<p>Hi folks, I am a senior in high school. I've been trying to find some colleges IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AREA that would MATCH OR BE SAFE my academic level. I live in New Jersey and I am looking at colleges that are IN the northeastern United States area. PLEASE DISREGARD TUITION COSTS. I have had only a little luck so I'd really appreciate your opinions. I want to study one of the following (I want to get a Master's Degree):
- Information Technology
- Information Systems
- Information Sciences</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 3.77 based on a 5.0 scale
Un-Weighted GPA: 3.46 based on a 4.0 scale
Class Rank: Top 25% - 30%</p>
<p>SAT: 1810 (Reading: 490; Math: 670; Writing: 650)
Combined SAT: 1850 (Reading: 520; Math: 680; Writing: 650)
ACT: (awaiting score from September's test)</p>
<p>Classes I Took Throughout High School:
- I basically took Honors courses wherever I could (English, Maths, History, Sciences)
- AP Macroeconomics (junior year; B average)
- AP Statistics (junior year; C average)
- AP Calculus AB (currently taking)
- AP Microeconomics (currently taking)
- AP US Gov't & Politics (currently taking)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
- FBLA: placed 2nd in Central New Jersey for Computer Problem Solving (went to states)
- FBLA: placed 3rd in Central New Jersey for Cyber Security (went to states)
- Internship: did a voluntary finance/accounting internship for 46.50 hours
- Volunteering: volunteered at the library for 34 hours
- Volunteering: volunteered in Red Cross for 43 hours
- Volunteered in a charity club for 5 hours (lol)
- TOTAL = 128 hours</p>
<p>Work Experience:
- owned and independently ran a "successful" tennis gear and racquet stringing business throughout high school (this was not an "official" business)
- worked as a desk staff in a tennis club for about 15-20 hours</p>
<p>So, what colleges would you recommend for information technology, information sciences, or information systems as MATCH OR SAFETY based on my stats? All help is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks!
-1if30wn3r</p>
<p>any problem with Rutgers?</p>
<p>No, actually I don’t have a problem applying there. In fact, it is on my list. Do you know how “well-known” or good the technology majors are at Rutger’s (New Brunswick)?</p>
<p>Thanks, I’ll look at Pitt. A little farther than home than I hoped. An what does “10 char” mean?</p>
<p>Stevens, Stonybrook, Drexel, UMD-CP too many to list…</p>
<p>So far I have:
-Drexel
-Northeastern (reach?)
-Rutgers New Brunswick
-Penn State University (reach?)
-Temple (safety?)</p>
<p>Stevens looks a little big of a reach for me.</p>
<p>On MyChances it says that i have a 64% of getting into College Park. Would this be considered a match or reach?</p>
<p>no, you need some reaches, put college park in, put Stevens in as well if you like it.</p>
<p>64% is a match? Thank god.</p>
<p>boston university
NYU
villanova university
university of michigan - reach
syracuse university
american university
boston college</p>
<p>I understand what you mean, but if it’s on MyChances, what would you consider the percentage range for reaches? I mean practical reaches, lol.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input, but something doesn’t seem right.</p>
<p>On MyChances it shows:
Boston College = 2%
NYU = 23%
UMich Ann Arbor = 42%
Villanova University = 4%</p>
<p>They don’t look like matches to me :(</p>
<p>Lol. Stop using silly sites like that. If that site says you have a 42% chance at Umich with a 520 reading and a 3.45 GPA and you’re out of state, it’s simply not accurate. YOu have a much better chance at Nova than at UMICH.</p>
<p>Oh man, now I’m worrying all those colleges predictions may not be accurate :(</p>
<p>What should I use to compare the stats? Some college’s websites are so annoying to navigate through to put these stats.</p>
<p>yeah… i agree. your stats are pretty much matches for villanova. and very close reaches for boston college and nyu. your stats are matches for american university too and syracuse.<br>
your stats are still too low for university of michigan, like the previous person said it should be lower. try college p r o w l e r</p>
<p>I see, I see. The reason why I ignored some colleges like NYU and Boston College is because people with much better grades and academics were talking about these colleges. Since they were considering these AND I have heard these are very good colleges, I thought I wouldn’t have a chance at these colleges. I don’t know what to say. I mean, is College P r o w l e r accurate in its GPA and SAT/ACT scores?</p>
<p>using college board and princeton review is very accurate too! the statistic thing on college p. with the people accepted, rejected, and accepted and didn’t attend is pretty accurate…</p>
<p>your stats are basically the same as mine so… i think boston college would be a reach for you and nyu could be a close reach. you should also look into northeastern! providence college, george washington university (reach) penn state university park, purdue university</p>
<p>and temple university… isn’t ranked that high. if i were you, i wouldn’t pay out of state tuition for a public university when i could go to a private instead and actually get to know my professors… you know what i mean?</p>
<p>You just relieved the hell out of me. I can’t believe I forgot about College Board and Princeton Review… I got too caught up in MyChances lol. Now I just basically upgraded my college list.</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>