CA publics do not give any money, including merit, to out of state students. Eliminate them from your list.
People told you this yesterday but I think you need to hear it again because you still have several listed in your latest post.
CA publics come off the list entirely. Unaffordable. Recommend your list looks something like this:
In state public for safeties plus:
OOS publics: IU Bloomington (apply before Nov 1and as soon as possible for direct admit application to Kelley, merit aid to OOS), UNC, UVA
Privates: Columbia (far reach), Georgetown, Vandy, Emory, WUSTL (all reaches)
Add: Case Western, Miami of Ohio (instate public), University of Richmond
Schools on that list which don’t have an undergrad business program: Columbia, Purdue, Vanderbilt
@Midwestmomofboys Purdue does offer undergraduate business.
I think that of your list, about 10-12 are super reaches with your GPA and ACT scores. I think you will be choosing between OSU, IU, Purdue and maybe UCIC and Emory. The first four are sort of similar but Emory is a bit different. Do you prefer the big rah rah school environment or smaller private school environment? I would choose some more realistic schools or choose just a few of your favorites of these reaches.
I know nothing about UCs except so many impacted majors, difficulty in getting your classes etc that it makes no sense for out of state even though they are great schools.
All ivies are need-based FA. So you may take them out if your family are not willing to pay.
You may refer to this thread for full ride schools::
@TomSrOfBoston Oops, my bad. We are in-state in Indiana, and anyone interested in business goes to Kelley school, so I never considered that Purdue could offer Business as well. Thank you for the correction!
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For Purdue, UTexas, UMichigan, UVirginia, Indiana Bloomington, and UIUC they have good business programs, but I am applying to see if I can get a lot of financial aid/scholarships since I’m out-of-state. For UCD, UCI, UCSD, and UCSB, they are not ranked that high and I’m not sure if they are ranked high in business but I really like the UC schools because of their location and area, but it will still depend on scholarships for these schools because I’m out-of-state.,
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You need a new list. You’re OOS and those schools don’t give aid/merit to OOS, except maybe Indiana and Purdue might give you a small award, but not enough to cover the OOS portion of tuition.
Privates will be the same problem.
Are you saying that your parents are willing to pay about $30k per year for your instate public, but you’d need merit to go elsewhere for the same net cost??
- What is your family willing to pay?
Start there.
- Now run NPC on the schools. If the difference between what you'll be expected to pay and what your family is willing/able to pay is more than four figures per year -- in other words, an amount greater than the loans available to you plus what you could make at a summer job -- and there is little chance of a merit award -- remove the school. If your family can cover the cost or if it is doable with (small) loan and a job, you can keep the school on your list.
- NOW apply your own fit preferences to narrow down your list. The number of reaches and matches is not as important as having at least one safety. I think you're pretty close with OSU; might want to add a school in Ohio that's slightly less selective to be 100% (or as close as possible...) safe. And as stated by multiple posters previously, you should probably add more matches. So: using cost and fit variables to whittle down or to augment, you should cut some reaches, add some matches, and add a true safety.
- If you do these things, the resulting list will comprise schools that fit you well and which you can afford. This should minimize the chances for heartbreak -- you won't be stuck with offers from schools you don't really like and/or can't afford.