I am completely lost as to what colleges to look at

College Search & Selection
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<p>hi to everyone!</p>

<p>I really would love some input/advice/help etc because, quite honestly, i do not know where to go from my current standpoint.</p>

<p>I am a junior and i wish to pursue hospitality administration.</p>

<p>my stats are as follows:</p>

<p>GPA uw 3.7 cumulative, junior year is 3.8, school doesnt weight
rank: top 10 percent</p>

<p>SAT: havent taken it yet, but it should be good based on PSATs and studying
and by good i mean, V >700 W >700 M 650-700
SAT II: havent taken yet...</p>

<p>I am taking the heaviest courseload available at my school and i will graduate with 4 APS (1 junior year, as i can only take one junior year, and 3 next year)</p>

<p>ec's
Varsity crew team- 4 years
captain of fall regatta crew- 2 years
captain of spring sprint crew- 2 years
chattin wetherill trophy for most dedicated and competitive rower
MIP rower
varsity basketball - 1 year
junior class vice president
philanthropy society leader
library volunteer</p>

<p>Cornell summer college for leadership in managerial communication- this summer</p>

<p>internship/work at a inn/restauraunt ranked the number 1 spa in american and the number 8 best place to get away in the US</p>

<p>prefect- (ranks higher than student government) of my senior year</p>

<p>as far as parts of my college app, the recommendations will be by far my greatest asset.</p>

<p>my essays will also be great.</p>

<p>SO for hospitality administration....my college counselor told me to look at schools like University of New Haven. I bluntly responded that Cornell was my dream goal- especially for hospitality administration. she...kind of laughed.</p>

<p>so for schools that HAVE hospitality as a program, i was thinking Cornell, Boston University and University of Denver</p>

<p>then i started thinking....what about business schools that have business administration? </p>

<p>so i dont know where to look besides those three schools...any other schools with hospitality? or business schools? and which ones?
any help is </p>

<p>GREATLY appreciated.</p>

<p>thanks so much! :-)</p>

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<p>Maybe you've seen this, but here is a good listing courtesy of Cornell</p>

<p><a href="http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links/hslinks.html?scid=16&name=Hospitality+Education&scname=Hospitality+Programs%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links/hslinks.html?scid=16&name=Hospitality+Education&scname=Hospitality+Programs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>thank you so much for that link, i cant believe i never saw that page beforehand</p>

<p>but i would also like to look beyond some of those schools....what, if any, business schools should i look at based on my stats and chance of admission to the schools?</p>

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<p>Where are you from? What are you looking for in a school in terms of size/location/etc?</p>

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<p>Michigan State is pretty good and at least people know it.</p>

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<p>I'd look into cornell. They have good hospitality manegment programs and you have already had some contact with them. Also, I don't know if you have considered going to school abroad, but Switzerland is renound for Hospitality Manegment schools, and the cost is about the same as an average private school here.</p>

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<p>well i know about that school in switzerland, and honestly, i really do not want to go abroad unless it is to the UK</p>

<p>in terms of size and what not, anywhere up from 2,000-15,000 or so is what i like</p>

<p>location wise, no texas or the midwest, so chicago is out for me....</p>

<p>this search has definitely not been a fun one as of yet....im just working towards cornell</p>

<p>my advisor wants me to look at Wharton at Penn (i honestly think i have no shot) and i wanted to look at maybe Emory or Georgetown? any ideas on those two?</p>

<p>(i love DC which is why georgetown is so great plus i could row there)</p>

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<p>and yea i know that is a total reach but hey one can dream</p>

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<p>Dande: Cornell is great. As far as admission....it's a tough call. Could go either way. Last I knew, the Hotel School required a personal interview. Check on their website to see if this still holds true.</p>

<p>Other suggestion: Purdue.....really good and has many of the same attributes as Cornell.</p>

<p>I also like U Delaware's Hotel program.</p>

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<p>Endicott in MA has a really good program. I Believe UMass-Amherst does as well.</p>

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<p>ahhhh i go to school in massachusetts and i love it and all but i think id kill someone if i was in massachusetts but (boston is the exception)</p>

<p>thanks guys ill look into it.</p>

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<p>Cornell hands down. However, lalso ook at UNLV, Northern Arizona and Penn State.</p>

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<p>For a safety in an exciting city (albeit not in the best part of town), consider the University of Houston. Their Conrad Hilton School of Hotel and Restaurant Management is highly respected here in the state of Texas. Note, however, that many other programs at UH are not as highly respected as hospitality management is, so if you decide to change majors, you may not find strong departments.</p>

<p>Another school to look into is the University of South Carolina. They have a school of Restaurant, Hotel, and Tourism Management as well as a good business school (the Moore School). They have very nice merit scholarships as well.</p>

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<p>ummm Cornell seems really good, also Purdue as someone stated above (with ur stats u will prob get into Purdue), Georgetown and Emory are also good, I don't know much bout either of those (cept that my cousin is in med school @ Georgetown, wow that was xtremely random, ok back to what I was talking bout) but I know that they are both GREAT schools. So definately look into them. Good luck!</p>

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<p>USC would be a good fit for you. They have an excellent under graduate business program (Marshall). I think the school you come from is more important than the actual major. UNLV supposedly has a good hotel management program, but it's a mediocre school. Just major in Business or Econ at a solid University.</p>

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<p>I echo Cornell as well. You should probably use your ED there. and yeah, interviews are required for Hotel Administration.</p>

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<p>thanks so much everyone! </p>

<p>and yea....i plan on applying ED to cornell, it is my dream to go there. :-)</p>