<p>I want to stay more near the East coast and avoid the West coast and Midwest.</p>
<p>I intend on majoring in either Business Management, Marketing, Public Relations, or something of that sort.</p>
<p>hey i dont want to come across as mean, but you should rethink business and marketing majors. There aren’t many jobs with those degrees. most people i know who were interested in those have switched to sciences and engineering. You sound capable with a 3.8 Gpa. Ive been a physics nerd from the start, but just make sure if you go down the “business and lollipops” road your prepared to compete heavily for minimal amounts of jobs. In my opinion your better off taking the money you plan to spend on college and just starting a business.</p>
<p>you dont need a degree to start a business…</p>
<p>just thought I would rant.
Best of luck though!
Find something your passionate about and will actually yield a job in the future.</p>
<p>Look for Universities that show the SAT 25% level at or below 1,800</p>
<p>Boston University
Northeastern University
Syracuse University
Penn State University
University of Pittsburgh
University of Delaware
University of Connecticut</p>
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<p>ha!..I hope that you are kidding</p>
<p>^ Of course there are jobs for graduates with those degrees. However, at least according to the payscale.com data, the earnings potential does not appear to be as high as it is for many other majors (including engineering, physics, economics, CS, math, geology, and political science). The same data indicates that history and philosophy majors have slightly higher mid-career salaries than business majors. This may reflect the characteristics of students who choose those majors more than the market value of those degrees, per se, since the most selective schools often don’t have undergraduate business majors.</p>
<p>im dead serious. there is no point in a business degree. A B.A. in business isnt worth the paper its printed on. And an M.B.A. is useless when you can just get a law degree. why cop out with a degree that everybody gets? your just gonna end up competing with them for the same jobs. well the ones that dont get outsourced. at least with a science or engineering degree, at worst you can design a new machine or drug and you have your own start up. Or you can go into patent procurement as a patent agent. one of the qualifications to become a patent agent is you must have a science or engineering degree.</p>
<p>so i say again. If your gonna major in business, just save your money, dont go to college, and invest that money in your own business. your really much better off.</p>
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<p>Take a look at exam optional colleges/universities. [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org)</p>
<p>Most places truly do care more about the GPA than they do about the ACT/SAT, so don’t feel that your situation is hopeless. You may want to try the ACT because some students do better on that exam. If you have always done better in your classes than on standardized exams, you may want to have a sit-down with your guidance counselor and ask about screening for dyslexia. Good classroom grades and bad standardized test scores are practically a diagnosis of that kind of learning difference.</p>
<p>Taylor,</p>
<p>there are schools that will accept you.</p>
<p>What state are you in?</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay? That will likely determine where you’ll be able to go to school.</p>
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<p>0110Binary, please stop posting false and misleading information</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>This might give you an idea about employment out of college for undergraduate business majors compared to engineers over at UC Berkeley:</p>
<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/CarDest/2010Campus.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/CarDest/2010Campus.stm</a></p>
<p>and please remember that UC Berkeley engineering is among the top 5 in the country.</p>
<p>I’m most definitely going into business, there is no doubt about that, so please do not try and sway me. I genuinely love business and everything about that field. I’m not some kid who just sees corporations and such and believes that just just because they go into business that they’ll be making millions of dollars. I would probably want to go into business management or hospitality and tourism or something of that type. I’m not completely sure, I just know that it will deal with business.
I came here asking for colleges that you think will accept me or would be beneficial towards me future. And yes, I know that my SAT score was low. But I took it as a Sophomore. I’m not taking them again until March 12th where I plan to hopefully raise it. </p>
<p>onecircuit- thank you! I’m actually really looking into Penn State & Northeastern! I was also looking at UNC Chapel Hill but realized that I have no chance because my stats are most definitely too low for being an oos student.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids- I live in New Jersey! And my Dad is willing to give about $10,000-$12,000 a year! Very low, I know, but I plan on applying for scholarships like a madwoman.</p>
<p>As a prospective business major, you will likely understand the value of not graduating with a ton of debt, and since your parents contribution will be limited, I would suggest you look into in-state options, such as TCNJ, Rutgers New Brunswick, Rowan (in order of most to least selective admissions). I think these would be your best bet. Retake the SAT’s with a little prep you will likely raise your scores</p>
<p>The instate public schools are likely to be your best optional financially. Rowan would be a safety, Rutgers a match, and TCNJ a reach with your current SAT scores.</p>
<p>In addition to knowing how much your dad is willing to pay, you need to know how much the colleges will expect him to pay. Those can be two very different things. To get an idea of what your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) is likely to be, you can run the calculators at [FinAid</a>! Financial Aid, College Scholarships and Student Loans](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org%5DFinAid”>http://www.finaid.org) or at [College</a> Calculators - savings calculators - college costs, loans](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Calculate Your Cost – BigFuture | College Board) If your dad wants to know which factors most influence your FAFSA EFC, he can print out the formula at <a href=“http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/101310EFCFormulaGuide1112.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/101310EFCFormulaGuide1112.pdf</a> and work through it on paper.</p>
<p>You and your dad can take your questions about money issues to the Financial Aid Forum. You will get good ideas there.</p>
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<p>re: post #6: I think “Binary” hasn’t learned fuzzy logic. That’s why in Star Trek the episode about the “Binars” shows them as being good for tuning up computers, and not much else.</p>
<p>Taylor, is your 3.8 weighted or unweighted? Does your school rank, and if so around where do you rank? What kind of courses have you taken? Are you in honors/AP/IB courses? Will you have math through calculus or through pre-calc at graduation? What is the breakdown of your SATs?</p>
<p>I definitely understand the whole staying in state thing, but I’m honestly not letting myself do that. I worked too hard towards not having to go to an instate school to settle with that. And my Dad has been out of work since November and will not be getting work for at least another month or two. I’m hoping that maybe that will help me with financial aid a bit if possible. The loans are worth it for me though, they really are. I understand how unwise it sounds, but I can’t go to an instate school. I would be miserable. It’s not worth it for me.
Consolation- That’s weighted, my school does not rank, and I’m taking 2 APs & an honors course right now. By the time I graduate I will have just finished pre-calc. And my SATs were 650 critical reading, 620 writing, and 500 math. I’m hoping to raise my math score by at least one hundred this time around. I had not taken Algebra II last time I took the SATs.</p>
<p>Check out Endicott College in Mass…less than 40M per year, and they also give pretty good merit aid. More important, all students are required to do several internships, which often leads to job offers at graduation. Rated as an A+ school for B students.</p>
<p>I’ll look into it. Thank you!</p>
<p>* The loans are worth it for me though, they really are. *</p>
<p>YOU cannot borrow much. You are limited to the following amounts…</p>
<p>5500 frosh
6500 soph
7500 jr
7500 sr</p>
<p>So, you do have to take that into consideration. </p>
<p>private scholarships are often for only freshman year so you won’t be able to “make ends meet” with private scholarships that are only going to be for one year. </p>
<p>College is a 4 year process, so you need to make sure you have funding for all 4 years. </p>
<p>The best scholarships are from colleges. Those are usually for all 4 years. </p>
<p>You need to test again and raise your scores. Take the ACT as well.</p>