<p>Based on my credentials: </p>
<p>-White American female (I felt this was important to include)
-1st SAT(will be retaking it in the fall, also will be taking math1 sat2): 1890
-Current gpa as of junior year: 95%
-Expected gpa at closure of junior year: 95-96%
-Treasurer of KEY Club junior year, President for senior year, in KEY Club for 3 years
-Vice President of the Junior Friends for 2 years (a library community service group where I run and organize events in the community)
-NHS member
-Varsity tennis captain for Senior year, was JV captain as a freshman, I have been playing since 8th grade, had an undefeated season last season and contributed to my school's overall undefeated season
-Accelerated in math and science
-Junior year classes: Pre calc, java, Chinese 1, College French, Physics, Honors English, AP US History
-Senior year classes: AP Calc AB, AP Statistics, Modernism, Advanced Econ, National Issues, Chinese 2, College French 2, Color Photography, Health
-10th grade accepted into New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSA) for photography but did not attend due to financial and schedule conflicts</p>
<p>Can you recommend to me schools within my reach for BUSINESS and/or ENGINEERING (preferably suggest engineering)? I am hoping to get my SAT score up to over 1900-2000. Also, these are my schools I am considering for both business and/or engineering:
Reach- University of Rochester, Boston University, Northeastern University
Attainable- RIT, Clarkson (maybe but I do not love the location)</p>
<p>Also-is religion a huge part of Villanova? Would a non religious person have to be involved in the religious community there?</p>
<p>Most colleges accept most of their applicants, HS kids are surprised to learn. Its only the most selective 200-300 or so that everyone clamors to get into that have the absymal odds. That leaves thousands of college and you very much in the drivers seat. But you didn’t mention anything about what you want in a college other than an an interest in engineering and/or business. Large city or rural area? Big school or small school? Large classes or small classes? Are you looking for strong advising? Are you interested in the greek system? Attending a school with big-time sports? Have an interest in a specialty area such as the arts or theatre? And so on.</p>
<p>Not all of these are equally important, but the point is nobody can suggest schools that are a fit for you without some idea of what you are looking for. Nor are you likely to recognize good matches unless you have a feeling of what it would look like. Equally important is to have a frank discussion with your parents to understand what colleges think your EFC is and whether they can actually afford that amount.</p>
<p>mikemac-- I truly do understand what you are saying and I agree with it. However I am at the stage where I am searching for colleges in my range, and from those then I will take the other aspects into consideration </p>
<p>What is your budget?</p>
<p>What was your math score? You might also want to take the ACT. Many kids do better on one test or the other.</p>
<p>A female applying for engineering will have a bump up in chances at many schools.</p>
<p>I’d actually take mikemac’s advice on this one. My stats were quite below BU’s normal range for SMG but I did write a killer essay that reflected my intentions and desires to go to BU. Also helped that I had great progression after an awful freshman year.</p>
<p>My guess is that you are in NY? I’d reccommend you also apply for some SUNYs, it’ll help alleviate some of the stress in waiting for your decisions to come while giving you some solid cheaper options.</p>
<p>Stevens/RPI may be of interest to you. Penn State as well? </p>
<p>Forgot to add I will be taking the act in a few days
I know that I want to be in a more urban setting which is why Clarkson is eh right now but I’ve heard amazing things about their engineering program and you go to college to learn not to be at a certain location so I might end up looking past that. Part of my deciding what I want in a school is finding first schools that are in my reach. Obviously anyone can fall in love with a beautiful campus and have certain standards as to what they want in a college, but what I want right now is to find out what my options are and then look at things in those specific colleges that I like.</p>
<p>RPI is 20 minutes from my house, that is a no for me because of the location in terms of proximity and the area is not ideal. Coming from a local, I know the area is not the safest</p>
<p>I was considering Penn State but I want to be open to other options as well</p>
<p>I am also not really looking at any SUNY schools. I know they are fine schools but I already know a lot about them and have posted on this forum to learn about other options</p>
<p>Urban setting, bit further from home? Got it.</p>
<p>Gotta be honest, either BU or NEU sounds perfect for you. </p>
<p>Also–does it look bad if I do not take a science senior year even though I have met all my requirements? I would be taking two AP maths instead…I really feel like the only science that would be beneficial to me is college physics. I refuse to take AP chem. I am not going into chemical or biomedical engineering. I feel AP bio would be useless to me. Forensics is my only other option. Also probably useless.</p>
<p>I feel that taking two AP maths would not be an issue as opposed to a math an a science </p>
<p>eh your call, makes you look well rounded. i took two ap maths/sciences to knock out GE’s. don’t think it will determine ur decision</p>
<p>How happy would your parents be to pay $40K/year plus room and board on top (another $10K+)? That’s what Penn State would cost.</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad: I really don’t understand the purpose of your comment. Finances are not of anyone’s concern besides that of my family and I. Thank you though for your input.</p>
<p>There is no point giving you suggestions on colleges if you get into unaffordable ones. CC’s goal is to give you good advice, not advice that you will look back 5 years from now and think, “■■■■ these loans are gonna be the end of me”.</p>
<p>I understand. I was just put off by the way he phrased his comment, as if I should feel guilty about my parents paying for an expensive college. At the moment finances are not an issue, I started this forum hoping for help finding colleges within my reach </p>
<p>PSU is one of the most expensive state schools for (in-state residents) but is a good deal for out of staters ( since most high-caliber in-state schools ( UVA, MICH) are more than double for OOS students.</p>
<p>$16,992(in-state)
$29,566(out-of-state)</p>
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<li>room and board 10K</li>
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<p>Not so bad. For engineering, look at schools that have what you think your preference may be. Bio-eng you said no ( that’s BU best the rest of their programs not so much) Northeastern is all about eng, but excels at Computers and EE. </p>
<p>I’d look at Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Pitt, Purdue, Ohio State, and Indiana University in addition to Penn State. All are great in business and engineering! Best of luck! Feel free to ask me if you have other questions 
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<p>Okay, so you want to get out of Troy; understood.</p>
<p>Then you probably wouldn’t care for U of Rochester, RIT or WPI, since Rochester city and Worcester, MA share some disadvantages with Troy in that Rochester and Worcester are old northeastern manufacturing cities on the decline, though cultural/entertainment assets remain in all three places.</p>
<p>Certainly apply to U Buffalo for engineering. How far west or south do you want to go?</p>
<p>Off the top of my head I recommend that you consider these places for engineering because they want to broaden their incoming classes and are trying to attract additional female engineering majors:</p>
<p>U of South Carolina-Columbia
U of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Ohio University
George Washington University
Illinois Institute of Technology
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Marquette University</p>
<p>Keep in mind, public institutions are costly options for non-residents of the respective states. Some public universities, such as UAlabama and USouth Carolina are exceptions in that they have a reputation for offering very good financial aid packages to out-of-state applicants with high grades and scores. Incidentally, the undergraduate business program at USC is very well regarded.</p>