Please Advise Me On College Selection, Thank You

<p>Hey, my name is Will and I'm gonna be starting my senior year of hs in a couple of weeks. I was hoping you guys could suggest some reach colleges that I would be interested in based on my below information.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.84 UW
SAT: 2190 (700 CR, 760 M, 730 W)
Major: Economics & History</p>

<p>Main ECs:</p>

<p>Co-Founder/President of Economics Club
Vice President FBLA
Treasurer of Model UN
Captain of Varsity Soccer Team
Vice President of Debate Team</p>

<p>Things I'm Looking For In a College</p>

<ul>
<li>Strong Placement at Wall Street firms & top MBA Programs</li>
<li>Strong Campus Spirit & Sports facilities</li>
<li>Undergrads Passionate about learning </li>
<li>Small Class Sizes not a strict factor, but I don't want to be crammed in massive lecture halls </li>
</ul>

<p>Open to location urban/rural/etc.</p>

<p>Thanks,
Will</p>

<p>Rice University comes to mind first, although I might also look at Columbia as a reach.</p>

<p>Penn, Dartmouth, Duke, and Stanford are the first to come to mind. Among LACs, Amherst and Williams.</p>

<p>Cornell, UVA, UNC, and Michigan might be more realistic. Chicago and NYU would be good fits academically, although perhaps not socially.</p>

<p>NYU Stern, Georgetown, Duke, UVA and the ivies/Stanford as reaches. I would strongly consider retaking the SAT if your rank is top few percent and shoot for an ivy.</p>

<p>Duke, Williams, Holy Cross, Colgate.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help.</p>

<p>Do Brown & Northwestern meeet my criteria?</p>

<p>NYU-stern
Northwestern
BC-Carroll</p>

<p>brown and northwestern dont have top undergrad buisness programs, but they are fantastic schools. I suggest looking at all of the schools previously suggested, plus Cal, USC, Wake Forest, Emory, and Michigan</p>

<p>NU doesn’t have the WS placement and Brown will put you in the running, but doesn’t have the strength on WS other ivies do</p>

<p>Thanks for the responses.</p>

<p>I’m gonna major in Econ if the school doesn’t have a business school.</p>

<p>It’s great to have those most-selective reaches on the list, but you should also consider Fordham University, which sends a lot of grads into finance jobs finance and is in NYC for access to internships.</p>

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<p>Agreed. (10char)</p>

<p>Wake Forest, UVA, UNC, UCLA, Notre Dame, Georgetown, are some slight reach/match schools that strike to the top of my head looking at your requirements. Try to bump up your SAT another 60-100 points (50 points verbal and 20 points writing) and you may be looking a whole new class of schools (ivies) as moderate reach/match.</p>

<p>Stern is a good option if you want “Strong Placement at Wall Street firms & top MBA Programs.” It however does not have strong campus spirit/sports programs.</p>

<p>About the comment on Fordham, I could not help but agree looking at your requirements. I just so happened to attend Fordham. It is ranked 61 (overall) on US News, granted not as high as some of the other schools, but the honors program (if you can get in) might be worth taking a look at. It would not be a bad safety to apply to - so definitely take a look into the school, it is grossly underrated and a true “diamond in the dust” IMHO. The rankings are on an upward trend too so it will make the top 50 very soon.</p>

<p>Just some quick points about the school since I attended. It is located in NYC and does have a very good relationship with finance/wall street recruiters; the internship opportunities are endless. For the class of 2008, out of the 54% that responded to the survey, median salary was $55,000 and 92% had a job offer. Chase, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, UBS were amongst the top hiring firms. [Fordham</a> University: Undergraduate Profile ? BusinessWeek](<a href=“Bloomberg Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Bloomberg Businessweek - Bloomberg) Look under the “Alumni Affairs & Careers” tab.
Scroll down and you will see how good the internships are.</p>

<p>The campus is absolutely stunning (without overstating). The school spirit is great, Athletics are not the best but all D1 sports (soccer team is great). Class size is 20-25. Most students are really driven and come from very reputable catholic/private high schools. Being a Jesuit school, the core curriculum is very intense and very much liberal arts oriented, so the quality of education is def top notch. I really see you being a very good fit at the school if you can get into the honors program. Let me know if you have Q’s and I’d be happy to answer.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.fordham.edu/audience/tours/rh_map.shtml[/url]”>http://www.fordham.edu/audience/tours/rh_map.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Michigan fits all of your requirements.</p>

<p>UNC-Chapel Hill, although it is next to impossible to get in as an OOS student.</p>

<p>Think about Rhodes College in Memphis - more match than stretch.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>95% of our students get admitted to MBA programs. The Career Services website lists some of the schools where students go immediately after graduation, though that obviously won’t include the better schools. We have folks go to Duke, Texas, Wharton, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>$20 million Bryan Campus Life Center has really nice athletic and workout facilities. NCAA D3 athletics.</p></li>
<li><p>Undergrads Passionate about learning - they’re here.</p></li>
<li><p>Average class size is 14, Largest classes are the intro Bio and Econ courses.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Economics, history, and business are all available majors.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

<p>Agree on the recommendation of Williams, Holy Cross, Colgate. All great academic schools.</p>

<p>I can’t believe I forgot to mention Villanova. I couldn’t think of a better match school.</p>

<p>Anyone with a gpa above 3.7 uw and an SAT above 2150, especially as evenly apportioned as your score is, is a candidate for almost any school in the nation. Its a gross misnomer that the top schools only admit kids with a perfect sat of 1600 or 2400 (new test) and 4.0 gpa’s. You are a catch for any school and would succeed anywhere you go. </p>

<p>Thus the only real factor is something completely out of your control, which is the admissions lottery…even kids with higher scores get rejected or waitlisted at famous schools for no apparent reason. </p>

<p>Sometimes an indication to a particular school of your intent to enroll if admitted will help. </p>

<p>I would focus on really good schools ( you are plenty smart to figure that out) and ones where your chances of a substantial scholarship exist. </p>

<p>Only you can decide what kind of college experience you want, rural, urban, state or private, big or small, sports or geeks, dorms or frats. </p>

<p>Spread out your applications geographically (as stated above some OOS flagships are hard to get into, but not impossible.) Make sure you have some really good safety and match schools, but dont be afraid to reach for the stars either as you are as solid as they come. </p>

<p>Good luck</p>