<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am a seventh grader interested in accounting and business applications. I'm probably going to do an MBA with a minor in accounting. Suggested schools?</p>
<p>*Projected SAT score as at least 2110:
Critical Reading:690-740
Writing:720-770
Mathematics: 700-750</p>
<p>I am applying to IMSA(Illinois Math & Science Academy) as well.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8</p>
<p>Any tentative schools according to this scarce data?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Come back in six years. Admissions could be quite different by then.</p>
<p>haha yeah
any schools though?</p>
<p>Shouldn’t you worry about undergrad-- no, high school first?</p>
<p>Umm, this is a joke, right? You do know that after middle school comes high school? And then college? And then grad school? I’m trying not to yell at you because I feel like you’re asking an earnest question, but oh my gosh. What do you want us to say, that you’re a perfect match for Harvard Business School as an ambitious rising eighth grader? </p>
<p>I’m floored. Seriously, you’re like 12. You’re going to start a forest fire with this level of impending burnout. </p>
<p>Even though I can be quite premature, too, this crosses the line; there’s no guarantee that you’ll actually score a 2110 on the real thing. If you want to major in accounting as an undergraduate, that’s fine, but what accounting schools you can then think about will depend on what you achieved in high school. I know you mean well, but this is not the time for actually building a college list with accounting in mind.</p>
<p>However, if accounting is your undergraduate objective, you should at least do a business-related EC or two in high school.</p>
<p>Match for Harvard.</p>
<p>@ooohcollege Puhlease. Harvard is so clearly a safety. </p>
<p>When I was in 7th grade, I didn’t know what SAT or MBA meant…</p>
<p>@ crystal19 Kidding, right? :)</p>
<p>Can you explain to us how having a list of schools would affect your life in any way whatsoever for, oh, say, the next 6 years? (Now reflect upon the fact that 6 years ago you were a first grader.)</p>
<p>@mathyone well I would be able to do everything in high school or extracurricular that would give me better chances of getting in… Also, I’m a planner frak and I know that this really isn’t necessary and maybe not even good for me :)</p>
<p>MBA = MASTER of Business Administration.
Minor in Accounting = part of UNDERGRADUATE studies.</p>
<p>So, here’s what I have for you:
Step 0: You are here.
<em>2 years later</em>
Step 1: Finish middle school.
<em>2-3 years later</em>
Step 2: Come to College Confidential to rant about junior year struggles (or stop by some time during sophomore year).
<em>1 year later</em>
Step 3: Finish high school and try to get into a college that has a solid UNDERGRADUATE business program. Remember: Graduate studies (aka MBA) come AFTER undergraduate studies.
<em>4 years later</em>
Step 4: Do well in college and apply for an MBA program (assuming you want to do your MBA straight out of college, but know that most will do their MBA either while working or after gaining some job experience).
<em>At least 2 years later</em>
Step 5: Get your MBA.
Step 6: Get a good job and live a happy life.</p>
<p>So, you basically have 9 years before you have to worry about getting into a good MBA program, and a minimum 4 years before you even have to worry about college. Chill.</p>
<p>Graduate schools don’t look at SATs and middle school GPA, and colleges don’t look at projected SAT scores and middle school GPA. Can you tell us about your high school GPA, actual SAT scores, and ECs? Can you tell us about your college GPA, grades in graduate level courses, specific interests and goals, work experience and internships? Of course, you already know all this and we know you can’t, because you’re in seventh grade. What you’re essentially asking us to do is the equivalent of that age progression technology where it takes a photograph of someone and “ages” it x number of years, except we can’t do that with college (or graduate school) admissions.</p>
<p>If you want to know what you should be doing in high school, go to one of the college admissions subforums and see what successful applicants there have done. It’s pretty simple and boils down to “do well in school and on your SAT/ACT.”</p>
<p>edit: though instead of the above, what I really should have said, considering you’re in seventh grade, is: Go outside. Read a book. Hang out with friends. Watch a movie. Play some videogames. Pick up a new hobby. Don’t come back to this site for four years.</p>