I’m aware of that. I’ve been a homeschool advocate for over 20 years and have worked at both selective private colleges and large public universities, so I know a little bit about what they want in an applicant.
It’s great that you have a safety. Where else did you apply? If you’re planning to start college in the fall of 2020 you’ve probably missed a lot of deadlines.
Do you know how much it costs to go to the colleges you’re interested in? Here are a few that have been mentioned,
Total cost of attendance for:
OSU: $49,722 per year
https://sfa.osu.edu/incoming-freshmen/about-aid/financial-aid-eligibility
Babson: $72,428 per year
https://www.babson.edu/admission/tuition-and-financial-aid/undergraduate/tuition-and-other-expenses/
NYU: $78,200 per year
https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/financial-aid-and-scholarships/tuitionstern.html
Indiana University Kelley School of Business: $51,222 per year
https://admissions.indiana.edu/cost-financial-aid/tuition-fees.html
If your family can afford this and will pay in full out of pocket, you won’t need the net price calculator (NPC) or FAFSA (Free Application forFederal Student Aid).
OP has said his parents are wealthy. Unless he plans to take loans or schools require it for merit aid, he has no need for the FAFSA. But the NPCs may be helpful to see if he’s eligible for merit anywhere.
You previously said you would be applying to start fall 2021. Generally you can’t defer an admission without undertaking to attend that university and not apply elsewhere. So I’m confused about why you have applied somewhere a year early, given that you can’t “keep it” as a safety for the next cycle.
I’ve read all of your previous post and regardless if this is a real post or a joke online, Vassar College, although still very competitive (23% acceptance rate), only requires two classes. One writing (you choose genre, so math related, creative, film, science etc.) and one science class (again relating to what ever you want). All other classes are up to you, but it’s a very progressive and liberal campus so you have to be into that kind of open mindedness (it’s a clothing optional campus to give you perspective) and I don’t know if its the best for a 16 year old, but worth a shot looking at when you are older!
The OP has mentioned in other posts that his family does not have a financial limit, that his parents are able to pay full price for a university such as NYU and pay for off-campus housing if necessary.
He’s heard many of us give our opinions about his age, curriculum, and other things. Personally, I don’t think it does anyone anyone any good to continue to find things to pick on him about. Let’s not forget he is a child seeking the advice of adults. I would not berate a child who sometimes had a not-quite-mature response.
My opinion is we (the collective we) should either provide him with recommendations, or choose another thread to read. He deserves the courtesy of being allowed to ask his questions and receive aid from those who would choose to help him.
Let him find out from the universities he applies to whether or not he meets their qualifications. And if admitted, allow him to find out the same way every other college freshman discovers whether or not he is academically and emotionally up to the challenge. By attending college and either rising to the challenge or not.
Previous threads of his had to be closed because people were being rude.
Help him or get out of the way, please.
I would do some online searching for best colleges in finance. I would narrow it down to a few and visit them with your parents. I would talk to admissions staff at each of the colleges you are interested in to find out whether it would work for you specifically or not regarding your age.
U of Penn and U of Michigan Ann Arbor might work.
@EconPop OP’s been quite rude himself on more than one thread. There are many of us here that receive advice we don’t like or didn’t ask for, but most of us are polite even when we don’t like what we hear. I believe everyone means well when providing input. A little gratitude can go a long way.
@homeschooler14 I homeschooled myself, and I gave the recommendation of URochester. I believe my D being homeschooled helped with her acceptance. They mentioned it in her acceptance letter. Its open curriculum is enticing to those who want to lead their education. It’s strong in business, and if his parents can afford anything, paying its crazy tuition isn’t an issue. It was for us after they slashed our FA, and my D is now having to deal with a slew of gen ed classes at another school.
I’ve read all of your previous post and regardless if this is a ■■■■■ online or not Vassar college, although still very competitive (23% acceptance rate), only requires two classes. One writing (you choose genre, so math related, creative, film, science etc.) and one science class (again relating to what ever you want). All other classes are up to you, but it’s a very progressive and liberal campus so you have to be into that kind of open mindedness (it’s a clothing optional campus to give you perspective) and I don’t think a 16 year old will feel 100% comfortable there, but it does fit most of what you want I guessss.
