Hey there, I’m currently a junior in upstate NY, and I’m starting to freak out a bit on the colleges I’m looking at.
I wanna stay in the state, so my top choices so far are SUNY Oneonta, Syracuse, Ithaca, etc.
I’m looking to study art (photography concentration) and the music industry, hopefully as a minor but I’m not 100% sure yet. Anyways, I’m worrying a bit about my GPA and how that may affect my chances of getting into the schools that I want. Currently it’s like and 81, and I can probably get it up to 83-84 by the time I start applying this fall. Which isn’t too bad, I’m hoping, but still. To make up for this, I’m hoping to do well on the SAT next month, and even better on it this fall if I retake it. I also am getting college credit from SVA’s summer program, which can’t hurt either. I’m hoping all of this added up will improve my chances of getting into at least a couple of the schools that I want. I’m also not planning on applying to any school who’s acception rate is below 40%. Any advice?
How far upstate are you? Would you consider something more downstate? For your major I think of SUNY Purchase.
Currently I’m in the capitol region, I think Purchase is on my list of SUNY schools to check out