Which level of schools should I be looking at?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a South Carolina resident, so (our) USC and Clemson will definitely act as financial safeties and while money is a factor, I'm just trying to find out the level of school I should be focusing in on.</p>

<p>Current junior (for 3 more weeks!)
3.6 UW GPA (4.55 SC WGPA)
Top 3% in a class of 300+
2040 SAT (650 CR, 720 M, 670 W)
Hardest course load possible:
Full IB Diploma candidate, will have taken 15 AP/IB classes by graduation.</p>

<p>Active in varsity tennis and lacrosse, NHS (VP), beta club, Mu Alpha Theta (P), 100+ volunteer hours at our Humane Society</p>

<p>I'm interested in majoring in finance, possibly economics.</p>

<p>So which schools and level schools should I be focusing on and how detrimental will the low UW GPA be to my application?</p>

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<p>The other USC can be your reach…</p>

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<p>Look in the 50-70th best college range on the US news and world report rankings in both national and LAC, those schools should be targets with your stats</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. Any schools in specific that would be realistic matches for me?</p>

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<p>Does your username indicate that you want to go to school in Boston? If so, I would consider both BC and BU.</p>

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<p>BC is one my top choices. I’m somewhat interested in Brandies as well, but I’m looking mostly around the entire northeast for schools, not just Boston. </p>

<p>I didn’t want to make this a formal “chance me at these 500 schools” thread, but would the following schools be at my level, matches or high matches:</p>

<p>Boston College
Lehigh
Villanova
Emory
University of Southern California
Brandeis
Cornell (obviously a reach)
Wake Forest
NYU (also quite a reach)</p>

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<p>Your list looks good. I would say you would be looking good for all of those schools, with Cornell being a reach. I think you have a decent shot at NYU.</p>

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<p>Cornell: Reach
NYU: High match
WF: Match
Brandeis: Match
BU: Match
BC: High match (if male)/Reach (if female)
Lehigh: High match
Villanova: Match
Emory: High match
USC: Reach</p>

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<p>I would say for finance, the school you go to should be elite. Prestige matters a lot in that field.
So I would go for Wharton, MIT, Harvard etc. A less difficult school to get into but still very good for finance is NYU. A lot of people are saying USC but I don’t believe usc is great for finance.</p>

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<p>Chance me back. The name’s legooo. It’s near the top.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I’d apply everywhere. But make sure you apply to schools within each tier.</p>

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<p>NYU Stern: Reach</p>

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<p>Ah…Stern. I agree that may be a reach then.
Can you apply for another school w/in NYU and then transfer to Stern? Not sure if that is an option, but you may want to see if any current or past students know how easy or difficult that would be to do.</p>

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<p>you’ll easily get into the schools around 40-70 in ranking. apply to some around 20-40 in ranking as low reaches to reaches</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for the advice and suggestions. </p>

<p>In addition to the schools I mentioned, are there any that are around my level that I should really consider checking out?</p>

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<p>Any other suggestions for specific schools?</p>

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<p>Any other schools?</p>