<p>Im trying to find some reaches, safties, and matches for myself. I attend a very prestigious private school. I am expecting to get a 26-28 on my ACT and currently have a GPA of 3.3. My counsler said not to worry to much about the GPA because of the difficulty of my school. I have put in about 200 hrs of community service. I participate in Baseball, Cross Country, and Track. It does not matter if I attend a public or private school. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Thanks
JT</p>
<p>Any idea what you want to study? What kind of campus and/or atmosphere you're looking for in a school? Other considerations?</p>
<p>Business. I don't want the school to be over 20,000 kids. It doesn't matter if the campus is in the suburbs or the city.</p>
<p>where is your school now, and what part of the U.S. do you want it in?</p>
<p>try and be specific as possible or provide more about ur stats</p>
<p>Any part of the country is fine for me. I would prefer a school with good sports teams and good school spirit.</p>
<p>uconn
u miami
syracuse
Pittsburgh</p>
<p>I don't think I would get into Miami. I like Clemson and FSU (FSU seems a little to big for me). Any other ideas?</p>
<p>Miami (Ohio), Indiana, Syracuse, Clemson, Purdue, Georgia, Florida, Elon</p>
<p>Smaller than your usual big university with good sports: Villanova, Kentucky, Iowa, Miami (Ohio), Syracuse, Alabama, UConn, Clemson. Colorado is a bit bigger, but doesn't seem huge at all. SMU and TCU if you don't mind Texas. Tulane might be good, too.</p>
<p>I doubt he could get into Cuse, Florida, Nova, MiamiOH, UMiami, Tulane.</p>
<p>What's your class rank? What percentage does your school send to ivies? Are we talking top E Coast or NYC prep?</p>
<p>Don't give up on Tulane. It's gotta be a buyers' market down there.</p>
<p>My school doesn't have class rank because of its selective admissions and rigorous curriculum. They feel it would not fairly and accurately represent a student's relative achievement. This past year, 220-240 kids were turned down for admission (Average class size is 200-225). Here are some schools kids are going to: Boston College, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, U of Chicago, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, George Washington U, Harvard, Michigan-Ann Arbor, Miami, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Pennsylvania, USC, Texas-Austin, Tufts, Tulane, Air Force, William and Mary, Yale. These are few of the schools from the past two years.</p>
<p>TG you think i could get into Tulane with say, a 3.4 and an 1800 or so?</p>
<p>I think you'd have a good shot at Tulane. With all the flooding and such last year, there have to be thousands of people who would normally apply to Tulane but will decide against it. If they have another hurricane this year, it will be even easier to get into. I say, be bold and make the most of the situation.</p>
<p>Also, if you can stand having a bit over 20,000 students, Virginia Tech and NC State are worth a look too. U of South Carolina has only about 17,000 undergrads.</p>
<p>I want to repeat my U of Iowa recommendation. It's WAY better than your average state university, you'd certainly get in, it has big-time sports, and it has about 20,000 undergrads. The Fiske Guide gives it 4 stars for academics, the same as Vanderbilt and Emory. I went to grad school there for a while, and was completely impressed with the academics and campus life.</p>
<p>How is the business program for undergrads?</p>
<p>Also, do I have any chance of getting into Miami Ohio?</p>
<p>Miami Ohio is getting VERY hard to get into.</p>
<p>I think you'd have a good shot at Tulane. With all the flooding and such last year, there have to be thousands of people who would normally apply to Tulane but will decide against it. If they have another hurricane this year, it will be even easier to get into. I say, be bold and make the most of the situation.</p>
<p>Also, if you can stand having a bit over 20,000 students, Virginia Tech and NC State are worth a look too. U of South Carolina has only about 17,000 undergrads.</p>
<p>I want to repeat my U of Iowa recommendation. It's WAY better than your average state university, you'd certainly get in, it has big-time sports, and it has about 20,000 undergrads. The Fiske Guide gives it 4 stars for academics, the same as Vanderbilt and Emory. I went to grad school there for a while, and was completely impressed with the academics and campus life.</p>
<p>Thanks. Good to know. If you were talking to me about VaTech, NCSt, USCar, Iowa, etc. Those arent options. Tulane certainly would be though.</p>
<p>Actually, Tulane did a good job of recruitment this last year and filled their slots easily while maintaining quite a bit of competitiveness. So for Tulane, consider it about the same as previous to Katrina.</p>
<p>The fact that they had to recruit indicates it was a buyers' market. I would be astonished if the city getting wiped out by a killer flood didn't put a dent in their selectivity. Lacrosse scandals and serial killers can also put a dent in admissions. All are truly sad events, but the reality is that such events do scare off some potential applicants.</p>