<p>Okay, so I’m a high school senior in New Jersey and I’m planning to apply for college in the next couple months. Luckily, I know what I want to do in life. I want to research and come up with a good, effective education system. I also want to go internationally with that. Meaning, I want to go to other countries and apply that system there, preferably in the Middle East because I’m Egyptian and I want to fix where I came from. Anyways, my mindset right now as for college major is International Relations/ Affairs/ Studies. Then a Master’s in Education with a concentration in curriculum development. I honestly don’t even know if I’m on the right track or not. So please, help me figure out what colleges I should apply to that best fit my career path. The reason I mentioned where I’m live is because I’d rather not dorm, so a concentration on colleges circa where I live is preferred; however, I want to hear every option even if it’s on Mars lol. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! :D</p>
<p>There is a big difference between planning to commute to college from home and being willing to go anywhere. Is the preference for living at home due to finances or another factor?</p>
<p>Well, which colleges are close enough to commute to?</p>
<p>Siliconvalleymom: mainly finances. I don’t want to dorm during my first two years. Since everything I take is basic. </p>
<p>mom2collegekids: There are Seton Hall, Rutgers, NYU, Fairleigh Dickenson, William Paterson, St. Peter’s.</p>
<p>Have you run the net price calculators on each school?</p>
<p>It is entirely possible that a non-commute-range school with better financial aid grants or scholarships could have a lower net price than a school that you can commute to, so don’t rule out non-commute-range schools.</p>
<p>A good path for you would be Top College with academic major (IR is fine, Development Economics also, etc) → TFA → Educational policy at a top school.
TFA recruits at flagships and many top colleges but it’s super selective; that’s one instance when where you go to college does matter. (In many cases, it doesn’t. Another case when it matters is… for IR.)
So, can you tell us:
GPA
Test scores
State
Any important EC’s?
need FA? merit aid?</p>
<p>If you come from Egypt, do you speak Arabic? If you’re a permanent resident or a citizen, you might want to apply to the Critical Languages Flagships. If your grades are decent, you’d certainly get in. You could combine that major with IR and have great access for work in Egypt.</p>