Any suggestions for schools I should look into?

<p>I'm currently a junior at a competitive arts high school in Manhattan. I've always had good grades (current GPA: 98.9%) and recently took the SAT's (2300 score). I also have respectable EC's. </p>

<p>I have a wide range of interests, from visual arts to science. I want to study business in college. Beside the obvious Ivy Leagues and NYU...do you guys have any suggestions as to good colleges I should look into?</p>

<p>My family has a very "Ivy League or bust" mentality. Almost all of my uncles/aunties/cousins have gone to Yale, Columbia, and Stanford combined. It really isn't a big deal to me if I didn't make it into any Ivy League at all. I'd really be perfectly happy if I wound up at a state school. </p>

<p>So, again...any suggestions as to colleges I should look into? I do have a criteria list as to what I'd want a school to have:</p>

<p>-Big city (I've grown up in big city environments--having lived in San Francisco and Manhattan)
-Big student body (New people to meet!)
-Good social setting </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I looked into UMass Amherst and decided that it wasn’t the right school for me, but it sounds like the perfect school for you. It’s big and urban.</p>