<p>Hello, I'm doing this for my brother. He thinks he's going to have to go to community college because he seriously screwed up his GPA (no upward trend or anything, just bad), despite the fact he's really smart (his test scores don't reflect his full potential either, but they're better). </p>
<p>Anyway, he's pretty much undecided for major, but as of right now business seems to be his top choice. He's also interested in philosophy, possibly as a minor, maybe just a few classes, but not as a major because he doesn't think he'll get a job with that major. </p>
<p>His GPA is around 3.1 ish UW, probably about 3.3 ish W. </p>
<p>He's taken AP USH and Lang & Comp. Next year he'll take AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Gov, and AP Environmental Science. </p>
<p>He got a 1960 SAT and 29 ACT. </p>
<p>Not too involved with EC. Like, not at all. Tennis in 9th grade, NHS until 10th. </p>
<p>So, any good colleges for him that don't consider GPA too heavily? I know his SAT won't get him into any Ivy's, but his GPA certainly doesn't reflect how smart he really is. </p>
<p>Check out Indiana, Penn State, Wisconsin-Madison, Texas-Austin, Georgia and Purdue. All of them were ranked in the top 50 business schools for undergrads in the nation by business week and from what I can remember, their admitted class shouldn’t be too far from those scores. Also, keep in mind, numbers aren’t everything in admission.</p>
<p>True with Texas, but I know a few people who have gotten in OOS without amazing grades, test scores, or diversity. Also, I was not aware of penn states usage of the gpa to that extent. I just recommended some schools who I remembered having admission stats similar to the above numbers.</p>
<p>From your title, I expected a gpa of about 1.2. His isn’t awful by any means.</p>
<p>If he’s a military brat, he’s lived all over the world. Right? </p>
<p>The kinds of schools you’ve been in may not have many activities. He can’t participate in what doesn’t exist and what the culture doesn’t support him in starting.</p>
<p>Just the fact that he’s lived in such different cultures could be the basis for an activity. Has he met people who are native to the places you’ve lived (as opposed to hanging around Americans all the time)? Has he learned languages and customs, explored foods, visited landmarks?</p>
<p>Does he want business just because he thinks it will get him a job?</p>
<p>We’ve definitely travelled a lot, and I know being a military brat/DoDDS student does help in the admissions process.
I think that’s partly why-- he is interested in business, but I think it’s mostly that he thinks it’ll get him a job. And no, it’s not awful, it’s just that he knows if he had tried harder/cared more for the last three years he could be going to a great school, and he’s sort of let himself down.</p>
<p>A few northeast schools to consider might be: Marist College, Siena College, UScranton, St. Joes (Phila), Loyola MD, Quinnipiac, UMass-Amherst, URhode Island, UVermont, UNewHampshire, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY New Paltz. I’d invest in a college guide book or two if you are doing this from overseas.</p>
<p>I really don’t know , Will he be requesting financial aid? Of course he can get into many schools especially in MD and VA, how about The Catholic University of America, Iona College, Drexel, Scranton?</p>
<p>What are your parents saying about how much they’ll pay each year?</p>
<p>It’s doubtful that he’d get into the schools that give much FA, and since you say FA isn’t necessary, that suggests that you wouldn’t qualify for FA.</p>
<p>However, will your parents pay $50k-60 per year for your brother to go to college??? If not, then how much will they pay?</p>
<p>What is your state of record? </p>
<p>What else does he want in a school outside of academics? Rural? City? Small? Quiet? Large? Rah rah? What?</p>
<p>George Mason University has a great business program! I knew someone who got in with the opposite stats, 3.9 W and 1500 SAT. Though she was instate and heavily involved in ECs.</p>