<p>I'm a rising junior Finance/Economics major from a large state school in New England, nothing in the Top 100 list.</p>
<p>-3.3ish GPA. Graduated HS with a 4.0, but nothing that made me stand out. First semester in college was rough, improved in the second semester. Third semester I pulled a 4.0, fourth (this past) semester, I scored a ~3.7.</p>
<p>-Very strong work experience. I've held an internship at Morgan Stanley for the past two years, a stint with the State Department in Moscow, was a Resident Assistant in school, and worked throughout high school.</p>
<p>-Very strong EC's. I have a leadership role in one of the school's largest investment/finance clubs, I'm a brother in the campus's top fraternity (#1 in sports, GPA, size, etc), I currently serve as president of a statewide business challenge that gives seed money to entrepreneurs, and I'm the founder of a Russian language club on campus.</p>
<p>-Misc: SAT 1980 (took it once in HS without any studying. I'm confident that if I retook it, I could score higher.) I'm close with a couple of my professors, and could get good recommendations from them. </p>
<p>So far, I'm interested in Dartmouth, Cornell, UVA, Columbia, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Boston University, Tufts, and Rice. Do any of those look unreasonable/can you think of other schools with a strong Economics program?</p>
<p>Also, I will definitely need financial aid, so that's a big factor.</p>