Just as an fyi the last SMU class was 61% Caucasian. IU 64%.
Bloomington is known for a diversity of ethnic restaurants etc. but so is Dallas. You didn’t like SMU so definitely fair to remove. But sometimes reality statistically doesn’t match perception. It’s a gorgeous campus. I personally don’t love the town but others do. I hope you get to visit before deciding to accept.
Agreed for a non LDS BYU would not fit. And I would not put all my eggs in one company basket - you noted one company.
But you can, via placement reports, and LinkedIn see what places kids from ASU,U of A, or NM schools like U Houston Bauer end up. Obviously not in quantities and not at the biggest names necessarily but opportunities are more than one place.
I wish you a successful journey. You’ve certainly dialed in on what you seek and you’ll certainly have ASU, IU, and Fordham.
That’s true but IU is also considerably bigger so I’m sure that I can meet more people “like me” if yk what I mean. At the moment I’m mostly open to anything, I just made this post to gauge my chances at the reaches that I’ve listed.
Not sure exactly what you mean but apparently it’s important to you. Please note the following at U of A (which had been brought up in spite of it not being a target IB school).
Of course India is only one of 49 countries in Asia. The 1.54% of UA students self identifying themselves as being of Asian background suggest the Indian representation to be extremely low.
I am also not a big fan of “shotgunning”. I think that the highly ranked universities are looking for students who are a good fit for them, and if you have an honest and compelling answer to “why is this school a good fit for you” that is likely to improve your chances of admissions. You are also going to need to write a lot of essays if you apply to 20 or more universities, and I do not understand how you could do a good job on all of them.
You might want to first send in applications to 2 or 3 safety or likely schools (including ASU), then send in applications to a few highly ranked schools which do not consider your freshman year of high school (Stanford comes to mind as a good example and a great school), then perhaps pick 2 or 3 additional schools to apply to first based on just where you want to apply to – which schools feel right to you.
At that point you might have 8 or 9 applications in. Then think about whether there really is any point in sending in any additional applications, and prioritize whatever applications remain.
The way our school works is that we complete all of our classes by junior year by taking 2 ap sciences each year and 2 honors english in freshman year so in senior year we only have 3 random fun classes and dedicate the 5 extra hours each day at home for college apps. So applying to that many wouldn’t be so hard.
It’s interesting - because the only time Alabama was brought up to you was by the poster in post 43 (per the search tool)- so I don’t see that school as having been suggested prior to it being mentioned in that post.
I do see that SMU was mentioned, you declined it, and it was “suggested” again despite acknowledging your declining of the school.
Keep doing what you’re doing - you have a great strategy.
@cru07 do you want suggestions of other colleges? Or opinions…if so, please let us know. I have a couple of comments but will refrain if you don’t want to hear about schools not in your OP.
I’ve made my list starting from the colleges on this list and narrowed it down to the ones that I think are better than ASU or IU Kelley. Anything outside this list would be a nonconsideration to me because, chances are it is probably not going to be as good as IU Kelley (T10 Business School with heavy Wall St. presence) or ASU (best honors college in the country, is in-state, and has an extremely successful IB program)
SMU is worthy of your consideration. Very strong program, and is noted 20 on the list above. It is starting to pull some punch in NYC. BUT there is also the chance to get great experience in the greater Dallas area, which isn’t a bad place for this.
I agree Fordham is a good option…IF you get the NM award, which is not guaranteed. NYC is a great place to be, but is quite costly no matter what your parents can contribute. But great choice to have in the mix.
You are fortunate to have Arizona State as a fairly solid sure thing! I think IU Kelley would also be a great choice.
It costs twice as much as IU Kelley. For a school that, in my opinion, isn’t significantly better than IU Kelley I definitely don’t want to be paying an extra $160k which my family can fortunately afford but it would be a stupid decision and honestly a waste of money IMO. And there isn’t any prestige boost compared to IU Kelley (I think it may even be a downgrade if anything) which isn’t really something I care about but it would at least make the price difference somewhat worth it
IU Kelley places like at least 5x better into NYC IB than SMU. The IBW itself at IU Kelley sent all 70 of its members into IB. No club at SMU is matching those numbers. Although getting a job in Dallas from SMU would be easier, I don’t want to work in Dallas, and worst case, for IU if I go to Chicago it’s 10x easier to transfer to transfer from there to NYC compared to from Dallas from what I’ve gathered (I may be wrong about this).
I went there and I just didn’t enjoy it. Simple as that.
FWIW, I’d suggest visiting Bloomington before actually committing there, but I don’t see any problem with your basic logic. Kelley is a great school for what you are looking for, Bloomington is a great college town, IU in general has a nice campus and good campus culture–now that I understand you are in fact a direct admit there, I think it makes sense to see it as setting a pretty high bar for other colleges to clear before you consider them.
At this point, look at the universities above IU which are holistic(meaning they look at your course and rigor rather than focusing on just gpa) and shoot your shot.
Apply early to IU, as kelly direct admission has been getting competitive each year.
Yea if I get into any of my reaches I will definitely visit the school or else I’ll just commit since I don’t really have any better options. Fordham National Merit is really vague and that’s something I’m only going to be able to figure out when I get my decision.
Although this is an interesting method that your high school has, my concern is that colleges generally also look at the senior year schedule. Most highly selective colleges emphasize the rigor of an applicant’s transcript, and although you’ve taken extremely rigorous classes in 9th-11th grade, I suspect there may be schools that have concerns about students essentially only taking three “fun” classes their senior year.
Hopefully this means that there is strong college counseling at your high school. Talk to the counselors about what college results have looked like the last couple of years for students like you.
Why did you have Covid grade issues for the freshman year? This is super suspicious. We’re in DC (pretty much the last city/state in the US to get back to normal post-Covid) and schools were entirely in person your freshman year.
