<p>management = MBA = lots of money for school</p>
<p><em>think Smeal also</em></p>
<p>Business with chemistry minor would be good - look into Susquehanna’s Simon Weiss School of Business. You could get decent merit money.</p>
<p>Drexel may be a good pick since you’d have a lot of work experience and it’s within your price range if you get some merit money.</p>
<p>Susquehanna is a little TOO close to home, haha. I actually did look briefly into Drexel, I think I’ll go back and take a better look, though.</p>
<p>What about Pitt?</p>
<p>You have tons of affordable options. Explore those.</p>
<p>To work your way up into the management side of R&D, I think a PhD might be req’d.</p>
<p>Northeastern in Boston is similar to Drexel but OOS :)</p>
<p>University of redlands is a bit like Susquehanna, except in California (and their business program is not AACSB accredited)</p>
<p>CalPOly SLO may be perfect for you if you can get into Orfalea. (Cal Poly Pomona is less selective than SLO and still good both for science and business)</p>
<p>Quinnipiac, U of Harford, AmericanU (reach), Barry (safety), Berry ( safety), DePaul, Butler, Purdue, Valparaiso, Bellarmine, Tulane (reach), University of MD- Baltimore (safety), Millsaps, Saint Louis University, Creighton, Fordham, Ithaca, RIT, SUNY Geneseo, U Rochester, Appalachian State (safety), Elon, North Carolina State, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Wilmington (beach !:p), Willamette, Duquesne, Lehigh (reach), Villanova, West Chester, College of Charleston, Trinity (TX), BYU, Christopher Newport, George Mason, James Madison, U Richmond, Pacific Lutheran, Marquette, Western Washington U (safety), UW-Eau Claire (safety).</p>
<p>Here, you now have a list of universities basically in every state, with about half that should match you and the rest divided between safeties and reaches. 
Happy reading!</p>
<p>Wow, thanks so much for that list!! I just have one question: what made you classify the reaches as reaches?</p>
<p>OP,</p>
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<li><p>$30-40k per year means $120k-$160k for 4 years. You understand that is a lot a lot of money that your parents are giving you for free. Go home, give your parents a hug and a kiss, thank them for their generosity.</p></li>
<li><p>The list of colleges you orginally listed are difficult to get in for most students. You might not get in even if you can afford them.</p></li>
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<p>Now come up with a realistic list of colleges. A list with 2/3 reaches, 2/3 matches, 2/3 safeties based both on your stat and budget.</p>
<p>As someone who actually works in pharma I can assure you that BS will not be sufficient for your career goals. You would need at least MS, most likely PhD or MBA, or a combination of these degrees. With BS the best you can do is working at a bench.
Temple is actually a well known and regarded school for an industry. Drexel us well regarded too. Take a good look at these schools.</p>