I'm not sure what to do

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm approaching the start of my senior year, and I've got to make my final decision on where to apply to.</p>

<p>As far as choosing, I'm leaving money out of the equation. It should not be an issue. I live in Indiana, and plan on majoring in either Business Management, or Marketing, but then attending law school. I really don't have any strong preferences as far as the campus and environment go. Certain things are definitely more attractive, but I know I could be happy almost anywhere.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.86 weighted
SAT: 1970, Math: 610, Reading: 700, Writing: 660
AP Classes: Just calculus this coming year, one of two offered at my school
College Courses: Introduction to computers through Ivy Tech, U.S. History through Purdue Northwest, Animal Science through Purdue, Plant & Soil Science through Purdue, English through Indiana University.
Honors: Honors US History, Honors English 11
ECs: Band (Marching, Concert, Jazz, Pep)
Cross Country (Co-Team Captain)
Track
NHS
FFA (I've competed in the National Agriscience Fair twice)
Business Professionals of America (Currently serving as President for the state of Indiana, won a national competition for Microsoft Office as a sophomore)</p>

<p>I was recommended to to go to Indiana University by a very well respected career counselor. I don't plan to though. I know I could get in, and I could be happy there, but there are other factors that just make it an unattractive option. Purdue had always been my first choice, and was also recommended by the counselor. I will most likely end up there.</p>

<p>The third school, however, is Georgetown. I won't lie, I'm attracted to the name. All of the research I've done has shown me it could be a really good fit, but can I get in? I go back in forth between thinking I can and thinking I don't have a shot at all. I'm just not sure.</p>

<p>Thoughts? Any other schools I should consider?</p>

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<p>northwestern is VERY well known for both business and finance, and is a top 15 university( look it up for more info)</p>

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<p>I think Georgetown might be a bit of a reach. Maybe try working on your SAT scores a bit to give yourself a better chance</p>

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<p>I’m confident I could probably get up to a 2100 or so. If I seriously wanted to get into Georgetown, I would take the SAT again. I got the 1970 with no preparation, and got sick about halfway through the test. That’s not be bragging ( I mean, seriously? A 1970 without doing anything. I could have studied and taken it once.), that’s me analyzing the situation. I’m confident I could boost my score.</p>

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<p>Oh awesome, colleges like seeing a great boost in scores. if you can get it up to a 2100, I’d say you stand a pretty good chance for Georgetown. Its a competitive school, but with enough effort, it could be realistic</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that Georgetown also “strongly recommends” 3 subject tests. The business school will want to see strong math performance so I’d recommend one of those subject tests be math as calculus is required in the business program. Aim to get your sat math score over 700.</p>

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<p>excellent performance in your upcoming year of calc will also be helpful</p>

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<p>It’s nice of you to leave money out of the equation. I don’t think you’ll be able to find a college however that will leave money out of the equation.</p>

<p>Money needs to play a fundamental role in your list making or else you’re just wasting money on applications and you might end up with admissions offers for which your family cannot pay.</p>

<p>If you want to treat college admissions as something other than doodling, we can suggest how to do that. Let us know.</p>

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<p>Georgetown also has a separate application and doesn’t use Common App. You should also know that they require interviews for all applicants (through alumni in your local area, usually) So you should be prepared what uou’re in for when you are applying. Despite this, Georgetown stil has a <20% acceptance rate as it is a very selective school. Make sure you have matches and safeties on your list that you actually like and that you do take money into consideration (have your parents run net price calculators). Even if you think it doesn’t now, it will likely play a role in decision making when acceptances come out</p>

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<p>Why Purdue over Indiana? Indiana is known for its business school.</p>

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<p>You will make a great businessman</p>

<p>Indiana instate 23,832 total 100,000 Rank 8 *
Purdue OOS 41,954 total 168,000 Rank 57 *
Georgetown 64,980 total 260,000 Rank 18 *</p>

<p>That’s very generous of your parents. One thing you can do is apply to all of them. It isn’t decision time right now, it is application time. </p>

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<p>Indy96 does your school use Naviance? If so, reviewing the data for Georgetown will answer your question far better than any of us. The scattergram in particular will give you a visual of what the stats were of students from your own High School that were accepted to Georgetown.</p>

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<p>@HarvestMoon1‌ is right, the scattergrams on Naviance really helped me figure out the scores they expected from people at my school</p>

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<p>At my D’s school, the scattergrams were not complete in that they appeared to include an incomplete selection from the records that were available elsewhere in the database. If the school had records of 75 people applying to a school, Naviance would show 50. Several times at the beginning of our search, scattergrams gave a false sense of hope. </p>

<p>On Parchment the scattergrams were even less helpful because of the thousands of applicants whose scores were recorded and the ways the dots would hide other dots until you zoomed in. It was an uncertain way to determine likelihood. There are other problems with Parchment you should know about if you use it.</p>

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<p>Georgetown is out of reach with your current scores without a hook, which I don’t see any evidence that you have. Plus you need the subject tests with strong scores as well. So you would really have to hump on test prep in the next few months to be at all competitive.</p>

<p>Can your parents really afford $60,000+/year with no problem? And you will be able to pay for law school, too?</p>

<p>Regarding Naviance, it is possible that only a few students from the OP’s school apply there now, so might not even show on the charts; most schools won’t show when only a few students have applied because it is too easy to identify them. </p>

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<p>@BrownParent - Last time I looked, Purdue was in Indiana. Also, the sarcasm wasn’t really needed. This is a high school student trying to get help making a decision. If you really are a parent… well I think you get my point.</p>

<p>@jkeil911 - I think the reason they left money out of the equation was because, as they said, it “should not be” an issue. I took that to mean they can afford any school. If that is not what they meant, then they should clarify, but I certainly think that is the strong implication. So I don’t feel like they are “doodling”.</p>

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<p>ba-da-bing!</p>

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<p>@Indy96 - Georgetown, as things stand for you now, is highly unlikely. Even with a 2100, the number of AP course you will have taken, combined with your UW GPA (which I can only estimate from your weighted, but since it would be lower than 3.86 by presumably a couple of tenths at least, which is also on the low side for Gtown), leaves you in a difficult position compared to the applicants Gtown will accept. Now I see that your school only offers two AP courses, so that will have to be made clear to all the schools to which you apply, which your guidance counselor is supposed to do. But you also list only two honors courses, so unless your school also is short on those, your schedules were not really the most rigorous. In total, you don’t seem to be a strong candidate for Gtown, especially since the 2100 is only theoretical at the moment.</p>

<p>Can you explain further why IU is not what you really want? But in any case, if Purdue is your choice if Gtown doesn’t work out (and I suppose there is no reason not to apply to Gtown, just don’t get your hopes up at all), then you are in good shape, with IU as your safety. If instead you want some suggestions for schools possibly similar to Gtown but more accessible to you, then let us know what it is about Gtown that made you feel like that was the school for you, besides just name recognition.</p>

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<p>@redrising8‌ “northwestern is VERY well known for both business and finance, and is a top 15 university( look it up for more info)”</p>

<p>I know the OP isn’t considering Northwestern, and rightfully so because it doesn’t have an undergraduate business major.</p>

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<p>You’re right…my bad! :slight_smile: i must have been thinking of their graduate programs</p>