<p>alright so i just started thinking about college in the last few weeks and im a junior in high school.</p>
<p>GPA 94.6 unweighted? i think...not completely sure
Rank: 20-25 of 190 at public school in maine</p>
<p>SAT scores are 1800 total, reading 600 math 630 writing 570 reading/math 1230</p>
<p>ive taken all honors and ap (Language and Comp / Statistics) courses through my first three years of high school and will take two more APs next year (Lit and World History)</p>
<p>so my ideas for college as of now are to go to a strong undergrad business school and go for MBA after or go to a top liberal arts school and then on to law school, but i really have no idea where i can and can't get into, i consider myself smart, but im no genius and could probably do better if i applied myself more. </p>
<p>ECs
freshmen year, soccer, basketball, baseball, student government (Senator)
sophomore year, soccer, basketball, baseball, math team, red riot ambassador (help freshmen transfer into high school)
Junior Year, soccer, basketball, baseball, interact (service club), red riot ambassador. </p>
<p>i've been reading a lot about job potential and earning out of the top business schools and was really hoping to get into one of these and possibly major in investment banking but still debating. What are my chances for any of this? Best liberal arts schools i can get into? best business colleges? </p>
<p>colleges in north east as well as the carolinas and florida.
thanks for replying i appreciate it</p>
<p>What can your family afford? What is your home state?</p>
<p>home state is maine, and i dont know, im sure ill get decent financial aid because my parents make below 40,000 im guessing, havent really talked about it yet.</p>
<p>I’d give strong consideration to Colby in Waterville and Bates in Lewiston.</p>
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<p>You need to talk with your parents about cost limitations before making your application list.</p>
<p>Not all colleges are good with financial aid (particularly many out of state public schools; some private schools also have reputations for poor financial aid).</p>
<p>Try the net price calculator on each college’s web site to see what its need-based financial aid is like. If insufficient (i.e. would leave you with more than Stafford loan debt at graduation), then you will be aiming for large merit scholarships (not merely admission) if you apply to that school.</p>
<p>U Maine should be considered, as a safety, at least – with your stats, there’s a good chance that you will get merit money, in additon to any need-based funds you may qualify for.</p>
<p>yes, i understand the money situation…i know ill need aid, but at this point i’d rather have a good idea of what colleges are worth looking at and considering applying, as far as safeties, reaches, and matches</p>
<p>Huh… Your SAT school keeps you out of almost all schools with a worthwhile undergraduate business school, so I guess that leaves you following your other plan… And there are TONS of liberal arts schools that would take you… I’d start looking through the US News rankings and the Colleges That Change Lives list and find liberal arts colleges that you think would suit you, making sure that your SAT score falls within their middle 50%. Apply to a number of those and to a state school, and maybe to a few reaches like Emory and USC that have good undergraduate business schools, because you never know what’ll happen. I’d pply to UT Austin as well, it has a good undergraduate business school. By the way, at UT Austin and Emory you aren’t admitted to the business school till the beginning of your junior year.</p>
<p>You cannot determine if a school is a safety unless you know that it is both assured admission and definitely affordable, as well as being a place you would like to attend.</p>
<p>If a school is not affordable based on need-based financial aid, then the safety/match/reach determination is based on whether the large-enough merit scholarship (not merely admission) is a safety/match/reach for you. Getting admitted without enough financial aid or scholarships is no better than a rejection.</p>
<p>You need to talk to your parents NOW about how much they can put toward school. Shape your application list around that understanding. It would be nice to have some schools besides your safety that you can afford to attend.</p>
<p>Univ. of South Carolina has good business (excellent international business, top ranked at graduate level) and is pretty good bargain for OOS. Try to get SAT up…USC has great honors program but scores too low now.</p>