<p>GPA: 3.5-3.6
School Type: One of the top private schools in America
SAT: 2090
ACT: 31
Hardest Courses Possible.</p>
<p>Extra Curricluars:
Internships with companies every summer
Varsity Tennis 2 years
Varsity Fencing 4 years
JV Soccer 2 years
Model UN 4 years
21 Club President
Volunteering with special needs children</p>
<p>My family will not need financial aid</p>
<p>I have legacy at Brown and UCLA</p>
<p>I plan to major in economics/finance </p>
<p>Thanks and I hope to get a great list from Everyone</p>
<p>What are you looking for in a college? Use college boar’d search service to narrow down your choices. It is right now impossible to tell without knowing something about what you are looking for. Large vs small? Do sports matter? What about location? Environment? What your home state? These are all somethings to consider.</p>
<p>Sorry I forgot one of the biggest parts of deciding for college. I really have no preference over size, but I do not want to go to liberal arts college. Location either one is fine. I really want a strong academic college with also some campus life. </p>
<p>You’re a quality applicant. Go down the US News Top 50 universities and read the Fiske Guide description for each. </p>
<p>You go to a top private school, clearly you have good advising. What does your college counselor recommend? </p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies. My adviser gave me a list of schools around the the U.S. to look at, however, I posted on here to get a sense of what some other students might think because you are all going through the same thing. </p>
<p>If you give us the list your advisor provided you, we can talk about some others. I’d also like a breakdown of your SAT and ACT scores. Given your prospective major, I want to know about your math proficiency before suggesting matches. I think that despite the ECs, the full pay, and the top private school to recommend you, the GPA and standardized test scores are meh if you want to hear that you’re a match for, say, Brown. On the other hand, I think you could be a match for UCLA, but the math scores would have to be quite good. </p>
<p>Your parents might not be as good at helping to pick matches as your GC because their information is likely to be a generation out of date, so I’m particularly interested in the GC’s list.</p>
<p>No one can just give you a list, not that you gave much to go on. You need to do your research and take your preferences into account. Not too many people here have the advising you have access to either, and they aren’t going to have as good an idea of where students from your school can get in as your GC. Your parent also has access to Brown alumni advising services to pick schools for you but your probably don’t need it if you go to a top private.</p>
<p>Does UCLA even count legacy? Brown does and I think they have a very high admit rate, like 30%.</p>
<p>SAT: Math 760
CR: 700
W: 630
I really like all types of schools. I really do not want to be on the west coast however, I really like the South and East Coast. Some of Colleges my GC recommended:</p>
<p>SMU
NYU
Emory
UVA-oos
UNC-oos
Duke-high reach
William and Mary-oos
Johns Hopkins
U MIch-oos
UT
Georgetown</p>
<p>I really think that my consular is holding me to high standards since I am not instate too any of those schools.</p>
<p>I want a really well known academic school with good campus life and a great finance program. </p>
<p>Thank you for all the replies. </p>
<p>These schools come to mind. I’ve left off the state flagships. I imagine you can figure out what they are. The schools in the first group are places I know something about, enough to recommend them to you as satisfactory. The second group I’m less sure about but are recognizable. I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Gettysburg C
Oberlin C
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Mount Holyoke C
Lafayette C
Bucknell U
Muhlenberg C
Eckerd C
Syracuse U
Carnegie Mellon U
Lawrence U
Rochester Institute of Tech
Clark U
Furman U
Butler U
Clemson U
Saint Joseph’s U
Purdue U
Penn State
Boston U
Earlham C
Bryant U
Bard C
Skidmore C
Drexel U
Ithaca C
U Richmond
Centre C
St. Olaf C
Allegheny C
Elon U</p>
<p>Mary Washington C
Winthrop U
NCSU
Bentley C
Drake U
Ursinus C
UNC-Charlotte
Stonehill C
Hunter C
St. Johns U
Marquette U
Wofford U
Roanoke C
DePaul U
Providence C
Marist C
SUNY Albany
UMass Lowell
Queens C
U Scranton
Canisius C
Simmons C
Elmira C</p>
<p>oops, I guess I could have left out the LACs, OP, and we’d have had a much shorter list.</p>
<p>Base on your background description you might want to try and bring up the ACT/SAT scores.</p>
<p>Go to college board and do the interactive college search</p>
<p>What state are you in? Is that a weighted or unweighted GPA? Some of the most elite private schools do not weight, because they believe that all of their courses are at the Honors or AP level. If it is well enough known, colleges (even large public ones in other states) will have a school profile available to judge by. Assuming that your GPA is unweighted, it probably would be weighted as over a 4.0 if you took your school’s most demanding curriculum. The UC system has its own weighting system. If your UC-weighted GPA comes to a 4.1 or 4.2, you have a shot, but UCLA is very selective now. USC is definitely an option for you, also, if you have no financial constraints.NYU/Stern would seem like an obvious fit unless you want a more traditional campus environment, with active athletics, etc. Try Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business. I also think that Brown probably would not be a great fit for you: they are very much a liberal arts college, and like all Ivies other than Penn, they do not offer an undergraduate business degree. You have very good, but unexceptional, academic credentials. You probably have enough classmates competing for the most selective colleges to rule them out. You could include a college like Vanderbilt as a reach, but I suggest discussing any reaches with your adviser. He or she will know who is applying where from your class, and nudge you toward schools where you will not be held up against the kid with a perfect GPA, 2300 SATs, and a resume of ECs that would put a CEO to shame. Lehigh is strong in Business, and sounds like a good fit for you. Tulane might suit you, also, especially if finances won’t be an issue. Tulane has a non-binding Early Notification option, so you can apply in the fall and receive a decision from them before Thanksgiving, without having to commit until May 1. UNC-Chapel Hill is very selective for out-of-state students. It would be a reach for you. Your statistics are just marginally higher than my son’s, and he was rejected. The only non-residents we know who have been accepted recently have significantly higher stats (ie. Ivy caliber). There’s no harm in trying, as long as you realize that it’s a reach. I’ve heard good things about the Business program at University of Richmond. Their profile has risen dramatically in the past few years. Pitt would be a match for you, if not a safety. If you aren’t committed to a campus “scene,” Drexel has a strong undergraduate business school, and it would probably be safe for you. Temple could probably be a safe school. Despite the urban setting, they still have D-1 football and basketball, and active “Greek life.” </p>
<p>University of Rochester
Tulane University
University of Miami
Boston University
Syracuse University</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with holding you to high standards, but you do need a safety or two.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for all the replies. Can anyone tell me if the schools I listed above work out. I really want to go to SMU cox and a lot of those schools up there. Thanks and feel free to continue suggesting schools. </p>
<p>Bump to help me answer this question ^^</p>
<p>If you attend a top private school, and your family has solid financial resources, you should be able to pursue more information without relying on anonymous Internet contacts. Will you be able to visit the colleges you are interested in? You should have a Naviance account set up to compare your statistics with others from your school. SMU is a match for you, and I don’t think you have to apply directly to Cox as a freshman. Look up the admission requirements. You probably have a very solid chance. </p>
<p>I would say Brown, John Hopkins, Vanderbilt</p>