What are some good match schools for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi guys, I posted a very similar thread under "College Chances", but I decided to create another one that was slightly different and more updated.
These are the colleges I'm interested in so far, but I think I need more safety/match schools to apply to. Any suggestions?</p>

<p>I live in Michigan by the way.</p>

<p>University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Yale
Princeton</p>

<p>-unweighted GPA of 3.9
- after senior year, i will have a total of 8 APs.
-Varsity soccer for 4 years and I'm going to be a co-captain my senior year. All-state player.
- ACT score= 33
- SAT subject: Math= 800 Bio= 720
- worked 1 year at a part-time job
- 2 years in National Honor Society
- 1 year in school yearbook
- 2 years in our school's business club (state qualifier in a competition)
- 1 year as a student representative in a community organization
- volunteered/interned over the summer at a hospital in Taiwan for a month</p>

<p>That's all I got, haha Thanks!</p>

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<p>What do you want to major in?</p>

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<p>probably business major</p>

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<p>Location? Budget?</p>

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<p>Good schools for business and also matches are Indiana University and Miami of Ohio. You will qualify for good merit aid at Miami as well.</p>

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I’m looking for any safety/match schools in your list and don’t see any.</p>

<p>The budget question Chardo asked is important. It’s not a safety if you can’t afford it. Mich State might be a safety.</p>

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<p>I would apply to UM early so you hear back by December. If you get in, you don’t need other safetys. The problem with UM is that they accept very few people directly into Ross – most people apply after their freshman year to get in – so there is always a risk of not getting into the business school. I would look into Indiana (Kelly) as a good back-up.</p>

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<p>Michigan has one of the best Business programs in the country and it has great placement rates. Agreed, Kelly is a safety.</p>

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<p>Kelly would only be a safety if the OP can afford it. I don’t see that info anywhere in this thread.</p>

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<p>Since you are looking at Yale and Princeton are you also interested in Econ?</p>

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<p>I live in Michigan, so applying to U of Michigan would be in-state. Budget is not really an issue, I’ll find a way to pay for it.</p>

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<p>Erin’s Dad: really? you don’t think umich would at least be a high match for me?</p>

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<p>And i don’t think u of m accepts any freshmen into ross, but you can get preferred admission</p>

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<p>I was hasty in my comment. UMich should be a match. </p>

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Please talk to your parents about this. As a student you can only borrow $5.5K as a freshman (rising to a total of $7.5K as a junior and senior). Anything beyond that will have to be borrowed by your parents or would have to be cosigned by them (effectively making it their debt). If your family is NOT low income but can’t afford much for college you should focus on schools where you have a good shot at merit aid (and there a good number of them with your stats). If they ARE low income then you can also look for schools with good FA like HYPS.</p>

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<p>University of Notre Dame!</p>

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<p>UM really looks at the GPA as a most important factor, and yours is quite high. Along with a high ACT score and bring in state your chances are looking very good. All Ivy League schools are reaches. I definitely agree with your plan to apply EA at Michigan, as you will hear back in mid December. The RD wait was excruciating for applicants die to the ever increasing number of applications.</p>

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<p>I definitely would not qualify for financial aid, so hopefully i can get some merit aid from some schools.</p>

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<p>Princeton grants no merit-aid. All of our financial aid packages, to my knowledge, are need-based, so they will give you as much as they calculate your family can pay. On Princeton’s financial aid application (it’s different from PROFILE), I believe there is a space to fill in circumstances where your family has the money/assets, but for some reason cannot contribute those assets. </p>

<p>Since I hate chancing threads, I will not address that. However, I will say that Princeton has an excellent Econ program. We have had notable professors such as Ben Bernanke and currently, Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate, still teaches Econ here. Though, such professors rarely teach undergraduate courses. The department is still fantastic though.</p>

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<p>If you are going to apply to OOS schools for safety purposes try to apply to ones where you feel confident about merit scholarships, while still having good business schools.</p>

<p>University of Maryland- Smith would likely be a safety with a good of scholarships. Also, you would be a competitive applicant to Honors College.</p>

<p>Take a look at University of Texas-McCombs as well.</p>

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<p>^ tell us more about those Maryland scholarships. Also more about their honors college.</p>