<p>Can you tell me about the following schools and their business programs? Can you tell me if I could get into them based on my credentials:</p>
<p>-White American female (I felt this was important to include)
-1st SAT(will be retaking it in the fall, also will be taking math1 sat2): 1890
-Current gpa as of junior year: 95%
-Expected gpa at closure of junior year: 95-96%
-Treasurer of KEY Club junior year, President for senior year, in KEY Club for 3 years
-Vice President of the Junior Friends for 2 years (a library community service group where I run and organize events in the community)
-NHS member
-Varsity tennis captain for Senior year, was JV captain as a freshman, I have been playing since 8th grade, had an undefeated season last season and contributed to my school's overall undefeated season
-Accelerated in math and science
-Junior year classes: Pre calc, java, Chinese 1, College French, Physics, Honors English, AP US History
-Senior year classes: AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP Literature, Advanced Econ, Chinese 2, College French 2, Color Photography
-10th grade accepted into New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSA) for photography but did not attend due to financial and schedule conflicts </p>
<p>Are these programs prestigious in the business world?</p>
<p>Northeastern University
Boston University
Babson
University of Rochester
RIT</p>
<p>I was under the impression that 1890 was a fine sat score, but I will be striving to get it up higher next time around. From what I’m seeing, are sat scores REALLY such big deciders in the acceptance process? Will my extra curriculars or grades outweigh an 1890 at all?</p>
<p>An 1890 is not good for NU, BU or Rochester. At Northeastern the mid-50% of SAT scores for enroled freshmen in 2013 was 1990-2170. If your SAT score is in the bottom 25% admission would be a reach.</p>
<p>Just looked it up and it is very far away from where I live anyhow. TomSrOfBoston, you seem to have a lot of ideas about where I am unlikely to get into, do you have any regarding where I COULD get into?</p>
<p>Don’t take Math1 and Math2: many schools dont even consider Math1 if you took Math2. Based on your classes, you should be able to take the SAT Subject in French and in either Physics or Literature. (I assume that College French means post-AP French. SATSubject tests at CEF A2 level, AP tests at CEF B1 level, post-AP is B1±B2. So SAT French should be a piece of cake. Note that the November test includes listening, for some reason, and costs more.)</p>
<p>Why do you want to attend a business school? Is it because you think it’ll help you find a job? Or because you’re about to start your own business? Sometimes, students think they’ll major in business because they’re not sure what they want to major in and it seems that at least that will be practical.
You can major in business outside of a business school - for instance, Dickinson College, a top-ranked college that would be a great match if you increased your SAT score to 1950 or so (which you’re likely to do if you take it again) has an excellent International Management major where you can add French and Chinese, and study+intern in either France or China.
You can also major in many other subjects and work in a business after college, provided you have internships and take advantage of what the college has to offer. Look up “How my daughter made the most ouf of college” to have an idea of how you can get to the career you want with very different majors or colleges.</p>
<p>Northeastern University = reachable if your score increases to 2000
Boston University = reachable reach
Babson = match
University of Rochester = reach, needs to increase your scores
RIT= match
Emory= reach, reachable if you increase your score to above 2000</p>
<p>Before you get excited about any school, run the Net Price Calculators for each (each school calculates differently).</p>
<p>You should be competitive for them. Maybe also look at Bentley and Fordham. If you are from NY you might also want to add in a couple of the SUNY schools (ex. SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY New Paltz have business). </p>
<p>I’m not sure what you mean… Yes your grades can get you into decent non-SUNY schools but SUNY schools are decent too (more than decent in fact) and your grades wouldn’t make SUNY schools seem weak depending on what you’re looking at.
The freshman class that matriculated at Geneseo this Fall, for example, had a 3.8 average GPA and a majority of students with 1300 or more on CR+W. Similar situation for SUNY Bing. Those wouldn’t even be safeties for you, but rather matches. More students get turned down than get inat those. New Paltz would be a safety but you could apply to the Honors College and that’s a process you could use at other SUNYs. Now if you think your grades are high for SUNY Delhi, yup, that’s for sure. But if you don’t want to apply to the lower SUNY’s, what are your safeties? (Real question).</p>
<p>You need to “build from the ground up”. It’s easy to have dream schools (although you should NOT fixate on one or two colleges, as this almost always ends up sadly) and it’s normal to have reaches. But that’s the easy part. Anyone can dream about BU or URochester, Emory, Colgate, or McKenna. But once you’ve got those on your list, you haven’t started the real work yet. The real work starts when you run the Net Price Calculator and talk with your parents to have a real number (trust me: when parents say “we’ll make it work” but don’t provide a number, it ends up badly in the Spring Junior Year.) Your parents have enough money apparently but have them commit to a number and see how that matches what you’re expected to pay. You won’t get merit at any of your reach schools so if your parents expect you to get a merit scholarship you’ll have to recalibrate.
But that’s the easy part for you since you’ve already broached the financial matter.
The real work for the college list is for you to find your safeties (you need 2 -you can have more but not fewer).
A safety is a college that you like, are 100% sure you can get into (ie., you’re in the top 10% of their applicants), and after running the net price calculator, are sure you can afford.
What are your two safeties?
Then you look for your matches: colleges you like, know you can get into (they have a 40-50% admission rate, you’re at or near the top 25% mark for SAT score and GPA), and can afford. You need 3-5 of those. What are they for now? RIT, Babson, Bryant, TCNJ, Ithaca…?
Then only do you add the reaches you can afford. </p>
<p>Note: since you’ve been accelerated in math&science, you should be taking Calculus (AP Calc AB for instance) your senior year and an AP science.</p>
<p>To get a good idea of what colleges use for admission and what the average scores/grades are for entering freshmen Google the Common Data Set for each school and look at section C.</p>
<p>I just wanted to reinforce that the SAT is almost as important as the grades in most cases. Being in the bottom often means you need a hook, like athletic recruit, hardship situation, legacy etc.</p>
<p>Your Sr schedule doesn’t look very strong. I don’t understand how you can consider being accelerated and not be at calc+. Maybe that is a term in your school system. Your EC seem pretty good.</p>