undergraduate business schools

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<p>my niece is from india and wants to go to a US business school:</p>

<p>sat verbal:660
sat math: 620
sat writing: 630</p>

<p>grade point average: 3.52</p>

<p>she's interested in majoring in management, and is considering the following schools: NYU, U Texas, Penn State, U Maryland, U Illinois, Emory, U Washington, U Michigan, Boston U, Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, USC, Wash U - St. Louis.</p>

<p>Which of these are appropriate reach, match and safeties? Any school we should be considering instead?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Is she applying as an international student?</p>

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<p>yes, she is applying as an international student.</p>

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<p>Most of those schools would be reaches (BC, CMU, Emory, Michigan, NYU, USC, UT-Austin and WUSTL) or matches (the rest of the universities on your list). </p>

<p>A good safety might be Indiana University-Bloomington, although it is more like a safe match than a true safety. </p>

<p>If your niece can improve her SAT by 50 points in each section, she will help her chances a great deal.</p>

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<p>Indiana is definitely a safety. They give scholarships 6-7K/year to students with those credentials. </p>

<p>Anyways, here's my assessment.</p>

<p>NYU, SLIGHT REACH
U Texas, SLIGHT REACH
Penn State, MATCH
U Maryland, MATCH
U Illinois, MATCH/SLIGHT REACH
Emory, REACH
U Washington, MATCH
U Michigan, REACH
Boston U, MATCH
Boston College, SLIGHT REACH
Carnegie Mellon, SLIGHT REACH
USC, REACH
Wash U - St. Louis BIG REACH</p>

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<p>Here is our short list:</p>

<p>NYU
U Texas
Carnegie
Penn St
Maryland
Boston U
Indiana</p>

<p>How many schools should she apply to? Does she need another school or 2 at the bottom? Any thoughts?</p>

<p>There are some alternatives:</p>

<p>USC or U Mich instead of NYU and Texas?
Emory instead of Carnegie?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>im at BU right now.. and for SMG, BU's business program, the average SAT was 1285 i believe w/ the average rank being like 90%... so your niece would fit in very well.... also BU is extremely diverse in regards to international students... im in the SMG floor right now and am a frosh.. and I am having an excellent time... i absolutely love it... so def give it a look... it may def be a good fit for her</p>

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How many schools should she apply to? Does she need another school or 2 at the bottom? Any thoughts?

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<p>Well if this is any comfort, you're guarenteed acceptance to Indiana-Kelley.</p>

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<p>I am at BC right now, those numbers are really putting BC as a big reach I would think. most of the posts I have read on here about kids applying are usually around a 3.8. </p>

<p>What type of classes where taken? AP's Honors,</p>

<p>What extracirriculars?</p>

<p>Those can make the difference,</p>

<p>Tim</p>

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<p>Not much in the way of extracurriculars.</p>

<p>I'm not sure if her school has the notion of "APs".</p>

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<p>I think Carnegie-Mellon is a big reach too. Any opinions (because I'd like to apply there too with slightly better stats). I heard that they look carefully at SAT math and it should be in the 700s.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon would be a BIG reach since their business school is one of the toughest schools to get into at that unversity. Frankly, with current SATs and GPA, I think there is little chance for all the named schools except U Washington, Penn State, and University of Maryland and maybe USC. Sorry.</p>

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<p>Not BU too?</p>