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Applying to Duke, UNC, GaTech, UGA, UF, UVA, NYU, UMich, UPenn, UT, Vanderbilt, UCs (Cal, UCLA, Irvine), Cornell, Emory. Which one of these are target and which ones will be reach?
What did you do to earn this? Was it a team or individual? It’s great that you are a champ - I assume Future Business Leaders of America - but that doesn’t tell me what you did? What you did is far more important than most awards - unless it’s an award that says what you did - like you were a gold medalist in downhill skiing at the olympics - then I know you had the fastest time and like months and months of many hours of day training, etc.
I’ll assume you’ve got calculus of some sort completed?
I would say UGA and UF are targets. I think in at both but can’t say safe. If UT were Tennessee, I’d say safe - but i know it’s not.
Ga Tech because you are in-state is likely a go.
Duke, UNC, UVA, NYU, Michigan, Penn, Vandy, Cornell and Emory are reaches.
The UCs won’t see your score - so then it’s too hard to know because you didn’t provide enough academically.
Now - what’s doesn’t fit to me? UNC and UVA - because they are not direct admission - so if you want to study business, you’re better at a school that admits directly and not after you are there. UGA is similar but less so - but has hurdles. But UNC and UVA, you can get in, attend, get great grades and when you apply to the b school after you’re in school, you can get turned down. There’s lots of great public b schools that are direct admit - including if you’re looking for ranking heft - an Indiana, as an example. And if you’re not looking for ranking heft, most any name brand public would suffice.
Vandy doesn’t have business/finance so WUSTL or Rice would be similar or Miami or Wake - or really any # of schools. Vandy has a mini bus program. UCLA also doesn’t have a business program - but UCR does - where you can study finance.
So you may get in anywhere - it’s hard to tell with your GPA because it’s not in a 4 point scale. And you don’t list your classes.
But assuming solid rigor, I’m guessing the two Ga schools are likely and UF as well although I’ll call them targets - and the rest a crapshoot.
He’s national champion in individual event (organizational leadership). He was also state champion in individual event (Entrepreneurship). He attended UGA Terry School of Business Accelerated Program this past summer, which is a competitive program to get in for high schoolers. Many of his EC’s are towards business/finance.
What other B programs he can target that could be good safeties?
The goal - is it Wall Street (which is hard from anywhere, but obviously some from others) or just general finance
Cost isn’t an issue - but it may sound like a dumb question but would you prefer $25K over $90K - or it’s really irrelevant - because many schools are subs to one another.
In other words, one might say wow Wisconsin is a great school but Miami Ohio might be just as great at $15K per year less.
Long term goal is to be in Business (marketing or Strategy) or Finance. Yes, Wall Street (Investment Banking) is the target career but he does not want to lock himself yet. Want to go to a school that provides good options for Business education with Finance coursework (quants etc).
Yes, cost is not an issue per se but want to be realistic. If two schools are at par (academically and college exp - both large public schools) then would rather pay less. But, we dont want to make that a serious factor.
OK - since you’re not saying the end goal and yes Ohio State is likely, there’s lots that would be safe that are solid.
He’d be $22K or so at Alabama all in with $28K auto merit. Culverhouse is strong. I don’t see it as less than any school in the next two paragraphs - except maybe Bentley.
You have OSU - other safeties would range from Pitt to Miami of Ohio to Michigan State to Kentucky, to UTK to Rutgers, Delaware to College of Charleston and more.
If interested in IB, then throw in a Bentley is likely. Other privates might include Elon and U Denver - that I’d categorize as safe with strong business programs.
If he’s into entrepreneurship and wants safe, add top ranked (by Princeton Review) U Houston into the mix.
Just read your previous - if you want IB, then i think you have to target that - because you can pivot to marketing or general finance but it’s harder to go the other way. Most any college would be fine for marketing/finance - but Indiana would be an attainable high rank. Can’t call it safe anymore due to holistic admissions but last year it would have been.
But kids get to IB from many a school….so their linkedin profiles say.
You might try ASU - it’s a safety but not IBIS - but maybe it’s a good path for him.
As you’re looking for safeties, it’s hard to parse to what you really want - but ASU and Bentley will both over perform if you look at feeder lists - when you’re looking at “safety” schools.
For a quant, maybe - attainable b schools for your son. Purdue has Quantitative Business Economics in their b school. Stevens Institute in NJ is another specific to quant finance.
In-state UGA would be the only target on the list. GA-Tech may be a high reach if it’s as competitive for GA in-states as UNC is to NC in-state applicants.
The others will be crap shoots as everyone who applies is equally or more exceptional than your son. Something on his application may appeal to one or more of these competitive high reaches. Duke, maybe Emory?
If NYU is on his list, what about Fordham/Gabelli?
I’ll add with a 3.7 UW, UGA may not be likely. The weighted range is 4.07 to 4.35 for 25/75 so you’d need to be precise using how UGA calculates.i believe this is how UGA calculates
1. Core Courses: UGA focuses on a “core GPA” derived from the grades you received in core academic subjects (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Foreign Language). They do not consider electives, arts, or physical education courses in this calculation.
2. Weighted Grades: UGA assigns extra weight to Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and Dual Enrollment (Post Secondary Option) courses. They add 0.5 to the grade in each AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment course when calculating your GPA. They do not add weight to Honors courses.
3. Grade Conversion: Convert your semester grades to a 4-point scale: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0. For AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment courses, add the 0.5 weight to the numerical grade (e.g., for an A, it would be 4.5).
For UF you need a weighted adding .5 for Honors and 1 for AP so an AP A = 5. Honors A = 4.5. The range there is 4.5-4.7
I wish they didn’t use numerical scores as schools report on a 4 point scale
That would be your best way to view a chance I think. You might have him talk to the school counselor to find out.
UGA’s GPA calculation does not add weight for DE or honors classes. They add one point for AP and IB classes only. Without knowing more about OP’s high school or how their kid compares to other applicants from their school, my guess is that UGA is a target and Georgia Tech is a reach. If this kid is a senior, I’m wondering why he did not apply to UGA early action? Calculating a UGA GPA - UGA Undergraduate Admissions