<p>Hi Im a hispanic junior who resides in Illinois and wants to major in business. I was wondering if anyone could give me advice as to what caliber of colleges would accept me given this transcript..</p>
<p>3.8 weighted gpa
Top 15% in my class of about 650 students
Have taken 3 APs and 9 Honors, I will take 2 more APs and 1 more Honors senior year
Im an AP Scholar which means I have gotten a 3 or higher on 3 or more AP exams
I got a 33 on my ACT
I have been on cross country and track all years and have gone to sectionals and state
I was in the FBLA my junior year (Future Business Leaders of America)
I have a silver chord which means Ive done 50+ hours of community service
I will have two good letters of reccomendation
And finally I will have an essay about working for my father because he owns his own business. The essay goes into how every weekend, summer break, spring break, ect. I was working. Which would hopefully show the massive upper hand I have on other applicants when it comes to work experience</p>
<p>So yah if anyone could help me out and tell me what kinds of colleges would consider accepting me then thatd be great. Im a male by the way! </p>
<p>Sorry for any grammatical errors I wrote this on my iphone</p>
<p>Look at the collegeboard interactive search and cross apply that with the best business programs in the country</p>
<p>Lists of top undergraduate business programs:
<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?;
<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business</a></p>
<p>From these two pages you can drill down to details about individual schools.
If you want full details about admissions statistics, you can look that up in each college’s Common Data Set file, section C. That will show distributions of entering students by test score, class rank, GPA, etc.</p>
<p>Here is a ranking of colleges by ACT scores:
<a href=“Top 500 Ranked Colleges - Highest ACT 75th Percentile Scores”>USA University College Directory - U.S. University Directory - State Universities and College Rankings;
Schools where a 33 would place you in the top quartile start on page 2 (Cornell).
Emory University is ranked #25 by ACT scores and #9 in the Bloomberg list of top undergraduate business programs. However, according to its Common Data Set for 2010-11 (the most recent I could find), 84% of entering freshmen were in the top 10% of their HS graduating classes. So if you’re outside the top 10%, Emory might be a pretty long reach for you. Try looking a little farther down in the ACT rankings for schools that also show up fairly high on the Bloomberg ranking, then investigate them to see if they have any appeal (for size, location, etc.) and are realistic for your stats.</p>
<p>You also need to consider costs. How much are your parents able and willing to pay? You can estimate your Expected Family Contribution by using each school’s online Net Price Calculator. </p>
<p>Do you want to major in business because you want to work in a business, or because you’re interested in the subject. Many “business leaders” do not study business in college. They study applied math, CS, economics, foreign languages, or any other major (typically with a little or large dose of statistics). They look for schools with a strong alumni network or strong regional connections, get internships, do a good job and get professional recommendations, then work for a while and after 3-5 years get an MBA (sometimes paid by their employer).
You can definitely try for some of the Top 20 business programs but don’t discount other colleges.
For instance, Dickinson has an excellent international management program. Colgate, Amherst, and Williams should be on your list as reaches although I’m not sure Amherst and Williams are reachable (depends if lack of EC is related to working for your dad or not. “working” counts as an EC if it was regular and included school weeks, not just breaks/vacation.)</p>