<p>I am a white male applicant from Pennsylvania
School Type- Public (Pretty mediocre at that) 193 students in class of 2015.
Course Load is about as rigorous as possible; senior year schedule:
Personal Finance
Anatomy and Physiology
Government and Economics
Dual Enrollment (college) U.S. History at the University of Scranton
AP Calculus AB
AP English Lit
Phys Ed
Physics (No AP or Honors offered for any classes that are not AP)
Also took a Dual Enrollment Psychology class in the summer- A-</p>
<p>GPA (only unweighted) 4.0 (97/100)
SAT: 720 CR 610 Math 750 Writing
ACT highs: 36 Reading 34 English 29 Math 31 Science (33 "super score")</p>
<p>EC's: Vice President/ Treasurer of Leo (Lions) Club, Member of S.A.D.D., Spanish, Film/Movie Clubs, Basketball and Football, also National Honor Society and Math Honor Society.
Also work at my local Save-a-lot roughly 17 hours/week during the school year and upwards of 35 per week during school breaks</p>
<p>Some majors I am considering are business management, economics and any type of engineering. I have already been accepted to Pitt and Penn State and am planning on applying to both schools' honors colleges.</p>
What does that mean? You don’t intend to consider cost at all or your parents are willing to pay $60+k/year? It is silly to get into a school you can’t afford. That’s a waste of your time.</p>
<p>Also, I am looking to stay within the general northeast/ New England/ mid-Atlantic regions; school spirit is a perk but not really a necessity. Also, I am applying to Lehigh shortly and I have thought about Lafayette as well, but I’m not very familiar with many aspects of the school.</p>
<p>Some schools to consider in PA: Carnagie Mellon, Villanova, Bucknell, Swarthmore. Temple and Drexel too, but these are more matches than reaches, and since you already have matches, you don’t need more unless you want more.</p>
<p>Some are more reach-y than others, obviously, but you have good stats and ECs, so I think you have a chance at acceptance. Do some research on these schools and the ones @MYOS1634 recommended and you should have a pretty balanced list. You don’t need any more safety options since you have Penn State and Pitt, so you can aim high for those “reach” type schools now.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 - I have looked into many of them, thinking about Franklin and Marshall, I applied to Scranton as a third safety, should hear back soon; thank you for some good recommendations!
@minohi -good recommendations as well, already applied EA to Villanova and I should hear back fairly soon.
Either of you have any good recs for NY, NJ, MA, CT, MD and/or VA?</p>
<p>I don’t think that Swarthmore is a match for OP. It’s very selective. More of a reach for almost anyone. Also with CMU it is pretty selective too- depends on the particular major.</p>
<p>If you are interested in business, you might want to think about the University of Richmond; they have a very impressive business program in the Robins School of Business (UR does not have an engineering school, however). Most of the undergraduates at UR are from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut, so it has a mid-Atlantic feel even though it’s south of the Mason-Dixon line.</p>
<p>Even though you indicate that cost is likely not a concern, you probably could qualify for decent merit aid based on your test scores and GPA.</p>
<p>@Bonk23 - I still think Lafayette or Lehigh are the two best choices given what we know about you, but you have asked for recommendations in other states, so here goes:</p>
<p>NY - Vassar or Colgate if you go the economics route.
NJ - Rutgers for Business or Engineering.
MA - Throw a rock and hit a great college!
CT - Connecticut College or Wesleyan if economics.
MD - Johns Hopkins for anything
VA - Tons of great schools. Virginia Tech is strong in engineering</p>