Schools with Good Business Programs

<p>Hi, I was just getting in my last college applications and I was just looking for 1 or 2 more colleges to apply to. I'm seeking to major in finance, but I wasn't really sure where else to apply, any suggestions would be fantastic. </p>

<p>My stats are:
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Location: New Jersey
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public - among the very top public high schools in my state
I recently moved to my new school, which is why some of the club activities are discontinuous since not all are available at my new school</p>

<p>Academic Stats:
Unweighted GPA -93.984
Weighted GPA - 95.79
Class Rank: top 10% at least - (my school only gives 5 points for H. or AP classes so there are a lot of kids above me who took easy course loads while I took the hardest classes available)
Class Size: 415
SAT I's - 670 CR, 650 M, 710 Writing
SAT II's - 740 Molecular Biology, 780 US History, 650 Literature
AP's - AP US History (5), AP Biology (5), AP Psychology (5), AP English Literature and Composition (4), AP French (2); Currently taking AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP English Language and Composition, AP US Govt and Politics and studying AP Stats independently</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
National Honor Society (2007-2008)
French National Honor Society (2005-2007)
FBLA (2005-2008)- held leadership position as treasurer for 1 year before moving; participated in Regional Competitive Events winning 1st place in Accounting 2; particpating in RCE again this year
Key Club (2006-2007); now Interact Club (2007-2008)
Science Olympiad (2007-2008)
French Club (2004-2007); now International Club (2007-2008)
Optimist Club (2004-2007)</p>

<p>AP Scholar with Honor from the Collegeboard</p>

<p>Don't participate in sports because I am not medically allowed to.</p>

<p>Community Service (decent, not really anything extraordinary I guess): Spent time at food bank with FBLA/Key Club; have repeatedly helped raise money for March of Dimes with FBLA by volunteering during lunch periods to sell items during November each year; volunteer to help babysit kids at a local school once a month; participated in food drives organized by Interact Club; helped Interact Club at a huge local fund raising event to raise money for a charity; have sold boxes of candy for Key Club to raise money for various charities</p>

<p>Here are the schools I'm already definitely applying/applied to:
Rutgers - Safety
TCNJ - Safety
Fordham - Not a safety, but more than match
Boston University - Not a safety, but more than match
UPenn - Really Reach
PSU - Pretty much a safety
Northeastern - Not a safety, but more than a match</p>

<p>I mean, other than UPenn I'm pretty confident that I will not really experience any difficulty getting accepted into any of those.</p>

<p>I was borderline on NYU but some people have said its a bit overrated. I know the whole ranking stuff is out there but I don't really believe in basing necessarily my college picks entirely on that. Oh, and I'm looking for a school on the East Cost (New England and Midatlantic)...not really anywhere in the South. Any advice is more than welcome and is greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>if you are majoring in finance because you want to go into finance as a profession, you should be aware that the most highly recruited campuses (besides Penn) are schools that don't offer finance degrees, so you might also want to consider majoring in economics (i think it's more interesting, anyway)</p>

<p>the most highly recruited schools by top finance firms:
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Penn (arts and sciences & wharton)
Northwestern
Dartmouth
Princeton</p>

<p>although your SAT is on the low side for all these schools, i think with some passionate essays you are definitely competitive</p>

<p>there's an optimist club at your school? =P</p>

<p>well NYU is good. Some people might shoot you if you say it's overrated. IT's right in NYC so I mean if you're going to business, it's a pretty ideal place to be...</p>

<p>I think TCNJ is more of a match. NYU Stern is high match/reach. How about Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell as matches.</p>

<p>How about Villanova, George Washington University and the University of Maryland. Good luck!</p>

<p>Texas at Austin matches you well. Mccombs is a great business school. Or michigan too.</p>