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Hey guys, I am a HS senior and just wanted to share my information and my colleges to get some feedback.

So I’m decided on my major to be either Marketing Management or Financial Analysis. Took the SAT twice.Planning on taking it for a third time on November 7th.
First time: Reading - 580, Math - 600, Writing - 520
Second time - Reading - 600, Math - 560, Writing - 540
Superscore: R: 600, Math: 600, Writing: 540 = 1740

Rank: 157/269 (58%)
GPA: 87/3.2 Weighted
AP’s: US History(3),AP Spanish Language and Culture (5),
This year I am taking the following AP’s :Economy, Government, Music Theory
Rho Kappa Honor Society
President of the Spanish Honor Society (AATSP)

EC’s:
Varsity Soccer ( Captain Senior Year, on the team Freshman, Junior and Senior Year )
Varsity Swim (1 years)
President of Hispanos Unidos (Cultural Club) Translates to Hispanics United.
Member of Key Club, Swim Club, Black Student Union
Member and Adviser of an Non-Profit Organization called “People Need Clothes” in NYC. We clothes and feed homeless people in the NYC area.
2 year Participant of PRHYLI (Puerto-Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute) a congressional leadership organization that involves the Latino/Hispanics youth in the law making process at the NYS (New York State) Assembly in Albany NY.
I have have about 100 hours of community service (School events, fundraisers, clothes drives)
Currently have three rec.letters, two from foreign language teachers (they know me best and one of them happens to be my club adviser) and one from my College Adviser.

My list of schools:
Penn State
SUNY Albany
SUNY Buffalo
Florida State Univerisity
Florida International University
Drexel Univerisity
CUNY Baruch ( Zicklin School of Business)
PACE University
Southern Methodist University
Bryant University

Suggest some schools

State: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
Gender: Male

If you have any advice or suggestions for universities do not hesitate. I thank you in advance.
Have a nice day.

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That’s a good start for your list, but I’m not sure you will get much financial help from Penn State or Florida State (although if you have researched it and they have scholarship opportunities, then go for it). I’m not sure the private universities on your list meet need either – check lists like the following to avoid a big price tag: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2015/09/14/colleges-that-report-meeting-full-financial-need

There is no indication for how far along you got in the math sequence – whether you have taken Calculus or not. A major in Financial Analysis will require a lot of math – possibly four levels of Calculus type courses depending on the university, plus other math oriented courses. Seeing your test scores, I’m not sure it is the best major for you. It can be done, but it will be a lot of work for you. Market research can require the same focus on math, but “Marketing Management” as you describe it may have fewer math requirements – again depending on the university.

Your ECs are good, and indicate that you could be a good fit for management, or majors dealing with political science, policy or economics. You don’t have any “business” oriented ECs but you do have government ECs. Think about how that reflects your genuine personal interests, and how that could translate over to a major and career.

Disregarding major, I like your list. I think it is worth adding more private universities that offer full financial need-based funding, including a couple of reaches such as an Ivy if you are interested, and also add a super safety among the NY public universities, where your stats are in the top 20%.

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Thank you so much! I’ve asked the same question formatted in the same way towards my college advisor and he could not answer.