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College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi! I'm guessing all you LOST fans clicked on this - only a few more months (Jan 2010!!!!)
Anyway, I could use some help trying to narrow my college list. </p>

<p>My current list:
Cornell University (Hotel School)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
New York University (Stern)
Oregon State University </p>

<p>I would like to add two more schools, as my list is a bit "reach" heavy. </p>

<p>I am considering:
Emory (good business and location)
Wake Forest (good business and location, but small)
UVA (good business and location, large, but tricky for OOS)
UNC Chapel Hill (see UVA)
U of Oregon (in-state safety, possibly instead of Oregon State)
Rice (triple legacy and residential college system, but no business)
University of Denver (not sure about this one - my counselor recommended it)</p>

<p>Some quick facts -
GPA: 4.36 W, 3.97 UW (A- no Bs)
ACT: 33
SAT: 2000
Intended major: Business/Hospitality Administration
State: Oregon</p>

<p>I haven't been able to visit any of the schools on my maybe list so I guess that is why I am still debating. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>University of Michigan has a great business school.</p>

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<p>Don’t send your SAT score, your ACT is much better.</p>

<p>I would apply to Rice, simply because I wouldn’t want to throw a triple legacy advantage away.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice. I will unfortunately have to send my SAT score to at least a couple schools that require the SAT 2s and that don’t allow Score Choice. Do you think this will hurt my chances? From my understanding, they take your top scores, so I don’t think so…?</p>

<p>Any more advice?</p>

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<p>Rice should be one of the two because it is a great school and you are a triple legacy (Could be a reach, but with a triple legacy you/ve got to try it). Talk to your parents about what happens when you combine heat and hunidity – Houston is a little different than Oregon.</p>

<p>You don’t have to apply to Oregon and Oregon State, you shold decide which one you like because you will get into either one.</p>

<p>UNC might be a little easier to get into than UVA, but they are both great schools and great places to spend four years. You should think really hard about adding one of those two – or break the rules and apply to both and RICE!</p>

<p>Also - your SAT schore is pretty good, don’t get too worked up over it.</p>

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<p>U of Oregon (in-state safety, possibly instead of Oregon State)
Rice (triple legacy and residential college system, but no business)
and
Emory if you can afford one more application.</p>

<p>I personally wouldn’t get so caught up on a school having “business.” Econ is just as good of major if not better in my opinion. Many top schools offer econ instead of business ie harvard stanford etc for a reason.</p>

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The reverse, actually. 50% of the acceptances at UVA go to OOS students.</p>

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<p>Wow…your ACT is much better than your SAT. Your ACT puts you higher than the 99 percentile. good for you!</p>

<p>Will you need F/A?</p>

<p>Or, can your family pay for all college expenses? If not, you need to add a financial safety in case your F/A package is just a bunch of student loans and your family can’t pay the EFC.</p>

<p>Which safety schools have your major/interests?</p>

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<p>Is that true…I thought both states legislatures had limited how many OOS undergrads each could accept to ensure spaces for in-state students.</p>

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<p>About 70% of incoming freshmen are from Virginia. That is lower than I thought. I thought the number was 80%.</p>

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<p>Thank again everyone! I have added Rice to my list of “for sure” apps…
So know the list stands:
Cornell
Penn
NYU
Rice
Oregon State or U of Oregon</p>

<p>To answer a few questions:
I will be applying for FA.<br>
Oregon State/U of Oregon for financial safeties - which ONE of these do you suggest…I really don’t have a preference…
Both have business schools, so I’m not picky.</p>

<p>Any more help narrowing the other schools to one or two would be appreciated!
Do you think UVA or UNC?
Emory or Wake Forest?
My mom also mentioned Santa Clara University as another safety that is out of state - what do you think???</p>

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<p>According to Fiske, UNC’s admitted class is approximately 18% out-of-state, and UVA’s is roughly twice that, at 33%.</p>

<p>To the OP: I would recommend adding Emory and Rice to your list.</p>

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<p>In case you didn’t know, you can minor in Business at Rice through Jones…Or there’s always the Managerial Studies route.</p>

<p>[Undergraduate</a> Business Minor :: Rice MBA Programs :: Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business :: Rice University :: Houston, Texas](<a href=“http://business.rice.edu/Business_Minor.aspx]Undergraduate”>http://business.rice.edu/Business_Minor.aspx)</p>

<p>[Rice</a> - Managerial Studies Programs](<a href=“Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Managerial Studies < Rice University”>Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Managerial Studies < Rice University)</p>

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<p>Best title in a while. :)</p>

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<p>University of Oregon over Oregon State any day. And I can’t wait til january!</p>

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<p>Santa Clara is not a safety, even with your very good ACT score (which is much higher than your SAT score) it is getting harder and harder to get into SCU. It’s rated #2 in its category. </p>

<p>Santa Clara is “need aware” which means if you can’t pay “full freight” (about $50k per year), then your chances are lessened.</p>

<p>BTW…don’t send your SAT score, only send your ACT score. Your ACT score is higher; it’s higher than 99 percentile.</p>

<p>The rest of your list is fine…why not apply to both UO and OSU? Then, if necessary, you’ll have 2 safeties to choose from. You may find out at a later time that you like one more than another.</p>

<p>How about USC??? I’ll check to see if it has a hotel school. I would think it would have something since it’s in LA.</p>

<p>Or, what about Stanford?</p>

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If not a safety, Santa Clara is certainly a very safe match for the OP. </p>

<p>With a 33 ACT and 3.97 GPA, her stats are well above the majority of the applicant pool. The 75th percentile for the ACT is 29, the average GPA is 3.5, and they admit ~60% of applicants.</p>

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<p>I just found this list of ranked Hotel Management schools</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Cornell </p></li>
<li><p>Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Managemenet at University of Houston </p></li>
<li><p>UNLV </p></li>
<li><p>Penn State </p></li>
<li><p>Purdue </p></li>
<li><p>NYU </p></li>
<li><p>Boston University </p></li>
<li><p>FIU</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>^ #3 Vegas would be such an awesome place to study hotel management.</p>

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<p>Thanks again everyone!
Sorry for mislabeling Santa Clara - I actually don’t think I am looking there anymore…
I can’t go to USC - University of Spoiled Children (my mom is from SoCal with family members at UCLA)
I was thinking about Stanford but I just don’t really like it - no offense
As for other hotel schools, Cornell is so much stronger. I would prefer a super strong business program and then enter the hospitality industry rather than a mediocre hospitality program. (of course, a super strong hotel program like Cornell is the best)
I think I am now deciding only between:
Emory, UNC, and UVA - one spot…what do you think?</p>