<p>I pretty much missed the top 20 university list with my stats, 4.25W 3.88UW and 31 act(5th time taking it. I know too many but not taking it again) I can either do business or economics because I will be pursuing an MBA. What school should I be looking into. Size doesn't matter as long as it's not a liberal arts school. Anywhere in the country and price doesn't matter. I don't qualify for any financial aid anyway. PLEASE HELPPP</p>
<p>Oh and my act superscored is a 32 and my highest act is M-35 E-31 R-29 S-28 W-10
And super scored everything is the same but a 32 in science</p>
<p>I know people who’ve been accepted to top 20 schools with your stats. There are also plenty of excellent schools ranked slightly below that. </p>
<p>Why don’t you try U Mich, Emory, U Miami, Tulane, Wisconsin, Maryland for starters. I’m not sure what criteria you want in a school, other than a solid Business major.</p>
<p>You can pursue an MBA with any previous major - a favorite is engineering (any kind of engineering). UAlabama engineering school would offer you merit scholarships.</p>
<p>Well money isn’t an issue. So I’m looking to get into the best school possible with my sub par stats</p>
<p>If you don’t care about location, cost, or size (as long as it’s not a LAC), then for your stats, you have about 3,000 choices. Try to develop some criteria and explore them with an online college matcher ([College</a> Admissions, Search, and Financial Aid Help from College Confidential](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/]College”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/)).</p>
<p>Alternately, you can walk your way down the US News National University rankings, starting with #21 if that’s where you think you begin to have a realistic shot. Explore each one in turn, ruling them in and ruling them out, until you’re comfortable you have a good reach-match-safety list.</p>
<p>Or … you could just apply to your in-state public flagship and be done with it. If the notification date is early enough, and you’re rejected, you’d still have time to apply to less selective schools. If you think this strategy is too risky, apply early to a safety school.</p>
<p>From what little you’ve said about yourself, I’d say the best bang for the buck is at some of the higher-ranked, lower-cost state universities. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maryland, and Ohio State seem to have strong econ departments (as well as OOS costs under $40K). From private universities in this range, or from the most selective state universities (like Michigan), you might not get enough extra benefit to justify the $10K-$30K/year in extra costs. That depends on what matters to you, though.</p>
<p>Thanks for everyone’s help. I was thinking about top 20u but everyone on this site seems to label my situation as there is no point to apply but thanks for the public school list. I wouldn’t have thought to go that route</p>
<p>We’ll that super match thing matched me with all top 20 school. Am I just being too pessimistic about chances?</p>
<p>If your courses have been rigorous (lots of APs), your extracurriculars are pretty good, and your rank is in the top 10%, then most of the top 20 universities are not out of reach (though some are very unlikely). Your GPA and scores, by themselves, will neither get you in nor keep you out. </p>
<p>But again, if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want (or what more you’d be getting out of these schools), why pay a big price premium? Most of them do not offer an undergraduate business major. An economics major is available virtually anywhere (though it may be taught with a more quantitative focus and at a faster pace at some of the more selective schools). If you plan to pursue an MBA, you’ll probably want to work for a couple years first, not go straight into it after college. Internships can be important along that path.</p>
<p>Suggested reach-match-safety possibilities if cost is not a factor at all:
UPenn, Northwestern, WUSTL … Carnegie Mellon, NYU, UCLA, Boston College … Maryland, Pittsburgh
(all of these are in urban areas and should have decent internship opportunities; all seem to have strong econ departments)</p>
<p>We’ll my course load is close to the most rigorous at my school, my school doesn’t do rank but I believe I am top 10 or 5 and my extracurricular a are okay but I have a pretty good excuse for that</p>