<p>Can your family afford the OOS COA for a public school?
Could they afford to pay for NYU ? The reason I am mentioning this is that OOS public schools & NYU will not give you good financial aid. </p>
<p>If you feel your family will not be eligible for financial aid and you will be full pay, then it is not an issue. If you need financial aid, have your calculated your EFC (expected family contribution) at an online calculator? Collegeboard website has a good one, use your parents & yours 2010 Tax returns, choose “IM” and “FM” keep hitting “Save” so you can refer back to the numbers.</p>
<p>Please don’t count on Penn State as a safety because it’s not…a lot of students who want to go to the main campus are instead assigned to other campuses.</p>
<p>IF your family has the money for an expensive school…have you looked into other schools in big cities with business programs? American University or George Washington in DC? Fordham in New York? </p>
<p>These schools might be more in the realm of matches for you.</p>
<p>Your ECs are good, but I don’t think that your SAT or grades stack up. You need to find some more match schools and should retake the SAT and aim for a 2300+. Also, like a bunch of posters have mentioned, your AP scores are really questionable. I wouldn’t mention them in the application at all.</p>
<p>Also, definitely think about applying to NYU CAS or even the Liberal Scholars Program if you are desperate to go.</p>
<p>I don’t want to go to NYU unless I get into Stern, so there is no point in applying to anything else, especially since it’s extremely difficult to internally transfer into Stern. I’d rather take my chances on doing business/finance in a school like penn state and trying to transfer into Stern as soon as possible.</p>
<p>If I have excellent grades for the beginning of my senior year and get a 2300+ (that’s what I’m getting on practice tests right now) how much would my chances increase for Stern and Marshall?</p>
<p>Not by all that much…it would be a positive tick, for sure, but the colleges would see only your first marking period grades. They might also question whether you could sustain that level of effort, since you had such a good beginning in high school as well.</p>
<p>I understand your desire for a prestigious school…but there is a lot of competition to get into the schools on your list, and your application is going to be compared to students whose applications reflect three years of great grades, excellent scores, and strong ECs.</p>
<p>I don’t want to come off as discouraging…you should certainly apply to these schools. But to avoid the possibility of really vast disappointment–and it does happen every year, just check some of the spring threads here on CC–you should also find some schools to apply to in that range between tippy-top reaches and super-safeties that appeal to you…</p>
<p>Ok thanks, I’m going to be applying to UD, Penn state (i legitimately wouldn’t mind attending here), NYU, USC, and UVA and a still undecided safety/match school. I know NYU, USC, and UVA will be reaches but I just wanted to know if there was enough hope to apply with a shot of getting in.</p>
<p>*- NYU Stern (#1 choice, except money might be an issue since I hear they give horrible aid)
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<p>Then take off the OOS publics…they also give lousy aid for OOS students. (except UVA and UNC…but those are hard to get into OOS).</p>
<p>What is your financial situation? What is your likely EFC? How much will your parents pay? If you don’t know, ask. A rough estimate of EFC is about 23% of family gross income (before taxes). </p>
<p>And, most schools don’t meet need and most publics give lousy aid to OOS students. </p>
<p>There are a few schools that might give you a merit scholarship. </p>
<p>You need to determine your financial situation before creating your list…otherwise you may end up with a handful of acceptances and no affordable options.</p>
<p>I’m not worried about my financial situation. I’ll be able to afford NYU Stern, I just don’t want to be bound by it just in case. My dad says he’ll pay for wherever I get in as long as it’s a reputable college and I already have a few smaller scholarships and am planning on applying for more.</p>
<p>are those smaller scholarships renewable every year, or are they one-time shots? You need to consider 4 full years of ever-increasing college expenses.</p>