Oh, I missed the math part - so no pre-calc. Yes, they’re not likely to happen. At top schools today, many have Calc AB, etc. and some beyond. And you’re going to have to take at a minimum business calc. And Econ - likely even harder stuff.
Sorry but guess what - for 95% of us getting business degrees - where you go - I’m not convinced is that important. I base that on working for 3 major corporations - where we have Vanderbilts working for U of West Georgia, etc. -…that’s prominent. When I lived in So Cal, our leader was a CSULB - yet we had a UCB, several UCLAs and SDSUs, etc. We even had a Stanford - but she was the admin (English major who didn’t want to move up, etc.) So forgetting where your classmates go - trust me - get a good education - where - not so critical short of the tippy top schools.
As for loans, you can only take out $27K over four years. THe government smartly limits them to protect you. Why would you take out more (parents co-sign) - you can get a “business” job from basically any school.
Is there a discipline in business that you’d like? Or you say Econ - which is not remotely close to business - it’s a liberal art.
What’s your overall unweighted GPA? You could score merit. Do you have a test score even though you said TO? If so, what is it?
You should look at schools that will take someone without pre-calc first off. Or a school that allows stats instead. Note - you want to find a school that isn’t as quantitiative.
So you’re not going to get into UT Austin - I’d kill it. A great substitute - for many of your schools as an example - would be Arizona - Eller is a fine school and an easy admit.
You’re not going to get into Rice - but U of Denver Daniels School would be a fine sub or school of that level.
You should check into WUE schools.
Bottom line - keep your cost down - it sounds easy to take out loans - but then you’re beholden to them for many years - and you’ll realize there was no reason to take them to begin with. So if you don’t get into a UC, you might look at CSU schools as well.
Miami of Ohio is another fine one you might look at - Farmer School is excellent.
Good luck.