What schools should I apply to for a finance major?
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
Post edited by Chedva on November 30
You have a long time before worrying about that. Start looking at the better BBA schools and really work on improving your grades and SAT (try the ACT too) this year. A very strong junior GPA and 34+ ACT (or new SAT equivalent) will make you very competitive from your HS. It is your GPA and SAT/ACT that are your current limits.
Talk to your very qualified HS Guidance Counselor about likely options.
What is your budget situation?
Thanks @TooOld4School, im doing just that. This year so far i have a 3.8 uw gpa, and i have been preparing for the new sat, and am averaging around a 2100. Since I’m not going to take it until march, I should be able to get it even higher.
@BrownParent between me and my two brothers, who will be in school at the same time, our expected family contribution is 40k, so 13k each from my parents. I work at my local country club as a caddy, and last summer I earned 5 thousand. I have saved almost all of it, so assuming that I stay at the same wage (hopefully increase if I get an intership in finance) I will have 30k from my summer jobs. This leaves me with 8.5 thousand a year from me, 13 thousand a year from my parents, whatever job I can get during the year at school. So I can go for 21.5k without taking on any debt, which would be ideal, however I would take on a little bit to go for to a school that will give me good well paying job options.
also another thing to add is that I am a first generation student and only my dad has a high school diploma if that makes any difference at all