Objective:
GPA: 97 UW, 99 W(4.0 UW on 4 scale)
SAT: 1450/1600 new SAT(1400 old)
Rank- 2/110
Course Rigor- 7 APs, 10 Honors throughout high school, most rigorous in my school
ECs:
FBLA-2 years- treasurer(11), president(12)- 1st at regionals, didn’t place at states
Model UN- 2 years- treasurer(12)- outstanding speaker, two events per year
Tennis- 3 years- Varsity team, club team(winters), clinics year round, #3 sometimes #2 singles on varsity team
Tennis volunteering- helping out at local clinics over this summer for our district residents(75 hrs)
Students against destructive decisions(SADD)-4 years-treasurer(11)
Engineering competition-11-12th
Recycling club- 9-12th- I know this sounds like nothing but I’m president next year and I’m trying pretty hard to make it more active as this year was probably the worst ever
Piano- seven years- private lessons
Preferences in school
-MUST HAVE good FA or decent chance at a large scholarship(everything else is just a preference this is the only mandatory thing)
- northeast, mid Atlantic region
- no preference for size
- don’t mind warm or cool weather just don’t want extreme cold or extremely hot
- going into business/finance, so good opportunities for internship
- school spirit would be nice
Where do you guys recommend look into and would it be a reach, match, or safety?
Run the supermatch tool on the left side of this page. Also, look at this site for merit aid options:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
Reach: You have the stats to get into the top schools. Penn has one of the best business schools in the country.
Match: Your state schools could give good scholarships. See if they have an honors program. Maybe try Boston college.
@“Erin’s Dad” I need FA though so using the super match with a low budget might keep out schools that are expensive but give good FA.
@class0f2017 could you give us more info about your FA situation? How much can your parents pay? Is your family lower income (like under $65,000/year) without significant assets so you’d probably get an affordable EFC at a meets full need school?
@mountaingoats Without getting too specific, yes it is under $65k/year without too much in assests, but there is a small business and income property. Neither has significant equity and the under $65k/year includes both of those income sources.
Run the NPC (net price calculator) on:
Kenyon, Denison, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Connnecticut College, Skidmore, St Lawrence, Lawrence, St Olaf, Macalester, Rhodes, Emory, Vanderbilt, Davidson.
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The owning a small business and income property might be a problem for schools that use CSS Profile. A value will be place on the business, some of your deductions will get added back in, and the income property could be an issue.
Is there a non custodial parent? If so, will he/she contribute?
Be sure to include some schools with very large merit awards in case the need-based aid doesn’t work out.
@mom2collegekids I understand there could be problems from deductions but I didn’t see many deductions that could cause too big of an issue. I added on the rental income for the “under 65k/year” so it’s still not too much. There isn’t much equity in either the rental property or business since there are large loans on it left.
Also, forgot to mention I am an Asian male. Not sure how much that changes things…
@MYOS1634 I didn’t do all of them, but the ones I did came out to be affordable even though I exaggerated some numbers. They ranged mostly from 8k-20k with most being around 14-15k.
Check out NYU’s Stern School of Business.
-Top finance program. Ranked #2 for finance by USNWR.
-Being an Asian male actually won’t hurt you too much in terms of admission into Stern.
-Easy access to school-year jobs/internships
-NYU’s net price calculator is very basic and I wouldn’t put too much stock into it. I’m paying 15k less than what it estimated I would be paying, which is a huge difference.
See more here: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/undergraduate/stern-advantage/profile
@tiaren14 I’ve usually heard that NYU is awful for aid and to not count on FA. Did it actually become affordable for you after FA? Also why wouldn’t being an Asian male hurt for NYU, I thought they were pretty overrepresented there.
@class0f2017
-I’ve seen many instances of NYU giving huge scholarships (mostly combinations of merit and need based aid). It will depend on how much they want you and how much aid you need. For me, it was affordable after FA. Several people from my school are going to NYU because it literally ended up being the most affordable school for them, more so than NY’s public schools even.
-Stern is 40+% Asian. I figured if they really cared that much about affirmative action, that number would be a lot lower by now.
^ How many instances of huge scholarships have you seen? I’ve seen very few in my 10 years on CC.
Do the net price calculators of your in-state public universities indicate that they are affordable?
@ucbalumnus My instates are pretty expensive. However my super safety(Temple) automatically gives full tuition and some more for for my stats. My first choice safety(Pitt) is quite expensive but I’m trying to get a merit scholarship, but they don’t have automatic scholarships so I can’t bank on that happening.
@MYOS1634 Also, some of the schools you suggested don’t have business but only Econ. I know you can get into business with an Econ degree but I would really prefer to study finance in college.
If the necessary-for-affordability merit scholarships at Pitt are not automatic for your stats, then Pitt is a reach or match (not a safety) depending on how difficult those scholarships are to get for you. Admission without enough scholarship to be able to afford to attend is effectively a rejection.
Use this link for affordable options: http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
Also look at:
-Lehigh University
-Trinity College
-UNC Chapel Hill
-University of Richmond
I agree with the suggestions in #18. Checkout Emory.
Pitt 's merit is heavily score based and you’d need 1500+ or 34 to have a shot these days.
Some of the schools listed in #6 have Management and/or are really strong in math. Some consider Asian males URM.
Note: You don’t need to study business to work in business and you don’t need to study finance to work in finance (you do need strong quantitative skills and a good career centre/alumni network). A college like Hamilton, which doesn’t offer finance as a major, is extremely successful in placing its graduates in that field.
NYU has big scholarships through HEOP for New York residents and it sounds that’s what tiaren is talking about. Overall they had no problem asking a non NY family with a 25k income to pay 18k for college, and it’s the poster child for the student debt crisis. However I agree that if finance is of interest, you should apply to Stern - keeping in mind that you must be ready to walk away if you don’t get financial aid, which is likely.