I’m good with my safeties and reaches, but I’d like to add a couple more target schools. Here is my profile.
Weighted GPA: 97.219
Unweighted GPA: 93
ACT 32
E 35
M 29
R 33
S 29
Varsity Baseball 2 years
JV Baseball 1 year
Peer Tutoring 2 years
National Honor Society
Weightlifting
From Connecticut but don’t care what region I go to school in. I am looking for a school with business and computer science.
The University of Rochester matches your stated criteria. Should you be interested in studying economics more so than business, your options would be somewhat different.
Villanova, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Richmond
What are my chances at Rice?
@ichiro From what I’ve seen, Rice puts a heavy emphasis on academics (grades, test scores, class difficulty, etc.). I know quite a few people who got in last year without stellar ECs/life experiences or any sort of hook.
I also have taken 2 APs with 4 honors and one regular course in junior year and 5 APs a college level course and a regular course in senior year. Freshman and sophomore year I took one honors course each.
Rice would be a low reach.
Rice doesn’t offer a Bachelors just a minor.
You are a good BC, Villanova, Wake Forest, Lehigh and Bucknell candidate.
What is the financial picture? Are you full pay, do you qualify for need-based FA, and/or are you looking for Merit Aid?
Also, what size school interests you?
That data would help narrow the list…
Paying for college will not be an issue. I would probably like a smaller school. Also I want to steer clear of very liberal schools. Just the ones that are very politically driven. If they are liberal but not that liberal or are accepting of different viewpoints and than that’s fine.
In addition to the good ideas already mentioned:
Emory - High match
NYU - High match
Lafayette - Match
Colorado School of Mines - Match
OK.
So money not an issue, small school (and class sizes presumably), wants strong Business and CS and geographically flexible.
I agree on Lafayette, although I am not as familiar with their business program.
Trinity University is a perfect fit, in San Antonio, 7th largest metro in the US.
Dedicated business program, plus top tier CS, with the 25th largest per student endowment in the entire country with phenomenal physical facilities, including a brand new integrated science building that cost $213M (CS is in that building).
They place people into prestigious MBA programs, get kids into Google from CS, and the job market in Texas is terrific.
It is second, only to Rice, in “ranking” for Texas, and you expressed interest in Rice which would also be a great fit if you can gain admittance, which would be a reachy proposition.
Good luck!
My D is at Lafayette (loves it) but the school does not have a business program. I don’t believe Holy Cross has a full business program either.
I’d look at Lehigh, URochester, Bucknell, URIchmond, Villanova. William & Mary
If you need a safety perhaps Fordham.
I was about to chime in with Trinity U, but @ColdinMinny beat me to it. The other thing worth noting about that school is your grades and scores would land you a sweet merit aid package from them, $21K/yr. That, in addition to the fact that their sticker price is a good $10K/yr less than most private northeast schools, would make it a very good value for you.
I know it’s a longshot but how long of a shot for UPENN and Stanford. Are they even worth applying to as reaches or should I apply to more reasonable reaches.
Also thoughts on Stevens, John’s Hopkins, Nyu, RPI, and Illinois at Urbana Champaign
RPI is a very good match for your interests.
RPI is 70% male
@ichiro you seem to be all over. NYU has a big drug and drinking culture and Illinois is the typical Big Ten school.
Son with similar profile (High English, middling math, 93 GPA / 97 WGPA) didn’t have a chance at Stanford or Johns Hopkins according to the Naviance at our high school and that was five years ago. It’s fine to have some reaches, but they should be reasonable reaches.
Rice has an acceptance rate of less than 17%, so I’d say your chances were slim. Your English score is in the top 25% and math in the bottom 25%, which always makes predictions particularly tricky.
Purdue
UTexas Austin
Babson
Davidson doesn’t have an undergraduate Business school, and only offers Computer Science as a minor, BUT they might suit you in other key respects. They are close to Charlotte, which is now the second largest banking and finance center in the country, and have a legendarily strong, loyal alumni/ae network. Even though it is a Liberal Arts college, it has a decidedly clean-cut, Southern vibe. You can major in Economics, minor in CS, pursue some internships . . . I’d say it’s probably an academic match for you. Your Math and Science scores would not help you for admission to dedicated Computer Science or the most elite undergraduate Business schools (e.g. Wharton, Stern, et al). You would probably do better applying to a general college and then selecting your major after matriculation.