Chances for business/econ programs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>My passion that I want to pursue is business. I know I won't get into Harvard or Wharton but what are my chances at these colleges? Cornell (AEM), NYU (Stern), Northwestern, Umich, U of Minn., CMU (Tepper)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 W 3.7 Uw
Rank: 14 of 316
ACT: 29 (first time)
AP's: 7 of 9 offered</p>

<p>Volunteering: Local Nonprofit program since freshman year (300 hrs total)
EC's: Spanish Club (4 yrs, President), Soccer (4 yrs, varsity 3 yrs), Travel Soccer (Same team since 5th grade, C1), Tennis (3 yrs), Basketball (1 yr), NHS (2 yrs, running for pres.), Business Club (founder and pres, 2 yrs), Math League (2 yrs)
Job: Detailer at VW dealership since turning 16</p>

<p>URM Hispanic (Colombian)
Low family income <25k :(</p>

<p>Thanks for any advice you may give. More colleges to add to my list or ways to improve my chances are welcome. I am currently a junior from MN.</p>

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<p>Good chance at U of Minn. All the rest are somewhat of a reach, even with your URM status, though not out of reach. Given your good GPA, class rank, and decent ECs, probably the most effective thing you could do to improve your chances is to get your test scores up. ACTs 30 or above or SATs above, say, 2050 or 2100 would make you a very attractive applicant for the schools you've listed.</p>

<p>Also, for your info, below is a ranked list of undergrad business schools. The ranking is from last year, but it should be useful as a list of schools for you to investigate.</p>

<ol>
<li>University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.8</li>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7</li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley (Haas) * 4.5
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.5</li>
<li>New York University (Stern) 4.3</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2
U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) * 4.2
University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) * 4.2</li>
<li>Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) 4.1
University of Virginia (McIntire) * 4.1</li>
<li>Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley) * 4.0
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 4.0
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 4.0</li>
<li>Cornell University (NY) 3.9
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson) * 3.9
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 3.9</li>
<li>Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) 3.8
Ohio State University–Columbus (Fisher) * 3.8
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.8</li>
<li>Michigan State University (Broad) * 3.7
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park (Smeal) * 3.7
University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7
Univ. of Maryland–College Park (Smith) * 3.7
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.7</li>
<li>Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6
Case Western Reserve Univ. (Weatherhead) (OH) 3.6
University of Florida (Warrington) * 3.6
University of Washington * 3.6</li>
</ol>

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<p>Alright cool, thanks for the reply. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Perhaps Bentley/Babson as nice backups.</p>

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<p>why is georgetown ranked so low for undergraduate business?</p>

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<p>Because it's program is not as well known/good? Georgetown is great for more liberal arts stuff like political science and international relations.</p>

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<p>I'd say your math score will be very important at those schools, hopefully you did well on that section.</p>

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<p>I visited Northwestern this weekend and I loved it. It is by far my first choice. What kind of ACT should I aim for to have a realistic chance?</p>

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<p>Why don't you consider UT? It has a great business school, albiet hard to get into.</p>

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<p>fjm, would you mind giving us the highlights of your visit to Northwestern? we may not be able to visit.</p>

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<p>Annn- I know that UT has a great business school but I don't want to go to school that far south. I want to stay fairly close to home but I am also thinking about the NE.</p>

<p>Worrywart- There really wasn't anything that I didn't like. All the people seemed really nice. The location seemed perfect (on the lake, and near Chicago). The highlight of my visit was just finally being on the campus of which I had heard so much about. The architecture of the buildings was also really cool. I spent a couple nights in Chicago and it really is a great city. Sorry I didn't answer your question more directly, I basically liked everything.</p>

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<p>Cornell - Reach
NYU - Reach
Umich - Match (Econ)
Carnegie - Slight Reach, if ED
U of Minn - Safety
Northwestern - Slight Reach, if ED</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. Any suggestions on what I can do to improve my chances?</p>

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<p>Maintain your grades and write good essays. Perhaps retake your ACTs or give the SATs a try.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know that I definately have to retake the ACT. Thanks for the response.</p>