I’m an upcoming senior from San Jose, California looking for colleges, public or private. I’m interested in economics, finance, statistics and/or applied math (will likely double major with one of the most two + one of the last two majors). I would prefer a medium sized college with an undergraduate focus (and, if possible, a collaborative admosphere). While it doesn’t need to be the ivy league, I would like to go into finance and would like a college with relatively strong recruiting or a good career services program. I’m open to out of state or private, except I need the costs to be reasonable. I do not think I can get financial aid but my parents will not (or it would be hard for them) to pay full private tuition. Therefore, does anyone know of colleges with good scholars programs or that give good merit aid relative to their prestige? My stats:
Asian, not first generation
uwGPA: 4.0, wGPA: 4.55
APs: unfortunetely, only AP English Language and Calculus BC (plus 4 additional aps my senior year). Don’t know the scores yet. I’ve also taken 4 honors and 2 DE courses, but my transcript is definitely average for my highly competitive school.
Test Scores: SAT 1550, SAT Math 800, psat likely NMSF
ECs: DECA officer (6th at nationals, 1st at states for accounting and finance), Free the Children (officer, raises awareness and funds for education and child labor), founded pro-bono math program for underrepresented middle school students, founder and president of exchange program with refugees from Syria to help them practice English (I’m really proud of this one ) . Summer teaching intern working at a nonprofit full-time (7-5 for 8 weeks) teaching math and personal finance to first-generation middle schoolers (the program is called breakthrough)
I only do activities that I truly enjoy so hopefully I can write good essays. Based on my stats, does anyone have any suggestions for colleges. I don’t think I’m good enough for ivies but maybe mid-tier colleges?