<p>U Mass Amherst is a great school...but as an out of state student, I do not think you have a great chance of acceptance. Your in state universities would be a good place to start...or schools without the SAT requirement. I believe Muhlenberg is SAT optional also. You might also want to check Bryant (in Rhode Island). Their business department is good and I believe they are not as competitive in terms of admissions as most other small schools with good business departments.</p>
<p>Holy Cross doesn't require SAT's...</p>
<p>Hi Dan,</p>
<p>If you are interested in business... why not go for Northeastern (that would be a safety for you) and BU or BC. I think colleges near big cities are better as they have more opporunities in internships. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications!
Charlotte</p>
<p>sorry, opportunities* !!</p>
<p>NE, BU, and BC as are all big reaches. I thought of Bryant, but from what I read many with sat scores below 1150 (old test) are rejected. I would consider it a lower reach school for you. I would look at the fairtest website because applying to schools without sat scores is really your best option, other than instate schools.</p>
<p>Also look into University of Hartford, Adelphi, Hofstra, and Pace University. Hofstra is a good school. Other good schools for you would be those listed on fairtest. You could try Sunys like Buffalo and Albany, but I think they would be low reaches too.</p>
<p>I do not the sat ranges, but you might look at Bloomsburg University (PA), University of Rhode Island, East Stroudsburg U, Kean University (NJ), Fairleigh Dickinson.</p>
<p>Not wishing to pry...but where are you an instate student??</p>
<p>Don't know why I did not think of these before, but you might check out Rider, Montclair State, Monmouth U (all in NJ).</p>
<p>Penn State - Reach
Johnson and Wales University - Match/Safety
Brown University - Don't spend the application fee.
University of Connecticut - Reach
The College of New Jersey - Reach</p>
<p>How about Bryant University, in Smithfield Rhode Island. One of the "3 B's" of business schools.</p>
<p>Also, Roger Williams University in Rhode Island.</p>
<p>And last but not least, Quinnipiac University in CT, might be a slight reach but they have a decent business program.</p>
<p>Actually Quinnipiac, unless improving sat scores, would be a reach too. I could be wrong, but I think the ave. sat scores for the biz school is around 1200 (not including writing).</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the replies...really helped in my decision. Basically, it's pretty sad that the only thing weighing me down and preventing me in giving me a great shot at a school like TCNJ or even UConn is a low SAT. It's not exactly my fault other...I just choke on those big tests. I'll look into some of the schools you guys suggested but I'm still hoping that I can get into some of the schools on my list. I don't know if schools assume that I'm a bad student just because of my low SAT score but I'm really not. I would think most schools would consider that the SAT can be tough for some people and a bunch of students to better with school curriculum. </p>
<p>At this point, I really don't want one thing like this keeping me out of going to a school I'm very interested. It gets a bit discouraging after awhile.</p>
<p>I really think you should apply to at least some schools that do not require the standardized tests because you are obviously doing very well in school.</p>
<p>yeah I'm going to. I'm definitely applying to Johnson and Wales (doesnt require sending SAT scores)...going to apply to Montclair State. I think they require SATs but I'm just below their average SAT score and way above the standards for everything else so I should most likely get in. I'll look into Bryant, University of Rhode Island, and Rider. </p>
<p>I'm just going to take UConn off my list, along with Brown. UConn is my 3rd reach school and I only want 2 of those. Brown is way out of reach. So, here's my current list...tell me what you think:</p>
<p>Penn State University Park (reach)
The College of New Jersey (reach)
Johnson and Wales University (match)
Montclair State University (safety)</p>
<p>At this point, I'm going to look for 1 more match school and 1 more safety.</p>
<p>Get your app into Penn State now (asap), the sooner the more likely you are to get in. Montclair is really an ok school. Keeping a few reaches are good, just make sure you have some safeties that you are willing to happily attend. I know a kid who really liked William Paterson too (for biz), I know nothing about it, except the sat scores for admission are low overall (may be high for biz, I don't know). The kid that I know is quite bright. He wanted to commute, which left him with Iona, FDU, Montclair, and William Paterson. He chose WP after checking out the others.</p>
<p>have you considered smaller liberal arts colleges? they won't look at your test scores as much as other schools. i'm a little confused because you say that you know what you can handle, but if you can't handle a full honors/ap courseload i really dont see how you could handle penn/brown. schools like fordham or denison might be good matches (they care more about you than your scores) goodluck!</p>
<p>Brown is out of the question (so dont even consider it). Penn State, academically, isn't as tough as some might believe. According to Princeton Review, their academic rating is a 75. TCNJ has a better academic rating (86). Plus, I think I can put my head together a little more, seeing how it's college and it's going to mean getting a great job in the future. </p>
<p>I've heard good things about Fordham before...I'll look into it.</p>
<p>Fordham is a high reach school for you.</p>
<p>Well, I checked out some of the colleges you suggested. Bryant and Roger Williams interest me. Are Bryant and Roger Williams reach or safety schools for me?</p>
<p>Bryant is a business school. As a business school they will be interested in your math sat score (ie: math skills needed for accounting, economics, etc.). Your math scores are very low for this school. I would still go ahead and apply though. Just make sure you have other options bcs this school is still reachy for you. It has a very nice campus by the way. </p>
<p>The midrange math score for Roger Williams is 30 points lower than Bryant's. In part that may be bcs this school is not a business college. The strength here is architecture where you need a portfolio. Also a nice campus. </p>
<p>No harm in applying to both, except app fee. Just do yourself a favor and apply to several schools that do not require sat scores, bcs you may find more success at those. Just make sure that they are reasonable for acceptance.</p>