I’m a junior in high school with a 3.4 UWGPA and an 1850 on my first SAT, which I am taking again in may. I live in CT and would like to stay in driving distance, prefer a bigger school and would also prefer a big sports school, but that’s at the bottom of the list and would just be a nice bonus. Financially, I will need some aid but when running the NPCs the smaller LACs give more aid than big state schools. I want to major in business, though I’m not sure what specifically yet, and that could change. Thanks for the help.
Perhaps Syracuse University in upstate NY? Your numbers are a pretty good fit. It has about 13 thousand undergrads I think and a HUGE sports scene. I don’t know too much about what kind of aid it gives, though.
@fralroh thanks for the input. Syracuse looks nice but when I ran an NPC the aid was not as low as I need it to be (it basically said they were going to give almost nothing)
Why not UConn as your instate flagship?
Have you tried the SuperMatch link on the upper left?
@TomSrOfBoston UConn is definitely going to be an option. Thanks!
Have you thought about Quinnipiac, Fairfield, Connecticut College, or Trinity College?
I go to Quinnipiac and it is an amazing school, if you are interested! Over 30% of our current freshman are business majors of all sorts, and no matter what major you pick you immediately get a taste of many different fields within business your first semester so you can see what you like. We love hockey here and it is easy to get tickets to the games (except the Yale game maybe!). They also give a lot of aid and want to help make the school more affordable. I personally have had a wonderful experience at QU and would love to see you here!
You don’t need to major in business to find a job, what will be key is your internship experience and ability to sell your skillset. Taking statistics classes is always helpful.
If you need a lot of financial aid, apply widely. If you need merit aid, select your schools carefully but with your current stats you’re not going to get much.
(the difference: financial aid is based on your parents’ income. The more your parents make, the less FA you get. Only 65 colleges “meet need”,ie., promise to cover 100% need for all students they admit - other colleges will" gap" most of their students and only “meet need” for their top applicants. Merit aid is purely based on your test scores and GPA. To get it, you’d need to seriously bring your SAT score up.)
What criteria can you be flexible about - sports culture, size, location?