<p>HERE ARE MY STATS:
Junior in High School (took PSAT in October and I feel like I did pretty decent on it)
GPA 3.7
Honors/AP Classes
National Honor Society
Varsity Tennis Player
Girl's Tennis Manager
Part-time job
Academic Honors Diploma
Key Club (community service club)
Exchange Student for 2 months (almost fluent in Spanish)
Spanish Club
French Club
Multi-cultural Club
Volunteered at Retirement Home</p>
<p>PREFERENCES FOR COLLEGE:
*Must be in or really close to a big city
*I live in INDIANA but the only college I'm interested in in Indiana is IUPUI. Other states/cities I'm interested in going are New York City, Chicago, Florida, California, Hawaii.
*Don't really wanna go to a really small college, but size isn't that important
*I don't want to go to a college where my grades in high school didn't even matter
*I don't want to be in college debt for the rest of my life
*College Major Interests (something in the entertainment industry..for example maybe someone that helped out with the Ellen Degeneres show for a while, then maybe help out with the Emmy's, or something along those lines. OR something with traveling around the world and learning about cultures/languages..my dream job would be working for MTV or the entertainment industry and being their person who travels around the world)</p>
<p>Anybody have ANY ideas? Throw out any that you think I might be interested in. PLEASEEEEEE</p>
<p>Northwestern sounds perfect for you. Zach Braff (Scrubs) studied there...and I think maybe Jon Stewart too. Northwestern is basically in Chicago, has an excellent communications program -- perfect what you want to have a career in, and allegedly takes care of 100% of need-based aid.</p>
<p>I'm applying there this year... but my main worry is also the money. Even though NW says it takes care of all your need, the tuition + room/board is 50K. :/ I'd check it out if I were you, though!</p>
<p>ALSO, I want to go to a college that has an actual campus...I've heard that some colleges in big cities are just buildings spread apart throughout the city? Also, my mom makes around 70k and my dad makes around 40k, but after paying bills and needs, they don't have enough to put aside to pay for all my college studies.</p>
<p>Northwestern is extremely stingy about financial aid, trust me. If you are not really poor, you'll be shafted along with the rest of the middle class...</p>
<p>The thing is, is that college is going to be expensive for what you're asking for--colleges in big cities and where grades matter. NYU is one of the most expensive schools in the country, and they're not generous with financial aid either. That said, NYU's Tisch School is pretty prestigious and excellent in the fields it offers.</p>
<p>By the way, Jon Stewart went to William & Mary ;) </p>
<p>If you don't want to be in college debt, you'll have to score some pretty heavy scholarships/financial aid... good luck with that. NYC and Chicago are some of the most cosmopolitan cities in the country and the living standards (and costs) are going to be pretty high--you should take that into account when considering tuition and other costs.</p>
<p>Why don't you explore some more of Indiana's state schools? Tuition at a public state school will be far lower than attending a private institution.</p>
<p>That's why I'm considering IUPUI...It's cheap and I feel like I prolly wouldn't be in ANY debt once I'm done (and because of scholarships), I'd be with my more of my friends than if i were to go out of state, and it's in Indianapolis...BUT IUPUI isn't very selective and I don't think grades really matter THAT much to get in. That worries me, because if I want to work somewhere in the entertainment industry then I would think that they would expect to see like UCLA or a big college...right?</p>
<p>I know someone who goes to IUPUI, and she's very happy there, because she suspects it will say something like University of Indiana on her diploma, which will look prit-tee good!</p>
<p>I'll be a practical parent voice here. Before considering any college you have to figure out what colleges will expect your family to pay and what they CAN afford. If your parents make $110K/yr and own a home and any other assets, they will be expected to pay somewhere around $30K/yr at most private colleges. You can use the estimator on this site to figure out an aprox EFC. </p>
<p>Many kids in your position can not afford most private colleges if their parents don't have a college fund. So looking at $50K colleges isn't a good idea if the EFC is not affordable.</p>
<p>Match Schools:
Illinois Wesleyan University
New York University
Sarah Lawrence College</p>
<p>Reach:
University Of California - Los Angeles
University Of California - Berkeley
University Of Chicago</p>
<p>Safety:
Illinois Institute Of Technology
University Of California - San Diego
Fordham University
Pepperdine University
Polytechnic University
Occidental College
University Of California - Santa Barbara
University Of Florida
University Of Southern California
Florida State University</p>
<p>If you really want to be in the entertainment industry, and want to get into it in college, you should really only be considering 3 cities: LA, NYC, and Chicago. </p>
<p>Chicago has Northwestern and U Chicago. Both good schools, both have campuses.</p>
<p>New York has Columbia and NYU. NYU is a great school, one of the best for entertainment, but... there's no real campus. That was a deal breaker for me.</p>
<p>In entertainment, especially of the MTV variety, LA is where you want to be. I'm at USC, so I'm biased about USC vs UCLA. I love it at USC, there's a beautiful campus, people here know how to have fun, academics are good too, and sunny almost year round. MTV films on campus here, USC kids are interns there. The Hills has people from USC on it all the time. I came into school here, and its impossible not to get contacts in the entertainment industry, even though i'm an engineer. If you are serious about the industry, theres no better school.</p>
<p>That being said, college is 2 years away for you. What you want might change, and you should strongly consider keeping your options open. I left my hometown to attend an out of state college, and it was the best thing i could have done. I love my friends from home, but they all still hang out with only eachother. If you want to grow, you should push yourself. College is the classic coming of age, and the kids you do it with will change your life forever.</p>
<p>hmm...im really glad i got a lot of FEEDBACK on my question! THANKS EVERYONE! Since I know for sure I would get into IUPUI and prolly wouldn't have to pay barely any of it, would it be smart to go there, work/save up money to try to live on while I try to get into the entertainment business in NY or LA or just pay the extra costs of living in those cities while I go to school there? What would the type of major I'm looking for be called/associated with?</p>
<p>How about Mass Communications or Public Relations, which is sometimes a major within Mass Comm? IUPUI is primarily a state initiative to package access to low-cost degrees for metro Indianapolis. It's not a robust, campus life-intensive college experience. Only 14% live on-campus. Only 2% are from outside Indiana. If your stats are good and you want an in-state safety, would you sacrifice the quality of campus life at IU or Purdue just to have closer access to downtown Indy?</p>
<p>A 3.7 will not get you into UCLA. With California's economic situation I would think hard about the UCs which are going to be crowded and facing budget cutbacks. If you can u swing it financially you should look at privates in California. Some of them will offer merit money, particularly if they are looking for students from your state for geographic diversity.
You should go to the college board site and put in some criteria to come up with a starting list. You also need to come up with a more realistic major.</p>
<p>I thought if you got a degree from IUPUI that you can choose which college (indiana or purdue) to put on the diploma, right? So it would look like I went to one of those colleges, but really I went to the combined campus in Indy. Riggggght? Idk, but Indiana and Purdue just don't appeal to me that much...maybe I'll check them out, but I don't know...</p>
<p>I need to schedule a meeting with my guidance counselor.</p>
<p>quote: "I thought if you got a degree from IUPUI that you can choose which college (indiana or purdue) to put on the diploma, right? So it would look like I went to one of those colleges, but really I went to the combined campus in Indy. Riggggght?"</p>
<p>Well, you could also make a deal with the class doofus in your HS that you'll start dating him if he changes his name to Brad Pitt, but I doubt that it would be a Brad Pitt-like experience for you and I doubt that anyone else would buy the scam.</p>