What Kind Of Colleges Should I Be Looking Into

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm basically looking into undergrad business programs right now, and I'm a junior in high school. I don't really know what kind of colleges I should be looking at, so I want to know if I'm going in the right direction.</p>

<p>My top choices right now are:
Tepper at Carnegie Melon
Stern at NYU
Ross at Michigan Ann Arbor
Mendoza at Notre Dame
Haas at UC Berkely
Goizueta at Emory</p>

<p>This isn't a chances thread, and I'm not really looking for chances on the colleges above. They're my top choices and the direction I'm going in for schools. What I want to know is whether I should be aiming lower. Am I going in the right general direction for my college search or am I in over my head?
Here's a rundown of me.</p>

<p>My unweighted GPA is a a 3.85</p>

<p>My class rank is 9/118 (top 8%).</p>

<p>The school I go too is a part of the New Tech foundation. They emphasize a new type of approach where students are familiarized with an authentic work environment. Our work centers heavily around presentations, professionalism, becoming acquainted with the uses of technology in today's world, and of course normal high school content. I took one ap class freshmen year and the rest honors. I took all honors classes sophmore year and now 3 aps and the rest honors junior year. When I graduate, I will also have 40+ hours of experience shadowing people in their jobs. This program was implemented to give us a visual view of the real world.</p>

<p>My SAT breaks down like this.
Superscore- 2250
Composite- 1560/1600
CR- 790
M- 770
CW- 690</p>

<p>So my ec's basically list down too:
Activities
FIRST(national engineering competion)- I'm on my school's varsity team. I'll have 2 years of it by graduation.
Debate Club
National Honor Society
Job Shadowing Professionals In Their Work Environments (40+ Hours by graduation)- as explained above
Interact Club( Part of the international rotary organization, they teach leadership and we do a variety of service projects)
Youth Empowerment Camp (spent a week in San Antonio being taught leadership values, its sponsored by the international art of living foundation)</p>

<p>Volunteering
Reagan Wells Ranch Community Service (For the international human rights organization, spent a week rebuilding a history)
Community Service Club
Children's Hospital Community Service (selective, did it for a month, had to go through application process)</p>

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<p>You always have a shot at Wharton. Ivies are a crap shoot anyway and you have pretty solid stats. Worth a try. Also UVA Business School would be a good low reach.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input and bump</p>

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<p>Can you afford all those OOS schools? I think you’re instate for TX? What about UT?</p>

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<p>Yeah, UT is another good school I’m looking at, but as things are now, I should be able to afford the OOS schools. So is this the caliber of school I should be looking at or should I be aiming lower?</p>

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<p>They all seem to be good targets. You might also look at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana. It might be a low match/safety for you.</p>