<p>Hi. I'm a junior right now and I could really use some help finding colleges. The whole deal matches/safties/reaches.</p>
<p>My stats:</p>
<p>ACT: 35
SAT 2: Math 2c 800
Chemistry 770
Biology 740</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7
The toughest courses, most rigorous schedule I can take, almost all honors and AP. I haven't taken any AP's yet, but after this MAY I should have anywhere from 3-5 AP test scores.</p>
<p>EC's: nothing special...I'm in a bunch of clubs, hold/will hold leadership positions in a couple. Lots of community service.</p>
<p>So those are my basic stats. As far as the type of college I'm looking for, I'm really open to anything. Some things I would like though are for it to be close to a big city. I really like to party and have fun, so I'd like to go to a college that does have rigorous academics, but also time to kick back and enjoy on weekends and nights. The other thing that carries a big factor with me is prestige, the name. I know alot of people say I shouldn't care about that, but to start of with, I'd like to have some the big-name colleges to on my list, and then as I am come closer to making my choices it will be less of a factor. </p>
<p>The other big thing, is for the school to be well-rounded. I'm not sure what I want to major in, so I want to go to a school where I can spend my freshman year undecided, and then be able to choose my major and for that school to be well in that department. Right now, I'm definetly thinking business. </p>
<p>Thanks alot to everybody that responds. You guys have been a real big help, and any more will greatly be appreciated.</p>
<p>Penn, Brown, Michigan, UCLA, Northwestern, Duke, Virginia</p>
<p>Thanks bobbobbob, </p>
<p>Do you really think tho I'd have a chance at those (Upenn, Duke)...</p>
<p>I used to think I did but after reading some other people's posts it seems like those are highly unlikely. </p>
<p>Also, I could really use some help coming up with matches/safeties, those are definetly the hardest to figure out.</p>
<p>well your gpa is low but not horrible and your sat score is fine...so yea, you do so long as you have good ecs and stuff</p>
<p>Very few top colleges offer a major in business. Would you be willing to major in econ if the college were otherwise a good fit?</p>
<p>To be honest, I really don't know what I want to major in. I'm leaning towards business, and if I do go that route, I'd be more than willing to major in economics and then get an MBA after. </p>
<p>What I really want is a college where I can keep my options, yet does have good potential particularly in business.</p>
<p>Top Business Schools:
Upenn: Wharton
NYU: Stern
CMU: Tepper
Umich: Ross
MIT: Sloan</p>
<p>Throw in Bentley/Babson and you got yourself a nice list of reaches/matches/safeties.</p>
<p>Another question, if I were to apply for these schools, and I decided to go into business, would i then transfer after my freshman year?
Or would it be better to apply to the business school, and transfer out if I decided not to go into business? Thanks again!</p>
<p>UT-Austin would be perfect if you were deadset on business. Other schools that fit your general criteria would be Emory, Rice, WUSTL, UCLA</p>
<p>sometimes you apply to the business school directly (UT and NYU) and at others you have to apply your soph or junior year (Mich and UCB, I think). It is usually harder to transfer into the business school than transfer out.</p>
<p>it is harder to get into the business school, both through freshman admission and transfer.</p>
<p>The thing is that right now, I'm not really deadset on business. So that's why I'm concerned about applying to a business undergraduate school as a freshman.
So as of now, I'm really puzzled to which approach I should take. Should I focus on trying to accepted into an undergraduate business program, and then if I decide to switch my major I can transfer to the general college, or vice versa, or should I forget the whole idea of a business program, and simply apply to a general college and major in economics or finance if I decide to go into business? Also, how are Duke and Brown in terms of undergraduate school with business prospects (especially compared to Umich or NYU).</p>
<p>"So as of now, I'm really puzzled to which approach I should take. Should I focus on trying to accepted into an undergraduate business program, and then if I decide to switch my major I can transfer to the general college, or vice versa, or should I forget the whole idea of a business program, and simply apply to a general college and major in economics or finance if I decide to go into business? Also, how are Duke and Brown in terms of undergraduate school with business prospects (especially compared to Umich or NYU)."</p>
<p>Undergraduate business at the five schools I gave you would give the highest chances for a job/intern. Economics at top schools gives you about the same things but Ugrad business majors are becoming more in demand and get hooked up pretty fast with interns and thus with jobs. </p>
<p>The five schools I listed are also good in other things and because the business school is usually the best school in the university, transfering out of it or switching majors is pretty easy. </p>
<p>Ross/Stern = Duke/Brown but realize that Ross/Stern have the BUSINESS network. Not everyone from Duke/Brown go into business and the "business" network is different.</p>
<p>I would just apply to some Ivies + 5 ugrad b schools + whatever other school you like (Duke or whatever) and then 2-3 safeties/matches. This would give you 10 schools as a good list of reaches/matches/safeties.</p>
<p>Alright, AcceptedAlready, thanks alot! I think I am getting a little bit better idea. </p>
<p>One more question, for anybody who might know. When I apply for a school, can I apply for both the business program and the general college, or can I switch out of the business program into the general college before I attend the school. Or would I have to wait a year? Thanks again for you help!</p>
<p>For college you can only enroll in the business school. You can't be enrolled in two different colleges at the same time if that is what you are asking. </p>
<p>You can however, transfer out of the business school. You don't really declare a major until sophomore/junior year anyways so don't think of it as "waiting a year" to transfer. Think of it more as declaring a major sophomore year.</p>
<p>Like I said, this process is pretty easy since the business schools are the most highly regarded in each college (except maybe MIT). It is very easy to transfer from Wharton to Penn CAS, Stern to NYU CAS, Ross to Umich CAS and Tepper to almost any college (even SCS if you're lucky). </p>
<p>I don't know about other schools but most let you double major too if you wanted and CMU makes it very easy as well as encourages double majoring.</p>
<p>PS: If you were talking about applying as in actually applying, I'm pretty sure you can apply to more than one school (as is the case with CMU). If you do this and get accepted to both schools, you can choose to attend EITHER ONE before you enroll as a freshman.</p>
<p>Yeah, that was exactly what I was asking. (applying to both schools)</p>
<p>Obviously you can't be simultaneously enrolled at two schools..but then you are saying that you can apply, for example, to both CMU Tepper and CMU general college and then choose which school before your freshman year? Right?</p>
<p>Okay, so far I have...(with my own choices added in)</p>
<p>Reaches:
Duke
Upenn
Brown
Coumbia
Cornell
Stanford (is it even worth trying?)</p>
<p>Matches:</p>
<p>CMU (Tepper)
Umich (Ross)
NYU (stern)</p>
<p>Safeties:
maybe University of Rochester?</p>
<p>I could really use some help on the safeties. Also is Stanford even worth the trouble of applying?</p>
<p>safeties: Rochester, Wisconsin, Boston U.</p>