Am I missing a good school that would fit me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I have been doing a lot of research lately and I have come across many schools that I have just not thought about. I am looking for either a city like Boston, DC, NYC or a very college oriented town like State College around Penn State. What school comes across your mind to apply to regular decision?</p>

<p>I probably want to major in business but engineering was my original choice and I might switch to that</p>

<p>caucasian female
1910 SAT
27 ACT
3.3 unweighted/4.15 weighted</p>

<p>help would be much appreciated!</p>

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<p>If you decide against engineering, then American University in DC looks like it might be a match or low reach.</p>

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<p>Virginia Tech, Northeastern U., Rutgers are the first 3 that I thought of when reading your post. These are not safeties, but make sure that you have a couple of them on your list.</p>

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<p>Do you want a school that has both engineering and a B-school to keep your options open?</p>

<p>What is the breakdown of your SAT?</p>

<p>What is your budget? (This is very important when choosing schools!)</p>

<p>I am looking for either a city like Boston, DC, NYC or a very college oriented town like State College around Penn State.</p>

<p>I like college-oriented cities. :)</p>

<p>What else do you want in a school? </p>

<p>Big?
Small?
Quiet campus?
Spirited with big sports to watch?
Catholic schools ok?
Good ratio of males and females?
Female only schools ok?</p>

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<p>I was going to say UMD, but their priority deadline already passed, and you’d have a much harder time with plain old RD. Northeastern, maybe? You’d have a good chance on your weighted GPA, but not your unweighted, so I guess it’s a little iffy- high match or low reach. I’d say you’d have an excellent chance at American, but again, it would depend on which GPA they looked at more. What’s your SAT breakdown?</p>

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<p>Colleges in interesting big cities or interesting college-dominated towns:</p>

<p>Business and engineering: Boston University, U of Kansas, Clemson, Georgia Tech, U of Iowa, U of Minnesota.</p>

<p>Business: Indiana U., Fordham</p>

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<p>okay so here is more information. I have all honors plus 6 ap classes. top 5% of my class
SAT: 710 M 620 CR 580 W</p>

<p>I like big schools for sure
school spirit is great but not completely necessary
I like having sports to watch
I don’t mind a catholic school but I like diversity (I come from a very diverse area) and it must be a coed school</p>

<p>so far I have applied to UConn, UMass Amherst, BC, Northeastern early and was planning to apply to BU regular
also I got into Penn State University Park already</p>

<p>those schools sound good, I will look at American</p>

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<p>Congratulations on Penn State!</p>

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<p>Penn State is cool. Congrats. I am on the same boat as you are with 1970 SAT:hardly a few points better. Well your list seems pretty good.
UMass Amherst:
BC would be a bit of a reach for you. But the rest all are match.</p>

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<p>Okay thanks! I am just trying to find some schools farther away than Boston that is my problem.</p>

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<p>You can try Bucknell University PA. They have good program and Lehigh University. I’m applying here too!</p>

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<p>*SAT: 710 M 620 CR 580 W</p>

<p>I like big schools for sure
school spirit is great but not completely necessary
I like having sports to watch
I don’t mind a catholic school but I like diversity (I come from a very diverse area) and it must be a coed school*</p>

<p>Your M+CR SAT is quite good…1330. That might get you some merit scholarships from a few schools.</p>

<p>Fordham - diverse
Purdue
what is your home state? </p>

<p>Hmmm…what is your budget? How much will your parents pay?</p>

<p>Do you need financial aid? Do you need merit scholarships?</p>

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<p>Ok I will look in to that. What is the area around there like?</p>

<p>I am from Massachusetts and I will need financial aid for sure but my parents said to apply to schools which I liked and worry about how much they cost once I find out where I can actually go</p>

<p>Also my dad finds ratings very important, are these schools known to be be ranked well?</p>

<p>Any other options that would fit?
Another question what is McGill (Montreal) and GW like, I don’t know much about them and someone told me to check them out</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross-good academics and nice campus 1 hour from Boston.</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for the help by the way</p>

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<p>McGill is a great university. Very large, I think. It would be good for engineering, but I don’t know anything about business for them. I heard from a man who went there that the curriculum there is VERY heavily focused on the major- you don’t have to take classes outside of it, and if you do, he said they didn’t count for much/anything. I would check about that, since that info is kind of old. Admissions there focuses very heavily on your GPA and SATs, so whether you got in would be largely a function of whether they looked at your weighted or unweighted GPA. It also costs less than many universities in the US, and is definitely a deal. I’d apply there, especially since the app is super-easy.</p>

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<p>Okay no extracurriculars doesn’t seem that amazing but who knows. I will probably be applying there.</p>

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<p>check out Tufts University outside Cambridge Mass
It has phenomenal business and engineering
I have quite a few friends that attened there and have turned out to be very successful however you still must work at it</p>

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<p>Let’s see - Tufts. Tufts has below a 30% selection rate and the OP’s SATs are under the 25%ile for Tufts. She also wants a large school. I doubt that’s a good match.</p>

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<p>Some universities heavily recruit women interested in engineering. A friend of my d’s got a great scholarship at, I think, Gonzaga.</p>