What other schools should I be looking at for finance? Right now my list is:
Umass Lowell or Dartmouth
Penn State
Indiana University Bloomington
Uconn
Umass Amherst
Rutgers
Bentley University
NYU
BC
Junior this year at the #1 school in Massachusetts, Boston Latin School. First public school in the country, number one feeder to Harvard. All classes we take are honors, unless stated as an AP.
These are the AP’s I have taken/will take:
World History, US History, Environmental Science, Macro Economics, Micro Economics, Statistics.
UW GPA: 3.3
First time SAT: 1970
Extracurricular:
Trumpet Player in the highest ranked jazz band and orchestra in my school, get gold at every competition we go to, including state finals -6 years
Special Olympic Volunteer - 3 years
Caddy at Brookline Country Club (hosted numerous U.S. Opens and a Ryder Cup) - 3 years
Varsity Golf - 1 year
EPICC (similar to Model UN) - 2 years
Founding member of my branch of Junior Statesmen of America - 2 years
Member of Film Club - 3 years
You have a lot of OOS publics on your list. Have you asked your parents how much they’ll pay each year? If not, do so. You need to know that. THAT answer will likely determine where you should apply.
You need to get your stats up. You need to finish strong this junior year to get your GPA up to at least a 3.5. And what is your M+CR? It appears to be about a 1310. Try to increase that. Right now, that’s about an ACT 29. And take the ACT.
Right now, BC and NYU are reaches. PSU might also be a reach with your GPA.
Definitely raise your GPA. I have a 3.3 as well, and trust me, it’s been hard to find decent schools offering merit aid.
BC & NYU are definitely reaches with your GPA.
-Bryant University
-Gordon College
-Providence College (I’m applying here as well)
-Stonehill College
-University of Connecticut
I was going to recommend Marist as well, but they don’t offer finance.
A 3.3 from Boston Latin will be considered roughly equivalent to 3.5/3.6 at holistic schools so it’ll only matter at large public universities. The problem is that you have a bunch of them on your list, where the conversion is GPAX SAT score, regardless of the schools.
Second, what’s your parents’ budget?