<p>I'm now midway into my Junior year and realized that I need to find out where to begin to think about applying to.</p>
<p>I have about a 3.65 GPA and and aiming for a 2000-2100 for SAT</p>
<p>Im going to do business and want to do majors relating to managerial economics/financing </p>
<p>I'm from New Jersey in a very highly ranked high school that does not have class rank.
I dont play any sports and have a moderate amount of community service hours and am a member of 5 clubs: French Club, French Honor Society, Key Club, Orienteering, and TSA</p>
<p>Whats my chances of getting in an IVY?</p>
<p>What are some highly esteemed undergraduate business schools that I can be accepted into?
- Boston College? NYU?... Notre Dame.. Columbia... UPenn.. Berkeley, etc.</p>
<p>Location doesnt matter, price is a moderate factor (need some financial aid)</p>
<p>Can someone help me determine reach, real, and safety schools for my GPA and sat scores?</p>
<p>NYU Stern would be a reach but their financial aid is often lousy.
Baruch? Queens Liberal arts&Business honors program? probably matches.
Boston College is a reachable reach if you don’t need much financial aid. (Otherwise, it’ll be unaffordable).
Your predicted scores/current GPA combination, coupled with your EC’s, don’t make you a reasonable candidate for a Top 20 university or LAC. You can apply to one “just to see” but keep expectations low.</p>
You would be full pay at Berkeley and most other OOS public Us. Go to the school web site and run their Net Price Calculator. You’ll have to do that for each school on your list. Some alternatives where you would get good FA are in the stickies at the top of the Financial Aid Forum here.</p>
<p>Syracuse and Rochester are within reach, but MYOS is right about the top 20 schools. Don’t bother. The University at Albany might be a safety, and they have a just-opened School of B bldg.</p>
<p>Location doesnt matter, price is a moderate factor (need some financial aid)</p>
<p>Schools like NYU don’t give great aid. Most OOS publics don’t give great aid. The UC’s are very expensive for OOS students. At a UC, your parents will be expected to pay their EFC PLUS about $22k per year. So, if your EFC is $25k, then your parents will have to pay $47k.</p>
<p>You need to ask your parents how much they’ll pay. </p>
<p>Is your family “middle income” (around $50-85k gross); “upper middle income” ($90k-150k gross); upper income (about $150k gross). Do they have a good amount of assets (savings, property, own a business, etc)</p>
<p>Also, use the NPC’s on various schools’ websites. </p>
<p>Seriously, the amount that your parents will pay will largely determine where you should apply.</p>
<p>prc: the top20 schools are out of reach. So it’s a reason not to apply, because it’d be wasting valuable time as well as a lot of money. If OP is done with all applications, s/he can throw in one top school if spending the next 3 days writing essays is his/her idea of fun, but really, why waste time on that? Op could apply to other schools where s/he has a decent chance of acceptance, instead.
UPitt, Bradley, and Butler were all good ideas.
For a reach that isn’t a complete impossibility, URichmond b/c OP would bring geographical diversity, which would boost him a little.</p>
<p>The OP’s chances at 20-40 schools depend on the SAT breakdown. And the OPs GPA is good, not great. I agree that top 20 schools are out of reach and the OP needs to have a more realistic list.</p>
<p>On paper you have some small chances at Notre Dame, NYU, Berkeley and BC, though they’re not known for good aid. The other reaches on your list are more unlikely than peace in the Middle East.</p>
<p>I’d pick one high reach and two reasonable reaches (like the aforementioned URichmond) and concentrate my efforts on other schools.</p>
<p>OP’s chances at UC Berkeley are small. Most recent common data set show that 79% of matriculated students had a GPA of 3.75 or higher and only 13% between 3.5 and 3.75. Might have a shot at lower-ranked UCs such as Davis, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, but cost is the same. If OP can get to 2100 SAT, might have a shot at schools in the USN&WR top 30-40 range, such as William & Mary, Brandeis, Case Western.</p>
<p>I was accepted to NYU and University of Rochester with those stats 6 years ago. I had more depth to my ECs, but nothing extraordinary. </p>
<p>Very selective schools are worth it because they have an edge in opportunities, but this is meaningless if you are don’t take advantage of them. You don’t seem too involved outside the class… Are you sure you want to be surrounded by people who voluntarily choose to be very busy with outside pursuits? If there has been a recent change in your attitude and that seems appealing, look to do something interesting over the summer. </p>
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<p>Some very good suggestions here. I would add that ND is not worth the app – a 3.65 and 2100 is a pretty clear rejection there. </p>
<p>If you are willing to leave the east coast, the cost of some midwest publics are lower than straight up privates, though they do not give good financial aid to OOS students. Indiana University of course has a highly ranked B school, and out of state tuition is lower than at a private. Iowa, Minnesota also matches/safeties. Wisconsin is a match/reach.</p>
<p>You need to talk with your parents about the finances. Many families go into the process thinking that, well, they cannot afford $55k a year, so they must be eligible for aid. Once you run some Net Price Calculators, you will have a clearer picture of financial aid eligibility. If you are not eligible for aid, then the lower tuition cost of those OOS publics can be worth it as they are about $15k less a year than the privates. </p>
<p>For many families who are eligible for aid, there is a gap between what the NPC says you should pay, and what your family feels it can actually pay. </p>
<p>Those NPC numbers, plus that gap, often send students to investigate schools where their stats put them at the very high end so that they qualify for merit aid. </p>
<p>You are at a good point to start doing some serious research, so hang in there.</p>