<p>Any Suggestions?</p>
<p>Looking for:
large-ish school
urban setting
A lot of school spirit
Accounting or Finance program available
Good sports teams (preferable but not necessary)
Strong academic reputation </p>
<p>What I have to work with:
High School:
UW GPA: ~3.6
This includes AP BC calc, AP Bio, AP statistics, AP us history, 2 AP English courses, AP European History. I had a 3.8 the last 4 semesters of high school however my 9th and 10th grades weren't as good.
Rank: 36/361
SAT: Math-650 Verbal-710 Writing-700</p>
<p>College:
University of Maryland
psychology B+
Engineering Physics B
Engineering Calculus B
Ancient History B
Scholars B+
Accounting A+
Business Stat A
Microeconomics A
Art History A
Scholars A
Accounting 2 A
Communication A
Macroeconomics A
Latin American History A
Webship (web design/programing class) A</p>
<p>EC: Phi Chi Theta Business Frat
Society for Women in business
Internship with Raymond James Financial</p>
<p>Why do you want to leave U of MD?</p>
<p>USC has everything you're looking for.</p>
<p>UT Austin - McCombs</p>
<p>georgetown or northwestern?</p>
<p>Why do you want to leave Maryland?? How about UVA????</p>
<p>UVA would be ideal for you, imo</p>
<p>maybe UIUC, but not exactly urban...
JHU also, but that might be a little small for you...</p>
<p>lol Maryland does seem like a good place for me in a lot of ways (thats why i picked it) but I have been dissatisfied here in a lot of ways. 1. College Park isnt urban enough for me...and kind of a ****ty area. I grew up in a much more urban environment so I am just not used to it. 2. All of a sports kinda suck here right now so there just isn't much school spirit 3. The campus is pretty but unless there it is in between classes its pretty empty...which I find a little depressing 4. Academics are okay but I feel as though there is a lot of grade inflation in the business school which is a little frustrating. I feel as though my high school was more challenging in some ways. Also I have talked to several Smith School grads and they seem to think that employers aren't terribly impressed with a degree from maryland. 5. I picked the wrong scholars program which lead me to be placed in the wrong dorm during my freshman year. It was about 75% guys-- most of whom spent all day on their computer. So I haven't really been able to make very many close friends. Plus on of my closest friends here is transferring for financial reasons next semester.</p>
<p>UT Austin:</p>
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<li>Urban: From campus, it's a 15-minute walk to downtown Austin.</li>
<li>Sports: Longhorns dominate in just about every sport. We are currently #3 in the BCS Rankings. We ooze school spirit.</li>
<li>Campus: With roughly 50,000 undergraduates, there is ALWAYS something going on campus. You will not feel any "emptiness" to say the least.</li>
<li>Academics: McCombs School of Business is 6th in the US News & World Report Undergraduate Business Rankings. Recruiters come here often. </li>
<li>Scholars Programs: McCombs offers BHP (Business Honors Program).</li>
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