Hello, I am a high school junior in Illinois. I am currently looking for college with good business programs because I plan on majoring in finance. The problem is my ACT score can get me into elite colleges but my GPA cannot. I know I’ve under achieved but my GPA has gone up: ~2.9 freshman year, ~3.2 last year, and 3.4 so far this year. Also, I have only taken 2 AP classes.
What colleges do you think I could get into (with solid business programs)?
And
What scholarships do you think I could get at these certain schools?
Thank You!
Well there are a number of schools that you have as an option. I will first list the ones that would be like a reach school for you and others that will be more of easier ones to get into. So let us start shall we?
Hard
UC Berkeley, UCLA, Babson College, Northwestern (Kellog), Michigan University Ann Arbor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, USC.
Medium
University of Florida, Indiana University Bloomington, Northeastern.
Easier
University of Central Florida, University of Massachusetts Amherst, UC San Diego (has one of the best fiance schools), UC Santa Barbara.
The list goes on. I do not really know about the scholarships however you have to research that yourself.
Go to the Financial Aid forum and look at the pinned threads for some merit aid options.
Thank you guys so much for the replies.