<p>It's not quite time for me to start applying to colleges yet, but I have started to think about what colleges I might go to. Basically, so far, the main two I've thought about are The Ohio State Univesity and Miami University (Ohio). So far OSU has the big edge because I've actually visited it and I've been a huge OSU sports fan for my entire life.</p>
<p>Here is some important information:
I have no idea what I want to major in.
I live in Ohio
Ideally I will need some financial aid because my family, while middle class, does not have much money, plus I have a twin brother, so college will cost double basically.
31 ACT (could probably be improved if needed)
4.35 W GPA, not sure about UW
Ranked 8 out of 370 in my public high school's junior class.
Pretty rigourous schedule (or at least for my school). Freshman year all honors + two regular classes, Sophomore year 1 AP, some honors, one regular, Junior year 2 AP and the rest are honors, Senior year will most likely be 3-4 AP and the rest honors.
Decent EC's. In Key Club and NHS, have a decent amount of community service. Selected to interview for a chance to attend a prestigious government camp type thing called Buckeye Boys State. I then went through the interview process and was selected to attend early this summer. Some other things I'm sure I can't think of. I will make sure to improve my EC's over the summer though.</p>
<p>What other colleges do you think I should check out? Or do you think tOSU or Miami would be the right choice?</p>
In state would probably be preferable because of lower costs, but I’m still open to out of state opportunities, it would just require a decent amount of financial aid for me to go out of state probably.</p>
<p>Looks like you already have an ideal of great school selections. It would be great if you know your area of interest such as: social science, science, math etc… Another great school you may want to look at is the University of Iowa.</p>
That’s the biggest problem; I have no idea at all what I want to major in. I’m somewhat interested in a decent amount of things, but not overly interested in anything in particular really.</p>
<p>I would consider certain careers having to do with science, but the math requirements that go along with that kind of scare me off. I mean I’m pretty decent at math (A’s and B’s in honors match courses, taking AP Calc AB next year), but math has always been the most challenging and frustrating subject for me. I like the idea of maybe doing something business related, but at the same time I’m not a very extroverted person, and I feel like good communication skills and being a people person are kind of needed for a business career. I’m really good at Spanish though, so I feel like that could help out with certain business careers. Those are just a few examples.
See my dilemma? I am interested in multiple things, but I feel like there are significant pros as well as cons for everything I’m interested in >_< I just don’t have one particular major or field of study that I’m very passionate about and know that I absolutely want to go into for sure.</p>
<p>Big sports would be nice, but it’s definitely not a deal-breaker. I wouldn’t mind that much if I went to a college where sports are not a big deal. As for the liberal arts vs research part, I honestly have no idea.</p>