<p>Sophomore at a cc in Orlando, female/jewish if that helps.</p>
<p>High School stats:</p>
<p>3.1 UW, 3.3 WW
SAT 1580/2400
JV Soccer team & JV Swimming & Diving team Sophomore year
Had a job as a server during my senior year</p>
<p>I was a big party animal in school and obviously did poorly...</p>
<p>College stats:
3.69 GPA in the Honors College
Accounting/Finance double major
Deans List
Ec: Worked as a receptionist for my dad's engineering company and now a server at a local BBQ restaurant, volunteer at a local therapeutic riding center, Chapter Parliamentarian of Phi Beta Lambda, Phi Theta Kappa member</p>
<p>I'm applying to UF, Fsu, Babson College, Fordham University, FIT, and possibly BU.
I know Babson, Fordham, and BU are reaches but I absolutely love Boston and New York and want to go to school there. My ultimate goal is to work on Wall Street like every other finance major. </p>
<p>Soo, could someone help me out and give me some advice or recommend some universities in either the Massachusetts, New York, or California area that would be a good fit for me? :)</p>
<p>What’s your money situation? Because California is quickly going to hell in a hand basket. It is ridiculously expensive to be here in California for an out of state student.</p>
<p>I’d say transfer to UC Berkeley, UCLA, or UCSD. That is IF you have the money. I’ve only head of people on wall street that all came from big name school backgrounds.</p>
<p>You even suggesting UCLA & Berkley is very flattering in itself. Although a 3.69 GPA is good, it’s not stellar and combined with my mediocre high school stats, I don’t think I would have a chance with them. My dad pays for every single thing in my household, so he says he can’t contribute more than 7 to 8 grand but I know I can probably get him to the maximum of maybe 12 or 13. I would be willing to take out some extensive loans if it was for a school with the caliber like Berkley or UCLA because the return on investment would predictably be high. It’s a crappy situation however when it comes to my dad but it is what it is. BTW my pre prof gpa is something around a 3.5, I need to recalculate it however.</p>
<p>Your GPA is good but UCB and UCLA are just incredibly hard to get into. The average GPA for bizecon was I believe 3.93 and for Haas between 3.7-4.0. That being said you should apply anyways because you never know. A good essay may get you in. </p>
<p>Also I am fairly certain UCs don’t even look at your high school grades for transfer so you’re ok. UCSD is also a good school. The entire UC system is quite good but it all depends on what your plans are afterwards. Investment banking? Graduate school? Accounting? </p>
<p>All the UC’s except merced are recruited by the big 4(except Riverside I think only 3 recruit there).</p>
<p>It’s confusing to hear this feedback because I keep doubting myself getting accepted to UF but then I hear if I write a stellar essay I could get into Berkley or UCLA. Is anyone familiar with the schools I mentioned (UF, FSU, Babson, BU, Fordham, FIT) and could give me some feedback on the <em>chances</em> of me getting in? I know nothing about the UC’s, never even been to California but it seems like a good fit. Basically it’s NY#1, Boston#2, California #3. I’m not too sure with what I want to do yet, I know I don’t want to be an accountant but finance degrees are a dime a dozen and accounting kind of distances myself from them and worst comes to worst I could fall back on it. Becoming a financial advisor seems pretty interesting however. I do know I’ll end up in graduate school probably a year or two after my undergrad.</p>
<p>Based on your current stats, Fordham and BU probably are very possible. I would assume the same chances for you for Florida universities. For UC, you probably will need to look into their requirement. Usually they only accept students who completes their requirment. You will need to take specific courses to satisfy UCB and UCLA or UCSD requirement (each have slight different requirement)</p>
<p>Please consider costs before you apply to any of the schools on your list, as well as the UC’s. If you’re from OOS, you will be paying big money to attend school in CA. </p>
<p>The schools will probably accept you, but California isn’t giving out merit money. The state is out of money and if they can get it from you, they will.</p>