Colleges for a prospective business student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a current high school senior who is embarking on the college application process! I am planning on pursuing a business degree and hope to have a job in the future as a business research analyst. Currently, however, I am slightly confusing as to what schools I have a decent shot at getting into. I am thoroughly considering Rice, Emory, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and Brown as my top choices. What are my chances at getting into these schools?
Academics:
-IB student with 3 HL and 3 SL classes
-Rank 6 out of a class of 335+
-Top 2%
-GPA: 3.6 unweighted</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars:
-Speech and Debate
-Business Professionals of America
-Art Club
-National Honor Society
-Mu Alpha Theta
-Spanish National Honor Society
-Science National Honor Society
-Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council
-Student Council
-City volunteer
-Mentorship</p>

<p>Leadership roles:
-President of Speech and Debate Team
-President of Business Professionals of America
-Vice President of Art Club
-Parliamentarian of Mu Alpha Theta
-I.T. officer of Spanish National Honor Society</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
-Academic Excellence
-State Qualifier for Speech
-National Qualifier for Speech
-Double State Qualifier for Business Professionals of America
-Regional Champion in Business Professionals of America</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Worked at a technology based startup company as a social media intern/blogger
-Filed my own patent this past summer and am currently developing the idea</p>

<p>Tests:
-SAT score: 2070
-SAT superscore: 2140
ACT: 30 composite with 11 on writing (I am retaking it and hoping to improve my score)</p>

<p>What schools do you guys suggest?</p>

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<p>Rice: Reach
Emory Goizueta: High match
UMI Ross: Reach
Brown Starr: Reach (Starr isn’t actually a business school in the traditional sense but it’s the closest thing to a B-school at Brown)</p>

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<p>Brown: reach
Rice: reach
Emory: low reach
Michigan: N/A*</p>

<p>*Depends on whether or not you live in-state or OOS.</p>

<p>Considering you are in the top 2%, I’m assuming that your school is very challenging as you “only” have a 3.6 UW. In addition, a 2140 is definitely on the low side for an Ivy like Brown, and for Rice and Emory it would be right around average, give or take. The extracurriculars look pretty solid, however, but have you thought of doing a sport?</p>

<p>All in all, I would not necessarily count on getting into any of these four schools, establish a good backup like BU, Fordham, etc. Something like Boston College would be right up your alley, but something tells me you wouldn’t be interested in that type of environment.</p>

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