<p>I am a junior and am looking for a school. I do not care weather it is big or small, party life, etc because I do not even know what I want.
My main concerns are
1- Good Business Program
2- Good Psychology Program
3- Not expensive/tons of aid, especially merit, available.</p>
<p>Stats:
ECs: good-excellent. speak 4 languages other than english due to moving.
Recs: should be good
SAT: expect around a 2100, got 209 on PSAT
Rank: Top 3.5% in very competitive public school w/IB
IB Diploma Candidate
Hispanic. </p>
<p>My only idea so far is UTD because they are known for giving full rides to texas students, mccombs because their business program is amazing + i live in texas, UPenn just because I am in love w/Wharton (though I will never make it!), Harvard because I fell in love with school (major reach), and Northeastern because I love the internship program.</p>
<p>I am really lost. My parents never finished college so they have no idea on how to help me. </p>
<p>UT Austin
Texas A&M
Southern Methodist
U Colorado Boulder
U Arizona
Arizona St
Washington U St louis
Indiana U Bloomington
U Illinois UC
UC Berkeley
USC
Purdue U WL</p>
<p>Why business? You know you don't need to major in business to go INTO business. For banks and consulting firms any Ivy has tremendous access. And Northeastern's co-op program is a scam, the jobs aren't top at all (no offense but they are the "execution roles," i.e. basic managers - not the elite at the firm). If you want marketing, media, retail, etc then go to b-school, perhaps Michigan, NYU, or UVA would be good matches. If you want banking or consulting, go to any top 15.</p>
<p>Ibanks and consulting firms are also meat grinders requiring 80+ hour weeks for a small shot at eventually making partner or MD. Not for everyone. There's more to life for many people.</p>
<p>Michigan is top 3 in both business and psych, but they fail your third criterion pretty badly. They're almost as bad as the ivies in this regard. They're slightly less generous with need aid (but still pretty good) but more generous with academic scholarships (but still pretty picky about that).</p>
<p>75% of bankers don't try to go into it to become an MD, they go into it to go into hedge funds, private equity, etc. My roommates are all 26 and they all make over 200K a year.</p>
<p>I actually hate finance (excel) by the way as a disclaimer. I find industry much more fun.</p>