What are the best schools in my league?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm a High School Junior looking into colleges and hoping to get some help from those who know the admissions game better than I do.</p>

<p>I'm not sure what I want to major in yet but I've pretty much narrowed myself down to three choices: Sports Journalism, some form of Business or Screenwriting.</p>

<p>Here's some of my info:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.0 (about 80 as a number, weighted and unweighted)</p>

<p>SAT: I got 1620 the first time I took it, but that was with absolutely no review besides a PSAT I took over a year prior to the test. With review next time I expect to score somewhere from 1700 to 1850.</p>

<p>Rank: N/A</p>

<p>No honors or APs.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>4-year member of Stock Market Club (will be club President or VP as Senior, was Junior board member as Junior)</p>

<p>3-year member of DECA (a America-wide business club for those who don't know)</p>

<p>Job</p>

<p>High School MBA (Mastery in Business)</p>

<p>Featured Columnist at BleacherReport.com (3rd most read sports website on the internet)</p>

<p>I'm from New York and would like to stay on the East Coast. My dream school would be U of Maryland or Penn State, do I have any chance at all?</p>

<p>I know my grades aren't great, so could somebody please give me a list of some of the best schools that I would have a chance of getting into? I'd like to go to a big name school and preferably one with a well-known Division I basketball/football team, but it's obviously not a necessity.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Northeastern and Syracuse are 2 options for reach schools you may want to take a look at.</p>

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<p>anybody else?</p>

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<p>You are borderline Penn State range. If you have alumni ties your chances will skyrocket. For example, I have 7 family members who graduated PSU. My two sisters heard back from University Park within three days of submitting their application. On the other hand, my sisters boyfriend who had very similar stats(2200+ SAT, 31+ ACT, 4.0UW all from an extremely prestigious private school) waited over two months for a letter. </p>

<p>You may not be accepted to UPark but there is no shame in doing two years at a branch campus then transferring to main.
Temple, Drexel, and Maryland all have good business programs and may be a match for you. Villanova has an excellent business program and may be a reach. </p>

<p>If you do some research and find a school in NY that has a transfer agreement with Cornell you may want to consider that possibility as well.</p>