Comments on my college list?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am a junior getting ready to fill out college apps. I would like to know what others think about my list.

University of South Carolina-Columbia (visited and loved. I would be interested in honors college)(hoping to get one of their OOS scholarships).
Indiana University (visited, loved)
Michigan State (in-state, visited)
U of M Ann Arbor (in-state, visited, legacy)
U Wisconsin Madison

I am looking to major in something business related, and possibly hospitality (if business does not work out)

GPA: UW: 3.92 W: 4.06 (my school only weights APs)

List of AP classes taken/taking/will take
AP US History 5
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Stats
AP Calc AB (senior year)
AP Spanish (senior year)

ACT: 29 (35 E, 28 M, 28 R, 26 S)

SAT US HISTORY subject test: 740

Taking ACT on Saturday and really hoping for 30s, taking SAT on Tuesday.

ECs:
Student Congress fresh-senior years (Chair of school improvements and co-chair of student fundraising for Make A Wish, conference Rep)

Key Club fresh-junior years

Unified Sports (help disabled kids play sports) fresh-sophomore year

Tennis (varsity starting sophomore year)
Golf (varsity starting sophomore year) Voted most improved sophomore year (hopefully captain senior year)

National Honors society junior and senior year

300+ hours of community service

Attended the state leadership conference 3 years and attended the summer leadership camp this past year

I was a counselor at a camp for kids with Muscular Dystrophy for a week last summer. (7 days/overnight camp)

Please let me know what you think about my chances as far as my college list goes! Thanks!

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I’d take SAT & ACT every chance you get until December. If you can raise your test-score level even a little bit, u will improve your admissions chances & scholarship money.

Keep in mind that usually getting admitted to a college’s business school is often harder than for other majors. Also, some universities might not admit you directly to their business school–you will have to apply to business school after a year or so there.

With your current test scores, getting in Michigan and Indiana/Kelly will be tough. Wisconsin for business is iffy too.

Check out U of Nebraska at Lincoln…Your 29 ACT should get u a $14,500/per year scholarship, and direct admission to business or hospitality.

Alabama, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Miami (Ohio), Florida State, Mississippi, Kentucky, & Oklahoma State are other places with business that might give you scholarships (most have hospitality too).

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Update: I got a 33 on the April ACT. (34 E, 33 M, 34 S, 31 R).

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I got a full ride to IU (however, it’s in-state) and a full tuition scholarship to UW-Madison with similar scores (3.88 GPA, 33 ACT). You’re a shoe-in for acceptance, and you’re an auto-admit to the Kelley School of Business with a >30 ACT. As long as you have well-written essays you should be accepted.

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@LeftHandedWombat What scholarship was it?

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With a 33 ACT you could probably get a lot of aid from Florida State (would likely be cheaper than Mich. State). Alabama would be really inexpensive for you too.

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Congrats on your new score. You should have a great chance for UMich LSA. It is likely to be cheaper than most OOS schools. UMich also meet full need and offer pretty good grants.

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I am applying to IU this fall and will also apply for direct admission to Kelley. I have a 30 ACT and a 4.79 GPA (weighted, 4.0 scale). Do you think I’ll get in. A part of me is just worrying that they might raise the ACT score requirement, but that seems unlikely since a 3.8 GPA and 30 ACT is very selective (I talked to a senior at Kelley and that’s what they said). Thoughts? @LeftHandedWombat

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@pbmcdoug - I got the Cox Research Scholarship

@ngriff1220 - I highly doubt that they’d change the requirements, and because they use weighted GPA in their calculations, I’m fully confident that you will be a Direct Admit. You are a sure-fire for an IU acceptance, in my opinion.

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@LeftHandedWombat Thank you so much for the reassurance!

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@LeftHandedWombat what scholarship to UW did you get?