<p>Yes being Hispanic will help - not as much in MA as in some other areas, but certainly more than in California. :)</p>
<p>You’re looking for a math program at a college that admits with roughly a B average, right? What are your SAT or ACT scores (especially in math) and do you want to work in economics/business or do you want to teach?</p>
<p>Schools with good math programs that admit some students with a B average would include Beloit (in Wisconsin) and Hendrix (in Arkansas). Beloit is better than Hendrix but Hendrix is better than CSU’s and most schools listed above except Clark, Bentley, Wentworth. Clark would be another good, supportive school, and Bentley is business-focused (mostly applied math). Wentworth is a techie school (STEM) = math is strong. Apply to all three plus Beloit and Hendrix, then compare aid packages? (Of course, this will depend whether your SAT scores are closer to the 1500-1600 mark, or around the 1800-1900 mark).
Another school that’s good for B-students who want to do math is NJIT but the graduation rate is pretty low, indicating weed-out classes during freshman year.</p>
<p>Psoriasis is NASTY, it’s a miracle you even made it to school. If I’d been your parent I’d have kept you at home until you got the medicine and ointments. It’d be like sending a kid with major chicken pox AND eczema to school and expecting him to do okay. :s That must have been horrible. Make sure your counselor mentions it in his/her recommendation (and to make sure s/he doesn’t forget, include it in the bullet-point list you’ll give him/her to help his overworked days during application season.)</p>