<p>My GPA unweighted is 3.4, SAT was 2130. I know I can't really get into the top schools so I'm just looking for some a bit below those...</p>
<p>Going to be taking a math class at an ivy league this year, will finish HS with 6 AP's taken (my school doesn't offer most of them)</p>
<p>Boston College
Tufts
Northeastern
Boston U</p>
<p>Is NYU too much of a reach?</p>
<p>Boston College
Tufts
Northeastern
Boston Univ.
Holy Cross
Trinity
Bowdoin
Bates
Colgate</p>
<p>I think NYU would be close to a match assuming you have taken a fair number of AP and Honors courses. RPI and WPI are excellent tech schools you’d get in. Lots of LACs in the Northeast ranging from reach to safety.</p>
<p>and Brandeis if you’re interested in business.</p>
<p>and Wellesley, Smith, Mt Holyoke for women’s schools.</p>
<p>sorry I seem to be spamming</p>
<p>You’re missing the two most important considerations–what do you want to study, and what is your budget?</p>
<p>@collegedadnh I’m male</p>
<p>@Chardo I think some kind of engineering? And this is preliminary so I don’t really want to think about budget right now, just trying to get a list together and then I’ll research them more</p>
<p>RPI, WPI, Syracuse.</p>
<p>Schools in northeast, with some kind of engineering, below top tier. Some suggestions:</p>
<p>Northeastern
Boston U
WPI
UMass
UConn
Clarkson
Union
RPI
RIT
Rochester
Lafayette
Penn State
Pitt
Drexel
Stevens
Rutgers
NYU Poly
Stony Brook
Buffalo
Binghamton</p>
<p>Maybe a bit above, as far as selectivity:
Tufts
Lehigh
Bucknell
CMU</p>
<p>That should get you started.</p>
<p>@Chardo Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>I guess the big thing that restricts my choices is that I haven’t taken a foreign language past the exploratory they gave us in 5th-8th grade</p>
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<p>No point in chasing schools which have no chance of being affordable. Assessing affordability is relatively easy (check the net price calculator and the size of possible merit scholarships), so it should be done early in the process, so that you won’t waste time on schools that you cannot attend.</p>
<p>NYU proper does not have engineering. PINYU, which is predominantly an engineering school, is being merged into NYU. However, they have different campuses (though only a short subway ride away). Historically, PINYU has had better financial aid than NYU; you may want to ask the schools about the merger’s effects on financial aid.</p>
<p>For foreign language admission and graduation requirements, check each school’s web site. If you are a native or heritage speaker of some non-English language, there may be alternative ways of fulfilling the requirements.</p>
<p>Whoa–your GPA puts a lot of the colleges people have listed into the reach or high reach category: NYU, BC, Tufts, Brandeis (which, by the way, is surely not the school to attend if you’re “interested in business”), Wellesley. Don’t mean to rain on your parade, but it’s important to be realistic.</p>
<p>NYU isn’t out of the question. Just prove yourself in ECs and essay. Your GPA is okay and your sat is above average for most of those schools. Stony Brook is a great school for engineering and isn’t to hard to get into. Don’t let these people with 4.0s tell you that a 3.4 is bad. It won’t get you into any of these colleges but it won’t harm your chances. And you can always get an upward trend senior year</p>
<p>Thanks for the nice words, I had better grades than I’ve ever had last year so I hope that shows schools that I’m at least on the right track haha</p>
<p>Yeah upward trends are great. I got a 3.3 fresh/soph and a 4.0 this year</p>
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<p>With interest in engineering, the OP would be applying to PINYU, which appears to be less selective than NYU proper (and also historically better with financial aid), so the chance of admission and affordability would be higher.</p>
<p>That isn’t definite NYU has top computer science and applied mathematics programs which could be used as an engineering background. But if they wanted any other kind of engineering you are correct</p>
<p>“Don’t let these people with 4.0s tell you that a 3.4 is bad. It won’t get you into any of these colleges but it won’t harm your chances.”</p>
<p>Haha. Get a clue. A 3.4 will hurt someone’s chances at most of the schools mentioned in this thread. </p>
<p>Looks like you have a lot of solid suggestions already.</p>