Look at Vassar (if this isn’t a ■■■■■). It only requires two classes.
It’s late in this cycle to explore more colleges but if you can do well in college, you’ll have the option of transfer to a more suitable college.
@SJ2727 I applied just to apply. I just wanted to see if I could get in somewhere.
OP - Be cautious that the college courses you are taking are still consider DE and part of your high school homeschool curriculum. You don’t want to run into a situation where colleges will consider you a transfer.
If you are applying next year than get a consultant who can custom tailor this process to your advantage.
OP - what momofsenior1 said is really true/good. Make sure your classes taken now are considered Dual Enrollment and that they are taken before you have a GED or HS degree. Otherwise you’d be considered a transfer student; and scholarships and admittance are very different situations for transfer kids.
I’m beginning to agree that this is just a fake post. The story doesn’t add up.
15 year old kid graduates 3 years early with a 35 on ACT and a 4.0. Relies on sheer motivation and mental discipline to learn advanced calculus.
Despite that, 15 year old kid has the maturity level of a 13 year old, gets offended by all reasonable advice, and actively flaunts to everyone he’s going to do it and no one can “stop” him.
Parents are unconditionally on-board with 15 year old kid going away to college with drinking and sex without a single reasonable objection, like living in the middle of Boston in a shared apartment and taking the bus…won’t have a car or drivers license.
Parents have unlimited resources and can pay for EVERYTHING.
@EconPop Who do you consider a child? A 16 year old? Really? Then you say that I am seeking the advice of adults. Who is an adult to you? WHY do you think that a 16 year old is a child? Who told you that? Because they aren’t. There are pre-pubescent human beings and post pubescent human beings. Pre-Pubescent human beings are children and post-pubescent human beings are adults. Humans do not have an adolescence. This is the way it worked for thousands of years without a problem. You’ve probably heard from someone with an ageist agenda that “the brain doesn’t develop until 25”, but that isn’t true. It is dependent on how much that portion of the brain is exercised. Its like practicing math, if someone practices math more, they will have math skills younger than someone who doesn’t practice math. The artificial extension of childhood has made teens become so sheltered that they now don’t use that portion of their brain much until they are older. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qto1R2-YSpg . But calling teens children, who does it benefit? The prescription drug companies profiting off this lie. And the media is on their side. Just tune in to “Good Morning America”. You’ll see 50 segments a month about how teens are bad, social media is bad, teens bad, teens bad, teens bad. They have unfortunately brainwashed people like you into believing this.
@coolguy40 What you stated was not “reasonable advice” it was ageist and very offensive. To the equivalent of telling a black student “You can’t go because you’re black”.
OP- please find and register for a good online course on cognitive science. And maybe logic- but that can be your summer activity.
Back to our programming… perhaps you might like to shadow a few people who work in finance (different aspects of it) before you lock yourself into a college major? Front office roles in investment banking require different skills than developing algorithms for high speed trading which are both different than someone who creates packages of municipal bonds for a state looking to finance construction of a new airport which is different from working at a Fortune 50 company evaluating the impact of a decrease in the value of the Euro or the Yen on their business. All of these are finance but are different career paths and require different types of soft skills.
I wonder given much of what you’ve said, including your other long thread, assuming it’s true (like other posts, the story about the college you’ve apparently gotten into doesn’t ring true either) whether you should be looking more closely at the Christian colleges. I don’t know if any of them are particularly strong in finance, but from the various posts you have made I think you may be far more comfortable in that environment. You seem to have a particular antipathy to people whose points of view vary from yours and (even without the age issues where you keep proving the point you strenuously try to deny) I think typical northeastern colleges might not work for you. I am sure from how you have described your family - not even keen to send you on a gap year anywhere including a prep school - they would be more comfortable with you in that environment.