Chance me Northwestern ED [PA resident, 3.85 GPA, 1510 SAT, economics]

[tsbna44]

Are you fine with Econ ? It is not finance.

Put major over school - not school over major. You shouldn’t even apply to NU. Maybe WashU instead.

Forget the transfer - it’s why schools like UVA and UNC Are a big risk.

You are focused on a name. I am focused on you - if you’re legit, that’s what matters. Va Texh, Bama, Ohio State, Minnesota - they all have IB grads. U Houston - yep.

Don’t know if you’ll make it but I know econ isn’t close to finance. Might as well study sociology or philosophy.

Believe in yourself. Apply for the major you want. If they don’t have, skip it.

[Bill_Marsh]

@Illinoisparent12

@IndySceptic

To me, their best bet would be to apply to BC along with their Hail Mary’s. Awesome finance. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Private Equity, Asset Management, Family Office or other finance firm in Boston and BC has a pipeline into all of them.

I don’t believe that BC is that much less of a Hail Mary than some of the other schools mentioned. It had a 12.6% acceptance rate last year.

Nope. 13.9% is currently posted on their website. They revised it upward because they had to go to their wait list. They still haven’t posted numbers on their common data set, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they revise it again as their final numbers eventually settle in.

[IndySceptic]

This assumes the same pool of kids is applying to BC as Northwestern, etc.

I don’t believe that is so, and think OP’s stats are more favorable at BC.

But a moot point, because they ain’t applying to BC.

[michaelcollege]

@SaintRice

I’m thinking of applying to iu Kelley. Honestly I don’t mean to sound arrogant but you also said my profile is decent; so if I’m not getting into these schools who the hell is?

Unfortunately, undergraduate business has become a very tough admit across the board. In many schools, you either get in or do not (bet you know that), without consideration for other majors… and other schools. My son has a very similar list to yours, with the same major, with the same 800 math and a higher verbal. He has much better math track and 5’s on all AP’s including BC Calc. His leadership and activities are a good level stronger than yours. My point is that I am nervous about him being admitted to these same places because you and he are both increasing the level of difficulty at these schools because of your major choice.

I think that Penn State business is safe for you. Safe means 75%+ percent and you need 3 to have a proper list and you do not have that. I think you will pull Maryland, Florida, Wisconsin, and Illinois - but they are not safe. As far as the rest go, I think you will get 1 other - likely Georgetown, UTA, Emory or Georgia Tech but those can be tough. I think IU would also go your way.

[SaintRice]

I’m fine w Econ

[SaintRice]

I see thank you very much.

[merc81]

Although this site was posted earlier, it may be worth posting again simply to suggest that you consider more colleges that place notably well in Wall Street and IB positions when adjusted for enrollment:

Top Feeders to Wall Street and Investment Banking (Updated 2025)

At this stage, you have included Georgetown, Northwestern and NYU, but no others.

[ucbalumnus]

@tsbna44

In other words, if you had, say Case Western on your list and you get a big lift for applying early, you can’t - if you apply ED to NU.

If your other schools only have ED and RD, then applying ED to NU not an issue.

???

Unless the other schools with EA have restrictive EA where applying there means not applying ED anywhere (and possibly not applying EA to some set of other schools), then there should be no issue applying ED to one school and EA to other schools. Of course, the applicant needs to be sure that if the ED application results in admission, they will matriculate there, regardless of what the EA applications give.

[Momofthree24]

This has been covered already.