Where should i apply?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi! I'm trying to figure out where I want to apply!
I want a small school in or near a big city. I'm going to major in business or economics so I'd need those programs to be good. In a perfect world I'd like a place where I can live on campus and that has nice facilities.</p>

<p>SAT:2040
AP: Aeneid (4), U.S. History (3)
Grades: Meh.
EC: In a band (1 yr) , Chorus (4 yrs), Voice (1 yr), Dance (2 yrs- 1 modern, 1 african), Ceramics (3 yrs), Photography (2 yrs), Founded a non-profit and participated in it's functioning (1 yr), Created and run my own website (1 yr).</p>

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<p>What can your family afford? What is your home state?</p>

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<p>Home state is NY and my parents can’t afford much at all but we qualify for financial aid at my high school and I imagine I’ll qualify in college but it would help if the college had a lot of money for that.
going far from NY for a good school but otherwise I think I’d like to stay around the east coast.</p>

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<p>My school doesn’t offer AP/Honors classes btw so I only have 2 APs.</p>

<p>Maybe if I tell you some places I’m interested in you can help me??
Barnard
Babson
Spelman
University of Maryland
Occidental</p>

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<p>I would advise applying to more top schools in the midwest. They are easier to get into because everyone wants to go to sexier places. How about Michigan.</p>

<p>My cousin’s daughter went to Indiana University, for example, and majored in business.</p>

<p>Or perhaps Penn State.</p>

<p>Or Wash U.</p>

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<p>WashU with “meh” grades - not very likely. </p>

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<p>Thanks! But those schools are little big for me (my high school only has ~320 kids) so I want one with a smaller school feel! Any ideas?</p>

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<p>You might try Lake Forest College in a Chicago suburb. Small school with business and Econ. Have no clue about possibility of aid but meets other requirements.</p>

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<p>Lake Forest has excellent aid. </p>

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<p>Most OOS colleges will not offer much FA for those stats. You’ll probably need to look at some private Us and in-state.</p>

<p>What grades qualify as meh?</p>

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<p>It’s sort of hard to explain. My school doesn’t offer letter grades or percentages- we have a page long written evaluations for each class. My 9th and 10th grade reports are for the most part positive but I practically failed out 11th grade.
Still trying to figure it out though. A lot of schools don’t request 11th grade reports because it takes so long to read through all of it, according to my college counselor, so I might still have a chance if I do well this year.</p>

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<p>Bump! Please help!</p>

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<p>Desire a smaller school yet UMD is on your list…? Might want to rethink that one.</p>

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<p>I’m aware that it is a large school. I am well researched on the schools on my list.</p>

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<p>university of rochester!</p>

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<p>‘meh’ grades (nearly flunking out of 11th grade) make Barnard and UMD highly unlikely (and potentially poor choices for you given the level of academic rigor) unless your performance reflected some extraordinary personal situation that you and your counselor are going to explain. 11th grade is considered the most important year academically, so I’m pretty sure that the schools you are interested in will be looking closely at that year. I’m also a bit concerned about the advice you are getting from your counselor. It sounds off base, unless you are attending an unusual program of some kind that doesn’t track the typical high school applicant experience.</p>

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<p>Then in that case I’m slightly confused as to why you would so quickly reject the other large school suggestions. Anyway, I will not argue if you are well rehearsed and informed on your list. Maybe look into American or George Washington in D.C. or Northeastern in Boston.</p>

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I totally agree with M’s Mom. Grades for 11th grade are generally considered the most important for college admissions.</p>