Hi, I’m a junior currently attending a public school in New York State and I’m wondering what my chances are at these schools and I’m also looking for any additions to my list.
Schools:
Syracuse university
University of Rochester
Boston University
Ithica College
SUNY Oswego
Clarkson University
Fordham University
GPA :3.6
SAT: 1300
I’ve taken 4 AP classes and 5 IB classes
I’m a full IB diploma candidate
ECs:
Dance (12 years- 11th in the region)
Band (8 years)
Key Club
Mock trial/ pre law club
~150 hours of community service
I want to major in Finance and minor in Chinese
I’m a first generation college student
Thanks!
Hi! I am actually a rising junior at Ithaca College (plus from Upstate NY) and I know you’ll get right in as I had very similar academic/extracurricular credentials. If you decide to apply to Ithaca, I reccomend applying Early Action as you’ll hear back super quickly (I got my acceptance letter three weeks after I submitted my CommonApp). You will probably also get invited to join the Honors Program as well at IC.
The one downside about IC is that although we have a well-known business school, there’s not actually a Finance major. You would probably want to major in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. Also, there’s not a Chinese minor, but there’s an Asian American Studies minor in our department of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity. One nice thing about IC is that minor requirements can sometimes double for general education requirements for humanities, social sciences, and diversity.
If you’re concerned about Will I Get In to other colleges, I reccomend using The Princeton Review. I found it gave really useful information and allowed me to figure out which schools to apply to.
I hope this was helpful!
Run the npc on saint bonaventure, saint Lawrence, Hobart and William Smith, Union, Wheaton (MA), Trinity (CT), Muhlenberg, Dickinson.
Obviously apply to other SUNY 's - the SUNY for business is Albany but Geneseo 's and Bin’ghamton are both very reputable. SUNY New Paltz would be a step below these but a bit above Oswego.
@buffalo124, would you also qualify for need base aid? if yes, when combined with being First-Gen there may likely be other options.
I recognize a fellow centaur (;