Where Should I Apply Early Decision?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>I know I want to do something in business, and right now the plan is i-banking (but that's obviously tentative). Regardless, I want to go to a school that will line me for up those opportunities. Right now my top choice is University of Michigan and I have a decent shot there. I have a sibling currently attending and have that stats for it. However, since UM is only EA, I get a free ED somewhere. So I'm looking for opinions on what schools I should look into more and consider applying ED to. I'm not interested in any LACs (too small) and the school must have a business/econ program superior to UM Ross. No FA is needed. </p>

<p>Other than that, I'm all ears! The idea of being an econ major doesn't really appeal to me, but I think I am just ignorant about it (hopefully someone can sway me otherwise). I do not like math and I hear econ major is very (difficultly) math concentrated, which is why I think a practical business undergrad program would be more fitting; however, like I said, I may not be well enough informed. </p>

<p>If I can't come up with anything better then I probably will just toss in my ED to Wharton, which I am hesitant to do so just because I know it is a complete waste with my stats. Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you want to go into i-banking, you need top grades from a top school (like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Wharton). Most of these top schools don’t have undergrad business programs so you don’t need to limit yourself to undergrad business programs.
Since you say your stats aren’t good enough to get into Wharton, they probably aren’t good enough to get into those top schools. If you want to ED to a school comparable to Ross, I’d suggest NYU Stern, Cornell AEM, and CMU Tepper.</p>

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<p>Econ Targets and Semi-Targets: (Some may have more math reqs than others, for example Dartmouth only reqs Calc 1):</p>

<p>Dartmouth
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Duke
Northwestern (Kellogg Cert)
Columbia
Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Business:</p>

<p>Wharton (UPenn)
Cornell AEM
Carnegie Mellon Tepper
NYU Stern
Michigan Ross*
MIT Sloan
Georgetown McDonough
Virginia McIntire</p>