Where Should I Apply?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Background
Ethnicity: African-American (First-Gen) Parents are immigrants from Africa
Sex: Male
Residence: VA
Graduation Year: 2009
Major interests: Business/Economics
School: Highly Competitive
Class Size: About 600</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0 Scale
Had a 2.75 freshman year which put my GPA in a hole, then turned it up Sophomore-Junior Years with a combined 3.5 in my schools AP/Honors program. My counselor will talk about my great turnaround in her recommendation.
UW:3.2 W:3.3
Had only one C after freshman year in 11th grade AP Macroeconomics.
My schools weighting system is strange in which theirs no more than a .1 of a difference between the two. So the highest unweighted that can be acheived is 4.1
I'm expecting to have a 3.8 senior year.</p>

<p>SAT/SATII
SAT: 2070 {Math-720, Cr-650, Wr-700}
SAT II's:Taking in October/November in Math Level II and probably US History</p>

<p>Rank: School Doesn't Rank</p>

<p>Course Rigor:
Most Rigorous
9th-12th:7 APs, 7 Honors, 4 years of Spanish, 4 years of Business Classes
11th:3 AP's Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language
12th:4 AP's Calculus BC, Biology, English Literature, US Government</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
1. (9-12)Future Business Leaders of America (President)
2. (9)Freshman Basketball Team (Co-Captain)
3. (10) JV Basketball (Co-Captain)
4. (10-12)National Business Honor Society
5. (9-10) JV Winter/Spring Track
6. (10-12) Varsity Track Team
7. (11-12) Science Honor Society
8. (9-10) Junior Math Team
9. (11-12) Senior Math Team</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience
Many Hours in:
1. Local Church Helping First Graders
2. Library Helping Librarians
3. Cleaning local Neighborhoods</p>

<p>Other
Recommendations: 2 Amazing Rec's from rigorous Chemistry teacher with a PhD and business teacher at my school.
Counselor Recommendation: great explaining how I've matured in four years
Essays: good</p>

<p>Where should I Apply???
I want to stay on the east coast, and money wont be a problem. I want to go to the best school I can get into.</p>

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<p>As a 1st-gen immigrant and URM who is not retarded, you should be able to get in almost anywhere.</p>

<p>If you like econ/business, want an east coast school, and money isn't an issue, then you should take a look at Penn's Wharton and NYU's Stern.</p>

<p>If you want to major in econ as opposed to business (which I would personally agree with as I'm no fan of undergraduate b-school), then you can expand to the other Ivies and Penn's College.</p>

<p>Even when you're in Penn's College, you can still take classes in its Wharton school for aspects of business that you find particularly interesting. IMHO it's the best of both worlds, and I rather enjoyed it myself ;)</p>

<p>And regardless, congratulations on your turnaround and great achievements to date!</p>

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<p>what are some schools that are matches/safties for me mostly on the east coast(VA and above)?</p>

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<p>UVA should be a match for instate.</p>

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As a 1st-gen immigrant and URM who is not retarded, you should be able to get in almost anywhere.

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<p>You will have some good opportunities, but make this assumption at your own risk IMO!</p>

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<p>My heart is on UVA and other virginia schools, but idk what my chances are at UVA.</p>

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<p>How important are scholarships in your search?</p>

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<p>Not important, im just worried about getting in.</p>