Colleges that fit...

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey everyone. I am sure these threads pop up all the time, but I would really appreciate if you could help me out.</p>

<p>I've shocked myself by finding more colleges that fit me [I was going to make a thread to help me find colleges] but now I'm just sort of stuck.</p>

<p>I'm planning on majoring in Business.</p>

<p>These are the colleges I'm considering: (scholarships I am doing right now are in parentheses)
- UNC Chapel Hill (Robertson)
- Duke (Robertson)
- USC Honors [in-state]
- Emory (Emory Scholars)
- NYU
- UCLA
- UVA (considering to drop since i don't think i can get jefferson)
- U Michigan Ann Arbor
- Columbia [reach]
- SoCal
- Washington U of St. Louis
- Georgetown
- Notre Dame
- GMU</p>

<p>It's a big list, I know.. but they all have pretty strong business programs, and most of them fit me and could be good matches [aside from Columbia which is my reach]. I'm not exactly sure how to chop this down. My parents don't care where I go as long as I can get money, which is the main issue. I'm in the middle class (80-90k) and so that doesn't really help. I've been trying to research more universities [public state are great!] that offer a lot of good scholarships / full rides, but I can't find a lot. If you can help me narrow this list down or recommend me some other colleges for business that I may have overlooked w/ good aid, please let me know. :)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<li>Prism</li>
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<p>Penn-Wharton. If you’re going to reach for Columbia, you might as well consider Wharton.</p>

<p>Financial aid at both schools (which is completely need-based) should be fairly generous. For example, check this out:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/paying/paying-pro-look-at-the-facts.htm[/url]”>http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/paying/paying-pro-look-at-the-facts.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Kelley Scholars Program @ Indiana University</p>

<p>The Kelley Scholars Program offers a full-ride scholarship that includes tuition and fees, a stipend intended to cover room/board and books, and an overseas study opportunity to approximately 10 freshmen. Students must be admitted to IU by November 1, offered direct admission to the Kelley School of Business, and have a minimum ACT score of 32 or SAT score of 1350 (Critical Reading and Math), along with a 3.8 GPA. Recipients must display excellence in academics, leadership, and extracurricular involvement. The Kelley Scholarship is renewable for four years (eight semesters) of study at IU Bloomington by maintaining a 3.5 GPA and meeting additional requirements.</p>

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<p>NYU has infamously bad aid, but the only thing better than NYU Stern on a business application is UPenn Wharton. So it’s worth applying and seeing.</p>

<p>As far as state universities with good business programs, UT Austin is fantastic and Austin itself is a very vibrant city. Also consider Boston College, which, in addition to having a good business program, meets 100% need (or claims to).</p>

<p>I think many of the schools you’ve listed have policies of meeting 100% of demonstrated need, and I think you’d get quite a bit of aid based on your range. Additionally, you could compensate for whatever is needed in your “expected family contribution” with federal loans, if you wanted to not have your parents pay for it.</p>

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<p>Thank you guys all for your help!</p>

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<p>I’d be wary of those schools where you can’t get into the biz school right from the start, but rather have to apply during your freshman or soph years (that includes Michigan and Virginia, along with some others, I think).</p>

<p>I think UCLA has an undergrad minor in accounting, but doesn’t have much else in the way of undergrad business.</p>

<p>Also I don’t think Duke and Columbia have undergrad business, either. All of the schools mentioned will have undergrad economics majors, and if that’s an acceptable substitute for “business,” you’d be ok.</p>