<p>Hello CC! I am a HS Freshman and am starting to consider colleges more. I really want to be a book editor when I am older. I also want to be able to take Women and Gender Studies classes. I may minor in business or marketing. So, does anyone have any advice on colleges for me? I would like to stay in New York and Pennsylvania as my mom would be comfortable with me there since I would have "protection detail" there in case I need them. I would need a place with great financial aid since we are relatively poor. </p>
<p>So basically anywhere with good programs that could lead to a career in book editing, women and gender studies, business/marketing, and in NY or PA. </p>
<p>Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. If you need anymore information just say so.</p>
<p>What is your GPA like so far? Go over to the financial aid threads and look at the one that provides information on guaranteed merit scholarships, and try to maintain a good GPA. Then look at the listed schools and see which ones have business and English and Women’s Studies major/minors.</p>
<p>Also, are you instate for PA or NY schools? Your state publics would be cheapest for you on average, but if you have a high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, a private school with guaranteed merit scholarships might be more affordable. </p>
<p>If you require “protection detail”, a private college may be better to handle what you need. However your choices will depend on your current GPA and SAT/ACT scores, which unless you did CTY you wouldn’t have yet.
To start thinking, look into Barnard (if you’re a girl), Fordham, Hamilton, SUNY Stony Brook, UPenn, Penn State, Bryn Mawr. Read the websites, fill out the “request info” forms, etc.
Borrow a Fiske Guide, or an Insider’sGuide to the Colleges, or a Princeton review’s best colleges (your school library should have them). Look at ALL the colleges in NYS and PA listed. Which ones do you like best? Why?
Look at this list: these are the only colleges that promise to meet 100% need.
<a href=“Colleges with Need-Blind Admission for U.S. Students”>Colleges with Need-Blind Admission for U.S. Students;
So if you’re relatively low income and have great stats, these may be good. However, you must run the Net price calculator on each website, since each school calculates “need” differently!</p>
<p>@KKmama So far I have an unweighted GPA of 4.0 out of 4.0 and a weighted GPA of 4.8 I believe. I am not in state for the colleges. @MYOS1634 My mom calls it protection detail because I have tons of step-uncles and aunts, along with older step-brothers and sisters in Brooklyn. Everyone is 21+ I think and she would love for me to have someone to be there for me since she wouldn’t be able to. My ACT score is a 22 but that is in 7th grade. My ACT Plan test (last year/8th grade) was a 31 with a predicted 34-36 once I take the ACT. </p>
<p>If you can get in, Hamilton is a very good choice. I have first hand knowledge that there is a strong Hamilton alumni network in the New York publishing world, which is essential if you want to be a book editor - not to mention Hamilton has a top flight writing program and incorporates writing in all majors. (A school with a strong alumni network, not just Hamilton, is going to be essential in this line of work - you’ll need it just to get the interviews.)</p>
<p>If you want a larger school, Syracuse, with it’s strong journalism program, might also be a good option.</p>
<p>And although it’s not in PA/NY, it is closer than some parts of those states, Boston U also has a very good program with lots of connections to the publishing world. It’s definitely worth a look.</p>
<p>@MrMom62 Thank you so much for that. The recommendations are really helpful. I will definitely look into them. Do you know any other with connections to the publishing world? Do you know if NYU has strong alumni connections? </p>
<p>^I was also going to suggest Hamilton for the same reasons. It’s in upstate New York, and a bit of a ways from NYC, but it has a strong writing program.</p>