<p>Hey, I'm an Asian junior at Stuyvesant High School. My grades are iffy because I slacked my first two years. 90, 90, 89, 88. First term junior year - I got a 94 average and second term junior year I should be getting around a 95-96. I have a 2250+ SAT on my first try, and I will retake it. I have 750+ SAT2s in math2, chem, physics, literature. I don't have too many extracurriculars, but I have a lot of volunteer/paid work. I've taken one ap, but plan to take 2-3 next year (senior year). I'm interested in business/finance/marketing and I'm not sure what colleges I should be looking at.
Please suggest some colleges that are reasonable for me to get in to, some safeties, and some reaches? Is it possible for me to get into a school as good as Wharton or Boston University despite screwing up my first two years at highschool? I appreciate any comments or suggestions!</p>
<p>The counselors at Stuyvesant are the people who can best answer this question. They know exactly where everyone has been admitted in the past few years, and they can talk with you about your options. Stop by your guidance counselor’s office, and ask him/her to help you make your college list.</p>
<p>What are your personal preferencs? </p>
<p>National University, Liberal Arts colleges, Regional Universities? </p>
<p>Large, medium, small? Division I Athletics, so you can see your school’s team on television? </p>
<p>Greek Life? No Greek Life? </p>
<p>Do you have financial need? Will you qualify for need-based aid?
Have you taken your parents’ 2010 Tax Returns and used an online calculator at the Collegeboard website to figure out their EFC for both methodologies? (FM & IM) I prefer the Collegeboard’s EFC calculator as you can “save” the numbers.</p>
<p>Not sure on Penn but BU seems like a very good possibility. Also maybe Northeastern, GWU, Babson (MA),Bentley (MA), Fordham, Maryland, Penn State, RPI (NY) and Case Western. Best of luck!</p>
<p>@ slumom, i’m looking for a private/state university in preferably an urban setting, possible to transfer majors in, a strong finding-work program, good alumni network, preferably east coast (i live in nyc), preferably medium-large school, athletics don’t matter, yes to greek life, do not need financial aid at all lol, looking for a school strong in business/finance/marketing, but is realistic for my grades/scores. Can you advise a spectrum of schools for me based on this? i.e. safety, realistic, reach, and what schools should i be thinking of applying ED or EA to?
atm, i’m thinking of wharton, carnegiemellon, nyu stern, boston university, syracuse, and georgetown
also, is it to my advantage that I became motivated and my gpa improved significantly or am i just screwed?
Thanks again!</p>
<p>Your upward gpa trend is very good. I got into a top 15 LAC with a 2.9 gpa for my freshman year. You will do fine.</p>
<p>Northeastern</p>
<p>I think your grades are great. (Bronx Sci grad)
As long as your overall GPA is at least a 93/94, you’ll have a shot at the Ivies, even Wharton.
Wharton - Reach
CMU Tepper - Low Reach
NYU Stern - Match
BU - Safety
Syracuse - Safety
Georgetown- Match</p>
<p>Check on Stuyvesant’s website so you can compare your stats with other students from previous years’ stats to see how you match up. Your SATI & IIs are solid.
Check out UVA, SUNY Bing, Cornell and UNC for other options.</p>
<p>@ averby: See, I think my main problem is my GPA… Atm, its a 91 and change and even if/when i get a high 95 or 96 this term, my overall GPA will only be at a 92.5
I’m not really leaning towards any Ivies except for Wharton. It seems perfect for me. I visited the campus and I like it. I like how it has a strong alumni network and a good finding-work program. At this time, is there anything I can do/what can I improve on most right now to better my chances? I have looked at the website to compare, and well, it is a graphical display (x axis being gpa, y axis being SAT). I know that gpa/SAT aren’t the only factors, but on that graph, I would fall at the bottom of the acceptances for gpa, but very high on the SAT axis. I noticed that you listed NYU Stern as a match. I feel that I have a legitimate chance of being accepted into NYU Stern if I ED’ed it (both my parents went there btw), but I would MUCH MUCH rather ED to Wharton. However, if i really have a bad shot of getting in, I don’t want to waste my ED there. So to conclude, I agree with your list of reach/match/safety @ averby, but can I do anything to improve my shots before senior year? Will putting in a lot of work/dedication to volunteering or working this summer make a difference?<br>
Thanks again!</p>
<p>bumpbumpbumpp!</p>
<p>Wharton imo would be more of a reach, BU counts almost as a safety. Considering your interest in finance and your current grades, I would recommend UVa, Northwestern, and Notre Dame as much closer reaches.</p>
<p>Unless you secure a very prestigious internship, what you do over the summer doesn’t matter as long as you are doing something productive, even if it’s being camp counselor or something.</p>
<p>Again, you have “a chance” but since Wharton’s acceptance rate is much lower than the school’s, your GPA should be higher. Your upward trend is good but I’d talk with the counselors to see how many people from Stuy were accepted to Wharton and what their stats were.</p>
<p>Both NYU and CMU have EDII options so even if your ED at Wharton doesn’t work out, you still have a big chance at getting into either of the schools.</p>
<p>irishevan, Northwestern doesn’t have his intended major and Notre Dame would be a match/safety rather than a reach.</p>
<p>averby
You don’t necessarily have to major in finance to get a finance job, something that the OP might want to consider. And ND would be the same level of selectivity as Northwestern and UVA OOS.</p>