 per year. If you get the NSA award, it might be affordable. Without it, probably not affordable without substantial debt. </p>
<p>I would look at the Ag Business program at U Illinois. You would be in the bottom quarter of their admit range so you would have a chance. Ag Business students get jobs in finance, marketing, supply chain, commodities trading, etc at places like Caterpillar, John Deere, DuPont, ADM, Cargill, etc. The average salary for Ag Business majors at U Illinois is higher than any business major at U Iowa with the exception of MIS. Most majors are not farmers and many do not work on or with farmers after graduation but instead work at large corporate offices</p>
<p>You might also look at Iowa State. Their business placement data is right on par with U Iowa and it will likely be cheaper than U Iowa although Iowa State doesn’t do direct admits into business. Iowa State also has an Ag Business major and the average salary for Ag Business majors at Iowa State is higher than any business major at U Iowa. </p>
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<p>Your EFC is too high for grants from submitting FAFSA. Your EFC would have to be below 6000. Fed grants are for low income folks.</p>
<p>As for scholarships and institutional grants, the issue is this…</p>
<p>Scholarships are awarded to those whose test scores are high for the school…usually well within the top 25%. If you want to go to a top 100 school, then your ACT 26 wont be high enough. </p>
<p>Institutional grants are awarded based on need, not based on what parents say they’ll pay. Most schools do NOT meet need. With your stats, you wont likely get into the schools that meet need. Your schools wont likely give you any aid at all…except a 5500 loan.</p>
<p>You ran an EFC calculator but that means NOTHING once you are beyond federal aid…which you are. EFC does NOT mean what it sounds like. It is NOT the amount that your family will be asked to pay. EFC is a misnomer and should be changed. FAFSA is a federal application, and the feds have no power to tell schools that they must give aid beyond EFC…schools would close if they had to because most have little aid to give. </p>
<p>Your family could have an EFC of $25k, and a school can cost $55k, and you may get NO AID at all except a $5500 loan. </p>
<p>OOS publics that are within the top 100 are costing $40k-50k+ per year. If your family will only pay 20-25k, and you borrow $5,500, you will be short 10k-20k every year. </p>
<p>This is why we are concerned that you may be choosing unaffordable schools. </p>
<p>thank you so much for the feed back on schools so far everyone! i will be doing more research on the schools mentioned so far. Mom2 i just ran another EFC from a site my cousin sent me and it came out to be 14,000$ i must of done it wrong the first time. im so sorry i did not realize i did it wrong the first time. my parents told me they will still pay around 20-25k a year for me. thanks for your help on money, i did not know much about what you said before. thanks a lot :)</p>
<p>OP, so what do you think that 14K EFC portends for your applications and your family’s outlay? I’m curious to see if you understand the college costs work.</p>
<p>Jkeil i am no where close to knowing it fully like you guys do, but i do have a much better understanding than before. But heres what i understand on how i pay for college: i get Federal aid, i get scholarships and grant(if i get em), my parents pay some, and i get a loan from a school. at the end if i don’t have enough for the year, i gotta figure something out or pick a different school.</p>
<p>My son had similar stats and got a very good offer from Dayton.</p>