<p>Caldwell, Bloomfield, Jersey City State or Wm Patterson, Kean, Felcian, St Peter’s, Albright, LockHaven, Mansfield…
I’d apply to several since you aren’t a real strong candidate.</p>
<p>^the only Jersey schools i’m going to apply to as of right now are FDU, Rider, maybe Kean, Seton Hall, Rutgers-Newark, and William Paterson. Sorry, I’m not interested in some of those colleges that you’ve listed trans. They don’t really fit the characteristics I want. But … I might change my mind. I’m sure none of the schools I listed (also listed in the 1st page) are reaches for me, maybe except for Rowan. Most of them might be low/high matches, but I’m still not sure.</p>
<p>The NJ schools you listed have average GPA acceptance rates over 3.0 you have a 2.07. Your SAT’s are on par with some of the schools. State schools may be a little more difficult to get into because of the economy and they weed through applications quickly. If you want to apply to SH than apply - you’ll always wonder if you don’t. If you don’t get into the colleges on your list, apply to others (ex: Bloomfield college has an application cutoff of 7/1) go for a year (get good grades) and transfer. Or work, go to CC part time (get good grades) and apply the next year - working and taking a few classes will show schools that you can do the work & are responsible.
Good Luck</p>
<p>Hm … well Seton Hall has an acceptance rate of 73% according to CB … Caldwell is 60% … Bloomfield is 29% O_O …</p>
<p>bumpp…</p>
<p>If you go onto colleges’ email lists, or through the common app, you may be able to apply to many of the suggestions above without fee and then decide among those which accept you.
FDU, Rider and Monmouth are not very diverse because of their expesnse. Kean, Rutgers-N; Bloomfield and WPU are very diverse, but check their graduation rates.
It is a mistake to focus on % admitted without looking at average scores of those admitted–some schools simply do not get that many applicants, so they accept a higher percentage, but the applicants they do attract are stronger.
Note, too, that many of the NJ schools tend to empty out on weekends.</p>
<p>It is your decision, but there is a lot to be said for the extra care and attention of a small school.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>