<p>So I am just about finished my junior year. I did extremely horrible freshman year, and made up for it junior and sophomore year. I have a 3.2-3.3 UW GPA, and a 2010 SAT. I'm also taking the ACT and expecting a 28-29. I want to major in something business related, whether it be Finance, Accounting, International business, or economics. I mainly want a school that has internships and study abroad as well. Could you please tell me some suitable schools for me? I'd love to be in an urban area and a highly regarded schools. I live in NJ and will most likely be applying OOS and don't need financial aid, I can pay any amount of tuition. I'm interested in the whole east coast, NY, NJ, Boston, Philly/PA, Florida (mostly Miami), North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Texas, and California. I'm open to many other area around the US, and even Canada. Could you give me some suitable schools to think about as my senior year approaches? Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Would you consider RI? My son was recently approached by a coach at Bryant University…seems like they’re big on business but that’s not what he wants to study.</p>
<p>My friend is actually going there and I would consider it… But if I’m not mistaken I thought that their standards would be high.</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way, my top choices as of now are Northeastern, U of Miami, UIllinois- Urbana Champaign, Drexel, and LMU. I will be checking out more colleges in the summer it’s just that I’m not sure where I have the best chances of getting in. Sorry for the double post.</p>
<p>Ohio State
Miami of Ohio
Minnesota</p>
<p>I was looking at all those schools actually barrk. Those are midwest, are there any reccomendations for the east coast or west?</p>
<p>You may be in luck for California, because UC and CSU calculate GPA from 10th and 11th (and 12th if available for CSU) grade course grades:</p>
<p>[CSUMentor</a> - Plan for College - High School Students - GPA Calculator](<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU)</p>
<p>BU
Drexel
Northeastern - big reach
UVM
Fordham
Uconn
SUNYs
Marist</p>
<p>Westcoast
Any UCs but UCB
University of Washington
CSUs</p>
<p>That sounds pretty cool. For the SUNYs, the only one I’ve heard that are good are Albany, Binghamton and Stony Brook, right? And are there any other schools in the city I might have chances at?Are there any private schools I should check out in Cali? I thought that UCs have low OOS acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Minimum high school GPA for UC admissions is 3.0 for California residents and 3.4 for non-residents. However, if your worst grades were in freshman year, your GPA as calculated for UC admissions purposes may be above the 3.4 threshold.</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - Admission requirements](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/requirements/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/requirements/index.html)</p>
<p>However, the minimum is only really relevant for the less selective campuses, since few students in the 3.0 to 3.4 range have much of a chance at the more selective ones like Berkeley and Los Angeles.</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - Freshman admission profiles](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/profiles/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/profiles/index.html)</p>
<p>So you’re saying I most likely won’t get into UCB or UCLA? Do you think I have a shot at UCSC or UCI/UCD? And how are LMU, SCU, USD and other private colleges in Cali? I really like Southern California, especially San Diego and LA, but wouldn’t mind living in the bay either. Again, I’m open to anything at this point.</p>
<p>Compare your GPA as calculated for UC purposes (have you done that?) and your test scores to the freshman admission profiles. Of course, it has to be at least 3.4 as an out of state student to have any chance at all (and you have to fulfill all of the course work requirements as well).</p>
<p>Note that UCs are expensive for out of state students, with not much financial aid.</p>
<p>Yeah, but my family doesn’t need financial aid. And I’m pretty sure I could try everywhere except UCLA and UCB. I want to major in business and I’ve heard UCSB is good and to an extent UCSD (econ). What are the good CSUs in business? i’ve only heard of SDSU and Cal Poly SLO do I hae a chance at either of those? How about SCU, LMU, Pepperdine?</p>
<p>Berkeley and Riverside are the only two UCs with business administration majors, though some others have related majors, like business economics at Los Angeles and management at Merced.</p>
<p>Business administration major programs are common at CSUs.</p>
<p>More good schools for business (although in the south) are SMU and James Madison</p>
<p>U Dayton. Good business program, a number of the students manage part of the school’s investment portfolio, and they have study abroad.</p>
<p>I was going to apply to UCR, JMU. I was kinda wondering about the CSUs as well. Where’s UDayton?</p>
<p>Ditto on James Madison. You might also look at George Mason, and both will offer you excellent internship opportunities in DC or NY.</p>
<p>I went to U of Dayton for my undergrad! (Dayton, OH) Great choice for me, Marianist, used to be known as a “party school”, but UD has vastly changed over the years (accepted GPA and scores have climbed…stronger endowment…). They have an excellent MBA program as well as engineering (had family that was faculty in the MBA program, so will disclose that I am biased ;)). I loved UD.</p>
<p>I wanted to add that I did the abroad program at UD twice. Once in Rome , Italy (art history), and then another that went to Vienna. UD used the Loyola of Chicago’s gorgeous facilities in Rome. There are all sorts of programs offered, so you have lots to choose from at UD.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing your experience jkiwmom! I will definitely consider HMU and UD. I really wanted a school with internships/co-ops and study abroad (mainly in europe and asia, china, hong kong, etc.). One reason I fell IN LOVE with Northeastern when I visited it (which is also my top-choice). Any other schools to consider in the northeast? Also, I’m an Indian-American (Asian subcontinent) will this hurt my chances applying anywhere?</p>
<p>You might want to add Temple to your list.</p>